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BMG and Sony close to music joint venture
Bertelsmann, the German media group, is close to agreeing a joint venture in recorded music between its BMG music arm and Sony Music, part of the Japanese electronics and entertainment group. 11:35 | Read
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    EUROPEAN EQUITIES
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    European markets pushed higher as investors returned to technology stocks following strong earnings from Cisco of the US. The ECB kept eurozone interest rates on hold.  13:23  | Read

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    Jean ClaudeTrichet Critics blame the hawkish monetary policy for contributing to three years of weak economic growth in the eurozone. They will therefore look to Jean-claude Trichet, European Central Bank's new chief, to engineer a recovery, as he presides over the interest-rate-setting governing council for the first time.
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    The exchange's interim chairman has proposed an ineffectual reform that still leaves the fox guarding the henhouse, argues Robert Greifeld, president and chief executive of Nasdaq. Nov 5 2003 | ReadRequires subscription
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    US business awaits green light of confidence
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