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Hello and welcome to news room international. We are going to take you around the world in 60 minutes. Here is some of what we are working on. Those relentless fires continue to burn across huge areas of southeastern australia. Lance armstrong at the center of controversy again this after reports that he tried to give 250,000 to an antidoping agency. First president obama making another cabinet pick. The president will nominate white house chief of staff jack lew to replace Timothy Geithner as t...

My key takeaways from this past week’s Expedia call are below: Highlights from the recently announced sale of Expedia’s corporate travel platform, Egencia, to Amex GBT include (i) Expedia eventually owning approximately 14 percent of the combined businesses post-closing – which Expedia assumes will be worth $700 million and (ii) the deal comprising a long-term supply agreement between Expedia Partner Services (EPS) and Amex GBT, which according to Expedia CEO, Peter Kern, underscores EPS�...