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...More than 118,000 people in the US are known to have died from the disease....
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...With a 4.3 per cent rise, the information technology group was third, with components such as Google, Facebook and salesforce.com driving gains....
...In the news Ebay backs Google antitrust defence Brussels says that Google has abused its dominance of web search to squeeze out rivals....
...(FT) It’s a big day for eBay investors, who will be hoping the company – which is preparing to splitlater on in the year – has put a chaotic year behind it with its fourth-quarter results....
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...Meanwhile, eBay’ shares rose 0.3 per cent to $30.32, down from an earlier rise to $30.63....
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