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Space station prototype passes orbital milestone.

Suddenly inflation is the word on everyone's lips. But as much as they might like to, policymakers cannot forget about a bigger problem - the lingering effects of the credit crunch.

LONDON (Reuters) - British music and books retailer HMV Group Plc said it was confident full-year pretax profit before one-off items would be towards the upper end of market expectations.

PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale on Friday said it had named Didier Valet, head of strategic performance management at its finance division as its news chief financial officer.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The head of China's new sovereign wealth fund said on Friday that recent instability in the global economy had created unprecedented investment opportunities for the fund.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Toyota Motor Corp skidded on Friday after the world's biggest automaker forecast its first annual net profit decline in seven years as it faces a triple blow of a stronger yen, rising materials prices and a slowing U.S. economy.

Gunmen loyal to Hezbollah shut a pro-government TV station and newspaper as fighting enters a third day.

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTSDirected by Wong Kar-waiWritten by Wong Kar-wai and Lawrence BlockStarring Norah Jones and Jude LawClassification: PG**Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's first foray into English-language cinema is, to be blunt, not very good. The celebrated stylist behind In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels and Ashes of Time is way out of his element in his story of various lonely Americans living in New York, Memphis and Las Vegas. (Globe Insider subscribers only)

Even as oil prices ascended to new highs of more than $124 a barrel this week, many oil and gas industry executives say they expect the price to fall significantly by years end, a new survey shows.

A reported tornado killed one person, injured three others and damaged numerous buildings in central North Carolina late Thursday night, authorities said.