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Flaming Lips dial down the whimsy on Embryonic

In the wee hours of the morning on Monday, September 14, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne was signing autographs after his band performed at upstate New York's All Tomorrow's Parties festival when a burly young fan approached him with a length of industrial strap. Coyne recognized it as one of his own, used for tying down equipment like the large cannons that shoot confetti into the crowd through...

Brown says he won't roll over before next vote

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he would not roll over before the next election, which polls suggest he will lose badly, and dismissed gossip that his health was too poor to fight a strong campaign.
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Kraft set to launch hostile Cadbury bid: report

Kraft Foods Inc is poised to launch a hostile bid for Cadbury Plc valuing the British confectionery business at around 11 billion pounds ($17.6 billion), a report in The Observer newspaper said.
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G20 declares victory over crisis

The Group of 20 rich and developing nations declared their crisis-fighting efforts a success on Friday and promised to give rising powers such as China more say in rebuilding and guiding the global economy.
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G20 declares victory over crisis, pledges reforms

The Group of 20 rich and developing nations declared their crisis-fighting efforts a success on Friday and promised to give rising powers such as China more say in rebuilding and guiding the global economy.
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IBM involved in failed IT plan for UK spies-report

IBM was the main supplier in a failed project by British intelligence to upgrade its communications system so various organizations and agents in different locations could share information, a report said on Friday.
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Cadbury stresses Kraft bid makes no strategic sense

Cadbury Plc CEO Todd Stitzer said on Friday he did not believe Kraft's offer for the company made strategic sense, as he tried to clarify remarks he made that drew scrutiny from Britain's Takeover Panel.
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G20 takes charge of world economy

The Group of 20 will become the forum for global economic management, giving rising powers such as China more clout, and will roll out tougher rules for banks by the end of 2012, a draft communique said on Friday.
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Western leaders warn Iran over nuclear site

U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain and France accused Iran on Friday of building a secret nuclear fuel plant and threatened tough new sanctions unless Tehran comes clean about its nuclear program.
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Unilever pays 1.3 billion euros for Sara Lee brands

Sara Lee Corp will sell its personal care brands like Sanex and Brylcreem for $1.87 billion (1.275 billion euros) to consumer goods giant Unilever and set a $1 billion share buyback plan, sending its stock up 6 percent.
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G20 takes charge of world economy at U.S. summit

The Group of 20 will become the forum for global economic management, giving rising powers such as China more clout, and roll out tougher rules on bank capital by the end of 2012, a draft communique said on Friday.
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New world economic order takes shape at G20

The Group of 20 is set to become the premier coordinating body on global economic issues, reflecting a new world economic order in which emerging market countries like China are much more relevant, according to a draft communique.
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Obama accuses Iran of building secret nuclear plant

U.S. President Barack Obama and other Western leaders accused Iran on Friday of building a secret nuclear fuel plant and demanded Tehran immediately halt what he called a direct challenge to the international community.
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Iran tells IAEA it is building 2nd enrichment plant

Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction, a belated disclosure sure to heighten Western fears of a stealthy Iranian quest for nuclear arms capability.
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EU seen missing 2015 carbon capture goal

The European Union's ambition to lead the fight against climate change faces a setback as its target of rolling out full-scale carbon capture and storage plants by 2015 is increasingly seen by experts as unrealistic.
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G20 takes helm of world economy

The Group of 20 will become the forum for global economic management, giving rising powers such as China more clout, and roll out tougher rules on bank capital by the end of 2012, a draft communique said on Friday.
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Cadbury CEO's comments draw UK scrutiny--FT

Britain's takeover watchdog is reviewing private comments by Cadbury Plc's chief about the company's valuation amid a potential takeover by Kraft Foods Inc, saying Todd Stitzer had stoked uncertainty in the market, the Financial Times reported.
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EBay CEO says Skype deal is going to close

EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe said on Wednesday that recent lawsuits will not derail a $1.9 billion deal to sell a majority interest in Web telephone unit Skype to an investor group.
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Obama arrives at G20 with big agenda

President Barack Obama arrived at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh on Thursday with an ambitious agenda to crack down on banks' risky behavior and rebuild the global economy on a more stable footing.
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Daily Commentary - 25/09/2009

Yesterday's Australian New Home Sales data added support to the Aussie dollar during local trade with the 11.4% rise catching most analysts by surprise. The local unit appeared destined to test the psychological 88 cent barrier in early European trade however resistance between 0.8760 and 0.8780 capped any further advances for the fifth time in a week. In a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the Aussie dollar to a return to broad risk aversion North American equity markets fell around 1% fol...

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