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Price.com dismisses fears for British launch.

ONE of Americas most powerful businesswomen has said her internet company will push ahead with its plans to set up in Britain despite the recent setbacks in the business-to-consumer sector.

Heidi Miller, chief executive of Priceline.com, said the company is finalising negotiations with an unnamed joint venture partner for a launch this year. Miller is the former chief financial officer of Citigroup and Fortune magazines second most powerful businesswoman in America behind Carly Fiorina, chief executive of Hewlett-Packard.

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