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Trading in Northern Rock shares suspended
Trading in Northern Rock shares suspended
Trading in Northern Rock shares is suspended following the British government's decision to nationalize -- on a temporary basis -- the struggling bank. The bank, the UK's fifth-largest mortgage lender, has been shored up by the government since it got into difficulties last September. full story
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The human cost of chocolate
Seventy percent of the world's cocoa beans are grown in West Africa, where working conditions are brutal.
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Good sport
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Ringing the changes
Ringing the changes
Just how many smaller players in the mobile phone industry will make it through what promises to be a tough year?
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