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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>The <FONT color=#008000><B>German ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment</B></FONT> decreased in January 2008 once again and now stands at minus 41.6 points after minus 37.2 points in the previous month. This is still well below its historical average of 31.0 points and is the lowest since 1993 - a 15-year low.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>UK Annual Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) – the UK Government\'s target measure – was 2.1 per cent in December, unchanged from November.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The <FONT color=#008000><B>Deloitte 2007 Remuneration Survey</B></FONT> reveals that a wide divergence in remuneration levels still prevails across EU member states. Ireland is now 16th out of the 24 countries in terms of the overall cost of employment with a figure of €38,541, an increase of 4.6% from €36,852.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>European Union countries are fighting for national interest within days of the Commission publishing the country-by-country targets share-out for cutting greenhouse emissions.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'UK factory gate/wholesale price annual inflation rose to 5% in December - the highest since 1991';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 14, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>In December, UK factory gate/wholesale price annual inflation for all manufactured products rose to 5.0 per cent - the highest since 1991. Input price annual inflation rose from 10.9 per cent in November to 11.3 per cent in December. </FONT>';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>In November 2007 seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.5% in the Eurozone (EA13)&nbsp; compared with October 2007, and by 0.3% in the EU27. In October production grew by 0.5% in both zones.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Manchester United almost doubled profit in 2007; Premier League clubs’ revenues to increase significantly in 2007/08 to over £1.76bn';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>Manchester United almost doubled profit as it regained its Premier League soccer title in 2007.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Trichet says ECB is in position of "total alertness" to act in response to price/wage setting linked to the current high Eurozone headline inflation rate';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 10, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (ECB)</FONT></STRONG> told a press conference in Frankfurt this afternoon, following the decision of the Governing Council to keep its benchmark rate on hold at 4%, that risks to price stability remain on the upside and the Governing Council is ready to take pre-emptive action in response to indexation of wage increases to the recent elevated level of Eurozone inflation, which although temporary will take a more protracted time to ease, than previously thought.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 10, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>The Governing Council of the European Central Bank agreed at its meeting in Frankfurt today,&nbsp;to keep its benchmark interest rate on hold at 4.00%.</FONT> ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Bank of England keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.50%';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 10, 2008';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '<FONT face=Arial>The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to keep&nbsp;its key interest rate unchanged at&nbsp;5.50%.</FONT> ';
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