Monday, February 15, 2010

New deals bring job boost - nebusiness.co.uk

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New deals bring job boost
nebusiness.co.uk
... in December and is being forced to sell off trophy assets - including the QE2 cruise liner, according to recent reports - to get its finances in order. ...

Everything Must Go - Dubai Gets Ready for Asset Sales - Zawya

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Everything Must Go - Dubai Gets Ready for Asset Sales
Zawya
... in companies around the globe including Standard Chartered Bank, Barney's New York, SR Technics, Kerzner, Cirque du Soleil and the QE2 cruise ship. ...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Dubai asset fire sale on cards -Moody's - Maktoob Business

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Dubai asset fire sale on cards -Moody's
Maktoob Business
Istithmar also owns Barney's New York and the QE2 cruise ship and has stakes in Standard Chartered Bank, Kerzner International and Cirque du Soleil. ...

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Dubai gets ready for asset sales - Trade Arabia

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Dubai gets ready for asset sales
Trade Arabia
... in companies around the globe including Standard Chartered Bank, Barney's New York, SR Technics, Kerzner, Cirque du Soleil and the QE2 cruise ship. ...

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Britain should do more to preserve its naval heritage - Telegraph.co.uk

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Britain should do more to preserve its naval heritage
Telegraph.co.uk
We did not keep the QE2, but sold her to a project in Dubai, which has now failed, and the ship is for sale again. Liverpool is a World Heritage Maritime ...

Tropical Cyclone Rene brings rain, wind but misses American Samoa, turns ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Tropical Cyclone Rene brings rain, wind but misses American Samoa, turns ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
A couple of years ago I was on a cruise liner (QE2) that docked in Pago Pago only to set sail after a couple of hours due to high ...

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Spanish fisherman nets camera lost on cruise ship two years ago - Gadling (blog)

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Spanish fisherman nets camera lost on cruise ship two years ago
Gadling (blog)
The images are even more poignant as they depict the last transatlantic crossing of the great QE2 and can never be taken again." Kudos to everyone involved ...

Woman spots friends in photos found at the bottom of Atlantic - Oxford Mail

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Woman spots friends in photos found at the bottom of Atlantic
Oxford Mail
One of the pictures shows Mrs Gregory posing on the deck of the Queen Mary 2 with the now out-of-service QE2 in the background, while in another her husband ...

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Woman spots friends in photos found at the bottom of Atlantic - Herald Series

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Woman spots friends in photos found at the bottom of Atlantic
Herald Series
One of the pictures shows Mrs Gregory posing on the deck of the Queen Mary 2 with the now out-of-service QE2 in the background, while in another her husband ...

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Picture This! Fisherman in Spain Nets Lost Camera With Pictures of QE2's Final ... - FOXBusiness

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Picture This! Fisherman in Spain Nets Lost Camera With Pictures of QE2's Final ...
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SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb 12, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ---- When standing on the deck of Cunard's Queen Mary 2 in October 2008, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory ...

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Picture This! Fisherman in Spain Nets Lost Camera With Pictures of QE2's Final ... - PR Newswire (press release)

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Picture This! Fisherman in Spain Nets Lost Camera With Pictures of QE2's Final ...
PR Newswire (press release)
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- When standing on the deck of Cunard's Queen Mary 2 in October 2008, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory from South Africa ...

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A week of treasures lost -- and found -- on cruise ships - USA Today

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A week of treasures lost -- and found -- on cruise ships
USA Today
First came the improbable story of Tom Whitney, a Florida man who accidentally had dropped his high school class ring off a cruise ship two decades ago as ...

Friends get reunited with lost photos - Oxford Mail

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Friends get reunited with lost photos
Oxford Mail
One of the pictures shows Mrs Gregory posing on the deck of the Queen Mary 2 with the now out-of-service QE2 in the background, while in another her husband ...

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

QE2 to be sold? - The Move Channel

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QE2 to be sold?
The Move Channel
The QE2 cruise liner could be sold off as its Dubai owner looks to ease its debt mountain, it has been reported... State-backed investment firm Dubai World ...

CAMERA LOST IN THE ATLANTIC IS REUNITED WITH CRUISE COUPLE - UK Express

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CAMERA LOST IN THE ATLANTIC IS REUNITED WITH CRUISE COUPLE
UK Express
A CAMERA dropped overboard from the cruise ship Queen Mary 2 in the Atlantic has been returned – after the trawler skipper who found it ...

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