Thursday, January 27, 2011

How the US screwed up globalization - Salon

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Salon

How the US screwed up globalization
Salon
Another way to understand Bernanke's QE2 is as a direct response to how China manages its own economic policy. Beijing claims that QE2 makes it impossible ...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

QE2's master takes over lighthouses - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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QE2's master takes over lighthouses
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
Congratulations to Captain Ian McNaught, former master of Queen Elizabeth 2, who has found a new ...

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Cruise ship review: Disney's new ship is somewhere between dream and reality - Telegraph.co.uk

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Cruise ship review: Disney's new ship is somewhere between dream and reality
Telegraph.co.uk
If you can't do that, Disney Cruise Line's Disney Dream, named last week in Port Canaveral, is not the ship for you. It's the first ship Disney has launched ...

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New role for QE2 captain - Sunderland Echo

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Sunderland Echo

New role for QE2 captain
Sunderland Echo
He joined the QE2 as a second officer and rapidly rose through the ranks, becoming master of the luxury cruise ship Sea Goddess 1 and holding command of the ...

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Three ships together for third time - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Three ships together for third time
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
Somebody please tell Cunard's Alastair Greener, entertainment director on board Queen Elizabeth, ...

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Monday, January 24, 2011

FAIRFAX - Morning View - Tuesday 25.01.11 (PLM A, SHG LN, HUM LN) - IBTimes

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FAIRFAX - Morning View - Tuesday 25.01.11 (PLM A, SHG LN, HUM LN)
IBTimes
This is not expected to impact the Fed's decision to press ahead with QE2 The President will give his State of the Union Address to Congress today. ...

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Fairfax Market Report including Hummingbird Resources, Polymet and Shanta Gold - Proactive Investors UK

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Fairfax Market Report including Hummingbird Resources, Polymet and Shanta Gold
Proactive Investors UK
This is not expected to impact the Fed's decision to press ahead with QE2 • The President will give his State of the Union Address to Congress today. ...

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Nye's nays - Manila Standard Today

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Nye's nays
Manila Standard Today
I believe the return of quantitative easing (“QE2”) late last year may also have been in part a response to indicated voter preferences. ...

Inflation Returns - Investing Daily

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Inflation Returns
Investing Daily
The steakhouse serves some choice cuts of meat, and we felt it was a more appropriate venue than the restaurant that looks like a pirate ship. ...

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Memo to Congress: Show us the MONEY! (Part 1) - Online Journal

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Memo to Congress: Show us the MONEY! (Part 1)
Online Journal
Will QE2 and beyond be able to provide the kind of economic relief so desperately needed by Main Street? This is likely to remain an open question for some ...

Key Stroking the Planet _ Phunney Money Acquiring Land, Oil, Food, Water QE2-3 ... - AlterNet (blog)

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Key Stroking the Planet _ Phunney Money Acquiring Land, Oil, Food, Water QE2-3 ...
AlterNet (blog)
Later day Pirates use the SHIP of state… think Corporatist perp walk at the end of the movie Avatar, as they are being loaded into some galactic Elba island ...

Friday, January 21, 2011

Cargo ships: a low-carbon travel alternative? - IBTimes

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Cargo ships: a low-carbon travel alternative?
IBTimes
So despite the appeal of ocean crossings without the crap cabaret and casinos of conventional cruise ships, the opportunities to 'cargo cruise' are sadly ...

Final QE2 Dream Home Early Bird Draw coming up - HQ Grande Prairie

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Final QE2 Dream Home Early Bird Draw coming up
HQ Grande Prairie
The draw for 13 night Panama Trans-Canal Cruise or 10 grand in cash will be made Tuesday afternoon, with tomorrow night at midnight the deadline to be ...

Less Than Six Degrees to Holland's Chef Rudi Sodamin - Miami New Times (blog)

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Less Than Six Degrees to Holland's Chef Rudi Sodamin
Miami New Times (blog)
Twenty years ago, when I was with the QE2, I worked with the top 50 chefs, including Jacques Pepin, Julia Child. I formed the first culinary chef summit. ...

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Cunard's old-school travel continues tradition on Queen Elizabeth - Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Times

Cunard's old-school travel continues tradition on Queen Elizabeth
Los Angeles Times
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, with Captain Christopher Wells, takes a look at the ornate Grand Lobby during her tour of the new Queen Elizabeth ship in ...

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Queen Elizabeth liner caters to formal cruisers - Los Angeles Times

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Queen Elizabeth liner caters to formal cruisers
Los Angeles Times
The ship, which left Jan. 5 from Southampton on its maiden world voyage, will call at San Pedro on Saturday, embarking on a 24-night voyage to Sydney, ...

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Despite The Awakening Beast, Profit & Protect with a Portfolio Essential - Gold Seek

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Despite The Awakening Beast, Profit & Protect with a Portfolio Essential
Gold Seek
QE2 is nothing more than devaluation of the dollar for the benefit of only Wall Street Money Center Banks. This is a fraud on the American people who will ...

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Queen Elizabeth liner caters to formal cruisers - Orlando Sentinel

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Queen Elizabeth liner caters to formal cruisers
Orlando Sentinel
Audrey King and Dennis had sailed on the QE2, the Queen Victoria and the Queen Mary 2. They choose Cunard for its "service and standards," thought this ship ...

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Food Star Stalking with Holland America's Rudi Sodamin - Miami New Times (blog)

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Miami New Times (blog)

Food Star Stalking with Holland America's Rudi Sodamin
Miami New Times (blog)
And how did you get into the cruise industry? I got offered to work on a ship--there were only three luxury cruise lines at the time--as a sous chef and ...

Morning Mantra: Global Markets Become Fickle - India Infoline.com

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Morning Mantra: Global Markets Become Fickle
India Infoline.com
Furthermore, apart from the QE2, US is seen releasing small stimulus measures on the domestic front. US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun ...

Hot in the kitchen - The Australian

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Hot in the kitchen
The Australian
I've worked in the French Alps, the UK and also on the QE2 cruise ship in the Queen's Grill. I have been back at the BCEC for eight years and was previously ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Keeping A Wide View On The Rand After All - Daily Markets

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Keeping A Wide View On The Rand After All
Daily Markets
... the Fed is likely to stick to its current stance of zero interest rates (potentially through 2012) and finishing QE2 (with presumably still an open mind ...

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Florida Cruise Guide: Cunard Queen Elizabeth pictures - Sun-Sentinel

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Florida Cruise Guide: Cunard Queen Elizabeth pictures
Sun-Sentinel
Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth, left, is seen prow to brow at Port Everglades with her sister ship, the Queen Victoria, right, Sunday, Jan 16, 2010. ...

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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Cunard's Three Queens Rendezvous in New York Harbor - Airlines and Destinations

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Airlines and Destinations

Cunard's Three Queens Rendezvous in New York Harbor
Airlines and Destinations
Following her maiden visit to New York City, the new Cunard cruise ship Queen Elizabeth sailed down the Hudson River to rendezvous with her two sister ships ...

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Friday, January 14, 2011

See Cunard's two newest ships at Port Everglades Sunday - Sun-Sentinel

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See Cunard's two newest ships at Port Everglades Sunday
Sun-Sentinel
Cunard Line's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, will make its Fort Lauderdale debut on Sunday and rendezvous with the line's Queen Victoria ocean liner, ...

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Cunard's Queen Elizabeth's Maiden Call to New York (with Video) - Luxist

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Cunard's Queen Elizabeth's Maiden Call to New York (with Video)
Luxist
Queen Elizabeth is the third new ocean liner to be introduced by Cunard in six years and it is the second largest the Cunard ship ever built. ...

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

mersey mems 150111 - Liverpool Echo

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mersey mems 150111
Liverpool Echo
THE PICTURE on the right is of Ernie Ashley from Woolton, and was taken on board the QE2 on the Southampton to New York run ...

See Cunard's two newest ships at Port Everglades Sunday - Sun-Sentinel

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Sun-Sentinel

See Cunard's two newest ships at Port Everglades Sunday
Sun-Sentinel
The Queen Elizabeth joined Cunard's three-ship fleet in October, taking its name from the luxury ship launched in 1938 that was the world's largest ocean ...

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US Ways & Means Chief To Begin Tax Reform Hearings Next Week - ForexLive

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US Ways & Means Chief To Begin Tax Reform Hearings Next Week
ForexLive
By Market News International || January 13, 2011 at 22:15 GMT By John Shaw Fluffy Fox: Just to add to my one-liner,… it seems the QE2 has worked, ...

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Super-colossal mega support eyed in DXY - ForexLive

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Super-colossal mega support eyed in DXY
ForexLive
Just to add to my one-liner,… it seems the QE2 has worked, optimism breaking out, so Eur-Yen should strengthen towards the 115 level, Oil should be heading ...

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

US trade gap shrinks, but not with China - AlterNet

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AlterNet

US trade gap shrinks, but not with China
AlterNet
"That could raise the decibel level on the debate over QE2," he said, referring to the Fed's controversial $600 billion asset purchases program, ...

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EUR/USD up large: What's changed? - ForexLive

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EUR/USD up large: What's changed?
ForexLive
Fluffy Fox: Just to add to my one-liner,… it seems the QE2 has worked, optimism breaking out, so Eur-Yen should strengthen towards the 115 level, ...

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There will be three Queens in New York today - Gadling

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There will be three Queens in New York today
Gadling
QE2 had a very special place in New Yorker's hearts as the ship made countless visits during her 39 years in service." said Chiron. ...

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As S&P 500 Breaks to New Highs, Short Sellers Dropping Like Flies - Seeking Alpha

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As S&P 500 Breaks to New Highs, Short Sellers Dropping Like Flies
Seeking Alpha
QE2 doesn't mean a run-up in assets will continue. Piling on more public debt to TRY and save the TBTF toxic assets won't work when 'mark to fantasy' gives ...

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Best places to watch the 3 Queens - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Best places to watch the 3 Queens
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
Their video (above) shows QE2 leaving Manhattan Piers at the similar get-together three years ago. They have produced a guide to the best places for New ...

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Cruising the QE2 Interest Rates - St. Augustine Record (blog)

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Cruising the QE2 Interest Rates
St. Augustine Record (blog)
After about 60 years of service, making transatlantic voyages Southampton to New York, the Cunard cruise line bayed a final farewell to the Queen Elizabeth ...

Monday, January 10, 2011

Forex: Trading the GBPCAD pair - Trading Point

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Forex: Trading the GBPCAD pair
Trading Point
Since then GBP has been plagued by the potential shadow of QE2 being launched from a UK port after the US sister ship's maiden voyage last October and that ...

-- Posted Tuesday, 11 January 2011 | | Source: GoldSeek.com - Gold Seek

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-- Posted Tuesday, 11 January 2011 | | Source: GoldSeek.com
Gold Seek
When those measures didn't work, Bernanke concocted Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2) to add another $600 Billion “stimulus”, which as he testified before ...

Turning the tables - New Zealand Herald

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Turning the tables
New Zealand Herald
... joined Whitbread PLC, Britain's largest hotel and restaurant company, then hooked a four-year stint on board cruise liner the QE2 before arriving in New ...

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Cunard's newest queen is epitome of British-ness - MiamiHerald.com

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Cunard's newest queen is epitome of British-ness
MiamiHerald.com
“QE2 was my girl,” one older British woman told me while previewing the ship, “and now I feel (with the Queen Elizabeth) like she's back. ...

Friday, January 7, 2011

Three Cunard Line Queens meet in New York Harbor - NorthJersey.com

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NorthJersey.com

Three Cunard Line Queens meet in New York Harbor
NorthJersey.com
AP Cunard Line's three luxury cruise ships — Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and the new Queen Elizabeth — will meet in New York Harbor for a celebration, ...

Thursday, January 6, 2011

TWD breaks 30 mark against US dollar - 英文中國郵報

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TWD breaks 30 mark against US dollar
英文中國郵報
But the analyst from the market consulting firm noted that Taiwan's LCD panel makers usually ship semi-finished products to China, where they are assembled ...

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TWD breaks 30 mark against US dollar - China Post

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TWD breaks 30 mark against US dollar
China Post
But the analyst from the market consulting firm noted that Taiwan's LCD panel makers usually ship semi-finished products to China, where they are assembled ...

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Back to Precious Metals: ETF Pullback Choices - Seeking Alpha

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Back to Precious Metals: ETF Pullback Choices
Seeking Alpha
We in the US have become more willing to print more currency (QE2) and if this doesn't help get the economy moving, the notion of a QE3 will likely come up ...

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

QE2 captain Robin Woodall makes final Liverpool cruise campaign rallying call - Liverpool Daily Post

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QE2 captain Robin Woodall makes final Liverpool cruise campaign rallying call
Liverpool Daily Post
MERSEYSIDE'S most famous mariner, Capt Robin Woodall, is sounding the final siren call for readers to sign the Daily Post's Get On Board cruise petition. ...

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

World stock markets daily report (January 04, 2011) - Stock Markets Review

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World stock markets daily report (January 04, 2011)
Stock Markets Review
This is the first meeting since the Fed decided to launch QE2 in Nov - so we're bound to get some discussion on how they think it's going. ...

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Stocks Markets – Anticipating Better Economic Growth? - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Stocks Markets – Anticipating Better Economic Growth?
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... at the Fed are heavily influenced by the trend in the stock market and therefore felt strongly about implementing QE2 to prevent the ship from sinking. ...

Monday, January 3, 2011

Stocks To Know For Monday: Amazon, Google, Verizon, Apple, ATT, Bank Of America - Daily Markets

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Stocks To Know For Monday: Amazon, Google, Verizon, Apple, ATT, Bank Of America
Daily Markets
This is the first meeting since the Fed decided to launch QE2 in Nov – so we're bound to get some discussion on how they think it's going. ...

Will There Be QE3, QE4, QE5...? - Lew Rockwell

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Will There Be QE3, QE4, QE5...?
Lew Rockwell
Recently, Ben Bernanke indicated that Quantitative Easing II (QE2) might be followed by QE3, etc. In an interview at the beginning of ...

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Stocks Markets – Anticipating Improved Growth? - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Stocks Markets – Anticipating Improved Growth?
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... at the Fed are heavily influenced by the trend in the stock market and therefore felt strongly about implementing QE2 to prevent the ship from sinking. ...

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Stock Markets Anticipating Improved Growth? - Minyanville.com

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Minyanville.com

Stock Markets Anticipating Improved Growth?
Minyanville.com
... at the Fed are heavily influenced by the trend in the stock market and therefore felt strongly about implementing QE2 to prevent the ship from sinking. ...

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