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Herbert Hainer, chief executive officer of Adidas, the world's second largest sports apparel firm, waves while attending the company annual general meeting in the northern Bavarian town of Fuerth near Nuremberg May
1 For immediate release Herzogenaurach, November 7, 2013 Nine Months 2013 Results: Group sales stable on a currency-neutral
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