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Manchester City to make more top signings: Mancini

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 17:48, Reuters, Dubai

Newly-crowned Premier League champions Manchester City will strengthen their squad in the close season as the club target European glory next year, manager Roberto Mancini said on Thursday.

GM chooses UK plant over Germany for new Astra

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 14:29, Reuters, London

General Motors Co will build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain after workers at its factory in Ellesmere Port, northwest England, overwhelmingly agreed to a new labour deal, leaving its plant in Bochum, Germany in danger of closure.

World Cup-winning coach Lippi joins Chinese champion Evergrande

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 14:28, Bloomberg

Marcello Lippi, who led Italy’s national soccer team to World Cup victory in 2006, was hired as coach of Chinese Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande.

Daimler, BYD hope luxury Denza will spark China sales

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 12:56, Reuters, Beijing

The failure of China's mass-market electric car producers to meet government sales goals is prompting one major carmaking partnership to change tack and develop a "luxury" e-car for the world's largest auto market where upscale brands trump environmental concerns.

Jennifer Lopez leads Forbes celebrity power list

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 12:31, Reuters, New Yorks

Jennifer Lopez has topped the annual Forbes list of the 100 most powerful celebrities in the world, taking over from fellow pop singer Lady Gaga and beating out media mogul Oprah Winfrey.

Britney is back and so are the brickbats

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 12:25, Reuters, Los Angeles

Britney Spears hasn't even taken her seat as the new judge of "The X Factor" in the US, but the pop icon is already getting a lesson in the media glare of live, talent show television.

Automakers speed up new model rollout in US

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 10:19, Reuters, Detroit

Major automakers will launch new models through 2016 in the United States at a faster pace than in the last two decades, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report.

'Godfather of Go-Go' Chuck Brown dies at 75

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 10:11, Reuters, Los Angeles

Chuck Brown, known as the "Godfather of Go-Go" for the subgenre of funk music he helped create, died on Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore after being admitted earlier this month suffering from pneumonia.

Maradona in contention for UAE manager's job: FA president

Thursday, 17 May 2012 at 10:09, Reuters, Abu Dhabi

Diego Maradona could be set for a return to the international arena with the Argentine being considered for the vacant United Arab Emirates head coaching job.


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