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PRNewswire reports here: Vehicles are selected and voted on by an international jury panel comprised of 45 top-level automotive journalists from around the world. The following Top Ten World Car finalists are listed below in alphabetical order:

Audi Q7                          
Audi TT                          
Citroen C4 Picasso               
Citroen C6                     
Fiat Grande Punto                
Jaguar XK
Lexus LS 460
Mercedes CL
MINI
Suzuki SX4 / Fiat Sedici

BBC News reports here: Seminal 1970s soft rockers The Eagles are close to releasing their first album of new music in almost 30 years, according to reports.

Spiegel Online reports here: Sweden is to be the first country to open up diplomatic relations with the online community. The Scandinavian country is setting up a virtual embassy in Second Life — in the hope of increasing its profile with young people around the world.

Spiegel Online reports here: Roman Abramovich might be getting bored with Chelsea FC’s far from impressive perfomance this season. So it’s time to indulge in his other passion: yachts. He is having a luxury ship built in Hamburg, which will be the world’s longest — and most expensive — yacht.

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: Windows Vista for home computers will make its debut on Tuesday, with Microsoft grandly launching an operating system that took five years and six billion dollars to ready for the world.
See also here this complete guide to Windows Vista where CNET provides a full slate of news, reviews and more.

BBC News reports here: British band the Rolling Stones have topped the US music rich list for the second year running.

Top Ten Music Rich List:
1. Rolling Stones $150.6m
2. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill $132m
3. Rascal Flatts $110.5m
4. Madonna $96.8m
5. Barbara Streisand $95.8m
6. Kenny Chesney $90.1m
7. Celine Dion $85.2m
8. Bon Jovi $77.5m
9. Nickelback $74.1m
10. Dave Matthews Band $60.4m

CNN Money presents here: 10 top leaders and thinkers. If the future is upon us, what’s ahead? Here is what 10 top leaders and thinkers see on their horizon, from 3-D printing to $100 billion private-equity deals.

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AP reports here at Yahoo News: TOKYO – Booming year-end sales of the wand-wielding Wii game console sent profit at Nintendo soaring 43 percent for the nine months ended December, the Japanese manufacturer of Pokemon and Super Mario games said Thursday.