Sunday, October 31, 2010

Empire Of Lies - CounterCurrents.org

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Empire Of Lies
CounterCurrents.org
Benny and the Inkjets are tossing the money around, but it didn't pump up the industrial economy the last time and QE2 will be no better ...

Andrew Hill interviews Raghuram Rajan - edited transcript - Financial Times

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Andrew Hill interviews Raghuram Rajan - edited transcript
Financial Times
It's not a project which is easy because it's not easy to say in a one-liner “This is what went wrong”. “Greedy bankers” is an easy one-liner, ...

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Capt Bernanke on course for icebergs - Financial Times

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Capt Bernanke on course for icebergs
Financial Times
But they have identified the wrong ship and the wrong location for the cruise. Rather than steering towards balmy waters, Captain Bernanke has set course ...

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Friday, October 29, 2010

A Rising Tide Of Dollars? - Businessworld

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Businessworld

A Rising Tide Of Dollars?
Businessworld
One worry is that a protracted QE2 could put pressure on the euro and could shatter the arrangement among the 15 euro countries. ...

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Preparing to Set Sail on QE2 - Barron's

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Preparing to Set Sail on QE2
Barron's
BECAUSE IT WAS THE FLAGSHIP of the Cunard cruise line for nearly four decades, and its towering reputation preceded it so, the QE2–the ship, that is–often ...

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2-month regional rally loses steam - Business Times Singapore

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2-month regional rally loses steam
Business Times Singapore
The biggest concern now is whether the much-anticipated second round of US quantitative easing measures (called QE2) - to be announced by the Federal ...

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Brendan Fraser - Playbill.com

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Playbill.com

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Brendan Fraser
Playbill.com
And we caught a steam liner — that sounds like the old days, or maybe it was the Cunard line. It was the QE2. Anyway, it was the year of the Democratic ...

Plenty of cruising choices priced right - Montreal Gazette

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Plenty of cruising choices priced right
Montreal Gazette
"It was a delight to discover so many mementoes of QE2 around the ship, and a relief that they had been recovered from Dubai -- although they really need to ...

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Mark Dampier: As markets steam ahead, we are watchful travellers - Independent

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Mark Dampier: As markets steam ahead, we are watchful travellers
Independent
One of the main reasons I believe stock markets have been moving up is the possibility of fresh quantitative easing, or QE2 as it has become known. ...

Bernanke's QE 2 Will Sink Just Like The Titanic - The Business Insider

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The Business Insider

Bernanke's QE 2 Will Sink Just Like The Titanic
The Business Insider
There has been so much discussion recently about "QE 2" that you would think the entire financial sector were about to embark on a transatlantic cruise. ...

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Buzzword: QE2 (which has nothing to do with cruise ships) - ConsumerReports.org (blog)

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Buzzword: QE2 (which has nothing to do with cruise ships)
ConsumerReports.org (blog)
So why is there so much talk now about a second round of quantitative easing, or QE2? Usually, the policy tool that gets the most work is the Federal Funds ...

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Plenty of cruising choices priced right - Canada.com

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Plenty of cruising choices priced right
Canada.com
The cruise is on Holland America's newest ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam, and it is eight days. The ship leaves Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 19. ...

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

NEWS In Brief: FIREWORKS Display... BUS To Morton Match... - Inverclyde Now

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NEWS In Brief: FIREWORKS Display... BUS To Morton Match...
Inverclyde Now
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be on offer QE2 Talk -- GREENOCK Philosophical Society's talk this week is about iconic liner Queen Elizabeth 2. ...

Bon Voyage!: A collection of the best Telegraph writing on journeys by water - Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.uk

Bon Voyage!: A collection of the best Telegraph writing on journeys by water
Telegraph.co.uk
Our readers over the years have expressed similar sentiments about ships and cruise lines. Swan Hellenic almost disappeared when its American parent company ...

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Global Agenda: QE2 - Jerusalem Post

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Global Agenda: QE2
Jerusalem Post
For most others, the term brings to mind the great ocean liner, launched by and named after her majesty and the flagship of the Cunard Line for many years ...

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

NEWS In Brief: BUS To Morton Match... - Inverclyde Now

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NEWS In Brief: BUS To Morton Match...
Inverclyde Now
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be on offer QE2 Talk -- GREENOCK Philosophical Society's talk this week is about iconic liner Queen Elizabeth 2. ...

QE2 May Be Too Small - Jutia Group

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QE2 May Be Too Small
Jutia Group
How big is the QE2? No, not the ship. We refer to the forthcoming Quantitative Easing, Act II, which should emerge from the Federal Reserve a week from ...

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Shock and Bore - FXstreet.com The Forex Market

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Shock and Bore
FXstreet.com The Forex Market
Yet if the Wall Street Journal is right then instead of QE2 being compared to a luxury liner it appears now that the market may compare it to a dingy. ...

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In Queue, QE2 - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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In Queue, QE2
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
QE2 (the monetary policy, not the transatlantic ship)—if it graces our lives at all—is now expected to kick off gradually with about $500 billion in bond ...

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Happy Hour Roundup: Rand Paul camp flip-flops on returning stomper's campaign cash - Washington Post (blog)

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Happy Hour Roundup: Rand Paul camp flip-flops on returning stomper's campaign cash
Washington Post (blog)
We rode the wave back up and jumped ship. shrik2, the TIPS are being invested in because of inflation being predicted by the QE2 the FED is talking about ...

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Fuel efficient transportation: An overview - Mother Nature Network

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Mother Nature Network

Fuel efficient transportation: An overview
Mother Nature Network
The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship required one Imperial gallon of fuel to move 49 feet (translating to one US gallon to move 41.2 feet) in the open seas ...

Imminent Big Bank Death Spiral - Gold Seek

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Imminent Big Bank Death Spiral
Gold Seek
The next QE2 is a done deal but with the details missing. The next TARP-2 bailout package is having its justification and foundation fashioned from the ...

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2-month regional rally loses steam - Business Times (subscription)

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2-month regional rally loses steam
Business Times (subscription)
This came as its 50 per cent-owned subsidiary, Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL), released better-than-expected Q3 2010 results, with net profit rising 9 per ...

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Shock and Bore - Inside Futures

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Shock and Bore
Inside Futures
Yet if the Wall Street Journal is right then instead of QE2 being compared to a luxury liner it appears now that the market may compare it to a dingy. ...

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Mortgage Interest Deductibility 101 - The Suburban

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Mortgage Interest Deductibility 101
The Suburban
... of stimulus known as “quantitative easing” or “QE2” is the overused parlance that can drive one to jump off an ocean liner of the same name, truthfully. ...

QE2 and not the Cruise Ship

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NEWS In Brief: CAR Wash... QE2 Talk... - Inverclyde Now

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NEWS In Brief: CAR Wash... QE2 Talk...
Inverclyde Now
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be on offer QE2 Talk -- GREENOCK Philosophical Society's talk this week is about iconic liner Queen Elizabeth 2. ...

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Consumer-Discretionary Sector Buoys Dow - Wall Street Journal

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Consumer-Discretionary Sector Buoys Dow
Wall Street Journal
Ford headlined another raft of earnings reports, but the market remain fixated on the Fed and its imminent QE2 program. Steve Russolillo, John Shipman and ...

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Scotiabank's Commodity Price Index Rallies Further In September - NorthumberlandView.ca

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Scotiabank's Commodity Price Index Rallies Further In September
NorthumberlandView.ca
Anticipation of QE2 has pushed down the US dollar further, lifting dollar-denominated commodity prices, and extending the commodity price super-cycle. ...

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Welcome to QE2 and competitive currency devaluation - Mineweb

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Welcome to QE2 and competitive currency devaluation
Mineweb
Welcome to QE2 and competitive currency devaluation". Indeed. "QE2" refers not to a new liner for the queen, but to the high likelihood that the Federal ...

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Scotiabank's Commodity Price Index Rallies Further In September - DigitalJournal.com (press release)

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Scotiabank's Commodity Price Index Rallies Further In September
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Anticipation of QE2 has pushed down the US dollar further, lifting dollar-denominated commodity prices, and extending the commodity price super-cycle. ...

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EUR/USD holding just above recent range lows - ForexLive

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EUR/USD holding just above recent range lows
ForexLive
Enjoy your FOREX cruise today. I'm EUR long till I dont see better option for today. Maybe later we see changes in game then time to short all. [. ...

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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 12 - Forex Hound

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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 12
Forex Hound
I assume the worship of QE2 is behind that. The dollar rallied last Tuesday as shorts were caught too fat and happy, and the ship tipped over. ...

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Wall Street Bonuses Will Cost Us All in the Long Run - Money Morning

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Wall Street Bonuses Will Cost Us All in the Long Run
Money Morning
And let's face it, with the US Federal Reserve getting ready to launch "QE2" (and, by that, we're not referring to a luxury ocean liner - but rather a new ...

NEWS In Brief: QE2 Talk... GUILD Concert... - Inverclyde Now

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NEWS In Brief: QE2 Talk... GUILD Concert...
Inverclyde Now
QE2 Talk -- GREENOCK Philosophical Society's talk this week is about iconic liner Queen Elizabeth 2. Ian Broadley will give the illustrated talk on Friday ...

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LME OPEN - Metals cruise just beneath previous session highs - FXstreet.com The Forex Market

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LME OPEN - Metals cruise just beneath previous session highs
FXstreet.com The Forex Market
... as uncertainty took hold ahead of next week's Federal Reserve meeting, and markets remain unclear as to the extent of “QE2” – if any – that they can ...

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The Fed's QE2 and the Economy: Sailing to Safety or a Ship of Fools? - Heritage.org

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The Fed's QE2 and the Economy: Sailing to Safety or a Ship of Fools?
Heritage.org
QE2 once referred to the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, a grand luxury liner that plied the Atlantic between England and New York City. Today, the acronym QE2 is ...

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Speak Loudly, but carry No Stick! - Ideal Taxes Association

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Speak Loudly, but carry No Stick!
Ideal Taxes Association
He writes (QE2 Won't Make Big Waves as G20 Flops): At the G20 talks, Treasury Secretary Geithner failed to accomplish a grand bargain to wind down Asian ...

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Nifty waiting for more liquidity, +ve earnings for momentum - Moneycontrol.com

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Nifty waiting for more liquidity, +ve earnings for momentum
Moneycontrol.com
Hindalco and Sterlite both looked good, perhaps in expectation of the QE2 which is slated for sometime next week. At least market expectations are running ...

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Chart Presentation: Chart Pondering - Benzinga

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Chart Presentation: Chart Pondering
Benzinga
The topic has to do in a general sense with the share price of Carnival Cruise Lines . Not CCL in specific but the theme that it represents. ...

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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 12 - International Business Times

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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 12
International Business Times
I assume the worship of QE2 is behind that. The dollar rallied last Tuesday as shorts were caught too fat and happy, and the ship tipped over. ...

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R-Class Mercedes-Benz QE2 - Bizcommunity.com

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R-Class Mercedes-Benz QE2
Bizcommunity.com
... a brilliant sound system (watch the expensive optional upgrades), easy to use cruise control and a fully adjustable steering column with audio controls. ...

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The Beginning Of The End Of The Currency War? - FN Arena News

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The Beginning Of The End Of The Currency War?
FN Arena News
No one shot an Arch Duke, sunk a passenger liner or invaded Poland. It just sort of happened. It happened because the developed world has been struggling ...

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The matchstick armada - Pakistan Daily Mail

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The matchstick armada
Pakistan Daily Mail
Also included in his collection is a replica of the QE2, Cutty Sark, the May Flower and the USS Constitution. He recently put the finishing touches to his ...

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Plenty of cruising choices priced right - The Province

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Plenty of cruising choices priced right
The Province
"It was a delight to discover so many mementoes of QE2 around the ship, and a relief that they had been recovered from Dubai -- although they really need to ...

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Royal Navy chiefs left red-faced after brand new £1.2bn nuclear submarine is ... - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

Royal Navy chiefs left red-faced after brand new £1.2bn nuclear submarine is ...
Daily Mail
Astute's listening systems are so sophisticated she can detect QE2 leaving New York from the Channel. She can carry 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes and ...

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Nuclear sub towed off the rocks by tugs - Cyprus Mail

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Nuclear sub towed off the rocks by tugs
Cyprus Mail
Its Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles are capable of delivering pinpoint strikes from 2000km (1240 miles) with conventional weapons. ...

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Huge capacity means big savings for a while - Vancouver Sun

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Huge capacity means big savings for a while
Vancouver Sun
"It was a delight to discover so many mementoes of QE2 around the ship, and a relief that they had been recovered from Dubai -- although they really need to ...

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Royal Navy's £1.2bn nuclear submarine left high and dry off coast of Scotland ... - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

Royal Navy's £1.2bn nuclear submarine left high and dry off coast of Scotland ...
Daily Mail
Astute's listening systems are so sophisticated she can detect QE2 leaving New York from the Channel. She can carry 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes and ...

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Supply outstrips demand for Caribbean cruises - Montreal Gazette

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Supply outstrips demand for Caribbean cruises
Montreal Gazette
Captain Greybeard, The Mirror, Britain: "It was a delight to discover so many mementoes of QE2 around the ship ... Externally, the Games Deck on Deck 11, ...

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Week Ahead: Market to Cruise as Bigger Events Loom Ahead - CNBC

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Week Ahead: Market to Cruise as Bigger Events Loom Ahead
CNBC
"People think QE2 (quantitative easing) is responsible for the rising stock market. They're thinking the elections are helping, but I think the bigger thing ...

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

The matchstick armada: Model maker spends a decade building 20 legendary vessels - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

The matchstick armada: Model maker spends a decade building 20 legendary vessels
Daily Mail
'I choose to create these ship because of their historical importance and design, but some do have a personal connection. 'My father worked on the Queen ...

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Model maker spends 10 years building a matchstick armada of legendary ships - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

Model maker spends 10 years building a matchstick armada of legendary ships
Daily Mail
Also included in his collection is a replica of the QE2, Cutty Sark, the May Flower and the USS Constitution. He recently put the finishing touches to his ...

Anand outplays Topalov with black pieces - NDTV.com

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NDTV.com

Anand outplays Topalov with black pieces
NDTV.com
Qe2 Rb8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf5 24. f4 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Ke2 Qf5 28. Rh1 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 h5 30. a4 Qe4+ 31. Kg3 h4+ 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. ...

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Nuclear sub on the rocks: Navy's brand-new £1 billion attack boat runs aground - This is London

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This is London

Nuclear sub on the rocks: Navy's brand-new £1 billion attack boat runs aground
This is London
Astute's listening systems are so sophisticated she can detect the QE2 leaving New York from the Channel. * She can carry 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes ...

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Nuclear attack submarine runs aground off the Isle of Skye - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

Nuclear attack submarine runs aground off the Isle of Skye
Daily Mail
Astute's listening systems are so sophisticated she can detect QE2 leaving New York from the Channel. She can carry 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes and ...

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Author Chat: Money Morning's Martin Hutchinson Talks About “Alchemists of Loss” - Money Morning

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Author Chat: Money Morning's Martin Hutchinson Talks About “Alchemists of Loss”
Money Morning
And let's face it, with the US Federal Reserve getting ready to launch "QE2" (and, by that, we're not referring to a luxury ocean liner - but rather a new ...

The Other Possible Driver of the Stock Rally - Seeking Alpha

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The Other Possible Driver of the Stock Rally
Seeking Alpha
Personally, when I think of QE2 I envision a large ocean liner sailing along the Hudson with the backdrop of Manhattan buildings being passed. ...

Older ships, better prices - Regina Leader-Post

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Older ships, better prices
Regina Leader-Post
"It was a delight to discover so many mementoes of QE2 around the ship, and a relief that they had been recovered from Dubai -- although they really need to ...

The Silver Correction May Have Started - Seeking Alpha

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The Silver Correction May Have Started
Seeking Alpha
QE2? Heard on Bloombery this AM the dollar is expected to hit $1.50 to the Euro. The dollar takes a dive, Gold and silver rise. ...

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With QE2, Bernanke's Just Playing Shuffleboard Economics - The Business Insider

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The Business Insider

With QE2, Bernanke's Just Playing Shuffleboard Economics
The Business Insider
Even beyond its cruise-ship association, shuffleboard seems to offer an apt analogy for what the Federal Reserve is about to try: shoving risk-averse ...

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Gold and Silver Breakout and Consolidation, China's Greek Dollar Swap Window ... - The Market Oracle

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Gold and Silver Breakout and Consolidation, China's Greek Dollar Swap Window ...
The Market Oracle
My forecast was for no Exit from 0%, but rather an embrace of QE2, the exact opposite. We have it. Only the details remain on the QE2 initiative, ...

The Fed is About to Smile on Income Investors - StreetAuthority

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The Fed is About to Smile on Income Investors
StreetAuthority
I think most of the answer lies in QE2. No, not the Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner. QE2 is what the business media is calling the pending second wave of ...

SMELLIE SNIFFS THE BREEZE: Strange days - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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SMELLIE SNIFFS THE BREEZE: Strange days
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Already known already as “QE2”, or the second round of quantitative easing – the polite rich world way of saying “printing money” – there would appear to be ...

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The Greek Dollar Swap Window - Gold Seek

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The Greek Dollar Swap Window
Gold Seek
My forecast was for no Exit from 0%, but rather an embrace of QE2, the exact opposite. We have it. Only the details remain on the QE2 initiative, ...

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Bernanke's QE2: Shuffleboard Economics - Investor's Business Daily (blog)

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Investor's Business Daily (blog)

Bernanke's QE2: Shuffleboard Economics
Investor's Business Daily (blog)
Even beyond its cruise-ship association, shuffleboard seems to offer an apt analogy for what the Federal Reserve is about to try: shoving ...

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Now The Vast Majority Of Fund Managers Are Rushing Aboard The QE2 Bandwagon - The Business Insider

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Now The Vast Majority Of Fund Managers Are Rushing Aboard The QE2 Bandwagon
The Business Insider
Markets have drifted higher aboard The Great World Cruise of QE2 as market participants debate the classic question – what's priced in? ...

What We Can Learn From The Stock Market Genius That Wall Street Loves to Ignore - Money Morning

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What We Can Learn From The Stock Market Genius That Wall Street Loves to Ignore
Money Morning
And let's face it, with the US Federal Reserve getting ready to launch "QE2" (and, by that, we're not referring to a luxury ocean liner - but rather a new ...

Full steam ahead as QE2 sails in - Sydney Morning Herald

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Full steam ahead as QE2 sails in
Sydney Morning Herald
Garimpeiro is no different to most in thinking that QE2 was a grand ocean liner, the pride of the Cunard Line before being parked in a Dubai port, ...

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US Market Updat: Dow -115 S&P -11 NASDAQ -28 - Fxtraders.eu

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US Market Updat: Dow -115 S&P -11 NASDAQ -28
Fxtraders.eu
In the US, Fed members were vocal in renewed calls for possible QE2, helping to smooth the bullish tone of the greenback. - With investors fleeing risk, ...

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Monday, October 18, 2010

NZ insulated as US economy struggles - Southland Times

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NZ insulated as US economy struggles
Southland Times
OPINION: If you follow the international news you have probably heard reference to QE2, writes Tony Alexander this week. This is not a reference to a ship ...

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BoA and GMAC Resume Foreclosures; Feedback on HVCC's "Replacement"; Faulty ... - MortgageNewsDaily.com

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BoA and GMAC Resume Foreclosures; Feedback on HVCC's "Replacement"; Faulty ...
MortgageNewsDaily.com
(That is "Quantitative Easing", not the "Queen Elizabeth" cruise ship.) Only $1.2 billion of MBS's were sold, and the demand was strong from the money ...

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Queen Elizabeth 2's anchor to be placed outside Holy Rood Church in Southampton - Daily Echo

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Queen Elizabeth 2's anchor to be placed outside Holy Rood Church in Southampton
Daily Echo
“After last week's launch of the new Queen Elizabeth, it is evident Southampton residents care deeply about the city's cruise ships. ...

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FIRST LOOK: Queen Elizabeth - New York Post (blog)

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FIRST LOOK: Queen Elizabeth
New York Post (blog)
In fact, the Elizabeth is not a liner. She's a fairly sized cruise ship wearing the finery of a liner, and since Cunard largely invented and perfected that ...

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Investment Bank Earnings Highlight Wall Street's New Vulnerabilities - The Market Oracle

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Investment Bank Earnings Highlight Wall Street's New Vulnerabilities
The Market Oracle
And let's face it, with the US Federal Reserve getting ready to launch "QE2" (and, by that, we're not referring to a luxury ocean liner - but rather a new ...

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QUEEN ELIZABETH Preview and Naming At Southampton — Updated - Maritime Matters

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Maritime Matters

QUEEN ELIZABETH Preview and Naming At Southampton — Updated
Maritime Matters
QUEEN ELIZABETH at Ocean Terminal, Southampton, Saturday, October 9, 2010. Passports were required as we pulled up to the Ocean Cruise Terminal. ...

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