QUES: Lloyds TSB confirmed on Tuesday it was " considering its options " over the sale of its National Bank of New Zealand subsidiary .

Lloyds TSB yesterday confirmed that it had received bids for its National Bank of New Zealand operation .

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ANS: yes

QUES: U.S. same-store sales last months at Tim Hortons rose 8.8 per cent .

Tim Hortons ' same-store sales in Canada rose by 6.7 per cent .

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ANS: yes

QUES: The vulnerability affects NT 4.0 , NT 4.0 Terminal Services Edition , Windows 2000 , Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 .

They said it affects all default installations of Windows 2000 , Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server .

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no