If Pinnacle can deliver on the promise of its strong debut, it will join a number of deals that have delivered strong returns to investors over the last two quarters, which in turn help fuel demand for the next batch of offerings to come through the pipeline.

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Kansai's announcement is the latest stage in a problem for BNFL that began in September, when a British newspaper, the Independent, revealed that fuel quality control data for another batch of Mox pellets had been falsified.

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But Jeep needs to win back the suburbanites who have spent the last decade defecting to a newer batch of car-like, fuel-efficient competitors like the Chevrolet Equinox and Toyota RAV4.

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