For those looking for a more traditional live music venue, The Roxy Live (open all week, from 8 pm on weeknights and 9 pm on weekends) is a fully fledged rock club, with a professional sound system, a 500-person capacity and a stage that towers over the audience.

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And a rock-solid banking system is one reason why Hong Kong, with the most open financial markets in East Asia, has so far weathered the storm better than many of its neighbours.

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Fred returned to the U.S. on the eve of World War II and built an even larger fortune around Rock Island Refining, a refinery and oil-gathering pipeline system in southern Oklahoma, and a part-interest in a refinery outside of Minneapolis.

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The Glyder Fawr measurements were taken by national park staff who trapped a global positioning system (GPS) antennae to the side of the summit rock.

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