Q: This morning , at UM 's New York office , Coen revised his expectations downward , saying that spending would instead rise 4.6 percent to $ 247 billion .

Speaking to reporters at a New York news conference , Universal McCann 's Coen projected that total U.S. ad spending will rise 4.6 percent to $ 247.7 billion this year .

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Q: Hoffa , 62 , vanished on the afternoon of July 30 , 1975 , from a Bloomfield Township parking lot in Oakland County , about 25 miles north of Detroit .

Hoffa , 62 , vanished on the afternoon of July 30 , 1975 , from a parking lot in a Detroit suburb in Oakland County .

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Q: " It is a benign web where we hope to catch investors and where each of us can advance our enlightened self interest through cooperation with others . "

It is a benign web where we hope to catch investors and where each of us can advance our enlightened self-interest through cooperation with others , ' said Mr Goh .

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yes