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**FILE** President Bush (center) listens to Dave Vieau (right), president and CEO of A123 Systems, as he is shown a Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid car utilizing a lithium power battery during a demonstration of alternative fuel automobiles on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Feb. 23, 2007. At left is Energy Secretary Sam Bodman. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A123 Systems President and CEO David Vieau addresses the media July 18, 2011, in Romulus, Mich. (Associated Press)

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In this file photo, pedestrians pass a sign with the HSBC logo in Hong Kong on Monday, July 30, 2012. On Jan. 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that HSBC Holdings has agreed to pay $101.5 million to settle claims it defrauded two of its clients. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus asked a group of five respected Republican Party leaders to examine how the party can better talk with voters, raise money from donors and learn from Democrats’ tactics. (Associated Press)

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Nafissatou Diallo, a hotel housekeeper who had contended she was sexually assaulted by then-International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, agreed to a settlement Monday in court in New York. The amount of the settlement was kept confidential. Mr. Strauss-Kahn did not attend the hearing. (Associated Press)

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Arizona Lottery Director of Budget, Products and Communications Karen Bach (left) and Executive Director Jeff Hatch-Miller displayed an enlargement of the winning $587.5 million Powerball ticket at a news conference Friday in Scottsdale. Two people with the winning numbers have come forward. (Associated Press)

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Nafissatou Diallo, who claimes she was sexually assaulted by former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, arrives at a courthouse in the Bronx borough of New York on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi votes over a crucial euro70 billion ($99 billion) austerity package aimed at convincing investors that the eurozone's third-largest economy won't be swept into the debt crisis, at the lower house of parliament, in Rome (Foto vom 15.07.11)