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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two months of downward pressure on U.S. stock markets has created bargains, especially large-cap names like Chevron Corp. (CVX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , Lehman Brothers (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Dow Chemical (DOW.N: Quote, Profile, Research) whose price to earnings multiples are below 10, Barron's said in its July 24 edition. Stocks in many markets around t ...

Simon Fluendy, Mail on Sunday23 July 2006 VODAFONE is bracing itself for another stormy annual meeting on Tuesday when chairman Lord MacLaurin bows out amid a shareholder revolt over the performance of chief executive Arun Sarin. BECKS APPEAL: David Beckham was a key driver in Vodafone's growth WANT TO KNOW MORE? DATA: Vodafone shares READER SERVICE: Share dealing SWITCH & SAVE: Cut your phone costs OTHER STORIES Record British Gas loss Whitbread is £3bn targ ...

23 July 2006 EACH week, we round up the main share tips from the Sunday newspapers. Follow this link to the tips from the Mail on Sunday and read those from the Sunday Telegraph and The Business below. OTHER STORIES Market report: Friday close Yesterday's trading: M&B in Whitbread talk What's the Difference? Dogs open lead over FTSE Top of the investment class THE EDITOR'S PI ...

Tom McGhie, Mail on Sunday23 July 2006 RUSSIAN prosecutors are due in Britain this week to put pressure on the Crown Prosecution Service to help them extradite a series of high-profile businessmen. ROMAN ABRAMOVICH: Russian authorities reportedly want to speak to the Chelsea FC owner OTHER STORIES Record British Gas loss Whitbread is £3bn target of US giant Market report: Friday close Investors may sue over BetonSports Fresh raids over £10m mortgage'fraud'  ...

Helia Ebrahimi, Mail on Sunday23 July 2006 THE odds were never good. The health warnings could hardly have been more stark. Yet when a series of online gaming companies came to the stock market, tens of thousands of punters piled into the shares. But last week the whole house of cards came tumbling down. SAFE BET?: BetonSports chief executive David Carruthers was arrested in US WANT TO KNOW MORE? CHAT: BetonSports' thread READER SERVICE: Share dealing FTSE: Risers and falle ...

Tom McGhie, Mail on Sunday23 July 2006 BRITISH Gas will this week announce record losses of up to £200m for the six months to the end of June after soaring wholesale prices. BURNING MONEY: Gas bills could rise yet again WANT TO KNOW MORE? SWITCH & SAVE: Cut your gas bills REPORT: Is switching still worth it? POLL: Are you still with British Gas OTHER STORIES Whitbread is £3bn target of US giant Market report: Friday close Investors may sue over Bet ...

By Melinda Newman LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - While recording her upcoming album "Back to Basics," a project inspired by music and images from the '20s, '30s and '40s, Christina Aguilera had a secret weapon -- bright red lipstick as shiny as a fire engine. "Just to get into the song," she says, "to convey that emotion and high energy, especially to belt out some notes, the red lipstick helped me get to that mind frame." Saluting artists from the past was a role Aguilera was born to play. Since  ...

By Antony Bruno and Ray Waddell LOS ANGELES/NASHVILLE (Billboard) - It's 9 p.m. at The Gig in Hollywood and a crowd of L.A. hipsters is trickling in to catch the evening's act. The bar itself is just one of several live music venues scattered throughout the city that caters to emerging artists hungry for a stage -- however small -- to hone their skills and attract a following. Attendan ...