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Sweden beats U.S. to top tech usage ranking

Sweden took the number one spot from the United States to top the annual rankings on the usage of telecommunications technologies such as networks, cellphones and computers, a report released on Thursday shows.

Wall Street to open higher on Greece deal, jobs data

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Wall Street was set to open higher on Thursday as key euro zone officials struck a deal to help Greece with its debt crisis, and U.S. data showed claims for first-time jobless benefits fell more than expected last week.

EU leaders reach deal to rescue Greece

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European leaders have reached a deal to provide aid to Greece, EU president Herman Van Rompuy said on Thursday, in an unprecedented move to stave off a broader crisis in the 16-nation bloc that shares the euro.
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For obese, vaccine needle size matters

In a new study, the researchers report that using a standard 1-inch needle to immunize obese adolescents against hepatitis B virus produced a much weaker effect than using a longer needle.
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GM's Opel 2009 new registrations up 31 pct

General Motors unit Opel said new registrations of its cars rose to the highest level in four years in 2009, when government-backed scrapping incentives bolstered a floundering European auto industry.
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Demjanjuk trial hears of Nazi death camp horrors

A survivor of the Nazi death camp at which John Demjanjuk is accused of helping to kill 27,900 Jews recalled in court on Tuesday losing his wife after a three-day train journey to the extermination center.
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Fiat meets government to thrash out production plans

Fiat may offer to raise car production in Italy 50 percent when it holds preliminary talks with the government on Tuesday, in return for tax breaks on some car sales and possible help in reducing labour costs.
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FACTBOX-Global interest rates in 2009

Australia's central bank raised interest rates for a record third successive month earlier in December, pulling further back from emergency lows as the economy gallops ahead of its peers in the developed world.
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Emissions rights could negate new climate pact: EU

Trade in controversial carbon rights under the Kyoto Protocol after 2012 could undermine emissions targets agreed under a new global climate pact, the European Union environment commissioner said on Tuesday.
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EU carbon up as banks buy ahead of summit

The benchmark price for European Union carbon emissions futures rose almost 3 percent toward a three-week high on Thursday as banks increased buying ahead of a U.N. climate summit next week, traders said.
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PPR raises $1.22 billion in CFAO IPO

French retail and luxury goods group PPR raised 806 million euros ($1.22 billion) from the oversubscribed listing of its Africa-focused CFAO unit, France's biggest public share offering in two years.
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KGHM eyes raising Polkomtel stake to 25 pct-CEO

Europe's No.2 copper producer KGHM may raise its stake in Poland's top mobile operator Polkomtel to 25 percent, but it will not make good on plans to buy the stake in a Canadian exploration firm in 2009.
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Obama's commander says now has tools for Afghan war

The top U.S. battlefield commander said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's 30,000-strong troop increase for the Afghan war would make a huge difference, as the White House prepared to sell the new strategy to Congress.
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Fiat CEO says plans unchanged, output rise possible

Fiat SpA Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne hinted that government targets of a boost in production to 900,000 vehicles a year in Italy were achievable, but said he still planned to end car output at a Sicily plant.
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PKN says Polkomtel to pay dividend of PLN 464 mln

Poland's top refiner PKN Orlen confirmed on Tuesday that the country's leading mobile operator Polkomtel would pay out a preliminary dividend of 464 million zlotys for the first three quarters of 2009.
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Dubai crisis to shape 2010 global risk mindset

Dubai's debt crisis may not sow lasting global contagion, but it may colour a 2010 investment landscape where asset managers will likely differentiate more between risks rather than embracing them indiscriminately.

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