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Runner-up Reid, the Tour's leading rookie, had the chance to force a play-off but missed a five-foot birdie putt at the last as she carded a 73.
BBC: Sorenstam beaten in Tour finale
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The development is a dramatic reversal for a company that was a leading force in China's fast-growing renewable energy industry.
NPR: Chinese Solar Producer Suntech Declares Bankruptcy
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Within hours of the Northern Alliance taking Kabul, this former governor of Kandahar and leading Pashtun figure led a force of men - numbers reported ranged from 200 to 1, 000 - across the border from the Pakistani city of Quetta towards the city he ruled before the Taleban took power in 1994.
BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Afghan powerbrokers: Who's who
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But when coupled with the partnering relationship, early business involvement has a force multiplying effect leading to business buy-in.
FORBES: Risk Assessments: The Most Important Effort You're Doing All Wrong
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Levine, who turns 70 on June 23, has been the company's leading force for four decades as principal conductor (1973-76), music director (1976-86 and 2004 on) and artistic director (1986-04).
WSJ: Met cuts ticket prices following box office slump
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One particularly distressing leading indicator of job growth is that the number of workers re-entering the labor force was negative in May.
FORBES: Employment Numbers: No Lipstick On This Pig
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The scenes that played out Friday on the steps of City Hall underscored the shifting landscape of election-year politics as leading figures in the mayoral race grappled with a legislative deal that will force many employers to offer paid sick days.
WSJ: Sick-Pay Debate Rages
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But given that Albanian nationalism is unmistakably a rising force in south-eastern Europe, it is helpful to have some guide to its leading personalities.
ECONOMIST: The roots of the Kosovo calamity
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An inter-government task force has been formally established, with the National Health and Family Planning Commission leading the coordination along with the Ministry of Agriculture and other key ministries.
FORBES: Bird Flu Claims More Lives In Shanghai
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Analysts reckon rising social security costs will almost certainly force the government to raise Japan's consumption tax, currently 5%, leading to a one-off jump in consumer prices during the next decade.
ECONOMIST: Japanese inflation-linked bonds