The tourists began day three in a strong position but the combination of left-arm seamer Bollinger and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz destroyed their first innings, with the last four wickets falling for just two runs in 10 balls.

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Barclays Capital said the rise in the speculative position comes on a combination of new longs and short covering activity.

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After a week of strong gains, gold prices pared some of that strength on Friday on a combination of position-squaring ahead of the weekend and after a stronger-than-expected report of second quarter U.S. gross domestic product data.

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Managed-money accounts significantly increased their net long position in gold on a combination of new buying and short covering.

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Also, 76% of the poll-takers thought that Congress should try and come up with a combination of tax increases to supplement spending cuts, instead of the position taken by some Republicans to keep tax increases off the table.

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Moffett noted in his previous report that there were no specific indications that the companies actually want to merge, but he also said a combination would offer huge cost savings, and give satellite TV a better chance to maintain a competitive position against cable providers.

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"The combination of National Express and Prism Rail represents an excellent opportunity as we are enhancing National Express's position in the rail sector of the UK's public transport market, " said National Express chief executive Phil White.

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