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Soaring US exports help to narrow the country's trade deficit, while unemployment falls slightly.

US carmaker Chrysler is to recall almost half a million vehicles, its second recall in two weeks.
US private equity group KKR is the group behind a potential takeover approach for Alliance Boots, the BBC learns.

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