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The owners of Lord’s say they are not planning to sell the stadium’s naming rights to finance a £400m redevelopment of the famous venue. The redevelopment plans will in part be funded by flats around the stadium, but the MCC says it will not even look at selling rights for individual stands. MCC chief executive Keith Bradshaw told BBC Radio 5 live: “There’s no way we would rename Lord’s. “It’s the home of cricket, the hallowed turf. It’s not an option at all. He added: “It’s something that we wouldn’t consider, and in fact I even have a real problem even considering renaming the stands within the ground that are now dedicated to famous cricketers. “It’s not on the agenda, it’s not on the cards and there’s no way we’ll be going down that path.”

The plans for Lord’s, entitled Vision for Lord’s, include increasing the capacity from 30,000 to 37,000, installing retractable floodlights, an underground cricket academy and expanded museum.

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German car giant Mercedes has bought the Brawn Formula 1 team in a move that is likely to see Jenson Button join McLaren as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate. Mercedes will buy 75% of Brawn in partnership with an Abu Dhabi investment company but will continue as McLaren’s engine partner until 2015. Brawn, who won both world titles in their debut season in 2009, will be rebranded as Mercedes Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg will be their lead driver, with Nick Heidfeld his likely partner. Fellow German Timo Glock, who drove for Toyota last season, is also a possibility. The team has not yet confirmed Rosberg, who drove for Williams in 2009, but he is widely known throughout F1 to have already signed for the Mercedes team. Mercedes motorsport vice-president Norbert Haug indicated that talks with Button were ongoing but had already revealed the team is in negotiations with Heidfeld.

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Procter & Gamble has announced it is recalling 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after small traces of bacteria were found in the product. Bottles shipped to the US, the UK and Germany are being recalled after traces of the B. cepacia bacteria were found at a German plant in Gross Gerau.

The firm said no illnesses had been reported, but the bacteria can affect people with lung problems. It added that consumers who have the medication should no longer use it. The consumer products giant stressed the recall was just a precautionary measure, but added that “the bacteria could cause serious infections for individuals with a compromised immune system, or those with chronic lung conditions, such as cystic fibrosis.”

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The European Central Bank had liberalized the loan funding rules for personal loans including car loans, vehicle loans, housing loans and education loans. But with enough signs of recovery in the European Zone, the ECB has tightened the rules for such loans with immediate effect.
The authority has also warned the banking system to be ready for handling the complete withdrawal of the stimulus plan in the coming months. The withdrawal is not likely to happen in one or two months, but might be staggered over two to four quarters.

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According to sources, Bahrain’s Olympic 1,500 meters champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal for doping at Beijing 2008 games. Moroccan born Ramzi’s positive test for the banned blood booster CERA was announced in April after retesting the frozen samples.

The athletes who stood second and third position now stand to be upgraded. The decision stands on the international Olympic Committee. Italy’s road race silver medalist Davide Rebellin was also stripped of his medal. The IOC is expected to make an announcement at1300 GMT. Nine other athletes tested positive in the tests conducted during the Games.

Even though the major global economies are coming out of recession, it is still not applicable to the air travel industry. All the airplane majors are reeling under losses and are trying to be afloat for the time being. It is the time for Air France now.

Air France-KLM is planning to cut 1,700 jobs next year after the airline posted a worse-than-expected quarterly loss. The company will ask workers to take voluntary redundancy at Air France in 2010. It is already cutting 3,000 jobs in the year to 31 March 2010. The firm made a net loss of 147m euros ($219m; £131m) between July and September, compared with 27m euros in the same period last year. Analysts had expected a loss of 130m euros in the quarter. The airline axed 2,700 jobs in its last financial year as the global downturn hit it hard. Air France-KLM is the largest airline in Europe by revenue.