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		<title>Sports Direct reportedly considering Bench owner bid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>NEWCASTLE United owner Mike Ashley's retail empire Sports Direct is reportedly considering a &#163;100m bid to buy the group behind the Bench clothing brand.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Sports Direct sales grow after JJB&apos;s collapse</title>
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		<title>Olympics help boost sales for Mike Ashley&apos;s Sports Direct</title>
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		<title>Olympics boost for Mike Ashley&apos;s Sports Direct</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>MIKE Ashley's sportswear empire jumped to a record profit today after enjoying a "significant" sales boost from the London Olympics and Paralympics.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Ashley to unveil rising profits as rival bows out</title>
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		<title>Watchdog to probe Sports Direct&apos;s JJB deal</title>
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		<title>North East staff made redundant as JJB goes under</title>
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		<title>JJB Sports to call in the adminstrators</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>AILING JJB Sports is to appoint administrators after calling time on its long-running battle to rescue the business.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Olympics boost Mike Ashley&apos;s Sports Direct chain</title>
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		<title>Sports Direct&apos;s results a bonus for Ashley and staff</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>NEWCASTLE United owner Mike Ashley&#8217;s first step towards a potential &pound;24m pay-out has been secured after more bumper results at his Sports Direct business.</p>]]></description>
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