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/ 27 October 2005
British news and financial information giant Reuters on Thursday posted a modest 1,5% rise in underlying third-quarter revenues. Reuters said recurring revenues rose to £574-million (,025-billion) in the three months to September 30, 2005, compared with the same period last year.
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/ 27 October 2005
South Africa’s September 2005 producer price index (PPI) rose by 4,6% year-on-year (y/y) from a 4,2% y/y increase in August, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday. The month-on-month (m/m) figure was down 0,5% in September compared with a 0,5% rise in August 2005. The PPI was expected to rise to a 4,5% y/y increase.
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/ 27 October 2005
President Laurent Gbagbo has called on young militants and protesters to keep off the streets this weekend as tensions mount in the West African country over Gbagbo’s right to remain in power. A presidential ballot was to have been held on Sunday, but Gbagbo cancelled the vote last month, saying the nation was not ready.
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/ 27 October 2005
In response to warnings of a dangerous crisis brewing between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a draft United Nations Security Council resolution demands that they immediately agree to an international commission’s decision ruling on their border, which Ethiopia has rejected.
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/ 27 October 2005
Kaizer Chiefs completed the harrowing experience of drawing six successive Premier Soccer League (PSL) games during the goalless draw against Classic on Wednesday. In other matches, Supersport beat Leopards, Stars and Ajax played to a draw, Celtic lost at home to Swallows, and Cosmos and Santos ended 1-1.
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/ 27 October 2005
The company of legendary United States film director George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars saga, on Thursday launched an animation studio in Singapore to produce television shows and feature films for the global market. Lucasfilm Animation Singapore will take part in the development of a TV spin-off from Star Wars.
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/ 27 October 2005
League Cup holders Chelsea were knocked out of this season’s competition 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out by Premiership rivals Charlton at Stamford Bridge in London on Wednesday. Manchester United’s youngsters took centre stage as they thrashed league-two strugglers Barnet 4-1 at Old Trafford.
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/ 27 October 2005
Formula one’s team chiefs breathed a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday when the FIA announced next season’s grand-prix calendar will be fixed at 19 races. The sport’s organisers have come under criticism for creating a punishing schedule this year after the calendar was packed with the highest number of races to date run in one season.
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/ 27 October 2005
Listed supermarket group Shoprite has recorded an increase of 11,8% in its total turnover for the first three months of its 2006 financial year (July to September 2005) compared with the same period a year earlier, the group said in a trading statement on Thursday.
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/ 27 October 2005
Danny de Vito has a $26 cheque waiting for him from All-State Insurance. Reese Witherspoon is owed nearly $100 by Tiffany. And California first lady Maria Shriver has more than $300 waiting for her in the state’s unclaimed property vault, according to the state controller’s website.