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Last Updated: Friday, 2 March 2007, 10:32 GMT
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European shares rise in early trade on Friday, after the recent three-day fall in markets across the globe.

German retail sales slumped in January as a VAT rise introduced at the beginning of the year started to bite.
The European Commission will probe its approval of a merger between the music businesses of Sony and Bertelsmann.

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