11/23/2008
Makeover Planned for Hitler's Baltic Sea Hotel Colossus (Deutsche Welle)
After years of uncertainty about its future, a Nazi-era resort on the German island of Ruegen is now set to get a makeover and open its doors for vacationers.
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11/21/2008
Ajith the colossus (Daily News)
A tribute to Ajith Samaranayake on his second death anniversary. Ajith passed away on November 22, 2006. “Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two.
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11/19/2008
$52 Billion Merger Creates Beer Colossus (Law.com)
It took $52 billion, 23 banks, a $10 billion bridge loan and at least six law firms, but it's finally done: InBev, the Belgian brewer of Stella Artois and Beck's, has finalized its purchase of Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch to form a beer colossus that will be known as Anheuser-Busch InBev. Lawyers involved said they were surprised and heartened that they were able to close the deal -- said to ...
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11/21/2008
Inside the mind of a colossus (Deccan Herald)
As we enter a global recession, the life of Warren Buffett, the world's richest and thriftiest man, is more salutary than ever .
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11/21/2008
Citigroup CEO Weighs Company's Options (NPR)
The financial crisis is closing in on Citigroup. The banking colossus has more than 200 million customers around the world. But investors are increasingly worried about Citigroup's financial condition. Its share price tumbled more than 25 percent Thursday. CEO Vikram Pandit is weighing his options, including selling off parts of the company or selling the whole company. Citigroup lost half its ...
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11/22/2008
Today a House, Tomorrow a Teardown (New York Times)
In some parts of suburbia, despite the economic downturn, there is still a move afoot to bulldoze the old and start all over again.
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11/21/2008
Dining news: Now open in Chesterfield, Thai Sawadee (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
—Now open in Chesterfield: Thai Sawadee, 171 Hilltown Village Center (Olive Boulevard and Chesterfield Parkway). Also opening soon: A cafe and catering operation in the former location of Colossus at 3208 Ivanhoe Avenue in the Lindenwood Park neighborhood.
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11/21/2008
TNM TV News (The Northern Miner)
In the news.... Teck's loan nightmare Colossus digs Serra Pelada Apex loses San Cristobal Apoquindo's Chilean dreams
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11/21/2008
Makeover planned for Hitler's Baltic Sea hotel colossus - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Prora, Germany - The windows are either broken or boarded up, the roof is leaking and the plaster is crumbling from the walls. But the monumental steel and concrete structure planned as a Nazi-era holiday complex has survived otherwise unscathed. The...
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11/23/2008
Change for Treasury and General Assembly? (Journal Inquirer)
While "change" was the theme of Barack Obama's campaign for president, the people reported to be under consideration for the new president's most urgent Cabinet appointment, secretary of the treasury, suggest a quick return to more of the same.
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