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HSBC sells U.S. card unit to Capital One

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HSBC is selling its $30 billion U.S. credit card arm to Capital One Financial Corp for a premium of $2.6 billion, as Europe's top bank streamlines its mammoth operations by getting rid of unwanted businesses.

HSBC sells U.S card unit to Capital One

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HSBC Holdings plc has agreed to sell its U.S. credit card and retail services unit to Capital One Financial Corp for a premium of about $2.6 billion, as Europe's top bank streamlines its mammoth operations by shedding non-core businesses.
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Fund managers line up defensive options

Fund managers are weighing up their defensive investment options as a litany of poor economic indicators from the UK, Europe and the United States hammers home fears another global recession is on its way.
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Polish firm sold fertilizer to Norway bomber

A Polish company sold chemical fertilizer to Norwegian bomber and gunman Anders Behring Breivik but the transaction was entirely legal and police have made no arrests, the Polish internal security agency said Monday.
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The Harvard School of Public Health and Alzheimer Europe conducted a telephone survey of 2,678 people who were at least 18 years of age across the U.S. and Europe, and they found that about 25 percent of responders feared getting the disease.
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Fear of Alzheimer's on the Rise: Study

Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia that becomes progressively worse over time, is the second-most feared disease, said U.S. and European researches Wednesday. The most feared disease?
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Euro zone approves further $17.4 billion for Greece

Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Saturday to disburse a further 12 billion euros ($17.4 billion) to Greece and said the details of a second aid package for Athens would be finalised by mid-September.
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Victoria's Secret Supermodel Anja Rubik: World's Most In-Demand Model

Gisele Bundchen currently holds the title of Forbes Most Powerful Model, raking in over $250 million this decade. However, Gisele may have a worthy opponent - Poland born model Anja Rubik. Anja now holds the title of Most in - demand model of the fashion industry, based on a poll that factored models' visibility in campaigns, Google searches and Twitter followers. Rubik's appeal is self-explantory once you see her in photographs.Rubik is currently the face of Fendi,...
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Fiat, Chrysler unions form global network: King

Unions representing workers at Chrysler Group LLC and its Italian partner, Fiat SpA , are forming a global network to share information and best practices, United Auto Workers President Bob King said.

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