Monthly Archives: July 2011

Cox & Kings In Talks To Acquire LSE-Listed Holidaybreak

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<!--New Delhi : -->Indian travel services firm Cox Kings Ltd is in talks to acquire European holiday specialist, Holidaybreak Plc., in what can be the biggest overseas deal in the travel services industry.Founded in 1973, Holidaybreak is based in Northwich (UK) and offers an extensive portfolio that includes camping brands like Eurocamp and Keycamp, an adventure holidays business (Explore) and the Hotel Breaks division.According to Holidaybreak, the discussion may or may not lead to an Read more [...]

Buddhist Monasticism in Canada: Sex and Celibacy

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London underground stations get listed status

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A group of London Underground stations clad in eye-catching ox blood red blocks that gave the tube its first corporate identity have been granted listed status by John Penrose, the culture minister.The Edwardian baroque buildings, granted grade II protection on the advice of English Heritage, include Oxford Circus, Covent Garden and Russell Square and have become familiar around the world to millions of visitors to the capital. In all 16 stations, including a group of later 1930s stations in Read more [...]

Buying (and Enjoying) A Beach House

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NBC4’s Dan Hellie—with wife Anne and children Chase and Caroline—enjoys time in Duck and Bethany. Photograph courtesy of Dan Hellie BETHANY BEACH NBC4 sports anchor Dan Hellie grew up in Gaithersburg and has been going to Delaware’s Bethany Beach his whole life. He and his family, including two children, rent a house there every summer. “I’ve been to a lot of beach towns but never found one that has the Read more [...]

State Street rolls out London-listed ETFs

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LONDON, July 26 | Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:24am EDT LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched its first range of exchange traded funds for the London Stock Exchange to tap UK investor demand and expand its European presence in the fast-growing industry. SSgA, the world's second-largest provider of ETFs after BlackRock Inc , has opened 11 of its SPDR-branded funds specialising in fixed income, global equities and emerging market Read more [...]