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It's not JUST a credit crunch...
2008-07-03 12:28:00 M&S Credit Crunch Cartoon: The boss of Marks and Spencer has warned of "stormy times ahead" for the UK economy - as his firm said a slide in consumer confidence had hit sales. M&S shares sank by 24.5% after the gloomy comments - with Sir Stuart Rose saying UK woes would be "more of a two-year problem than a two-month one". Like-for-like UK sales dropped 5.3% in the past three months, M&S said.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi-/business/7484700.stm
Rube Goldberg the energy crunch and KISS
2008-06-25 14:50:00 Are we heading the right direction in dealing with worldwide energy demand ?. In attempting to engineer our way out of our energy problems, have we overlook the obvious, and instead embarked on a course of building the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. Using my own vehicle (2006 Dodge ram picku
Roxio Crunch Video Converter
2008-06-09 22:17:00 Convert DV, AVI, MOV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DivX, DVD-Video, Video_TS folders, and more Automatically add converted video to iTunes library for easy syncing with your Apple TVTM, iPod®, or iPhoneTM Powerful award-winning video conversion technology from the makers of Toast®. Roxio Crunch? is the essential video converter for Apple TVTM, iPod®, and iPhoneTM. Take your video in to the living room or the palm of your hands fast and simple. Roxio Crunch is a one-stop shop for all of your video conversion needs. Batch export will make your life even simpler: converted video will be automatically added to iTunes for syncing. Don't just convert it, Crunch it! Flexible Inputs Supports the widest range of video file formats available including QuickTime files and popular non-QuickTime video file formats such as DivX and MPEG-2 files. Device Profiles Choose from multiple MPEG-4 and H.264 quality settings tailored specifically for use with your Apple TV, iPod®, or iPhone. Easily choose...
By: Blog Zone
Percival Return Will Cause Roster Crunch
2008-06-09 10:03:00 MLB.com's Bill Chastain writes of an impending Rays roster crunch. Closer Troy Percival can come off the DL Friday. Percival's replacement, Grant Balfour, doesn't deserve a demotion. He's out of options, and the Rays would have to sneak him through waivers to get him back to Triple A. Balfour did clear waivers in April. Given his situation and success this year, perhaps we can add Balfour to our Reliever Market list. The Rays acquired Balfour from the Brewers for Seth McClung last July. He's endured all kinds of injury problems but seems on track in '08. DRays Bay suggests keeping Balfour and either cutting Gary Glover or trading Jason Hammel.
By: The RotoFeed
Foto do novo IPhone 3G vazou?
2008-06-09 05:24:00 Já aconteceu antes do pessoal do CrunchGear receber fotos anônimas de um produto antes dele chegar no mercado, que mais tarde foram provadas que eram verdadeiras. Dessa vez eles receberam fotos do que, possivelmente, seria o novo iPhone 3G. Fotos de um anúncio do novo iPhone já revelam novas características do aparelho como: é mais fino ...
Crude crunch
2008-06-08 00:03:00 International crude prices have appreciated by over 100% in the past one year. The average price of the Indian crude basket per barrel rose steadily from $55.72 in 2005-06 to $62.46 in 2006-07, $79.25 in 2007-08 and zoomed further to $118.00 by early8 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
Dubai unaffected by credit crunch
2008-06-05 02:00:00 Overseas property investors could collect strong returns in Dubai, an expert has advised. According to Ahmed Jamal of Emerging Markets Property Advisors, the emirate is one of the best investment markets in the world. This was said to be because it has a very strong rental market, which means investors can enjoy high occupancy rates and healthy rental yields. Mr Jamal added that many other popular property hotspots have been negatively affected by the credit crunch. However, he stated that the problems in the worldwide economy have not extended as far as Dubai. "People are talking about a global property crisis but the terminology is incorrect," he commented. "There is a crisis in the US and parts of Europe but other places are doing well." This comes after Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing revealed that about seven million people booked accommodation in the region during 2007. According to the organisation, this number could possibly increase to ten ...
Zedomax.Net Web2.0 Crunch?
2008-06-04 02:37:00 Here’s this week’s wrap up of Web2.0 companies and ramblings over at .Net: Craigslist needs to update their graphics… Google Adsense will be available for RSS feeds, more money for bloggers. Jobirn, a new type of job referral network launched. The Dot Com Boom history of miserable failures can be seen here including webvan. Free ...
Merchants to NY Affiliates: Hit the Road!
2008-06-04 01:00:00 June is here, which means the “Amazon Tax” law, as it’s been dubbed, is now in effect. Merchants with affiliates residing in New York state will now have to charge tax on orders of customers in New York. In short, the state of NY has decided that affiliates constitute nexus, i.e. a term ...
By: TrishaLyn.com
The Fuel Cost Crunch in W.Va.
2008-06-03 18:28:00 Some 50,000 West Virginia truckers can avoid paying their $1,132.75 annual registration fee for most trucks for two months, in a bid to help them manage rising fuel costs, The Associated Press reports.Gov. Joe Manchin and the state Division of Motor Vehicles agreed to push back the deadline for those fees from July 1 to Sept. 1, AP reports."According to AAA, diesel averages $4.85 a gallon in West Virginia, compared with $4.78 nationally," the article noted.MetroNews reports that "the idea of the two-month reprieve came from talks the governor had with truckers who drove to the state capitol as part of a protest earlier this year. The governor spoke with the truckers by phone that day and later met with some of them."MetroNews also reports that "West Virginia has seen its third straight month of motor fuel tax collections below estimates," with one state official commenting that "people are consuming less gasoline and are a little cautious of their driving habits."The move comes aft...
Living Mobile Critter Crunch
2008-06-03 15:16:00 Living Mobile Critter Crunch 240x320 v1.0.1 S60v3 J2ME Having a pest problem is never a pleasant experience. Nature has thrown up a wide variety of troublesome creatures that possess an uncanny knack of making your life a misery. The usual solution is to call in the professionals, but for cuddly jungle inhabitant Biggs – who finds his beloved homestead invaded by a wide range of irksome critters – flicking through the Yellow Pages for a local exterminator simply isn’t an option.Thankfully, our fluffy hero is equipped with a more graceful solution. The pesky critters that have encroached on his precious living space come in a range of sizes and although Biggs may bear a passing resemblance to a hairball, he’s smart enough to know that big things eat little things. Such is the way of the world.By lashing out his enormous tongue, he can grab one of the offending critters, store it temporally in his mouth and then hurl it into the waiting maw of a larger pest. These unsa...
By: Free mobile Game
Strong balance sheet helps agriculture through credit crunch
2008-05-30 16:00:00 Agriculture is better placed than other industries to weather the credit crunch, say lenders.
By: FWi - All News
Indian Oil Corp May Tide Over Liquidity Crunch By Selling ONGC, GAIL Shares
2008-05-29 10:02:00 If you are facing a tight liquidity crunch, one of the options you can look at is to sell property or shares and bring in some money to the coffers. Indian Oil Corporation, India's biggest refiner and marketer, faced with a cash crunch owing 8 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
Interest Rates and the Credit Crunch
2008-05-29 07:00:00 In Greek mythology, the hydra was a beast that, when one of its many heads were severed, would grow new heads in their place. The sub-prime mortgage crisis has developed in a similar fashion, initially appearing to be constrained to a sector of unworthy credit borrowers who likely didn’t have the financial ability to own ...
By: Resources zone
It's crunch time for Kirkby
2008-05-29 00:00:00 Keith Wyness has admitted that the move to Kirkby is at a crucial point, and could face complete failure should the scheme be called in by the government - something which looks likely with objections from all neighbouring authorities to the plans.
Credit crunch eases
2008-05-26 22:02:00 By SHINO YUASA Tokyo May 26: An official of United States treasury said on Monday that the global credit crunch is gradually calming following efforts by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Mr Clay Lowe8 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
Iceland Ponders EU Membership as the Credit Crunch Sinks its Currency
2008-05-22 16:01:00 Editor?s Note: Despite rising fast financially in the past few years, Iceland is feeling the chilly effects of the global credit crunch - so much so the fiercely independent island nation is considering European Union membership to save its tanking currency. A special report, jointly developed by U.K. affiliate MoneyWeek Magazine and our experts here at Money Morning, explores the pros and cons of Iceland?s potential EU membership. If you think the credit crunch is hitting the United States and United Kingdom hard, spare a thought for Iceland. Banks all over the world have spent much of the past few years devouring…SHARETHIS.addEn-try({ title: "Iceland Ponders EU Membership as the Credit Crunch Sinks its Currency", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/-22/iceland-ponders-eu-membershi-p-as-the-credit-crunch-sinks-it-s-currency/" });
By: Jutia Group
Energy Watchdog Warns Of Oil-Production Crunch
2008-05-22 15:11:00 The world’s premier energy monitor is preparing a sharp downward revision of its oil-supply forecast, a shift that reflects deepening pessimism over whether oil companies can keep abreast of booming demand. The Paris-based International Energy Agency is in the middle of its first attempt to comprehensively assess the condition of the world’s top 400 oil fields. ...
By: 1913 Intel
Eggs offer solution for families feeling the effects of the credit crunch
2008-05-21 16:00:00 The British Egg Information Service (BEIS) has launched a campaign to remind consumers feeling the pinch what great value eggs are.
By: FWi - All News
O.C. monthly home sales crack 2,000 for 1st time since credit crunch
2008-05-19 17:47:00 The spring surge in sales continued to erase the impact of the last summer’s credit crunch in the Orange County housing market, DataQuick Information Systems reported today. Sales totaled 2,166 in April, the first time sales were above 2,000 homes a month since the market-thrashing liquidity crisis — caused by investors shunning mortgage securities sold on Wall Street, thus drying up home-loan funding. Homebuying in April, by DataQuick’s math, hit its 31st consecutive month where sales failed to beat the year-ago level. History shows us that last month’s buying was 19% below a year ago and 46% below the average April since 1988. Year-to-date, O.C. homebuying is -57% vs. the 20-year average actvity. Here’s a look at O.C. homebuying, since ‘88, showing monthly sales totals for 2007 and 2008 so far and how they compare to the 20-year monthly average for that month … Month ‘88-’07 avg. 2007 2008 ‘08 vs. avg. January 2,737 2,40...
Side-stepping the credit crunch
2008-05-19 10:00:00 The credit crunch has had a dramatic impact on the cost and availability of loans in the domestic market. But what effect has it had on the poultry industry, and how can producers secure finance for new projects? Olivia Cooper reports
By: FWi - All News
munching on the credit crunch (finances; health)
2008-05-17 16:23:00 I’ve got the first credit card I’ve been able to get in years, during this time when all of the news reports are talking about the credit crunch and how hard it is to get these days. I haven’t been able to get credit for over ten years, when I was diagnosed with HIV and did what so many people did – and still do – in that situation: I told myself that I had to do everything I ever wanted to do before I died.I had thought about moving to San Francisco for several years but was afraid to do it because I had this fatalistic idea that I would end up infected with HIV, since it was so prevalent out there. Then my best friend moved out there. I was living in Washington, DC at the time, and got infected anyway.By the way, fuck all of you who say that people infected in the 90’s and up through today are just “stupid”. I got infected in a way that they say is literally almost impossible, but besides that, there are...
Staff retention levels to improve at Royal Mail as credit crunch bites
2008-05-15 16:30:00 Royal Mail's HR director has predicted that the current economic downturn will be good for the organisation's retention levels. Dermot Toberty, di
Get a little CRUNCH in your diet
2008-05-15 14:00:00 I am not a very big ‘chip’ eater, but every once in a while, I get the urge to have something crunchy with my meals. I found these this past weekend: Garden of Eatin’ Multi Grain Tortilla Chips. I saw the words multi grain and grabbed them without even looking at the ingredients (which I ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Get a little CRUNCH in your diet", url: "http://womensdietandfitness.co-m/WDF/get-a-little-crunch-in-yo-ur-diet/" });
Scots look to escape credit crunch abroad
2008-05-15 02:00:00 Continuing financial pressures in the UK are prompting many Scottish people to consider emigrating, a survey has found. According to a Legal & General Study, nearly one in five Scots are prepared to leave the country in order to avoid the effects of the credit crunch. Only three per cent of those surveyed said they consider themselves well off, while most respondents raised concerns about the rising cost of living in the UK. Speaking to the Scotsman, Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers Alliance said: "This is a shocking indication of how inhospitable this country has become for ordinary people trying to make a living." Tim Warren, spokesperson for Legal & General, added that he was very surprised by the findings. He said it is "startling" that so many people from Scotland would be prepared to pack their bags and leave the country for sunnier climbs such as Italy and Spain. Last month, a poll of expatriates by NatWest revealed that the vast majority believ...
Healthy Snack Review: Crunch Dried Snacks from Sensible Foods
2008-05-14 22:11:00 It is Healthy Snack and Food Month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! I've made a promise to myself that I would start eating healthier. I feel that the choices we make, with what enters our bodies, is definitely one thing we can do to help us feel better. It feels great to make positive choices. When you are like me and you have a chronic illness, it is so important to eat well. I think many times the reason we do not eat as well as we should is because we are just too tired to cook, or too tired to shop for the healthier choices. I found a great tasting crunchy, sweet snack that I am now officially addicted to. I didn't think it would be possible to be addicted to something healthy, but I am! Click to read more ...
Google lanza Friend Connect
2008-05-13 00:47:00 Google lanza el servicio Friend Connect | TechCrunch Tags: Friend Connect, Google, minipost, TechCrunch
By: unblogged
Credit Card Debt Consolidation - Help Get Rid Of Credit Crunch
2008-05-09 21:19:00 Credit card is a means of fast money provider. You take it inordinate advantage then no doubt you come under credit card debt. Still, you can chances to make your life free from such debts. You can seek credit card debt consolidation. Applying is very simple. You can apply it online and offline, though processing online is preferred.
Crunch Pod announces re-release Caustic EP 'I am on fire'
2008-05-09 06:00:00 Caustic's first EP is being re-released. Originally released in 2004 on Matt Fanale's Sonic Mainline Discs with a very limited run of 100 copies, "I am on fire" is now impossible to find, but...
By: Side-Line Music
Champion of buy-to-let boom succumbs to credit crunch
2008-05-07 00:00:00 Profits for the group three years ago were as high as £12m, but internal management accounts for the nine months to January 31 this year show income of just £239,000, with a £97,000 loss in January alone. Its attractions had started to wane before mortgage rationing, as critical attention in the media - including the Guardian - focused on "minus millionaires", customers owing banks more than they could afford as promised rental yields failed to materialise and property values started to tumbl ...
By: Property Blog
Property Investors to Look to India During Credit Crunch
2008-05-04 10:40:00 Merrill Lynch predicts a 700% increase in Indian property market by 2015 Changes in Indian property law will allow UK investors to take advantage of the predicted seven fold increase in the Indian property market. Navyroof.com - the company that brings investment opportunities from the most up and coming areas of India to investors in the ...
India to Remain Strong Despite the Global Credit Crunch
2008-05-04 00:00:00 What impact will the global credit crisis have on India has been a hot topic of late. The pundits are chiming in, and it's nearly 3 to 1 that India will survive the crisis intact. The latest I've been following is on Seekingalpha.com wher4 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
India to Remain Strong Despite the Global Credit Crunch
2008-05-02 23:19:00 What impact will the global credit crisis have on India has been a hot topic of late. The pundits are chiming in, and it's nearly 3 to 1 that India will survive the crisis intact. The latest I've been following is on Seekingalpha.com where a real estate leader we have covered in our top ten... Read More...
By: The India Street
Experts claim credit crunch should be used to boost employee engagement
2008-05-02 13:30:00 Employee engagement experts have called on organisations to use the current economic climate to their benefit when
Credit crunch 'boosts overseas property'
2008-05-02 02:00:00 The ongoing credit crisis is prompting some people to take the plunge and invest in a foreign property, an expert has said. According to Paul Collins of the BuyAssociation website, foreign property ownership is becoming more and more popular in the UK. This was partially attributed to economic issues such as the slowdown in the British housing market, as this has prompted some investors to seek potential opportunities overseas. He added that the credit crunch is also having an effect, as many are losing confidence in the amount of money they have in their UK property. Mr Collins commented: "When things start to show signs of taking a downturn it can actually steel people into making a decision." This comes after Exchange Bond predicted that the number of foreign properties owned by British and Irish nationals will increase by at least eight per cent this year.
Don't Get Crunched by the Credit Crunch
2008-05-01 15:14:00 What the heck is a credit crunch and why would I care? Don't let opportunities pass you by because of crummy credit.
Beating the Credit Crunch
2008-04-27 07:00:00 With the effects of the credit crunch taking hold UK consumers are looking to make spending cut backs on holidays, says a new report. Rising interest rates, gas and electricity prices, council tax, water rates and weekly shopping bills are now squeezing British incomes so that luxury purchases such as holidays, home improvements, clothes and cars ...
By: Resources zone
Episode 98: The Great Crunch Conundrum
2008-04-26 02:03:00 May 31, 1997:Graduation night. Jamie, James, my girlfriend and I were flying through town in my dad's Ford F-150. We had two ice chests chock full of a multi-colored assortment of sodas and ice and the back was loaded with cartons of smokes that they'd no doubt leave me to be the sole proprietor of in the morning after. Not that we really needed all that for the trip but with all the parties we'd crash, we'd work up strong appetites for junk food and drinks with strong caffeine content. We'd raided many of these parties already and had made out with much in the way of loot. We were living as teenage pirates and here we were, on a deserted highway, simply cruising. We were loaded full, completely twisted on caffeinated beverages and heads full of metal...good people. Good times.There it was. I'll never forget it to this day. Try as I may, it is an incident that will forever live in infamy in my life. Knowing then what I know now, I'd have made a U-turn and hauled ass the other...
Emerging private equity flows despite crunch
2008-04-23 22:59:00 LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity deals in established Western economies have almost dried up due to the credit crunch but in emerging markets, billions still flow, including increasing amounts to more exotic frontier areas. 10 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
Explicando el Credit Crunch
2008-04-23 19:46:00 Del programa Bremner Bird and Fortune, como siempre simplemente genial explicación sobre lo que es el credit crunch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I5Jv6OHwcdE Compártelo
By: Gurusblog
Credit Crunch:UK Autism Campaign Appeal to Gordon Brown
2008-04-23 14:59:00 (London, UK) The UK based Autism Awareness Campaign has urged British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chancellor of the Exchequer Alastair Darling to reach out to the vulnerable and help families with autism during what is now a time of crisis. According to campaigners, the credit crunch will hurt the poor, the most vulnerable sections ...
Bennigan?s Cash Crunch Lunch $4.99 includes Drink (10 Lunches to choose plu
2008-04-23 10:31:00 Rating: 0 Posted By: chaboh Views: 12 Replies: 0 Bennigan's Cash Crunch Lunch $4.99 includes Drink.Everyday from 11AM - 2PM10 Lunches to choose:Turkey O' TooleThe American BurgerMonte CristoGrilled Chicken Club SandwichGolden Chicken Tender LunchKilkenney's Grilled Chicken SaladTurkey Deli Sandwich AND SOUPSOUP AND Salad Luch ComboIrish Grilled Cheese AND Tomato Basil SOUPChicken Platter Lunch --> Tried this today ( Grilled Chicken Breast w/ Pilaf Rice AND Whole bunch of Steamed Broccoli ) Pretty big portion for Lunch MenuChoice of Drinks:Fountain Drinks Iced TeaCoffeeBottle waterMore Online Coupons from Fatwallet.com.
Credit crunch 'could be good for investors'
2008-04-23 02:00:00 The ongoing credit crisis could create potential investment opportunities across the world, experts have suggested. According to Amberlamb, the recent drop in consumer confidence has made some property sellers desperate to offload their stock. Rhiannon Davies, director of the group, said this is particularly apparent in countries which have historically had a strong housing market. She believes that since these locations are still supported by strong "fundamentals" and are likely to recover at some point in the future. Therefore, buyers could potentially snap up a bargain during this downturn and wait for the market to pick up again in the future. Ms Davies commented: "Those who buy in very low today and cash in on the financial crisis will reap the dividends over the long-term." This comes soon after Foreign Property Buyer recommended that investors see what "freebies" are being offered by developers. According to the website, prospective buyer...
UK unveils 50 bln pound credit crunch plan for banks
2008-04-22 20:21:00 LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England unveiled an ambitious plan on Monday to swap banks' risky mortgage assets for at least 50 billion pounds of government debt in the latest bid to spare Britain from the ravages of a global credit crunch. 12 Vote(s)
By: Market Buzz
Surviving the Credit Crunch
2008-04-22 16:47:00 Many commentators have argued that today?s global ‘credit crunch’ has its origins in the relaxation of monetary policy following the bursting of the dot com bubble and efforts to avert a US recession post-9/11. Its impact on the global economy will be felt via the same transmission mechanisms that have led to past contagion. However, ...
Martin Lawrenson ponders the credit crunch
2008-04-22 10:00:00 Martin Lawrenson farms 146ha (360 acres) of mainly peat land with his father at Northwoods Farm, Pilling in Lancashire growing cereals, potatoes, oilseed rape and grass for horse hay and haylage. He also has pigs, poultry and beef cattle.
By: FWi - All News
Milk Calendar Mondays: Cinnamon Crunch Raspberry Muffins
2008-04-22 00:54:00 For those of you who flipped your Milk Calendar to April and wondered about my adventure with Salmon and Rice Primavera, well, you'll just have to keep on wondering. Or you can do the recipe and assume that whatever you thought of it will be exactly my reaction. I didn't attempt the recipe because of a salmon allergy (how wrong is that?).So this month's Milk Calendar Monday recipe let me dive into one of the extra eight recipes. I really wonder why they separate these out from the others. I mean, yes, it's always good to give your customers more than they asked for (well, more in a good way... higher prices, unending telephone trees, days of headaches to get a simple thing done are NOT examples of this), but these...um...hidden...recipes always look more interesting and tasty than the monthly spotlights. I'd have been happier if the Easy Jambalaya recipe (yes, I do drone on about that one) was hidden on one the back pages and the recipe I chose instead was on a calendar page.I ...
O.C. gets $800,000 lesson in credit crunch
2008-04-21 22:21:00 Your blogger’s most recent Register column says … Orange County has borrowed $123 million in so-called “Teeter bonds” that let government, in essence, get cash from some unpaid, local property taxes. These “variable-rate notes” carry interest charges that can change each week. But the county, in theory, should pay a relatively low rate because they bought insurance from Ambac, one of several bond insurers that ran into financial turmoil thanks to their own bad bets on risky bonds. Insurers like Ambac rent out their own gold-plated, Triple-A credit score. But when just one credit rater marked down Ambac to “AA” in January, havoc broke out. It wasn’t that Ambac was likely to fail, though, some harsh critics think some bond insurers’ trouble is deeper than has been revealed. This rate surge appears to be mainly a case where typical buyers of insured bonds – ultra-risk-averse traders, by nature — fled at the first whif...
Interest Rates and the Credit Crunch
2008-04-20 08:12:00 In Greek mythology, the hydra was a beast that, when one of its many heads were severed, would grow new heads in their place. The sub-prime mortgage crisis has developed in a similar fashion, initially appearing to be constrained to a sector of unworthy credit borrowers who likely didn't have the financial ability to own a home normally. However, this expected loss translated into falls in construction, consumer spending, and widespread mortgage defaults in prime markets. This hydra doesn't respond well to lip service, such as the interest rate freezing plan ushered in by the US Treasury which is constrained to a statistically small minority of distressed homeowners. Yet the knock-on effect of the sub-prime crisis that has gotten the most attention is relatively removed from those experiencing foreclosure: the financial sector, overexposed and reeling from massive writedowns due to investment in securities backed by these same sub-prime mortgages. However, both sides of this cris...
Brown Urges US to Engage With World on Credit Crunch, Iraq - Bloomberg
2008-04-18 19:07:00 CBC.caBrown Urges US to Engage With World on Credit Crunch, IraqBloomberg - 2 hours agoBy Kitty Donaldson April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Gordon Brown urged the US to re- engage with the rest of the world and to work through institutions including the ...Britain's Brown Sees World of New Challenges NPRBrown calls for new era of transatlantic co-operation GuardianBush, Great Britain's Brown Call for New Iran Sanctions NewsBlazeall 973 news articles |
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