Friday, September 30, 2011

3 liberal fascists - WND.com

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3 liberal fascists
WND.com
Like Obama's entire economic team (except for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, whom Obama refuses to allow to resign) he saw that the economic ship, US Titanic, was sinking fast and jumped ship after Tarp I, Tarp II, QE1, QE2, bailouts of Wall Street, ...

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Notes From The DoubleLine Lunch With Jeffrey Gundlach - CNN

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Notes From The DoubleLine Lunch With Jeffrey Gundlach
CNN
Since September 19th 2008 through this week, the DJ UBS Excess Return Commodity Index is down 18.4%, it was up 12.72% during QE1 and 6.73% during QE2. On Barry's Book Bailout Nation and My Upcoming Book: "It's raining books with you guys! ...

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Notes From The DoubleLine Lunch With Jeffrey Gundlach - CNNMoney

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Notes From The DoubleLine Lunch With Jeffrey Gundlach
CNNMoney
Since September 19th 2008 through this week, the DJ UBS Excess Return Commodity Index is down 18.4%, it was up 12.72% during QE1 and 6.73% during QE2. On Barry's Book Bailout Nation and My Upcoming Book: "It's raining books with you guys! ...

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Cruising for solo travellers: tips and advice - Telegraph.co.uk

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Cruising for solo travellers: tips and advice
Telegraph.co.uk
There has never been a better time for people who like to cruise alone. A bold statement maybe, and one with which those who hanker for the tiny single cabins on the old QE2 will doubtless disagree – but it's true. ...

Nakheel plans townhouses to replace QE2 - AME Info

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Nakheel plans townhouses to replace QE2
AME Info
Ali Rashid Lootah, chairman of Nakheel, has said the developer is to start work on its first major Dubai project since the onset of the economic downturn, with a townhouse development on the Palm Jumeirah replacing plans to berth the QE2 ocean liner ...

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Europcar docks at Greenock Ocean Terminal - Breaking Travel News

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Europcar docks at Greenock Ocean Terminal
Breaking Travel News
Ocean Terminal is one of Scotland's major cruise ship terminals with over 50000 passengers coming through the port in 2010. It saw the last ever visit of the QE2 and the first visit of the new superliner, Queen Mary 2. Tour operators at Ocean Terminal ...

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, real estate briefs - Middle East North Africa Financial Network

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AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, real estate briefs
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
"The QE2 will be placed in a much better location," said Lootah. "The government of Dubai is developing an up-to-date modern cruise terminal. That will be a better environment. It will stay in Dubai. The QE2 is part of Dubai." The 102 beachfront town ...

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

A Liverpool home for historic liner QE2? Don't tell the Dubai owners - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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A Liverpool home for historic liner QE2? Don't tell the Dubai owners
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
A bold plan to provide a final resting home on Merseyside for ocean liner QE2 has been the subject of secret talks with Liverpool Vision, the economic development company responsible for the ...

Nakheel Chairman announces new project on Palm Jumeirah - AME Info

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Nakheel Chairman announces new project on Palm Jumeirah
AME Info
Phil Blizzard spoke to Ali Rashid Lootah, Chairman, Nakheel about the Palm Residence development which will be located off the trunk of Palm Jumeirah, also about their current focus and the fate of the QE2 cruise liner. Replication or redistribution in ...

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Houses to replace QE2 on the Palm - The National

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The National

Houses to replace QE2 on the Palm
The National
Satish Kumar / The National Nakheel is to start work on its first major Dubai building project since the onset of the economic downturn, with a town house development on the Palm Jumeirah replacing plans to berth the QE2 ocean liner off the man-made ...

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Monday, September 26, 2011

QE2 Palm Jumeirah plan out as Nakheel floats townhouse project instead - The National

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The National

QE2 Palm Jumeirah plan out as Nakheel floats townhouse project instead
The National
Satish Kumar / The National Nakheel has announced its first major project since the onset of the downturn in Dubai, with a new townhouse development on the Palm Jumeirah replacing originals plans to berth the QE2 ocean liner as a luxury hotel off the ...

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John Sergeant: steps in good time - Herald Scotland

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John Sergeant: steps in good time
Herald Scotland
Forty minutes have passed and we're still in 1970, with Sergeant having moved to the BBC as a radio reporter, making his own headlines while covering the bombs-on-board the QE2 story. Flying over the liner in a charter plane, he had the radio operator ...

What Corporate America Can Learn From Madonna - Investorplace.com

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What Corporate America Can Learn From Madonna
Investorplace.com
Although the pop superstar is not as wealthy as Warren Buffett and might think QE2 is a luxurious cruise ship, she knows plenty about transforming her image to appeal to the ever-changing tastes of pop music fans. She even called her sixth world tour ...

QE2 Palm Jumeirah plan sinks as Nakheel floats townhouse project instead - The National

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The National

QE2 Palm Jumeirah plan sinks as Nakheel floats townhouse project instead
The National
Satish Kumar / The National Nakheel has announced its first major project since the onset of the downturn in Dubai, with a new townhouse development on the Palm Jumeirah replacing originals plans to berth the QE2 ocean liner off the man-made island. ...

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

John Sergeant: 'I wanted a job where I'd be inquisitive and have adventures' - Herald Scotland

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Herald Scotland

John Sergeant: 'I wanted a job where I'd be inquisitive and have adventures'
Herald Scotland
Forty minutes have passed and we're still in 1970, with Sergeant having moved to the BBC as a radio reporter, making his own headlines while covering the bombs-on-board the QE2 story. Flying over the liner in a charter plane, he had the radio operator ...

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I wanted a job where I'd be inquisitive and have adventures - Herald Scotland

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Herald Scotland

I wanted a job where I'd be inquisitive and have adventures
Herald Scotland
Forty minutes have passed and we're still in 1970, with Sergeant having moved to the BBC as a radio reporter, making his own headlines while covering the bombs-on-board the QE2 story. Flying over the liner in a charter plane, he had the radio operator ...

Friday, September 23, 2011

Qe2 queen Mary 2 cruise ship room 11097

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Balcony room. Floor 11 on the queen Mary 2 cruise ship. From new York to london.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

U.S. Commodities Day Ahead: Raw Materials Fall on Growth Concern - Bloomberg

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U.S. Commodities Day Ahead: Raw Materials Fall on Growth Concern
Bloomberg
Twist No QE2 for Corporates as Spreads Expand: Credit Markets The Federal Reserve's “Operation Twist” is failing to ignite the corporate bond market as its second round of quantitative easing did in November, showing the central bank may be running out ...

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Operation Twist: The Consequences - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Operation Twist: The Consequences
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
For months, even before the end of QE2, analysts and prognosticators have been saying the Fed will have to do another QE and another, endlessly. These folks were surprised when it didn't come last month, and predicted confidently that it would come ...

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Operation Twist: The Consequences - ETF Daily News

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Operation Twist: The Consequences
ETF Daily News
Keith Weiner: For months, even before the end of QE2, analysts and prognosticators have been saying the Fed will have to do another QE and another, endlessly. These folks were surprised when it didn't come last month, and predicted confidently that it ...

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U.S. Stocks Fall: Did the Federal Reserve Provide Enough Stimulus? - International Business Times

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International Business Times

U.S. Stocks Fall: Did the Federal Reserve Provide Enough Stimulus?
International Business Times
The Fed's action, along with earlier interventions, called quantitative easing and quantitative easing II (QE, QE2) are providing stimulus to the US economy. Stimulus to the economy? I thought the US Congress was providing stimulus? ...

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U.S. Stocks Fall - Did the Federal Reserve Provide Enough Stimulus? - International Business Times

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International Business Times

U.S. Stocks Fall - Did the Federal Reserve Provide Enough Stimulus?
International Business Times
The Fed's action, along with earlier interventions, called quantitative easing and quantitative easing II (QE, QE2) are providing stimulus to the US economy. Stimulus to the economy? I thought the US Congress was providing stimulus? ...

The vanishing passengers: It's a mystery as bizarre as it is disturbing - why ... - Daily Mail

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The vanishing passengers: It's a mystery as bizarre as it is disturbing - why ...
Daily Mail
Her disappearance echoes another mysterious case that has been barely reported in this country — that of a 62-year-old German, identified only as Sabine L, who vanished from Cunard's prestige liner, the QE2, in 2007, as it sailed off Madeira. ...

Operation Twist Set To Fail As Bernanke Insists On Flattening The Yield Curve - Forbes

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Operation Twist Set To Fail As Bernanke Insists On Flattening The Yield Curve
Forbes
(Read The Failure Of QE2: A Look At Gold, Oil, Equities, Treasuries, Emerging Markets, And The Dollar). A negative feedback loop has taken hold of one of the wealth-creating mechanisms Bernanke is banking on. Consumers stuck in a deleveraging cycle ...

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

I suspect we will get this volatility for the remainder of the year - Proactive Investors UK

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I suspect we will get this volatility for the remainder of the year
Proactive Investors UK
Someone says "QE2" and they all go off on a cruise. Someone in the US treasury farts unexpectedly. Down 100 points. Ben Bananas smiles. Up 200 points. Ben burps. Down 100. Up and down, up and down with it all ending up as a whole load of nothing. ...

Upgrades & Downgrades: Analyst Advises Staying In Hotel Stocks - Minyanville.com

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Upgrades & Downgrades: Analyst Advises Staying In Hotel Stocks
Minyanville.com
Cruise company Carnival Corp (CCL) surged 5.05% to an eight-week peak after earnings, and on the anniversary of QE2. We await some sort of QE3 from the FOMC today at 2:15PM Eastern. Among other economic events, August existing home sales are expected ...

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My Morning Note - Finance News Network

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My Morning Note
Finance News Network
"Twist" is different than the much larger scale "QE2" quantitative easing program which involved the purchase of $600 billion in Treasury securities. Fed watchers expect this program to raise the duration of the securities the Fed holds, not the amount ...

Monday, September 19, 2011

Peep inside the deserted QE2 ... and fear for the future of this classic liner - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Peep inside the deserted QE2 ... and fear for the future of this classic liner
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
The news seems to make it all the more unlikely that the Cunard liner QE2, sitting forlornly about five miles away in Dubai's Port Rashid, will ever be converted into the luxury hotel promised when it was bought by Dubai World in 2008 for . . . wait ...

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Wednesday: What's A Fed To Do? - Seeking Alpha

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Wednesday: What's A Fed To Do?
Seeking Alpha
I was one of a handful of people who explained in great detail why QE2 would fail to revive the economy, but we continue to see faith and mythology surrounding the Fed's new campaign efforts. I won't rehash these arguments today. The bottom line is, ...

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Mary, queen of the seas - Scarborough Today

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Mary, queen of the seas
Scarborough Today
Sir Jim has been on all three ships that have sailed past Scarborough – the QE2, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth. In 2007 he was taken out to sea by a local fishing vessel and winched aboard the QE2 to join the ship on its 40th birthday tour round ...

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Fall Preview - Horse Racing Nation

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Fall Preview
Horse Racing Nation
It won't be the last time the fillies meet, as they both also have the QE2 Challenge cup on their dance cards for October. - Blind Luck vs Havre de Grace - We may not have to wait until Breeders' Cup Friday to see these two fillies duke it out for a ...

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Cunard Line Flagship Queen Mary 2 Calls to Cobh - Afloat

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Cunard Line Flagship Queen Mary 2 Calls to Cobh
Afloat
Her predecessor Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) was sold several years to Dubai interests. The current liner (QM2) can carry 2620 passengers and a crew of over 1200 on a vessel that is the also the longest, tallest and widest of any passenger liner built. ...

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Do or Do Not. There is No Try. - Wall Street Pit

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Do or Do Not. There is No Try.
Wall Street Pit
Let's consider QE2 as a nudge of the steering wheel. Did it work? Almost all the indicators suggest it did, indeed both Keynesians and monetarists were proclaiming it a (very limited) success in early 2010. Relative to the non-QE2 situation, ...

Monday, September 12, 2011

Cruise Ship Horn Battle (Queen Elizabeth vs Aida Blu)

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Epic horn battle between the Cunard Queen Elizabeth and the Aida Blu cruise ships coming out of the port of Geiranger, Norway. GUESS WHO WINS ...

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Biggest, best: amazing cruise ships - Taranaki Daily News

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Biggest, best: amazing cruise ships
Taranaki Daily News
It narrowly beat the QE2's final voyage, another record breaker, which sold out in 36 minutes in June 2007. First ship with a non-human godmother: Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas, the world's biggest cruise ship, has a unique godmother in the 3-D ...

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Biggest, best: amazing cruise ships - Stuff.co.nz

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Biggest, best: amazing cruise ships
Stuff.co.nz
It narrowly beat the QE2's final voyage, another record breaker, which sold out in 36 minutes in June 2007. First ship with a non-human godmother: Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas, the world's biggest cruise ship, has a unique godmother in the 3-D ...

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Manly fans can't be expected to travel - Ninemsn

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Manly fans can't be expected to travel
Ninemsn
They could have played at QE2, but no they are the Broncos. Imagine if their game was taken away from them, the press would have been all over it roasting NSW for being unfair. Melbourne, well they have played at AAMI 11 times this year, unfair, ...

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Friday, September 9, 2011

MV Queen Elizabeth Sails Into Cobh, Ireland - Irish Weather Online

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Irish Weather Online

MV Queen Elizabeth Sails Into Cobh, Ireland
Irish Weather Online
... the same year the QE2 was retired from the Cunard Fleet. He was subsequently appointed the first Master of the Queen Elizabeth in 2009. Meanwhike, the Queen Mary 2 is due in Cobh next Wed 14th at 8pm. The liner will depart at 5pm. ...

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MV Queen Elizabeth Makes Maiden Call to the Port of Cork - Afloat

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MV Queen Elizabeth Makes Maiden Call to the Port of Cork
Afloat
Captain Wells has already served a long and distinguished career in the Merchant Navy and following many years in command, was in 2008 appointed Master of the Queen Mary 2, the same year the QE2 was retired from the Cunard Fleet. ...

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Indian River residents recall learning of the 9/11 attacks - TCPalm

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Indian River residents recall learning of the 9/11 attacks
TCPalm
World Trade Center. We were aboard the QE2 cruise ship attending a "floating" industry conference. The ship was about 50 miles south of Manhattan in the Atlantic Ocean when we were told by the captain that the first plane had hit the north tower. ...

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New Cunard Queen Elizabeth reigns over Liverpool (GALLERY) - Liverpool Echo

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New Cunard Queen Elizabeth reigns over Liverpool (GALLERY)
Liverpool Echo
Queen Elizabeth has replaced the much-loved QE2, whose 1990 visit initially revived the company's Liverpool connection for the 150th anniversary of Cunard. To the chagrin of Merseysiders, the line had left its palatial Cunard Building headquarters at ...

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Tea for Two: Looking back at lessons learned - Seacoastonline.com

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Tea for Two: Looking back at lessons learned
Seacoastonline.com
My favorite after-story though was the time my column on Norman Phillips came out and he was aboard the QE2 and read it to everyone at his dining table. I have frequently reported on a permanent loss of a way of life that I feel is important for us to ...

I can't hear the markets but I can smell fear - Financial Times

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I can't hear the markets but I can smell fear
Financial Times
Proof comes from the reaction of economists and investors to the announcement and delivery of QE2 by the Federal Reserve last year. Initially, economists revised up their forecasts for US growth in 2011. Equity markets rallied. ...

Latest blog posts - The Economist (blog)

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Latest blog posts
The Economist (blog)
The Fed kicked off QE2 last year when deflation threatened. It hasn't yet given us QE3 because deflation isn't knocking on the door. Mr Evans provides a theoretical argument why more vigorous monetary ease aimed explicitly at lowering unemployment is ...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Queen Elizabeth docks at Liverpool River Mersey cruise terminal (GALLERY) - Liverpool Echo

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Queen Elizabeth docks at Liverpool River Mersey cruise terminal (GALLERY)
Liverpool Echo
It's been my privilege to introduce our three newest liners to Liverpool and QE2's last visit.” Mr Shanks is already planning the triple visit of all three Queen liners on July 4, 2015 – Cunard's 175th anniversary, as revealed in the ECHO. ...

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Queen Elizabeth reminds city of magnificent maritime legacy - Click Liverpool

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Click Liverpool

Queen Elizabeth reminds city of magnificent maritime legacy
Click Liverpool
Spectators admired the huge 90900 ton liner built by Cunard, the ship-building company whose name will always be part of the city's past and future. But within the ship is where the treasures from the QE2 and Cunard's vault of memories reveal a ...

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Queen Elizabeth docks at Liverpool River Mersey cruise terminal - Liverpool Echo

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Queen Elizabeth docks at Liverpool River Mersey cruise terminal
Liverpool Echo
It's been my privilege to introduce our three newest liners to Liverpool and QE2's last visit.” Mr Shanks is already planning the triple visit of all three Queen liners on July 4, 2015 – Cunard's 175th anniversary, as revealed in the ECHO. ...

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Mersey River Festival coup as ocean-going greats come to Liverpool - Liverpool Daily Post

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Mersey River Festival coup as ocean-going greats come to Liverpool
Liverpool Daily Post
It is fitting that this ship opens the festival, not only because Cunard was founded in Liverpool in 1840, but also she will be introduced to the Liverpool public at the Cruise Liner Terminal which her much-missed predecessor, QE2, opened in 2007. ...

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What makes Adonia wonderful - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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What makes Adonia wonderful
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
... it's time to talk about the ship itself. My own opinions are best summed up by the Captain, David Perkins. A generously-built man, he is a Carnival UK veteran and has commanded Cunard's QE2 and the largest ships in P&O's fleet before taking over at ...

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Stocks have three bad days in a row - Examiner.com

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Stocks have three bad days in a row
Examiner.com
While there is some amount of Pavlovian speculative potential in these prospects, I doubt that we would see a full replay of the advance we saw during QE2 in any event because it is now much clearer that the whole objective of QE is to provoke ...

Council: We won't be part of 'Greater Liverpool' mayor plan - St Helens Today

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Council: We won't be part of 'Greater Liverpool' mayor plan
St Helens Today
The QE2 sits docked on the River Mersey in Liverpool today as part of the famous Cunard liner's 40th anniversary UK tour. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday September 21, 2007. Cunard was founded in Liverpool in 1839 and remained the ...

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Cairns Amateurs a win for everyone - The Cairns Post

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Cairns Amateurs a win for everyone
The Cairns Post
"It's like the QE2 (Queen Elizabeth 2), it takes a while to turn around," he said. "We've had a fantastic response. The feedback has just been amazing with people particularly happy with the members' area, the aviary, the ball and garden party, ...

Friday, September 2, 2011

Sunderland̢۪s chance to glimpse the Queen - Sunderland Echo

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Sunderland Echo

Sunderland̢۪s chance to glimpse the Queen
Sunderland Echo
A Cunard spokesman said: “The ship will be very visible for everyone who comes to watch along the North East coast. “We will do our best to bring it as close to the shore as we can and will definitely be sounding the whistle at various points. “The QE2 ...

Thursday, September 1, 2011

The silliness of language — QE2? and maybe now QE3? Am I wrong ? - Gretawire (blog)

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The silliness of language — QE2? and maybe now QE3? Am I wrong ?
Gretawire (blog)
In the last 15 months or so, you often hear people on TV talking about QE2 …or 3. What is it ? First QE2 is not a fancy ocean liner. The “QE” is short for 'quantitative easing' and the 1, 2, or 3 simply indicates when in sequence it was done. ...

QE2 anchor set as landmark in Southampton - BBC News

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QE2 anchor set as landmark in Southampton
BBC News
The new monument stands outside Holy Rood Church on the QE2 Mile, a pedestrian route through the city. The 13-tonne anchor is one of a pair that hung on the bow of the ship which sailed to Dubai from Southampton almost three years ago.

Sunderland's chance to glimpse the Queen - Sunderland Echo

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Sunderland Echo

Sunderland's chance to glimpse the Queen
Sunderland Echo
A Cunard spokesman said: “The ship will be very visible for everyone who comes to watch along the North East coast. “We will do our best to bring it as close to the shore as we can and will definitely be sounding the whistle at various points. “The QE2 ...

QE2 anchor takes pride of place in Southampton city centre - Daily Echo

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QE2 anchor takes pride of place in Southampton city centre
Daily Echo
IT STEADIED the most famous ship in the world in seas across the globe and now the anchor from Southampton's former liner Queen Elizabeth 2 has pride of place in the city. The 13 tonne anchor is displayed on a plinth outside Southampton's Merchant Navy ...