Despite a weight disadvantage, he hiped Whitfield for the first fall, went down to an outside hipe for the second and then won the third and deciding fall by going to buttock but changing direction suddenly with a cross-click which left Whitfield without a leg to stand on.

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The single currency direction this morning has mostly been influenced by cross currency plays.

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However, even when they cross borders, many alliances are not merely frustrated mergers, but deliberate attempts to change direction.

ECONOMIST: Mergers and alliances

Britain and Ireland should be looking to tie into a cross-Atlantic Nafta, which might push the EU in a more Nafta-like direction.

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