• Those firms are working hard to strip down their cost bases by shedding employees and minimising the risk of trading blow-ups over the next year.

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  • Ian Poulter's hopes of a first major win suffered a blow though after his first over-par round of the tournament.

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  • With Bell looking at ease on his home ground, the fourth-wicket pair added 62 before South Africa struck the all-important blow in the 41st over.

    BBC: England toil as S Africa dominate

  • When our Twitter timeline started lighting up with chatter over Blow's anti-Mormon tweet, we wanted to see what it was he said.

    WSJ: 'Right Wing Lice'

  • To try and soften this terrific blow, Schering-Plough decided to sell Claritin over the counter, a move that could keep generics out of the prescription market.

    FORBES: Schering Gets Plowed

  • The spinner struck a vital blow in his next over when he had the well-set Ashraful caught by close-in fielder Mubarak.

    BBC: Clean sweep for Sri Lanka

  • Ten years ago this week, Cavanaugh looked to blow off steam over the holiday weekend by taking two Jani-King employees and Colony Robinson, his 27-year old girlfriend, to the Caribbean.

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  • The score had moved on to 91-2 in the 13th over when Tredwell struck another blow as a beautifully flighted delivery clipped the edge of Darren Bravo's bat and was snaffled low down by Strauss at slip.

    BBC: Cricket World Cup: England win keeps Cup hopes alive

  • United struck a hammer blow a minute before the break as Ajose's George Best-like chip over stranded goalkeeper Pacheco doubled the lead.

    BBC: United win Milk Cup premier title

  • With Adele belting it out over the sound system, rising above the roar of nine blow-dryers on full blast, women ages 21 to 62 are spun out sleek and smooth.

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  • Welsh hopes of a result took a significant blow when captain Craig Bellamy withdrew from the side because of concerns over his new-born baby daughter.

    BBC: Wales 0-2 Germany

  • We worked very hard to get to this point - over the course of seven weeks we probably only had one chance to blow off steam.

    BBC: Nathan Bracken column

  • Jeff's fear of a mole may be well grounded, for the Mounties hope to strike a blow to Canada's cannabis business with a string of big, high-profile busts over the next several years.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Crowd favourite Younes El Aynaoui , the tenth seed, delivered another blow to Argentina with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win over Gaston Etlis while 13th seed Max Mirnyi eased past Spanish qualifier Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-3.

    BBC: Nadal maintains form

  • Southeast Asia does blow a cloud over our stock market, making earnings forecasts iffy for prime multinationals like Coca-Cola, 3M, Boeing.

    FORBES: Stocks for cowardly lions

  • If you asked most people in the financial markets that question they would point to two things: another blow-up in the eurozone crisis, and the lurking fear that US budget policies are heading over a "fiscal cliff".

    BBC: Gauging the fiscal cliff

  • Leeds also lost Hall with a dead leg, while Bulls stand-off Ben Jeffries was helped off in the second half after taking a heavy blow to the head but, in an ill-tempered West Yorkshire derby, tensions again boiled over at the end when punches were traded between both sets of players.

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  • America had renewed hope when Stanfill bundled over from his own tap penalty but Vaki struck the decisive blow with 10 minutes left - leaving the Eagles ruing their wasted opportunities.

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  • At the end of a two-day summit in Brussels, Silvio Berlusconi showed optimism in face of a double blow to Europe, first over the Constitution and now over the budget, and stressed that the European Council ended "with neither winners nor losers".

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  • James partially dislocated a shoulder during Wales' win over the USA while Jones took a blow to the head in the first minute of Wales' 48-15 win.

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