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Lower energy prices will give a boost in the second quarter even as sales of packaging products are expected to slow.

LONDON: The UK is set to post a 7.3% decline in adspend in 2009 at current prices, meaning revenues in the country will fall at a faster rate than in the US, Japan or the Eurozone-12, reports WARC's latest...

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. Browne says markets need new strategic direction . Consumers will have to pay more for renewablesBritain must revert to greater state control of energy markets to hit ambitious targets on renewable energy and climate change, according to the former head of BP.Lord Browne of Madingley warns that market mechanisms are failing to deliver the necessary growth in clean energy. Crucial offshore wind projects could be cancelled unless there is an urgent rethink of energy policy, he says.In a speech tonight at Cardiff University, Browne will say: 'Competition has been the guiding star of UK energy policy since the 1980s and it worked well while there was a surplus of energy infrastructure capacity. But price competition is now failing to deliver the new, more diversified infrastructure that we urgently need to bolster energy security and meet our climate change targets.'I remain convinced that the market is the most effective delivery unit available to society. But the market will need a new

Formed in 1950, South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) conducts underground and surface gold mining. It is also engaged in related activities such as exploration, processing, smelting and refining. Presently, Harmony is the 3rd largest producer of gold in South Africa, producing about 20% of the country's annual gold output and the 5th largest gold producer in the world.Harmony Gold is benefiting from higher gold prices in terms of the South African rand. Going forward however, Harmony is focused on lowering its cost structure, primarily by closure of loss-making shafts and reducing its debt level aggressively.As a result, we rate the shares a Buy with a target of $16.00. The company is also focused on reducing its operating costs through restructuring efforts. As a result, we rate the shares a Buy with a target of $16.00. This is 39.0x our 2009 earnings estimate.