In a trenchant defence of France's "exception culturelle" in the digital age, the report proposed imposing a tax of up to 4 per cent on the sale of all devices, including gaming consoles and e-readers, that allow access via the internet to "cultural content".

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The entire report was recently approved for publication, with the exception of a few pages for those with security clearance.

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One big exception was Wal-Mart Stores, which said it expects to report same-store sales in November below its already lackluster forecast.

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Perhaps more disturbing than the IAEA report - written by Muhammad ElBaradei, who with the exception of the mullahs themselves is probably the man least interested in taking action against Iran's program - were the Israeli and US responses to it.

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The SEC, she argues, should have made an exception for companies with robust internal reporting systems so that their employees would have to report problems internally first.

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