Encana backs away from high-growth plans Petroleum Economist At one point the plan was dubbed Project QE2 after the giant ocean liner. No-one has gone as far as renaming the venture Project Titanic. But there doesn't seem much doubt that Encana is navigating some treacherous waters these days, with no sign of a ... |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Encana backs away from high-growth plans - Petroleum Economist
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Will treasury prices fall in June when the Fed pulls out of the bond market? - Wall Street Journal
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Will treasury prices fall in June when the Fed pulls out of the bond market? Wall Street Journal Two of the biggest fund managers in the world are at odds over how US government securities will fare once the Federal Reserve withdraws from the bond market in June, marking the end of its second quantitative-easing program, or QE2. ... |
Why the Bernanke show is beside the point - Fortune (blog)
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Why the Bernanke show is beside the point Fortune (blog) Does anyone really believe that docking QE2 early is going to refloat a ship that sank after we loaded it up with a bunch of lies about yellow cake? So whatever Bernanke may or may not accomplish with his fireside chats, he is hemmed in by the cold ... |
Daily Austerity Watch: Will Bernanke's First Press Conference Bomb? - 24/7 Wall St. (blog)
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Daily Austerity Watch: Will Bernanke's First Press Conference Bomb? 24/7 Wall St. (blog) To hold a successful press conference, Bernanke will have to reach both sophisticated investors and those who think that QE2 is just a ship. He will have to show compassion to the millions who are out of work or whose personal finances lie in ruins. ... |
How I fell in love with cruising - Yorkshire Post
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 Yorkshire Post | How I fell in love with cruising Yorkshire Post Sea air seeped into me and relaxed my soul – that is the only way to put it. So much so that I'd already booked my next cruise five minutes after landing home. We tried the QE2, just to say we'd been there and done that. She wasn't as glitzy inside as ... |
Captain Christopher Rynd Announced as Cunard Commodore - e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
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Captain Christopher Rynd Announced as Cunard Commodore e-Travel Blackboard (press release) A captain well known to Australian and New Zealand cruise passengers, Captain Christopher Rynd, has been appointed Commodore of the Cunard Line fleet, comprising Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria. New Zealand-born Captain Rynd, ... |
Monday, April 25, 2011
QEII = Ponzi Scheme, Says Pimco - Wall Street Journal (blog)
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QEII = Ponzi Scheme, Says Pimco Wall Street Journal (blog) Yes, we get the point. QE2, the cruise ship-like moniker for the Federal Reserve's money injection program, doesn't have many fans. Least of all giant bond firm Pimco, which today again compared QE2 to a giant Ponzi scheme. ... |
Stockpiled federal funds are not helpful - Beaumont Enterprise
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Stockpiled federal funds are not helpful Beaumont Enterprise Ben Bernanke, chosen as Fed chairman because he looks eternally exasperated, last fall announced something called QE2, which stands for "qualitative easing, round two." It has nothing to do with the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth II. QE2 means the Fed, ... |
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Transatlantic couple make marriage work - WalesOnline
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Transatlantic couple make marriage work WalesOnline “When I went on the cruise, I was a widow, the kids had gone away and I didn't want to stay home on my own,” Trish, 64, said. “So I went to see my travel agent and he said 'you used to enjoy cruising, there's an offer on the QE2'. ... |
Saturday, April 23, 2011
A recipe for wedded bliss - Irish Independent
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A recipe for wedded bliss Irish Independent He has also worked on the QE2 cruise ship, in Nico's in London and at La Stampa. Stephen decided to leave L'Ecrivain in 2009 to start Pichet restaurant, in conjunction with Nick Munier, as he harboured ambitions to develop his cheffing career in his ... |
Friday, April 22, 2011
Prince William To Finally Have A Last Name - The Spoof (satire)
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Prince William To Finally Have A Last Name The Spoof (satire) They also do not know his grandmother's last name, Queen Elizabeth. It's just Grandma Queen Elizabeth. What's up with that? Not much more to go on. Even that big ship has always been known only as the QE2...not the Elizabeth Smith or the Elizabeth ... |
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Christopher Rynd - Focus on Travel News
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Christopher Rynd Focus on Travel News Captain Rynd joined Cunard in 2005 when he took command of Queen Elizabeth 2. While on QE2, he came to appreciate Cunard's distinctive product and traditions. Since then, he has commanded both Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. ... |
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: President's Budget Will Fall Short ... - ABC News (blog)
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: President's Budget Will Fall Short ... ABC News (blog) And so I don't expect rates to spike when QE2 ends unless there's good economic news that gives us a reason to believe that the zero-rate policy on short-term rates will end sooner than expected. Another weird argument from Krugman. ... |
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Sarah Vowell's voyage through Hawaiian history - CNN
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Sarah Vowell's voyage through Hawaiian history CNN ... of the New England missionaries admirable for their willingness at barely 20 years old to leave home, family and country to sail to "the most isolated island chain in the world" aboard a ship "so crappy it made the Mayflower look like the QE2. ... |
Sarah Vowell's voyage through Hawaiian history - CNN International
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Sarah Vowell's voyage through Hawaiian history CNN International ... of the New England missionaries admirable for their willingness at barely 20 years old to leave home, family and country to sail to "the most isolated island chain in the world" aboard a ship "so crappy it made the Mayflower look like the QE2. ... |
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