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Stories for September 3rd 2008

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Troubled icon US investment bank ready for takeover

  

  Troubled US investment bank Lehman Brothers has several parties interested in buying into the cash strapped institution according to Wall Street analysts. These include the state controlled Korea Development Bank and Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings together with a Chinese bank.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  China's leading soft drink maker moves into juice market

  

  Coca Cola the world's largest beverage maker is to buy China's main fruit juice company for 2.4 billion US dollars, the biggest foreign acquisition of a Chinese company. The offer is three times the market value.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile assesses cost of alcohol to national health scheme

  

  Alcoholism is the main risk factor in diseases, traumatisms and death cases in Chile according to two independent reports contracted by the country's sanitary authorities and released Wednesday.