Hilary Duff Steps Out in Bikini With Baby Luca in Mexico Sporting Massive Weight Loss [PHOTOS]

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Hilary Duff and baby Luca

Just three short months after having her first baby, former Disney star Hilary Duff stepped out in a bikini with new son Luca, showing off her post-baby body in paparazzi photos. Duff was wearing a flattering black bikini, which showcased her massive weight loss, and large sunglasses while holding baby Luca.

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Hilary Duff and mother Susan Duff

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Nokia Temporarily Hangs Up On Music Download Service

Nokia, the world's largest cell phone manufacturer, announced it is discontinuing its Ovi Music Unlimited service in several countries.

For all but six out of 27 countries, the Finnish company has ceased the service, which combined free music downloads from a subscription plan with any Nokia phone. The company will still offer services for a 12-month subscription plans in China, India and Indonesia and 6-month plans in Brazil, Turkey and South Africa. Existing customers will not see a disruption in service.

This is part of preparations to deliver new, innovative music experiences as part of Ovi during 2011. This comes in response to customer feedback and promises to deliver better, more locally relevant experiences. However, the new deals and other arrangements necessary for this to happen meant that old ones needed to be ended. We'll release more details on these new services as they are announced, wrote Ian Delaney, the managing editor of the Nokia Conversations blog.

Nokia says it is only shutting down the service temporarily until it can come up with a new strategy. Music will play a part, we just got to figure out how market by market, country by country, Adam Mirabella, Nokia's Ovi Music executive, said in a video on the blog.

The service was launched in 2008 in the U.K. and was called, Comes With Music. It was seen as a possible rival to Apple's iTunes. However, digital rights management software dragged the service down as it didn't allow songs to be played on more than one device.

The markets clearly want a DRM-free music service, a spokesperson said to Reuters.

Nokia did not respond to an inquiry for further comment.

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CAD Wholesale Sales (Feb) Actual -0.6%, Expected 1.3%, Previous -4.2%

CAD Wholesale Sales (Jan) Actual -0.6%, Expected 1.3%, Previous -4.2%

Release Explanation: Measures the total value of sales at the wholesale level. “A rising trend has a positive effect on the nation's currency because increased sales at the wholesale level are a good

indication that there is high consumer demand at the retail level”, TheLFB-Forex.com Trade Team said

Trade Desk Thoughts: According to Statistics Canada, wholesale sales declined 0.6% to $41. billion in current dollars in February. Declining sales in the machinery and equipment trade group and the other products sector were major factors contributing to this decrease. In terms of the volume of sales, wholesale sales were flat.

In February, four out of seven sectors, accounting for over two-thirds of total wholesale sales, posted declines. The machinery and electronic equipment sector declined 1.6%, largely as a result of lower sales in the machinery and equipment trade group (-5.2%), which accounts for close to half of the sales in this sector. Within this trade group, declines were observed in industrial as well as in mining, oil and gas well machinery and equipment wholesalers.

Sales in the other products sector fell 4.0% to $5.3 billion in February, offsetting a 4.0% rise in January. The main contributors were declines in all other wholesalers and agricultural chemical and other farm supplies. This was the lowest level in this sector since August 2007. Declines were also seen in the food and beverages sector (-1.0%) and the building materials sector (-0.9%).

The largest increase came in the automotive products sector, which rose 4.0% in February, following a 21.8% decline in January. Sales of motor vehicles increased 9.4%, offsetting some of the losses in January. Sales in motor vehicle parts and accessories fell 7.6% in February, its largest drop since April 2003.

Forex Technical Reaction: The cad (USD/CAD) has moved slightly lower since the release but movement is limited due to the Bank of Canada releasing its interest rate decision at 09:00 EDT. Currently the pair is trading 10 pips higher than the Asian session opening price, just below the 1.2400 level

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AUD/USD - Australian Dollar US Dollar, American Session - 21/04/09