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Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) — French Finance Minister Francois Baroin said France has been stripped its AAA credit rating by Standard & Poor’s for the first time. He was speaking on France 2 television.
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NEW YORK – Facebook film "The Social Network" picked up four awards, including best movie, from a key industry group in the first major honors of Hollywood’s awards season, helping to narrow the list of this year’s Oscar contenders.
The National Board of Review, a U.S.-based group of movie industry watchers and film professionals, gave best [...]
NEWPORT, Wales – Europe defeated the United States to win the Ryder Cup here on Monday, prevailing in a thrilling contest to finally overcome a gutsy American fightback.
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NEW YORK – A nagging knee injury has forced Venus Williams to skip the rest of the 2010 tennis season, including next month’s Fed Cup final between the United States and Italy.
Williams, a seven-time grand slam winner, has been troubled by the problem since July when she was knocked out of the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
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