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McDonald's extends Olympic sponsorship to 2020

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Fast food chain McDonald's has signed up to sponsor the Olympics for a further eight years, meaning athletes and fans will be offered its burgers and fries in the official restaurants at Games venues until 2020.
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Olivia Munn's Nude Poster: Top 5 Controversial PETA Publicity Stunts

Joining the list of celebrities, who have stripped for the controversial PETA advertisements, is model-actress Olivia Munn, whose nude poster was released on Thursday. Shot by renowned celebrity photographer Emily Shur, the poster shows Munn posing nude with a tagline: Who Needs Fur to Feel Beautiful?
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Yields Fall Sharply at Spanish, Italian Debt Sales

Spain and Italy spread cheer through euro zone markets on Thursday with successful debt auctions at sharply lower borrowing costs in 2012's first real test of appetite for debt from the Eurozone's bruised periphery.
Chelsea Handler Book: 5 Sitcoms Based in Real Life

Chelsea Handler Book: 5 Sitcoms Based in Real Life

Chelsea Handler's new sitcom Are You There, Chelsea? premieres Wednesday on NBC and is based on her three best-selling memoirs. The comedian plays the role of her older sister in the sitcom based on the 36-year-old's life. However, Handler isn't the first celebrity to turn fact into sitcom fiction
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LME Finds 2 Potential Bidders among 15 Suitors

At least two serious potential bidders have emerged so far for the London Metal Exchange (LME) from 15 suitors who expressed interest in the world's biggest metals marketplace, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
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Indian Buyers Snap up Discounted Gold

Gold traders in India, the world's biggest buyer of bullion, stepped up buying for the upcoming wedding season, as gold prices stayed near the week's trough, giving silver a boost.
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Italy Faces Downgrade, France Likely Safe: Fitch

The head of global sovereign ratings for Fitch, one of the world's premier credit rating agencies, riled up the Italian government today by saying the country was the pivotal factor on which the European financial crisis hinges, and suggesting the country's credit rating could be further downgraded.
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Contortion Entwines Art and Science

The art of contortion creates nearly impossible feats with the human body where toes wiggle next to ears and backs become like bendy straws, but contortionists say that their extreme acts takes practice and some flexibility, not a freak physique.
Gold bars in Saudi Arabia

Gold to Reach $1,940 by Yearend - Goldman Sachs

Oil, gold and base metals are Goldman Sachs' top commodity picks this year, with big upside risk in oil due to tight fundamentals and a potential Iranian conflict, the investment bank said on Monday.
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Kate Middleton Drops Guard and Cries at 'War Horse' Premiere [PHOTOS]

On the eve of her 30th birthday Kate Middleton dazzled on the red carpet of the War Horse premiere, wearing a full-length Alice Temperley evening gown, but when the lights went down at the screening, the Royal Duchess of Cambridge let her guard down and cried, according to the film's director, Steve Spielberg.
London Boat Show

London Boat Show diversifies into art and jewels

The grey-haired men stood admiring the line of luxury cars at London's ExCel centre while at a nearby stand a woman handed over money for a silver cigarette case -- not the usual things you would expect to buy at a boat show.

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