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...Everything seems to have happened there, from the launch of the LP record in 1948 to IBM’s personal computer in 1981....
...UKAR took on the securitised Granite portfolio after Northern Rock was split up following its high-profile collapse in 2007....
...UK Asset Resolution, the group overseeing the sale on behalf of the government, has agreed to sell the “granite” portfolio of securitised loans in what is the largest financial asset sale by a government...
...If it were to buy the Granite portfolio, that would be equivalent to five or six years’ worth of organic growth,” he said....
...A deal to sell future output from the Granite Wash fields in Texas, rich in oil and liquid natural gas, would be included in the asset disposals....
...www.eileanshona.com House in the Sea, Cornwall This has to be one of Britain’s quirkiest B&Bs – a tiny guest house perched on a granite rock just off Newquay....
...The granite plaque in the village of Monrovia tells how 100 homes here were constructed for tsunami victims by the “Galleon Housing Scheme”, a charity funded by Raj Rajaratnam, the manager of US-based hedge...
...Mr Adams said that the acquisition of the Granite Partners business in the US in August last year had proven beneficial, although the US market was looking as challenging as it was in the UK....
...It will also be able to repurchase assets from the vehicle if needed – including substituting mortgage loans into Granite, its existing securitisation vehicle....
...An administration process would be complex as the government may have to guarantee all or parts of Granite, the mortgage securitisation vehicle for Northern Rock, which has about £50bn of assets....
...have received a “full spectrum” of bids, including offers to take control of the whole company by injecting new management and assets, and bidders wanting to take control of most of the company including Granite...
...But “The Room” has been closed for four years and today the red granite skyscraper will host an altogether more sombre affair....
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