Further along the car-free lane, past the parish notice board, an unattended stall offers homegrown strawberries in exchange for a pound dropped in an honesty box.

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The 36-year-old housewife goes there regularly to riffle through the dog-eared sheets that are pinned on the notice board.

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The funds then filed an SEC notice encouraging shareholders to withhold votes for the re-election of three board members.

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"This legal notice gives Coventry a 10-day window to complete the takeover talks, " said the board's statement.

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Short notice of NYSE Euronext's plan to run the Big Board on the company's all-electronic Arca exchange posed potential difficulties that brokers weren't prepared to address with a little over 12 hours to go before trading was to begin, according to people involved in the discussions.

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