ADVISORY: Levi Strauss Story Withdrawn
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The story headlined "UPDATE 1-Levi  Strauss & Co says could face bankruptcy" is withdrawn. The  story was based on language included in a filing the company  made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Such  language on risk factors is standard in most references to  indebtedness in regulatory filings by companies.
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Please be advised the Khartoum story reporting George Clooney had cut short his Darfur trip is wrong and has been withdrawn. Reuters will issue a substitute story shortly:
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The publisher of Forbes Russia on Friday reversed its decision to block the December issue over a planned cover story on the wealth of Yelena Baturina, Russia's richest woman.
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Bankrupt U.S. Federal-Mogul has  withdrawn an offer to continue the pension scheme of its UK  unit Turner & Newall, which could land the UK's new pension  protection fund with a 400 million pounds ($777 million) bill.
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A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi is withdrawn from auction in London so it can be acquired by India.
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Does anyone remember Babbages? Barnes &amp; Noble (NYSE: BKS) purchased the video game retailer back in 1999, changed the name to GameStop (NYSE: GME), and spun off the company
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- Jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. on  Tuesday posted a quarterly profit, compared with a year-earlier  loss, helped by sales of higher-priced products in Europe and  Asia and lower costs.
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The research operation will be shuttered, sources close to the company said, since UBS already has coverage in the areas where Schwab&#39;s Soundview is strong.
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pk2000 writes &quot;Microsoft withdrew from a United Nations software standards group for commerce.&quot; &#39;Unfortunately, for now, we have made the decision to stop participating in UN/Cefact for business reasons and this serves as notification of our immediate
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Tycho:  We put Monday's strip up early, so you might have seen it already - but you might not be familiar with the EGM interview it is based on, an excerpt of which appears here.  I sometimes worry about appearing partisan in these communiques, but it is not my job to be fair.  I'm not a journalist, I'm a consumer.  I don't buy one product from each company in the interests of some karmic ideal, and I don't need to purge my posts of wrongthink because I haven't produced something suitable for use as a press release.  Sony is grinding down their goodwill with every smug, psychotic interview, and someone needs to tell them so in clear terms.
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Harry Macklowe has withdrawn from a battle that had threatened to derail the planned merger of SL Green Realty and the Reckson Associates Realty Corporation.
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LONDON  - Buckingham Palace on Friday dismissed as"irresponsible" newspaper reports that a kidnap threat forcedBritain's Prince Harry to cut short a trip to a polo pony farmin Argentina.
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The Russian subsidiary of Germany's Axel Springer AG media company pulled the December issue of Forbes magazine from circulation over a cover story on Yelena Baturina, the billionaire wife of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov.
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LEVI Strauss has scrapped plans to sell its Dockers brand because potential buyers would not meet the companyâs price for the casual clothing line.
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Sri Lanka Telecom will shortly withdraw its $5 million suit filed against Shipping Corp. of India Ltd (SCI) for allegedly damaging the islandâs main submarine telecommunications cable, Sudhir S Rangnekar, director, liner, SCI, said on Friday.
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[JURIST] BBC News is reporting that incoming EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has withdrawn his proposed slate of Commissioners from consideration by the European Parliament after a dispute over the inclusion of controversial Justice portfolio
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Top insurance brokers in Hong Kong have stopped accepting controversial commissions from insurance companies, reflecting the continuing fallout from a scandal rocking the industry in the US.. Sources within