Or were short-sellers covering a bet on a post-testimony plunge by buying up News Corp. shares?

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If nothing else, it is my sincere hope that it inspires some entrepreneurs to take the plunge and start up their own business.

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The squeeze on the rouble comes just as the benefits to the Russian economy of the huge devaluation in 1998, which made imports plunge and pepped up local production, are wearing off.

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