US lingerie makers look for the right fit
They're lacy and seductive, fancy or plain, colourful, clingy, stretchy, small, large and made from almost every fabric imaginable. The problem is, many of them just dont fit right. 
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Oil prices ease as Russia, Venezuela hike supply
Bussels: World oil prices eased on Monday amid signs of extra supply from exporting countries ahead of a key policy meeting of the OPEC cartel. 
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Italian wine makers face lowest harvest in decades
Rome: Italian wine makers are braced for the lowest grape harvest in decades after violent hailstorms last month wrecked vines, meaning the price of the country's top wines is set to rise. 
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WTO welcomes Supachai in key step for developing world
Geneva: Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi on Monday became the first developing country official to head the World Trade Organisation.
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US recession: did 9/11 stop it?
New York: The September 11 terror attacks, which ripped a gash in the skyline of New York's financial center and shocked the economy, may have marked the end of the US recession in 2001.
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World economy survived 9/11, but not unscathed
New York: As stunned financial analysts watched New York's twin towers crumble on September 11, many predicted that the terror attacks would drive an already fragile world economy into a deep recession.
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