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...The average maturity of money market funds in mid-December was 36 days, according to Crane Data....
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...“You can’t imagine how difficult it was to bring an oven from Naples,” Item continued with a chuckle, explaining how he had to use a crane to install the traditional forno....
...By the time I am passing the oddly romantic cranes of Southampton’s container port my spirits have lifted. Trees soon take over and I arrive....
...nuts and bolts and the power of technology, and in 1968, his novel Bomber became the first book to be written on a word processor, a 200-pound IBM behemoth that had to be lifted into his living room by crane...
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...Back on the south side of the Charles River, the increase in condo construction could leave the Boston market oversupplied....
...They are created by Charles Gouldsbrough, drinks maker and cocktail expert of Gimlet Bar. Dressed in a tunic and hood, Gouldsbrough has clearly embraced the medieval theme with gusto....
...The emirate's “build it and they'll come” mentality has worked until now, but the multitude of cranes which dot the horizon now stand idle....
...Nothing appears to delight this year’s guest artistic director at Paris Biennale, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, more than the happy “accidents” that result....
...Smiths Group’s John Crane exposure is all downstream with the significant majority of the earnings driven by aftermarket on the installed base, both helpful....
...She was also criticised for alleged nepotism after two of her sons, including Charles, were appointed to senior positions....
...A massive new customs house is being built next to the crossing at Quanhe, topped by three cranes, which points to expected growth in trade....
...Almost 170 tonnes of steel were removed, not least the cranes; two new decks were added; and its 40 cramped cabins were reconfigured as 23 more spacious ones....
...Bateman is not only the crane-driver; he is also the island's seneschal, or magistrate. The man who fetches the diesel from the boat, meanwhile, is also Sark's taxman....
...If Henry Royce first said to Charles Rolls, “Er, no thanks, I’ll stick to building cranes”, how would today’s chauffeur-driven celebrities demonstrate their vulgarity?...
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