Drinks giant Diageo has announced plans for a major expansion of its Glen Ord distillery in Ross-shire.
But the Japanese pulled out of the Taiyo fish cannery at Noro, timber exports were hit by the Asian slump, Ross Mining closed its Gold Ridge mine and Guadalcanal's palm-oil plantations have been abandoned.
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The ship wound its way along the stunning Ross Sea -- believed to be the last untouched marine eco-system on the planet -- providing scientists with an important insight into one of our few remaining healthy waterways.
Since then, he has tried to seize control of the party from its founder, the Texan billionaire Ross Perot - a move which has opened up deep divisions among activists.
The smokehouse was used to produce smoked fish and meat before Summer Isles Food closed it down and transferred its business to Alness, in Easter Ross, last summer.
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Industry experts like Ross attribute the fur frenzy to its newfound accessibility -- no longer associated only with the rich, grandmotherly set, it has caught on with a younger, hipper crowd.
"We're bringing boxing back to its roots, " says HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg, who favors a return to a 1980s model where only big fights featuring the likes of Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard were deemed worthy of closed-circuit status (closed-circuit theater and arena telecasts being the forerunner of today's pay-per-view).
Founded by Stephen Ross in 1972, the company expanded its turf during the downturn, buying up numerous distressed real-estate projects, including a stalled, half-built hotel skyscraper in Chicago that Related is now turning into rental apartments.
In 2010 it moved from its Monday night slot to replace Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
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He named as president his son Warren, a lawyer who was vice president of Ross University for 23 years and ran most of its operations, admissions and marketing.
The Reform Party , at a convention in Michigan, overwhelmingly rejected the candidate for chairman put forward by the party's founder, Ross Perot, in favour of one suggested by its new star and former wrestler, Governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota.
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Ross Finnie said the Health Committee had been "hampered" in its efforts to scrutinise the legislation without a specific minimum unit price.
Councillor Angus Ross, planning chief at the Conservative-led Wokingham council, said its modelling was showing much less traffic than projections from Hampshire residents.
Or Andrew Ross Sorkin, who writes a column for The New York Times, runs its DealBook blog and co-hosts CNBC's Squawk Box.
The Twenty Ten course architects designed the final three holes almost specifically for this showpiece to test tired bodies and tired minds - but Ross Fisher's superb birdie on the par three 17th was matchplay at its best.
Bloomberg previously said it had appointed Steve Ross, a senior executive responsible for the day-to-day operations of its terminals business, as its first dedicated compliance chief.
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The investment is "part of Huawei's long term commitment to position its operations in India as a hub for the company's global operations, " said Ross Gan, a spokesman from the Shenzhen-based company.
"China revamped its procedures for the reporting and tracing of contagious diseases very significantly since the SARS epidemic, " said Lester Ross, a Beijing-based attorney with U.S. law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale who works on health and food safety issues.
Ross was the force behind the High School Musical phenomenon, which has earned Disney billions of dollars between its movies, albums, lunch boxes and ice shows.
Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn says the new F1 W04 is a "clear step forward in design and detail sophistication over its predecessor, " while Lotus have continued their design themes with the E21, according to technical chief James Allison.
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