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		<title><![CDATA[US TV groups fight for India's airtime]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Time Warner said on Thursday that next year would be critical in the war for supremacy in India's prime time pay television market, as the country becomes a battleground for the largest US media groups.Time Warner, which formally announced a $126.5m deal to take over Hindi general entertainment channel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:11:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exxon LNG project arranges $14bn in financing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ExxonMobil and its joint venture partners in a $15bn liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea have secured $14bn in project financing and construction is due to begin early next year.Oil Search ? which has a 29 percent stake in what will be the largest ever foreign investment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:29:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Murdoch quits Nielsen race]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's eldest son and a director of his News Corp media empire, has withdrawn at the last minute from a consortium bidding for the bulk of Nielsen Business Media's trade magazines and trade shows.Pluribus Capital Management, a newly-formed private equity vehicle founded by established media executives,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Music chiefs hail Google video launch]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Video may have killed the radio star but some of the music industry's most senior executives lined up on Tuesday night to declare that online video could be the salvation for stars and labels after a decade of digital mis-steps.The chief executives of Universal Music, Sony Music and EMI...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BHP and Rio Tinto sign iron ore deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The proposed iron ore joint venture in Australia between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto faces a period of tough regulatory scrutiny after the two leading mining companies signed a binding agreement.Rio and BHP, the world's second and third-biggest producers of iron ore, did not disclose details of the deal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM ties up with SAIC in Indian venture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ General Motors and China's SAIC Motor Corp will announce a tie-up today to expand into the Indian market, markinga significant step in China's efforts to gain a foothold in one of the world's largest emerging markets for cars.GM and SAIC - which are already in a joint venture in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast bid values NBC deal at $37bn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Comcast's long-awaited bid for control of NBC Universal will value the new joint venture with General Electric at a larger-than-expected $37.25bn, including a higher valuation on the US cable group's pay-television stations and the potential for a larger cash outlay than analysts had foreseen.Final terms of the deal had...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:22:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Project Kangaroo set to be reborn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Project Kangaroo ? the failed web-video joint venture between the UK's largest broadcasters ? is set to be reborn after the website's new owner, Arqiva, secured its first content from the BBC.SeeSaw, as Arqiva's service will be called, is also close to a licensing deal with Channel 4, according...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ General Motors has failed for the second time in two months to sell a lossmaking brand to outside investors after a Swedish consortium pulled out of talks to buy Saab, the premium car marque, from the US carmaker.Fritz Henderson, GM chief executive, said the company was "disappointed" by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Tivo is re-entering the UK market through a partnership with Virgin Media, the cable operator, six years after the US group gave up selling its digital video recorders in Britain.The deal, in which Tivo will provide software rather than branded boxes, is a rebuff to Project Canvas, the joint...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ China Investment Corp said on Thursday it has bought a 20 per cent stake in GCL-Poly Energy, a Hong Kong-listed solar power plant operator, for HK$5.5bn (US$705m) as the sovereign wealth fund takes a bet on new energy.As part of the investment, CIC and GCL-Poly plan to set up...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[BMW and Brilliance partner to expand in China]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, Nov 12 ? BMW and its partner, the state parent of Brilliance China Automotive, will invest $735m to expand their capacity in the world's largest vehicle market.The total long-term investment of BMW and joint venture partner Brilliance Auto Group is expected to eventually exceed 5bn yuan, BMW said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:36:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Russia's bold gambit to build a partnership with Opel and win access to technology vital for transforming its battered car industry lay in tatters on Wednesday.Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, said he was "surprised" at the decision by General Motors to hold on to Opel and indicated Russia could...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ British Sky Broadcasting has accused the BBC of "riding a coach and horses" through the nascent market for internet TV by investing licence-fee payers' money in Project Canvas, a planned successor to Freeview.Canvas is a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT and Five that aims to bring internet...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A US-led consortium is challenging Geely Automobile of China in the race to buy Volvo, the lossmaking Swedish carmaker, from Ford.The Crown consortium is fronted by Michael Dingman, a former Ford director and veteran turnround specialist, and Shamel Rushwin, a former executive at Ford and Chrysler, according to people...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Several thousand local trade unionists and Opel workers from across Europe descended on the carmaker's Antwerp factory yesterday.They were there to signal their unity in the face of Europe-wide job cuts detailed by Magna International, the Canadian parts-maker which is leading a consortium to buy Opel from General Motors."Wir...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Qu Li, a Chinese automotive consultant controversially employed by MG Rover, has emerged as a participant in talks to buy the assets of LDV, the Birmingham vanmaker that collapsed into administration in June.MG Rover was criticised in a recent government-sponsored report for paying £1.7m in commissions to companies associated...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sick companies will pull down healthy ones]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The president of a leading European business group has condemned Germany's plan to sweeten the sale of Opel, General Motors' European arm, to a Canadian-led consortium with an offer of billions of euros in subsidies."I'm totally against the decision that the federal German government has taken," Jürgen Thumann, head...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Korean-led consortium developing a gas field off Burma's coast is to invest billions of dollars in a project to supply gas to China over 30 years, including a controversial plan to build a supply pipeline between the countries.Starting in 2013, the consortium will feed 500m cubic feet of...]]></description>
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