The Dutch electronics giant said the purchase will make it a leader in the rapidly expanding business of flat-panel screens for televisions and laptop computers.

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The president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, told the Dutch that a rich country should find it easy to make cuts worth 1.5% of GDP.

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Berlusconi, widely expected to return as the prime minister of Italy following parliamentary elections in mid-April, is calling for a group of Italian investors to make a bid for Alitalia and prevent it from falling in the hands of Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM.

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