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...Only 200 people have skied from land to the North Pole, only 25 of them have gone with no outside help, and only two have made the journey there and back. Richard is one of them....
...To build their flagpole, the Worcesters have employed the services of a number of professional firms including Trident Support, a California- and Dubai-based company that has built record-tall poles with...
...The business model suggests a more natural home in private equity portfolios and, indeed, the group’s biggest owners as of now are Cascade, part of Bill and Melinda Gates Investments, with just shy of a...
...Paint, piping, lumber, drills and fittings are among the many products stocked by Lowe’s — and its sales have boomed....
...Then, abruptly, she plunges back into the undergrowth and lumbers away, leaving us relieved and thrilled in equal measure....
...Up to six storeys high, they cascade down the sides of the Ayung river valley....
...A mountain biker can cross almost all of it on trails that punch through old-growth forests, climb the volcanic Cascade Mountains and dive into the scratchy hinterlands of the Great Basin desert....
...Centuries ago Poland’s wealth was created by the export of natural resources, largely lumber and grain, which created a small, often corrupt, elite that grabbed most of the proceeds for itself....
...Shares in Tri Pointe Homes, the first US homebuilder to go public in nearly a decade, and Boise Cascade, the plywood and lumber maker, have surged since their market debut earlier this year on growing interest...
...“I will definitely never forget that feeling of sticking Scotch Tape on the pole and how crazy it was,” says Christine....
...So I think it starts at the top and cascades down. But I do think this whole discussion of executive comp has gotten a little out of balance....
...a cascade of blond hair – derives from Picasso’s 1930s weeping women, while the chunky stoic man in boater, high-collared shirt and tie comes straight out of late Légers such as “La partie de campagne”....
...In July last year, Boise Cascade struck a deal with Madison Dearborn to sell its paper and lumber business to the Chicago-based private equity group for $3.7bn....
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