Friday, July 30, 2010

The Double-Dip Recession Didn't Happen—Technically - Barron's

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The Double-Dip Recession Didn't Happen—Technically
Barron's
And across trading desks, queries are coming in for "QE2"–not the ship, but the best way to position for a second round of quantitative easing to float our ...

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Double Dip Didn't Happen - Barron's

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Double Dip Didn't Happen
Barron's
And across trading desks, queries are coming in for "QE2"–not the ship, but the best way to position for a second round of quantitative easing to float our ...

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Cunard considering a la carte dining for top restaurant on next ship - USA Today

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Cunard considering a la carte dining for top restaurant on next ship
USA Today
The new Queen Elizabeth -- successor to the historic line's famed QE2 -- is scheduled to debut on Oct. 11 in a christening ceremony in Southampton, England.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The hills of Halifax will always be my heaven - Halifax Evening Courier

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The hills of Halifax will always be my heaven
Halifax Evening Courier
He moved on to join Cunard and worked as Junior First Officer on the QE2. He has also worked on the Oriana and Queen Mary before he was appointed staff ...

Hope floats, QE2 not headed to the scrapyard - Zawya

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Hope floats, QE2 not headed to the scrapyard
Zawya
DUBAI : The new owner of luxury cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) has categorically denied that the ship is headed to the scrapyard after nearly two ...

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Hope floats, QE2 not headed to the scrapyard - GulfNews

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Hope floats, QE2 not headed to the scrapyard
GulfNews
DUBAI : The new owner of luxury cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) has categorically denied that the ship is headed to ...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Queen Victoria makes first visit - Greenock Telegraph

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Queen Victoria makes first visit
Greenock Telegraph
The last Cunard ship to visit Greenock was the towering Queen Mary 2 last year — and the world-famous QE2 made two memorable calls, in 2007 and 2008, ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

£900000 fraudster's high life on Concorde - This is Money

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£900000 fraudster's high life on Concorde
This is Money
But she used it to buy flights on Concorde and cruises on the QE2, and her husband bought her jewellery using an American Express card, Exeter Crown Court ...

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Jetset accounts cheat jailedfor stealing nearly £900000 - The Sun

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Jetset accounts cheat jailedfor stealing nearly £900000
The Sun
She blew the cash on designer jewellery and foreign holidays - including flights on Concorde and cruises on the QE2. Wolstencroft admitted six charges of ...

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Woman who lived 'lavish' lifestyle after stealing £900000 from employer is jailed - Daily Mail

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Woman who lived 'lavish' lifestyle after stealing £900000 from employer is jailed
Daily Mail
A woman has been jailed after she admitted stealing £900000 from her employers to fund a "lavish" champagne lifestyle of luxury QE2 cruises and flights on ...

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Bookkeeper who stole £900000 jailed for four years - BBC News

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Bookkeeper who stole £900000 jailed for four years
BBC News
She spent most of the money on cruises, including some on the QE2, plus tickets to fly on Concorde. Sentencing her at Exeter Crown Court, Judge John Neligan ...

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Plymouth accountant jailed for four years for stealing £900000 from company - Plymouth Herald

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Plymouth accountant jailed for four years for stealing £900000 from company
Plymouth Herald
​A PLYMOUTH woman has been jailed for four years after she admitted stealing £900000 from her employers to fund a lavish champagne lifestyle of luxury QE2 ...

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Friday, July 23, 2010

Discovering Victoria's Secrets - Huffington Post (blog)

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Discovering Victoria's Secrets
Huffington Post (blog)
Although QE has replaced the retired QE2, this is the same port where three Queens met up in 2008. On-board and spectator festivities (from the shores of ...

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Cross Country - Courier Mail

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Cross Country
Courier Mail
6km: G Yanham (IPS) 18.15 1, R Fisher 19.06 2, J Thomas (QE2) 19.49 3. 4km: K Perkins (MAR) 12.42 1, D Coleman (GCV) 13.35 2, P Bock (MAR) 13.50 3. ...

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Bid to save QE2 from scrappage and bring famous ship home to Glasgow - Glaswegian

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Bid to save QE2 from scrappage and bring famous ship home to Glasgow
Glaswegian
THE former captain of Glasgow's most famous cruise liner has said the vessel should return to the city permanently. Plans to turn the QE2 into a floating ...

Shipowners May Miss A Trick - Cape Business News

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Shipowners May Miss A Trick
Cape Business News
The chemical tanker 'Ardea', and Hapag Lloyd's containership 'Tokyo Express' have both got them, as does Safmarine's box ship 'Oranje' and a number of other ...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Vince Cable unveils three-pronged economic growth strategy - The Guardian

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Vince Cable unveils three-pronged economic growth strategy
The Guardian
On both sides of the Atlantic, a plan B is gathering support that sounds more like a cruise ship than orthodox economic policy – QE2. ...

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Monday, July 19, 2010

It could be a game of two halves - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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It could be a game of two halves
Auckland stuff.co.nz
"Queens Wharf should not even be considered for a permanent cruise ship terminal. Captain Cook Wharf is the ideal location. "As it seems to be a done deal ...

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Bid to save QE2 from scrapyard - Scotland on Sunday

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Bid to save QE2 from scrapyard
Scotland on Sunday
Now a new plan has emerged that could see the ship - dubbed the most famous liner ever built - sailing to Fremantle in Western Australia to act as the ...

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Bid to save QE2 from scrapyard - Scotsman

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Bid to save QE2 from scrapyard
Scotsman
Now a new plan has emerged that could see the ship - dubbed the most famous liner ever built - sailing to Fremantle in Western Australia to act as the ...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Wirral Arts: A profile of artist, Zoe Padmore - Wirral News

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Wirral Arts: A profile of artist, Zoe Padmore
Wirral News
Her work has since appeared inside the QE2, as well as on P&O Sea Princess cruise ships. This early experience paved the way for commissions from interior ...

Monday, July 12, 2010

BOOK REVIEW: 'Voices From the Grave': Two Men of Violence Share Their Stories ... - HNN Huntingtonnews.net

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BOOK REVIEW: 'Voices From the Grave': Two Men of Violence Share Their Stories ...
HNN Huntingtonnews.net
... including drug dealing to raise money for guns and bombs and gun running, including an attempt to use the QE2 ocean liner to transport weapons from the ...

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Tuesday's news and tips - Investors Chronicle

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Tuesday's news and tips
Investors Chronicle
The battle between British Airways management and its unions moved to the QE2 Conference Centre in Westminster, London, on Tuesday, where the airline held ...

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July 12, 2010 Marching Season: Voices From The Grave - Basil & Spice

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July 12, 2010 Marching Season: Voices From The Grave
Basil & Spice
... including drug dealing to raise money for guns and bombs and gun running, including an attempt to use the QE2 ocean liner to transport weapons from the ...

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Cunard QE2- My Ship.mov

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With the QE2 in New York in 2000. I was on a vacation to New York and found out the QE2 was docked at Pier 49. I couldn't believe my luck when ...

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth cruise liner nears completion - BBC News

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Cunard's Queen Elizabeth cruise liner nears completion
BBC News
The deputy captain, Hamish Sunter, is one of five ship's officers who are already working on board. He's been here since April. He was previously on QE2, ...

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New Cunarder Queen Elizabeth nearing completion in Italy - This Is Hampshire.net

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New Cunarder Queen Elizabeth nearing completion in Italy
This Is Hampshire.net
CARRYING one of the most famous names in the history of Southampton, Cunard's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, will arrive in the city in ...

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New Cunarder Queen Elizabeth nearing completion in Italy - Daily Echo

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New Cunarder Queen Elizabeth nearing completion in Italy
Daily Echo
CARRYING one of the most famous names in the history of Southampton, Cunard's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, will arrive in the city in ...

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Queen Elizabeth to visit UAE this year - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Queen Elizabeth to visit UAE this year
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
David Ross, one of the engineers who worked on the QE2 during its construction in 1967, is now working as project engineering manager with Masaood John ...

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Queen Elizabeth to visit UAE this year - Khaleej Times

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Queen Elizabeth to visit UAE this year
Khaleej Times
David Ross, one of the engineers who worked on the QE2 during its construction in 1967, is now working as project engineering manager with Masaood John ...

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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Liners Scots lineage lives on in painting - Scotsman

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Liners Scots lineage lives on in painting
Scotsman
Now every passenger on the new liner will be reminded of the ship's Scottish lineage, with the five-foot wide painting showing the liner making its way home ...

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Forty years of elegant cruising - Scotsman

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Forty years of elegant cruising
Scotsman
During almost 40 years of service, the QE2 undertook regular world cruises and latterly operated predominantly as a cruise ship, sailing out of Southampton. ...

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Liner's Scots lineage lives on in painting - Scotsman

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Liner's Scots lineage lives on in painting
Scotsman
Now every passenger on the new liner will be reminded of the ship's Scottish lineage, with the five-foot wide painting showing the liner making its way home ...

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

New hopes for two old girls - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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New hopes for two old girls
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
Hopes are rising that two grand old ocean liners may find new homes and new lives. QE2, which has ...