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Group begins 'terror-free' oil sales
Feb 1 2007 10:57PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Claiming U.S. dollars used to purchase gasoline made from Middle East oil funds terrorism, a group called the Terror-Free Oil Initiative opened the nation's first "terror-free" gas station.
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Group begins 'terror-free' oil sales
Feb 1 2007 10:57PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Claiming U.S. dollars used to purchase gasoline made from Middle East oil funds terrorism, a group called the Terror-Free Oil Initiative opened the nation's first "terror-free" gas station.
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Group begins 'terror-free' oil sales
Feb 1 2007 10:57PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Claiming U.S. dollars used to purchase gasoline made from Middle East oil funds terrorism, a group called the Terror-Free Oil Initiative opened the nation's first "terror-free" gas station.
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Japanese stocks add to 9-month high
Feb 1 2007 10:11PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stocks edged higher early Friday, adding to a fresh nine-month high chalked the session before on optimism about U.S. growth. The dollar rose against the yen.
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Hung jury in Coca-Cola conspiracy trial
Feb 1 2007 7:55PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal jury deliberating the fate of a former Coca-Cola secretary charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets from the beverage maker in an effort to sell them to Pepsi told a judge Thursday it is unable to make a decision.
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Oil, natural gas prices decline
Feb 1 2007 7:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A worse-than-expected manufacturing report and falling natural gas prices pulled the plug Thursday on a two-day oil rally that saw prices jump more than $4 a barrel.
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Exxon Mobil posts record annual profit
Feb 1 2007 7:29PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Oil giant Exxon Mobil topped its own record for the biggest annual profit by a U.S. company last year, racking up earnings that amounted to $4.5 million an hour for the world's largest publicly traded oil company.
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Amazon earnings fall due to tax expenses
Feb 1 2007 7:28PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 51 percent from a year ago in the all-important holiday season, hurt by higher tax-related charges.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Toyota and DaimlerChrysler pass Ford
Feb 1 2007 6:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford's U.S. sales dropped 19 percent in January, allowing Toyota to pass it again as the nation's No. 2 automaker. But Ford's numbers were so bad that it was also passed by DaimlerChrysler, knocking the troubled automaker into fourth place for the month.
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Money funds fall by $4.83 billion
Feb 1 2007 6:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by $4.83 billion in the latest week to $978.68 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
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Calif. aims to settle emissions lawsuit
Feb 1 2007 6:54PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The state's new attorney general, wants to settle a federal lawsuit filed by his predecessor that seeks millions of dollars from automakers for the greenhouse gases produced by their vehicles.
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American Standard to split into 3 cos.
Feb 1 2007 6:52PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - American Standard Cos. Inc. said Thursday it will sell its well-known plumbing fixture business and spin off a unit that makes auto braking systems, then rename the company Trane after its signature brand of air conditioning systems.
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Comcast 4Q profit soars but misses views
Feb 1 2007 6:49PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable television operator, said Thursday that fourth-quarter profits nearly tripled as customers signed up for its discounted video, Internet and phone package, but the results fell short of expectations.
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T-Bills fall on revived housing market
Feb 1 2007 6:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Prices for U.S. Treasury bonds were dragged down Thursday by a report that suggested the housing market was stabilizing.
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Thursday's commodities roundup
Feb 1 2007 5:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fund buying has returned to gold and silver futures, driving them to multi-month highs Thursday.
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30-year mortgages highest since October
Feb 1 2007 5:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rates on 30-year mortgages hit the highest level since late October following release of more economic data showing a rebounding economy.
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Home Depot general counsel resigns
Feb 1 2007 5:15PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Home Depot Inc., the world's largest home improvement store chain, said Thursday that its general counsel, Frank Fernandez, and the executive vice president of human resources, Dennis Donovan, have both resigned, effective Feb. 14.
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Starwood Hotels 4Q profit rises 28 pct
Feb 1 2007 5:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 28 percent on increased revenue per available room and higher operating margins. The hotel operator issued an upbeat full-year forecast and its shares rose more than 2 percent.
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Starwood Hotels 4Q profit rises 28 pct
Feb 1 2007 5:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 28 percent on increased revenue per available room and higher operating margins. The hotel operator issued an upbeat full-year forecast and its shares rose more than 2 percent.
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Vornado ups offer for Equity Office
Feb 1 2007 4:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A group led by Vornado Realty Trust boosted its offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $23.24 billion in cash and stock on Thursday, topping a private equity firm's buyout bid.
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Exxon Mobil posts record annual profit
Feb 1 2007 4:51PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company _ $39.5 billion _ even as earnings for the last quarter of 2006 declined 4 percent.
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Dollar up against euro, down against yen
Feb 1 2007 4:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The dollar fell against the yen and pound, but rose against the euro Thursday as currency investors looked ahead to a key U.S. employment report, due out Friday.
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IRS advertises earned income tax credit
Feb 1 2007 3:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of lower-income working people are missing out on substantial tax refunds, the head of the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday as he promoted a tax credit to help them.
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Josefsson unveils climate change plan
Feb 1 2007 12:22PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - As world leaders search for ways to curb the emission of greenhouse gases, Lars G. Josefsson says he has already found the solution.
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Archer Daniels 2Q profit up 20 pct
Feb 1 2007 12:04PM (CT)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Archer Daniels Midland Co., the nation's largest food processor, said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 20 percent, driven in large part by a jump in corn-processing profit. ADM shares jumped more than 10 percent in early trading.
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Boston Scientific 4Q net drops 17 pct.
Feb 1 2007 12:04PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Scientific Corp. on Thursday said its fourth quarter profit fell 17 percent on declining sales of the medical device maker's top-selling product, the Taxus drug-coated stent.
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U.S. manufacturing contracted in January
Feb 1 2007 12:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's manufacturing sector contracted in January, surprising many economists and signaling a shaky start to the new year for industry amid weakness in housing and autos.
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St. Paul Travelers 4Q profit up 6-fold
Feb 1 2007 10:08AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Insurer St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit jumped more than six-fold as it cleared another quarter without major catastrophe losses, readjusted its estimates for other losses, and benefited from investment gains.
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Tokyo, Chicago exchanges talk alliance
Feb 1 2007 9:09AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange is in talks about forming a possible alliance with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, an exchange official said Thursday, one day after the Asia's biggest bourse announced a cooperative agreement with the New York Stock Exchange.
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Maine greenhouse grows winter tomatoes
Feb 1 2007 7:15AM (CT)
MADISON, Maine (AP) - Outdoors, the temperature hovered around 10 degrees and snow covered the ground. Inside, workers wore T-shirts as Gov. John Baldacci sampled the first vine-ripened tomatoes from a 25-acre greenhouse, one of the nation's largest.
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Maine greenhouse grows winter tomatoes
Feb 1 2007 7:15AM (CT)
MADISON, Maine (AP) - Outdoors, the temperature hovered around 10 degrees and snow covered the ground. Inside, workers wore T-shirts as Gov. John Baldacci sampled the first vine-ripened tomatoes from a 25-acre greenhouse, one of the nation's largest.
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Maine greenhouse grows winter tomatoes
Feb 1 2007 7:15AM (CT)
MADISON, Maine (AP) - Outdoors, the temperature hovered around 10 degrees and snow covered the ground. Inside, workers wore T-shirts as Gov. John Baldacci sampled the first vine-ripened tomatoes from a 25-acre greenhouse, one of the nation's largest.
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Maine greenhouse grows winter tomatoes
Feb 1 2007 7:15AM (CT)
MADISON, Maine (AP) - Outdoors, the temperature hovered around 10 degrees and snow covered the ground. Inside, workers wore T-shirts as Gov. John Baldacci sampled the first vine-ripened tomatoes from a 25-acre greenhouse, one of the nation's largest.
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25-acre greenhouse thriving in Maine
Feb 1 2007 7:13AM (CT)
MADISON, Maine (AP) - Outdoors, the temperature hovered around 10 degrees and snow covered the ground. Inside, workers wore T-shirts as Gov. John Baldacci sampled the first vine-ripened tomatoes from a 25-acre greenhouse, one of the nation's largest.
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EU: U.S. needs more farm subsidy cuts
Feb 1 2007 7:09AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The United States needs to make "more ambitious" farm subsidy cuts to make progress at global trade talks, the European Union said Thursday in response to U.S. budget proposals that would cut agriculture spending by $18 billion over the next five years.
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U.S. family-oriented job policies weak
Feb 1 2007 7:01AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States lags far behind virtually all wealthy countries with regard to family-oriented workplace policies such as maternity leave, paid sick days and support for breast-feeding, a new study by Harvard and McGill University researchers says.
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Analysts: Rate may not change in 2007
Feb 1 2007 6:20AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve's seven-month pause in changing interest rates could turn out to be a lot longer. Some analysts think the Fed could stay on hold for all of 2007.
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Rio Tinto profit up 42 percent in 2006
Feb 1 2007 4:30AM (CT)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto PLC said Thursday its net profit for 2006 surged 42.6 percent to a record $7.44 billion on higher commodity prices and strong global demand for iron ore, copper and other resources.
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Hawk signs exclusive deal with Kohl's
Feb 1 2007 1:31AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Skateboard icon Tony Hawk has signed an exclusive deal with Kohl's Corp. to sell footwear under his brand through the mid-level retailer.
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Lawsuit claims airline freight price-fix
Feb 1 2007 12:34AM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Qantas and six other international airlines have been served with a 200 million Australian dollar ($155 million) class-action lawsuit alleging price fixing in the global air freight industry, a lawyer said Thursday.
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Starbucks 1Q earnings up nearly 18 pct.
Feb 1 2007 12:30AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Starbucks Corp. isn't exactly shy about its ambitions for spreading thousands of coffee shops around the world. After opening more than 700 stores in the last three months of 2006, the company still doesn't see much reason to slow down.
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Qwest, Calif. teachers reach settlement
Feb 1 2007 12:00AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's giant teacher pension fund has reached a nearly $47 million settlement with Qwest Communications over a lawsuit claiming that the Denver-based telephone company defrauded the fund of $150 million.
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