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• Western-trained docs get TCM diplomas (Straits Times)
  ACUPUNCTURE, 'woolly'? Some of the 49 Western-trained doctors who began a course on this aspect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) were certainly sceptical about what it could do.
  www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Singapore/STIStory_180359.html
  
  
• TCM Broadcasts "The Catered Affair" Nov. 26; Fierstein Hosts (Playbill)
  "The Catered Affair," the inspiration for the Broadway-bound musical, A Catered Affair , will be broadcast on the cable channel Turner Classic Movies Nov. 26.
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• Thompson Creek hikes estimate of provable resources at Idaho mine (Canadian Business)
  TORONTO - Thompson Creek Metals Co. (TSX:TCM) has hiked the estimate of provable reserves at its molybdenum mine in Idaho to take into account higher molybdenum prices.
  www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b112659A
  
  
• By John Seal (Box Office Prophets)
  From the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex! All times Pacific. 8:30 AM Turner Classic Movies The Case of the Howling Dog (1934 USA): TCM offers a heaping helping of Perry Mason who-dun-its today, starting with the first of six Warner Bros. second features based upon the adventures of Erle Stanley Gardner's then newly ...
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• Ukraine finmin still hopes for $160 '08 gas price (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
  KIEV, Nov 28 - Ukraine's finance minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday he still hoped next year's gas import prices would rise to only $160 per 1,000 cubic metres, from $130 in 2007, despite Turkmenistan increasing its gas export price.
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• Ukraine raises stakes in Russia gas price talks (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
  KIEV, Nov 28 - Ukraine threatened on Wednesday to charge more for piping Russian gas to Europe if Moscow imposed steep price rises for the fuel, raising the prospect of a row like the one that caused gas shortages in Europe in early 2006.
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• TSX Surges Ahead By 180 Points In Early Dealing After Fed Official Hints At Rate Cut - Canadian Commentary (Nasdaq)
  (RTTNews) - Canadian stocks carried over momentum from the previous session Wednesday morning as markets on both sides of the border cheered remarks from a US Fed official hinting at another interest rate cut in the near future.
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• Ukraine may charge more for Russian gas transit (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
  KIEV, Nov 28 - Ukraine told Russia on Wednesday it could charge more for Russian gas transit to Europe if Moscow imposed steep gas price increases, raising the prospect of another gas dispute between the two ex-Soviet states.
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• Tech Council of Maryland Vows to Work for the Repeal of Computer Services Sales Tax (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
  ROCKVILLE, Md.----The Tech Council of Maryland strongly opposes the 6% sales tax on computer services that passed during the 2007 special session of the Maryland General Assembly and has made the repeal of this tax a top priority.
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• Shortage of Chinese herbal material medicine exports raises concerns inJapan and South Korea (Interfax)
  Shanghai. November 28. INTERFAX-CHINA - Japanese and South Korean importers are concerned over a potential shortage of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, according to a report by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Medicines & Health Products (CCCMHPIE) released yesterday.
  www.interfax.com/4/340477/news.aspx