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FedEx
Corp to acquire Kinko's for $2.4 billion
New York: Shipping giant FedEx Corp. on Tuesday
said it agreed to buy copy centre operator Kinko's for
$2.4 billion in cash, to win more small-business customers
in the face of competition from United Parcel Service
Inc.
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US
awards contracts for global network
Chicago: Six companies were awarded four contracts
worth at least $400 million by the US government to build
a global network with optical and data networking gear,
according to a statement distributed by an arm of the
US military.
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Hopes
for 2004 drive up stocks; dollar declines
London: Optimism that 2004 will bring solid economic
growth drove European shares to year highs and gave Japanese
stocks their first annual gain in four years today while
the dollar clung on above a new low with the euro.
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