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Bank of Portugal Predicts Economy Will Shrink 0.8% This Year (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Portugal’s economy will contract this year for the first time since 2003 as its main export markets weaken and Portuguese consumers rein in their spending.

Albion aim to loan Portugal ace (TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
West Brom are keen to sign Portugal international striker Ariza Makukula on loan from Benfica, but the Lisbon club want a permanent transfer.Makukula only joined Benfica from Sevilla last January but he has fallen down the pecking order at the Estadio da Luz and no longer figures in Quique Sanchez Flores' plans.

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-06 16:55 UPDATE 1-Bank of Portugal sees economy contracting in 2009 (Interactive Investor)
LISBON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Portugal's economy will contract by 0.8 percent this year after growth of 0.3 percent in 2008, the Bank of Portugal forecast on Tuesday in its winter economic bulletin. The forecast was the first by an official institution in the Iberian country to predict the country would enter into recession due to the global economic crisis. The Bank of Portugal's last forecast, in ...