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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein went to Chicago to pitch Groupon executives on hiring his bank to underwrite the online coupon company's initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

Goldman's Blankfein pitches for Groupon's IPO: report

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is formulating what it calls a "bold" plan for its future under new chief executive Leo Apotheker, but dismissed a report that it would reshuffle its top executives.

Hewlett-Packard drafts plan, dismisses shake-up talk

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OXON HILL, Maryland (Reuters) - Republican Party leaders refused Michael Steele a new term as party chairman on Friday and turned to a low-key insider to erase a $20 million debt and unify Republicans for the 2012 presidential election.

Republican Party dumps Steele, picks Priebus as chief

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian minister said BP's experience in cleaning up the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill was one of the reasons Russia chose the British oil firm to help develop its fragile Arctic shelf oil fields.

BP's U.S. spill experience a plus: Russian Minister

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel has tested a computer worm believed to have sabotaged Iran's nuclear centrifuges and slowed its ability to develop an atomic weapon, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Israel tested worm linked to Iran atom woes: report

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ZURICH (Reuters) - A former Swiss private banker who was one of the first whistleblowers to use WikiLeaks by publishing internal bank documents on the site has pledged to hand over new data on offshore bank account holders on Monday, a newspaper said.

Swiss tax whistleblower to give WikiLeaks new data: report

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - J Crew Group Inc received no rival takeover bids during its "go shop" period and will remain with its original $2.86 billion buyout offer from TPG and Leonard Green, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

J Crew received no rival takeover bids: source

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sargent Shriver, a former Democratic vice presidential candidate and brother-in-law of former President John F. Kennedy, has been admitted to a hospital in suburban Washington, a hospital spokeswoman said on Sunday.

Sargent Shriver in Maryland hospital: spokeswoman

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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - International observers gave south Sudan's independence referendum their seal of approval on Monday and said a vote for secession was now "virtually certain" in their first official judgment on the poll.

Observers approve south Sudan independence vote

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LONDON (Reuters) - A former Swiss private banker handed over data on hundreds of offshore bank account holders to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday, saying he wanted to draw attention to financial abuses.

Swiss whistleblower hands bank data to WikiLeaks