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Jan 3 2011, Nirav

Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s ruling party moved to shore up the coalition government after the withdrawal of its biggest ally left Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani without a majority as he battles the highest inflation in Asia and a Taliban...

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This Oct. 9, 2006 file photo shows Cornell University marketing professor Brian Wansink, left, as he observes a subject through a two-way mirror for research on eating at Cornell University Food & Brand Lab in Ithaca, N.Y.