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Two elderly ladies shelter from the rain beneath umbrellas as they walk along the high street in Guildford, U.K., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook on Britain's top credit rating to negative, citing weak economic growth and a worsening debt profile. ©Bloomberg From PENSIONS Mar 11, 2013

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A stacker reclaimer stands over a pile of iron ore at the Rio Tinto Parker Point ship loading terminal in the Pilbara region of West Australia in this undated file photo. Australian shares rose 0.6 percent early on August 5, 2010 propelled by a 1 percent gain in Rio Tinto ahead of the release of earnings by the mining giant, and as another coal miner held talks with potential suitors ©Reuters From INVESTMENTS Mar 8, 2013

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