Subject: This Morning's Headlines: Sarkozy urges sanctions against Libya, Libya worries...
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:02:19 -0500

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FINANCIAL TIMES - Morning headlines
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Wednesday February 23 2011 

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Financial Times - US homepage
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Sarkozy urges sanctions against Libya
French president calls for Europe to impose sanctions and suspend all economic ties with Libya as more members of the regime desert Colonel Gaddafi 
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Libya worries linger but selling slows
Turmoil in the Middle East and north Africa remains the main focus of traders as worries about supplies keep the oil price near two-and-a-half-year highs 
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‘Jasmine revolutionaries’ call for weekly China protests
An online campaign has called for regular weekend demonstrations in more than a dozen cities, even though they did not attract many protesters at rallies last weekend 
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Second generation iPad to launch next week
Apple is returning to its favourite venue for product launches on March 2, hosting an event at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts where it is expected to unveil the iPad 2, according to people familiar with the plans 
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Barclays purchase of Lehman unit ruled fair
A US bankruptcy court judge has ruled that Barclays’ purchase of Lehman Brothers’ US broker-dealer was fair and should not be revisited 
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http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/18JH29/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

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Financial Times - Financial markets news
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Sterling rises as third MPC hawk emerges
Sterling jumped after it was revealed the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee came a step closer to raising interest rates for the first time in two-and-a-half years 
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London equities stay lower after Bank minutes
The outlook for UK interest rates is back to centre-stage as traders scrutinise minutes from the Bank of England monetary policy committee’s latest meeting 
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Libya’s impact on oil
Javier Blas outlines three main scenarios about what is likely to happen, and is pessimistic that longer-lasting political disruption to production there can be avoided 
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http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/M9ZI38/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

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Financial Times - World
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Somali pirates kill four US hostages
The attack, which came in the midst of negotiations for the hostages’ release from their hijacked yacht, comes amid rising insecurity and ransoms in the region 
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Iran says Israel ‘shocked’ by its naval power
A senior Iranian army commander said Israel had been “shocked” by the power of Iran’s navy, when two of its ships passed through the Suez Canal 
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Emanuel wins Chicago mayor race
Rahm Emanuel won a landslide victory in Chicago’s mayoral election on Tuesday, securing comfortably more votes than the 50 per cent he needed to avoid a second-round run-off 
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FT.com - US
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US economic distortions 
Crisis-induced state intervention has seeped into every corner of economics and finance to the extent that the natural balance of things may not be known again for decades 
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http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/NS7EPE/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

Emanuel wins Chicago mayor race
Rahm Emanuel won a landslide victory in Chicago's mayoral election on Tuesday, securing comfortably more votes than the 50 per cent he needed to avoid a second-round run-off 
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/9ZLVXR/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

Somali pirates kill four US hostages
The attack, which came in the midst of negotiations for the hostages' release from their hijacked yacht, comes amid rising insecurity and ransoms in the region 
Read more >> 
http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/ZB9LCR/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

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FT.com - Companies US & Canada
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Goldman invests $70m in UK software group
The US bank buys a minority stake in AppSense, a Cheshire-based software group, as it makes a bet on growth in technology that helps people to work while on the move 
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http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/HD0WS4/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

Barclays purchase of Lehman unit ruled fair
A US bankruptcy court judge has ruled that Barclays' purchase of Lehman Brothers' US broker-dealer was fair and should not be revisited 
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http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/YHQ10Y/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

HCA eyes $4.3bn offering
The hospital group plans to sell 124m shares next week in what could be the largest US private equity-backed IPO ever, topping the recently completed Nielsen and Kinder Morgan floats 
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Amazon launches web film service
The online retailer is to compete directly with Netflix, the film subscription company that has a deal with CBS, by offering 5,000 films and TV programmes for online streaming 
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http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KEM5RM/GW6B1/72TTFM/FX65Q0/JY/t?a1=2011&a2=2&a3=23

BHP looks to diversify commodities exposure
The mining group's decision to pay $4.75bn for an Arkansas shale gas field owned by Chesapeake Energy demonstrates its ambition to expand its oil and gas business 
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