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 People walk past a branch of Burger King in central London Thursday July 25, 2002. Britain´s Diageo PLC said Thursday it has agreed to sell Burger King Corp., the world´s second-largest fast-food business, to a consortium of U.S. investors. (
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 The Times Of India 
3G Capital to acquire Burger King for $3.3 bn
LOS ANGELES | NEW YORK: Burger King Holdings, the No. 2 US fast-food chain, agreed to sell itself to investment firm 3G Capital for about $3.26 billion in a deal analysts said would give the restauran... (photo: AP Photo )
Juices - Cranberry and Lemonade Juice
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 Deccan Chronicle 
Drink to good health
--> Drink to good health | Share ARTICLEURL | Young adults, rather than kids, seem to be the prime target of newly launched brands, restaurants and outlets that are pushing juice products. With priori... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.  The New York Times 
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
| Back-to-school season started off on sale, with retailers receiving new merchandise in August, and then marking it down to get it out the door. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press | Shoppers at Macy’s ... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Chocolate  The New York Times 
Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption
| BERGL, AUSTRIA — In 1996, Josef Zotter’s bakery business in Graz, Austria, was floundering. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to close shop and go back to his roots, a village named Bergl in... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. The Star
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
| MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's government deployed troops to clear barricades in the capital as angry protesters blocked roads and looted shops on Thursday, the second... (photo: AP / Nastasya Tay)
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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid. The New York Times
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
| TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | W... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
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A kid's meal of macaroni and chocolate milk is served by a worker at Burger King with a toy in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, April 27, 2010. In an effort to curb childhood obesity, county officials in Silicon Valley voted Tuesday to ban restaurants from giving away toys and other freebies that often come with high-calorie meals aimed at kids. The Australian
Burger King to be sold for $US4b to 3G Capital
| FAST-food restaurant Burger King is to be sold to private equity firm 3G Capital for about $US4 billion ($4.3 billion). | Under the terms of the agreement, the deal off... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma)
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Traders gather at the post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange that handles General Motors as they wait for it to open The New York Times
Wall Street Wanders as Traders Sort Through Data
| Indexes on Wall Street were tentative Thursday, with a small dip in weekly unemployment claims failing to generate any momentum. | There was some hesitancy about extend... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Traders gather at the post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange that handles General Motors as they wait for it to open
Wall Street Wanders as Traders Sort Through Data
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In this July 15, 2010 photograph, trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street up on economic growth, manufacturing data
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- IMF, World Bank step up aid for Pakistan floods
- Hamas 'hit squads stalking West Bank'
- IMF, World Bank step up aid for Pakistan floods
- Darfur: UN-AU Envoy Meets World Bank Officials
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns.
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
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- Tax not out of woods if Andrew Forrest gets his way
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An Afghan refugee whose house was demolished by heavy flooding, looks for his belongings amid rubble in Azakhel near Peshawar, Pakistan  Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.
Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
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Finance & Investment Mutual Funds
- Investment Column: Go ahead and hold Go-Ahead for the divvy
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- Pension liabilities hit a record high
- Watchdog bans insurance broker
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UAE gold sales plunge 15% in Ramadan
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Samuel Lam briefs colleagues on self-sustained solar power array for a pair of gunnery range microwave relay towers.
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