Thursday, September 30, 2010

New Queen Elizabeth cruise liner completed - BBC News

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New Queen Elizabeth cruise liner completed
BBC News
Shipping line Cunard has taken delivery of its new 92400-tonne cruise liner, the Queen Elizabeth. The ship is set to be officially named by the Queen on 11 ...

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QE2 will be far from a booze cruise - Brantford Expositor

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QE2 will be far from a booze cruise
Brantford Expositor
-When the good ship Quantitative Easing 2 sails, the all-you-can-eat buffet enjoyed by investors last time may be replaced by a soda and peanut service. ...

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Art auction to help MS sufferers - Bridlington Today

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Art auction to help MS sufferers
Bridlington Today
They include a view of Old Town, the QE2 Liner passing Flamborough Head in 2004, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay and will be on display at the Community ...

Cunard takes delivery of Queen Elizabeth liner - Sheffield Telegraph

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Cunard takes delivery of Queen Elizabeth liner
Sheffield Telegraph
This is the third Cunard ship to be named Queen Elizabeth. The first was launched on the Clyde in Scotland in 1938 by the then Queen Elizabeth - who later ...

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COLUMN-QE2 will be far from a booze cruise: James Saft - Forexyard

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COLUMN-QE2 will be far from a booze cruise: James Saft
Forexyard
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept 30 (Reuters) - When the good ship Quantitative Easing 2 sails, the all-you-can-eat buffet enjoyed by investors last time ...

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Cunard takes delivery of Queen Elizabeth liner - Ilkeston Today

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Cunard takes delivery of Queen Elizabeth liner
Ilkeston Today
This is the third Cunard ship to be named Queen Elizabeth. The first was launched on the Clyde in Scotland in 1938 by the then Queen Elizabeth - who later ...

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Cunard takes delivery of Queen Elizabeth liner - Pocklington Post

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Cunard takes delivery of Queen Elizabeth liner
Pocklington Post
This is the third Cunard ship to be named Queen Elizabeth. The first was launched on the Clyde in Scotland in 1938 by the then Queen Elizabeth - who later ...

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Priceless QE2 memorabilia rescued for display on new Queen Elizabeth - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Mirror.co.uk (blog)

Priceless QE2 memorabilia rescued for display on new Queen Elizabeth
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
When Cunard liner QE2 was sailed off to retirement in Dubai almost two years ago, she took with her a ...

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Cunard take delivery of Queen Elizabeth - Daily Echo

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Cunard take delivery of Queen Elizabeth
Daily Echo
Shipping line Cunard today took delivery of its new 92400-tonne liner Queen Elizabeth which will be officially named by the Queen on October 11. ...

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RPT-COLUMN-QE2 will be far from a booze cruise: James Saft - Reuters

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RPT-COLUMN-QE2 will be far from a booze cruise: James Saft
Reuters
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept 30 (Reuters) - When the good ship Quantitative Easing 2 sails, the all-you-can-eat buffet enjoyed by investors last time ...

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Note to FOMC: You Get What You Pay For - Seeking Alpha

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Note to FOMC: You Get What You Pay For
Seeking Alpha
Plosser specifically said that he doesn't support further asset purchases by the Fed (Large Scale Asset Purchases, LSAP, or simply QE2). ...

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Waiting For Anglo - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Waiting For Anglo
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Carnival increased 1.8% after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) raised the cruise liner to "buy" from "neutral" and increased its price estimate for the US ...

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan - The Market Financial

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Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
The Market Financial
If makes infinitely more sense for them to take the long side of the shares and the short side of the broader equity markets since any QE2 will feed ...

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Stocks To Know For Wednesday: Hewlett-Packard, BP, RBS, HSBC, Carnival ... - Daily Markets

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Stocks To Know For Wednesday: Hewlett-Packard, BP, RBS, HSBC, Carnival ...
Daily Markets
Carnival (NYSE:CCL) increased 1.8% after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) raised the cruise liner to “buy” from “neutral” and increased its price estimate ...

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READER COMMENTS - This is Money

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READER COMMENTS
This is Money
He's talking about deflation when we have had serious inflation for three years and about devaluing our currency even more with QE2! ...

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Deep Economic and Debt Frictions Triggering Competing Currency Wars - The Market Oracle

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The Market Oracle

Deep Economic and Debt Frictions Triggering Competing Currency Wars
The Market Oracle
My best description of QE2, the Quantitative Round #2 Launch, is simply stated a monetary cancer, an admission of failure, and the trigger for the next ...

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Competing Currency War in View - Gold Seek

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Competing Currency War in View
Gold Seek
My best description of QE2, the Quantitative Round #2 Launch, is simply stated a monetary cancer, an admission of failure, and the trigger for the next ...

All QE2, All the Time: Why QE doesn't work - Oakshire Financial

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All QE2, All the Time: Why QE doesn't work
Oakshire Financial
(6) The administration's stimulators are jumping ship. (7) Profitable companies, not bloated governments, create jobs. (8) No double dips in Earnings Month. ...

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Why QE Money Printing Does Not Work, QE2 Impact on Stock Market Sectors - The Market Oracle

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The Market Oracle

Why QE Money Printing Does Not Work, QE2 Impact on Stock Market Sectors
The Market Oracle
(6) The administration's stimulators are jumping ship. (7) Profitable companies, not bloated governments, create jobs. (8) No double dips in Earnings Month. ...

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Captain Bernanke At The Helm Of The QE2 - Forbes (blog)

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Forbes (blog)

Captain Bernanke At The Helm Of The QE2
Forbes (blog)
In 1969, she was replaced by the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, commonly known as the “QE2” during its long run that concluded in 2008. For a generation of cruise ...

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Daughter: 'The truth behind Mum's Fawlty Towers facade' - South Devon Herald Express

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Daughter: 'The truth behind Mum's Fawlty Towers facade'
South Devon Herald Express
She revealed her mother had met John Cleese a second time when she was travelling around the world on the QE2. Mrs Cooper said her mother, born on July 3, ...

All QE2, All the Time - FXstreet.com The Forex Market

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All QE2, All the Time
FXstreet.com The Forex Market
(6) The administration's stimulators are jumping ship. (7) Profitable companies, not bloated governments, create jobs. (8) No double dips in Earnings Month. ...

Seven-fat years looming - Moneyweb.co.za

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Seven-fat years looming
Moneyweb.co.za
For this reason it is signalling the next round of bond buying (named QE2, not to be mistaken for the British ship of that name). Yet the Fed isn't foolish ...

Captain Bernanke At The Helm Of The QE2 Hopes To Avoid A Titanic Outcome - Forbes (blog)

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Forbes (blog)

Captain Bernanke At The Helm Of The QE2 Hopes To Avoid A Titanic Outcome
Forbes (blog)
In 1969, she was replaced by the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, commonly known as the “QE2” during its long run that concluded in 2008. For a generation of cruise ...

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Will QE2 be a bon voyage? - Daily Caller

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Will QE2 be a bon voyage?
Daily Caller
In 1969, she was replaced by the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, commonly known as the “QE2” during its long run that concluded in 2008. For a generation of cruise ...

Book Now To Witness The New Queen Elizabeth Maiden Voyage - Ventnor Blog (blog)

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Ventnor Blog (blog)

Book Now To Witness The New Queen Elizabeth Maiden Voyage
Ventnor Blog (blog)
When the QE2 retired back in October 2008, Red Funnel ran a very popular trip, allowing those who wanted to see her set off for her final cruise, ...

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 8 - International Business Times

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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 4, Week 8
International Business Times
Bears lost their backstop at S&P 1131 as the drumbeat for QE2 blared through the cathedral of speculators. Bernanke delivered Tuesday, with almost clear ...

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Bulls Stampede in Soybeans - Seeking Alpha

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Bulls Stampede in Soybeans
Seeking Alpha
... poor people of this world at the same time. Maybe we should think of QE2 as the luxury liner carrying our wealth abroad. Certainly makes some sense to me.

Currencies: A Race to the Bottom - Seeking Alpha

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Currencies: A Race to the Bottom
Seeking Alpha
At the end of last week's FOMC meeting, the Fed made an implicit announcement of QE2. No, not the Queen of England nor its name-sake ocean liner. ...

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Galvan Week Ahead Including Wolseley results, Smiths pension fund deficit ... - Proactive Investors UK

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Galvan Week Ahead Including Wolseley results, Smiths pension fund deficit ...
Proactive Investors UK
This has fed into new highs for Gold off the weakening US Dollar as the prospect of QE2 looks increasingly likely. In the UK the Business Secretary Vince ...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

The legacy of John Lennon - The Guardian

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The Guardian

The legacy of John Lennon
The Guardian
There was talk of returning on the QE2 for a voyage that would end with the ship docking in the Mersey. He even speculated that he and Yoko would spend ...

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Friday, September 24, 2010

Southampton ship builder David Williams's exposure to asbesto killed wife, Hazel - This Is Hampshire.net

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Southampton ship builder David Williams's exposure to asbesto killed wife, Hazel
This Is Hampshire.net
David Williams worked with the deadly fibres for years fitting out Southampton ships including QE2 for the company JI Thornycroft but he said he is unharmed ...

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Southampton ship builder David Williams's exposure to asbesto killed wife, Hazel - Daily Echo

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Southampton ship builder David Williams's exposure to asbesto killed wife, Hazel
Daily Echo
David Williams worked with the deadly fibres for years fitting out Southampton ships including QE2 for the company JI Thornycroft but he said he is unharmed ...

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Open Jaw: Alan Whicker at 84 - Independent

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Open Jaw: Alan Whicker at 84
Independent
As a young BBC film editor, I had the immense privilege and pleasure of working with Alan Whicker on a series based around a QE2 world cruise. ...

Bondlife: The Big Long? - TheStreet.com (subscription)

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Bondlife: The Big Long?
TheStreet.com (subscription)
Plus, does QE2 -- the second round of quantitative easing -- mean the ship has come in for Treasury inflation-protected securities? ...

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TheFXSpot: After In-Your-Face Risk Appetite, Global Data Eyed - IMarketnews.com

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TheFXSpot: After In-Your-Face Risk Appetite, Global Data Eyed
IMarketnews.com
"Financial markets are behaving as if the QE2 has already set sail," he said in a research note. The Federal Reserve has taken care to say that "if needed" ...

Fed confirms: QE2 on tap … despite dismal failure of QE1! Have these guys gone ... - FXstreet.com The Forex Market

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Fed confirms: QE2 on tap … despite dismal failure of QE1! Have these guys gone ...
FXstreet.com The Forex Market
And if rates near zero percent aren't going to get things done, they're just going to print money and buy any old asset they come across as part of a QE2 ...

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Gold and silver daily commentary (September 24, 2010) - Stock Markets Review

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Gold and silver daily commentary (September 24, 2010)
Stock Markets Review
It also seems as if gold and silver traders continue to think that QE2 is coming from the US soon, or that the US economic outlook is going to remain very ...

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Planet Business - American Chronicle

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Planet Business
American Chronicle
No cruise liners here, just shorthand for another indicator of the malaise that continues to affect the world economy. QE2 refers to Quantitative Easing: ...

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LAURA SLATTERY looks back at the week in business - Irish Times

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LAURA SLATTERY looks back at the week in business
Irish Times
No cruise liners here, just shorthand for another indicator of the malaise that continues to affect the world economy. QE2 refers to Quantitative Easing: ...

World economy: The billion-pound punt - The Guardian

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World economy: The billion-pound punt
The Guardian
The way some economists talk about it, you might think that the future of the world economy rests on a cruise ship. But the QE2 getting central bankers and ...

Written by Bryan Rudelich - Sunny South News

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Written by Bryan Rudelich
Sunny South News
“The lice... the beds were full of lice,” he says while detailing the three and a half day trip to Rio' Brazil on the maiden voyage of the first QE2 along ...

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Shell Wants To Build Longest Vessel Ever To Skim Water's Surface - Gizmodo Australia

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Shell Wants To Build Longest Vessel Ever To Skim Water's Surface
Gizmodo Australia
The Titanic was 269.1m in length; famous cruiser QE2 was 293.5m and the Mayflower was around 33.5m. Shell's proposed 468m-long ship is more like an island ...

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Gold Bull Strong as US Fed Stuck at Permanent 0% Interest Rate - The Market Oracle

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Gold Bull Strong as US Fed Stuck at Permanent 0% Interest Rate
The Market Oracle
The slowness in admitting the QE2 initiative marked by bond monetization is testament to the growing consensus among bankers that not only will it ...

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QE2 is on the move again at last - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Mirror.co.uk (blog)

QE2 is on the move again at last
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
The picture above was taken when I flew over the former Cunard liner in February this year. Plans to convert the ship into a luxury hotel were put on hold ...

Written by TKO - Rundtownnews.co.uk

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Written by TKO
Rundtownnews.co.uk
Away from terra firma some of the more relaxing work has been aboard cruise liners including Cunard's QE2, Princess and Countess, and P & O's Oriana and ...

The Pound Goes Down - Motley Fool UK

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The Pound Goes Down
Motley Fool UK
The price rose to nearly $1300 an ounce after the Federal Reserve hinted that the good ship QE2 might soon set sail again (Japan has already left port and ...

Scottish News: Crook jailed for six years for decade-long theft of OAP's £480k ... - Scottish Daily Record

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Scottish News: Crook jailed for six years for decade-long theft of OAP's £480k ...
Scottish Daily Record
Walker, 54, of Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, denied using Alistair's cash to take a cruise on the QE2. The court heard the crook had a history of mental ...

Jail for conman who fleeced 85-year-old friend out of £½m - Scotsman

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Jail for conman who fleeced 85-year-old friend out of £½m
Scotsman
Mr Prais said it had been suggested Walker went on a Caribbean cruise on the QE2 using Mr Robin's money, but he insisted the trip had been paid for by a ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Dollar falls as Fed sets path for further easing - Financial Times

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Dollar falls as Fed sets path for further easing
Financial Times
“This perception that the Fed stands ready to jump on board the good ship QE2 has served to undermine the dollar further,” said Michael Hewson at CMC ...

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All aboard the QE2 – double or quits - FT Alphaville (blog)

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All aboard the QE2 – double or quits
FT Alphaville (blog)
To sail upon the great world cruise of QE2, or not? – that is the Fed's question. One thing that is sure, the FOMC's policy statement on Tuesday opened the ...

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Fed decision undermines the dollar further - ShareCast

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Fed decision undermines the dollar further
ShareCast
This perception that the Fed stands ready to jump on board the good ship QE2 has served to undermine the dollar further. It had already been under pressure ...

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Larry Summers abandons ship - Salon

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Larry Summers abandons ship
Salon
The snakes are slithering away as QE2 starts up. can Larry The Lizard find a hole deep enough to avoid having his head crushed? Looks like Geithner is the ...

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Fed clears decks for further easing - Financial Times

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Fed clears decks for further easing
Financial Times
A new programme of quantitative easing – nicknamed “QE2” – would mean buying billions of dollars more in Treasury bonds. Mr Bernanke said the Fed was ...

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Jump Ship Before QE 2 Sails - Forbes (blog)

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Jump Ship Before QE 2 Sails
Forbes (blog)
It feels like many are pricing in QE2 from the Fed, and if we don't get that today from the Fed announcement it could be the catalyst for a pull-in. ...

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Cunard's Royal portrait from the attic - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Mirror.co.uk (blog)

Cunard's Royal portrait from the attic
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
A bust of the Queen, commissioned from sculptor Oscar Nemon for the QE2 in 1969, was retained when the ship was sold to Dubai in 2008. ...

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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Gimme, Gimme Shelter - International Business Times

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Gimme, Gimme Shelter
International Business Times
A raft of economic data that shows the US economy is not yet sliding into the abyss that might prompt the launch of the "good ship QE2" has the ...

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Ship ahoy! Markets eye QE2 on both sides of the Atlantic... - FXstreet.com The Forex Market

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Ship ahoy! Markets eye QE2 on both sides of the Atlantic...
FXstreet.com The Forex Market
In the UK, the focus will be September's Bank of England MPC minutes. In terms of the vote, we expect to see a repeat of the last three ...

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Ship Ahoy! Markets Eye QE2 on Both Sides of the Atlantic - Action Forex

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Ship Ahoy! Markets Eye QE2 on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Action Forex
In the UK, the focus will be September's Bank of England MPC minutes. In terms of the vote, we expect to see a repeat of the last three outcomes with Andrew ...

Friday, September 17, 2010

Don't mention the Hindenburg - WA today

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WA today

Don't mention the Hindenburg
WA today
Think about that when you look around the QE2,'' he says. The Titanic comparison is much loved at Cardington. Even before Hindenburg happened, a long shadow ...

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Don't mention the Hindenburg - The Age

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The Age

Don't mention the Hindenburg
The Age
Think about that when you look around the QE2,'' he says. The Titanic comparison is much loved at Cardington. Even before Hindenburg happened, a long shadow ...

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Are Zeppelins about to take off again - or is it just hot air? - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

Are Zeppelins about to take off again - or is it just hot air?
Daily Mail
'Just remember that the Hindenburg happened not too long after the Titanic disaster, but each time you look at the QE2 you don't think about the Titanic, ...

Thursday, September 16, 2010

S&P 1131 Here we Are - International Business Times

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S&P 1131 Here we Are
International Business Times
... the betting parlor opens up for next weeks Fed meeting and the lemming reaction we surely will encounter as the speculators pray to the good ship QE2. ...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Dora Buff of Widnes says cancer diagnosis saved her from certain death during ... - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News

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Dora Buff of Widnes says cancer diagnosis saved her from certain death during ...
Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
As the world remembers the ninth anniversary of the attacks, Dora, of Lynton Crescent, said: “I'd been on a cruise on the QE2 the year before and met up ...

Thursday, September 9, 2010

United Kingdom - Wexas

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United Kingdom
Wexas
October 2010 will further enhance Cunard's illustrious reputation for exquisite ocean travel with the arrival of their newest liner, Queen Elizabeth. ...

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Win a fabulous voyage for two on the new Queen Elizabeth, worth £4000! - Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

Win a fabulous voyage for two on the new Queen Elizabeth, worth £4000!
Daily Mail
From the outside, her distinctive black and red livery will hint at an experience that distinguishes a Cunard liner from a modern-day cruise ship. ...

Lexus RX450h Sports (2009) - CNET Australia

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Lexus RX450h Sports (2009)
CNET Australia
As we've established already, the new RX isn't that much bigger than its predecessor, but on the road it feels like you're piloting the QE2. ...

Claims of Recovery But Results Nowhere To Be Found - Hamsayeh.Net

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Claims of Recovery But Results Nowhere To Be Found
Hamsayeh.Net
In fact it may be part of the QE2. Word is that this program could put $50 billion into consumer's hands to spend, which the taxpayer would be on the hook ...

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Claims of Recovery But Results Nowhere To Be Found - Prison Planet.com

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Claims of Recovery But Results Nowhere To Be Found
Prison Planet.com
In fact it may be part of the QE2. Word is that this program could put $50 billion into consumer's hands to spend, which the taxpayer would be on the hook ...

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

International Forecaster September 2010 (#3) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More - Gold Seek

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International Forecaster September 2010 (#3) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More
Gold Seek
In fact it may be part of the QE2. Word is that this program could put $50 billion into consumer's hands to spend, which the taxpayer would be on the hook ...

Investors Cheer Return of Quantitative Easing by Fed - Investorplace.com

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Investors Cheer Return of Quantitative Easing by Fed
Investorplace.com
Let's hope our QE2 does not suffer the same fate as that namesake, as the ship formerly owned by Cunard is currently mothballed in Dubai. ...

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Setting sail for a new career - Manchester Evening News

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Setting sail for a new career
Manchester Evening News
Some time before his mother died, Cyril received a letter from a Cunard Line employee offering him a cruise on the QE2. At first he declined, ...

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Hurricane Season at Sea: Expect the Unexpected - Patch

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Hurricane Season at Sea: Expect the Unexpected
Patch
And, after all, the QE2 was part of the Cunard fleet, and a Cunard ship was the first to respond to the sinking Titanic. So off we went into the hurricane. ...

Friday, September 3, 2010

Bank of England must realise its too early for a QE2 trip, with or without the ... - Perspicacious

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Bank of England must realise its too early for a QE2 trip, with or without the ...
Perspicacious
Nobody really expects them to touch interest rates or call for QE2 – not the cruise liner moored at Port Rashid, but a second wave of Quantitative Easing. ...

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Bank of England must realise its too early for a QE2 trip, with or without the ... - Telegraph.co.uk

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Bank of England must realise its too early for a QE2 trip, with or without the ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Nobody really expects them to touch interest rates or call for QE2 – not the cruise liner moored at Port Rashid, but a second wave of Quantitative Easing. ...

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Bournemouth College's Lansdowne clock is back on time - Bournemouth Echo

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Bournemouth College's Lansdowne clock is back on time
Bournemouth Echo
He worked at the Haven Hotel in Poole, leaving for a job on the QE2 cruise liner. He became a butler on the ship, looking after celebrities including Dean ...

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