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...This is particularly important for smaller shipping companies that have neither the required cash reserves nor access to affordable external financing....
...I’m afraid I can’t share the enthusiasm for IBM’s new “cash-balance” pension plan as described in Brooke Masters’ column “Could a US pensions revolution be on the cards?”...
...His pan-Africanist father was an Nkrumah loyalist who “died in the upheaval”, he says. “My whole life changed — the innocence went.”...
...History, even that of pots and pans, is written by the winners. americanhistory.si.edu Find out about our latest stories first — follow @FTProperty on Twitter or @ft_houseandhome on Instagram...
...There’s the Hindu Sri Thendayuthapani Temple and the Taoist Tan Si Chong Su, which are both visually stimulating, no matter what your beliefs....
...The answer from stock market analysts is a resounding “sí”....
...“Sì, Nonna.” At Italian restaurants, she’d quiz my brother and me. “How’s the pasta?” “Not as good as yours, Nonna,” we’d chant back. The staff would chuckle. “Well-trained,” they’d say....
...Britain is already resigned to losing access to some EU crime-fighting databases, including the Schengen Information System (SIS II)....
...I am concerned about the European parliamentary vote next year,” said Mr Renzi, former secretary-general of the PD — a party that sits in the pan-EU socialist group....
...“It’s a relatively light sentence, probably because they pled guilty and recognised their crimes,” said Shanghai-based criminal lawyer Si Weijiang....
...Piran holds cultural events throughout the summer (see culture.si), including outdoor concerts during the Tartini Festival (August 17 to September 14)....
...The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma), the pan-European markets regulator, has expressed concern that some large high-frequency traders could also apply to be a systematic internaliser....
...As it was found on Fan Si Pan mountain in Vietnam, Macer lists it as Hypericum Fancy Pants and rates it as “exceptional”. My visit’s primary target was a magnolia that is not on sale anywhere else....
...airandspace.si.edu Slideshow photographs: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Ron Davies Photo Collection; Smithsonian Institution; Hawaii State Archives/Pan-Pacific Press Bureau; University...
...The band in the corner, dressed in embroidered tunics, played a sweet, fast, waltz-like tune on the pan flutes, accordion and tsymbaly, a boxed stringed instrument....
...Then sweep the handful of dough around the hot surface of the pan, so a thin, circular layer sticks....
...A long and definitive “si” issued from this formidable matron and she disappeared into the small coldroom behind the counter, reappearing with a large but uninviting piece of silverside....
...Under the terms of the agreement, Arena will receive an initial advance payment of £12.5m from SIS this year. Further payments of £12.5m and £7m will be made in July 2010 and July 2011 respectively....
...“Si, si. OK, Matteo.” His daughter, Maria, wanders by and he introduces us. She smiles sweetly. Then Chávez and I sit down with his interpreter....
...Trading started on Monday of 10 French stocks, with the rollout of a further 825 pan-European shares expected within weeks....
...We have also ordered Dorset mackerel “pan-fried” (where else are they going to fry it?) but the manager makes a sudden appearance. An ingredient has failed to show up....
...SIS X-Clear, a Swiss clearer, started competing with LCH.Clearnet in UK equities clearing in mid-December but implemented a fee cut a month later....
...The seven include Frankfurt-based Clearstream, Greece’s Hellenic Exchanges, Spain’s Iberclear and Switzerland’s SIS SegalnterSettle....
...The remainder is owned by Euroclear, a user-owned pan-European settlement house....
...Meanwhile, Euronext fell 3.8 per cent to €89.80 after reports that Deutsche Borse might drop its bid for the pan-European bourse operator....
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