Today's frenzy is eerily reminiscent of Japan's bull run a decade ago, right down to strikingly similar fever charts.

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CNOOC, a state-run Chinese firm, tried to buy Unocal, but scuttled away as China-bashing reached fever pitch in America's Congress, leaving the door open for Chevron.

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Andrew Grove, a man who survived the Nazis, the Communists, scarlet fever, prostate cancer and Bill Gates to run what was briefly one of the world's five most valuable companies, is saddled with a disease that will eventually rob him of control over his body.

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