Half-time came and went with Andy Reid still left on the bench by Giovanni Trapattoni.

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David Miller, an analyst with Sutro, says that by the time the money changed hands, Fox Family went for 60% more, as a multiple of operating income, than Viacom paid when it acquired Black Entertainment Television in January.

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With 1.7m more women than men convention went by the board: for the first time women's advertisements outnumbered those placed by men.

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Whatever the causes of the Princess Victoria sinking to a watery grave on that stormy Saturday afternoon in January 1953, the passing of time has not erased the sorrow felt by many, whose loved ones went down with the ship.

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The number of company failures fell by even more - 185 went bust in the run up to Christmas - down by a third compared with the same time in 2011.

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Start with the time you awoke, got out of bed, follow your entire day step by step until the time you went back to bed.

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Vlasic piled the pressure on the others by clearing 2.04m at the second time of asking and Chicherova went out after failing with her attempts.

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