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Last Updated: Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 09:41 GMT 10:41 UK
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell agrees to pay $353m to settle claims from investors over its 2004 oil reserves scandal.

Mining group Xstrata sells its aluminium operations to US-based Apollo Management in a $1.15bn deal.
World leaders are set to open two days of talks in a bid to revive global trade negotiations.

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