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Athletic Footwear Stocks, Juiced by Lightweight Running Shoe Trend, Are Sprinting Into New Records

After spending a summer sidelined by fears of an exhausted consumer and nearly stopped dead on their tracks by the market correction of early August, the stocks of athletic shoe and apparel makers (and the specialty retailers that put those products in consumer’s hands) have been sprinting into marathon season, outperforming the wider footwear and apparel sectors and setting one or two all-time records along the way.

Atacama Minerals Shares Soar on Acquisition News

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Atacama Minerals Corp. said it will buy privately-held Sirocco Gold Inc. in an all-stock deal and bring in a new team headed by Chief Executive Richard Clark, sending its shares soaring 64 percent to a six-month high.
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Dubai firm plans $500 mln copper smelter in Tanzania

Dubai-based City Energy & Infrastructure LLC plans to build a copper smelter and sugar plant in Tanzania over the next three years at a total investment of $500 million, a senior company official said on Monday.
Rihanna's Style

Rihanna Style Spotlight: Renegade Vixen [PHOTOS]

It seems like everything Rihanna touches turns to gold. Who else could pull off Raggedy-Ann's hair color, fringe briefs, a skirt made out of an entire garden of flowers, or a pageboy haircut? Rihanna is a renegade vixen who always takes risks not only when it comes to her music but also when it comes to her personal style.
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Director, actors face fear head-on in Martha Marcy

Martha Marcy May Marlene may be drawing attention as the movie with the weird title, or the movie with the other Olsen sister in it. But there's a lot more to first-time Sean Durkin's creepy, unsettling drama than those obvious hooks.
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Lindsay Lohan arrives at morgue, on time

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrived on time to her court-ordered community service at a morgue on Friday, after nearly jeopardizing her probation one day earlier by turning up late and being refused entry.
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Big Commodity Trading Firms Reap Rewards from 'Sensational' Decade

For the small club of companies who trade the food, fuels and metals that keep the world running, the last decade has been sensational. Driven by the rise of Brazil, China, India and other fast-growing economies, the global commodities boom has turbocharged profits at the world's biggest trading houses.
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Asian Markets Cautious Ahead of European Summit

Asian shares inched up while the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, but markets largely stayed within range, as investors awaited a weekend meeting of European leaders for signs of progress in resolving the region's debt crisis.
Actress Lindsay Lohan (R), with her attorney Shawn Holley, sits during a progress report hearing at Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles

Lindsay Lohan adds to troubles with morgue mishap

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was late to her court-ordered community service at a morgue on Thursday, further jeopardizing her probation only one day after seeing it revoked for missing past appointments.
Mineworkers underground at Harmony Gold Mine's Cooke shaft near Johannesburg

Tanzanian mining stumbles through 2011

Tanzania's mining sector grew only slowly this year due to uncertainty over government policies, a prolonged energy crisis and infrastructure constraints, a senior mining official said on Thursday.

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