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Letizia Moratti is ending News Corp. involvement

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Letizia Moratti announced that she is ending her involvement with News Corp. Ms. Moratti was the head of News Corp. Europe (NCE). She was also a member of News Corp.'s board of directors. Ms. Moratti had called on NCE to become a main player in News Corp.'s strategy for the European region. However, News Corp. did not agree to the plan. NCE conducts investigates and manages investments in Europe.

Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, The News Corporation Ltd., News Corp. Europe, Moratti, Letizia

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Pros, amateurs and monkey saw red in last round

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This article discusses the latest edition of the Wall Street Journal Europe's Investment Dartboard Contest. Based on the "efficient market theory" of Princeton University professor Burton Malkeil, the contest pits experts, amateurs and a dart-throwing monkey against each other in picking stocks. In the August 2001 competition, the experts won by losing the least.

Investment Income (Net), Reports, Wall Street Journal-Europe (Newspaper), Wall Street Journal

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A Quest for Painless Dentistry

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The two Swedish dentists that invented Carisolv, a gel that devours tooth decay to prevent or reduce drilling, have had trouble marketing their product to established dentists, mainly because it takes much longer than a typical drilling session. The inventors are now focusing on sponsoring studies of their method at dental schools.

Product information, Marketing procedures, Sweden, Dental equipment and supplies, Dental Instruments NEC, Dental Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, Care and treatment, Innovations, Marketing, Dental caries, Dental equipment and supplies industry, Dental equipment industry, Dental equipment, Dental supplies, Medi Team Dentalutveckling i Goeteborg (Sweden)

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