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And the FT's "all-world" index is the highest it has been in 20 months.
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This 8, 000-sq ft home is located a block from the water making it easy for Kim and Kris to enjoy nightly strolls on the beach.
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The craft, partially owned by Virgin group overlord Sir Richard Branson and the Abu Dhabi-based investment group PJC, took off earlier today from its berth at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, where carrier-craft WhiteKnightTwo ferried it to a 47, 000 ft altitude after which its own rockets kicked in for a supersonic flight.
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The craft, partially owned by Virgin group overload Sir Richard Branson and the Abu Dhabi-based investment group PJC, took off earlier today from its berth at Mojave Air and Space Port in California, where carrier-craft WhiteKnightTwo ferried it to a 47, 000 ft altitude after which its own rockets kicked in for a supersonic flight.
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It had been put forward for foundation trust (FT) status - elite status that gives hospitals freedom from government control.
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It is said that conquistador Francisco Pizarro received a 22-ft. by 17-ft. room full of gold, and two of silver, in exchange for captured Inca ruler Atahualpa in 1532.
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The United Downs tip is 15m (49ft) deep and has a volume of 250, 000 cubic metres (8.8m cubic ft) - the equivalent of 125 Olympic-sized swimming pools - but the council predicts it will be full by 2010.
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"As reflected in the latest FT rankings, 84 percent of the participants in the HKUST full-time MBA program are international students and it is one of the most international programs in the world in terms of student diversity, " he said.
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"We need to push, but in the end it is their currency, it is their issue - they have to take the decisive steps, " he told the FT.
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Others - like Wolfgang Munchau in Monday's FT - are sticking with the view that Greece is better off getting to a primary surplus before defaulting, so it wouldn't face an Argentina-style bout of further austerity as a result of losing access to international markets.
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