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End of Grasberg Strike Imminent - Report

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Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc and its Indonesian workers' union expect to sign a pay deal on Tuesday to end a three-month strike that has crippled production at the world's second-biggest copper mine, two sources told Reuters.
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I Want My Court TV

The debate on televising U.S. Supreme Court proceedings continued in Washington, D.C., where senators last week debated the idea of legislatively forcing justices to accept cameras.
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Collectors evolving into 'passionate investors'

Dennis Varni remembers buying his first car, a 1931 Ford Model A, more than a half century ago when he was 14. It cost him $45 and to amass that princely sum, he picked fruit, hawked his model train set and even sold the clothes off his back.
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Indophil Resources Eyes Manilla Listing

Australia-listed Indophil Resources, which holds a 37.5 percent stake in Southeast Asia's largest undeveloped copper-gold prospect, said on Monday it was considering also listing its shares in the Philippines, where a key shareholder is based.
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Higher Gold Output Cuts Mwana Africa 1st Half Loss

Mwana Africa reported a narrower first-half loss, driven mainly by a jump in production at its Freda Rebecca gold mine in Zimbabwe, and said it continued to be in talks with the government there about the issue of turning over a 51 percent stake to locals.
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Facebook IPO Could Create Thousands of Millionaires

Excavating lost Mayan ruins or traveling to space are normally the stuff of adventure novels. But for Facebook employees, these and other lavish dreams are moving closer to reality as the world's No. 1 online social network prepares for a blockbuster IPO.
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Gold Modestly Higher on Eurozone Treaty Plan

Gold prices eked out a small gain Friday after Eurozone leaders agreed to surrender some of their national fiscal sovereignty to prevent another debt crisis and U.S. economic reports signaled a growing recovery.
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Zambia's Mining Royalties Could be Cut

Zambia, which said last month its 2012 budget would hike mineral royalties, could cut back those rates if commodity prices collapse next year, the mines minister in Africa's top copper producer said on Friday.
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Nord Gold's 'Core' Earnings May Hit $600M - Severstal

Russian steelmaker Severstal's Nord Gold mining unit expects to achieve core earnings of $550 million to $600 million this year, Chief Executive Nikolai Zelenski said during a conference call with analysts on Friday.

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