The banks that will be allowed to bid are those that are small, such as Virgin Money or the shell company NBNK, or foreign, such as National Australia Bank.
On the far bank stood an old hydroelectric station, or the brick shell of one.
In like manner, I believe that reactors should be designed such that an earthquake of any magnitude could not destroy the reactor or its containment shell, further that if the reactor core was to start to melt down, the melt down itself would shut the reactor down and, at the very worst, the reactor would entomb itself with no potential release of radiation into the environment.
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That means in those markets the people who most likely want or can afford to shell out the bucks for a smartphone have probably purchased one.
The term 'monkey nuts' describes peanuts with the shell or pod intact.
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He got the seller, be it a Shell or Texaco, to carry most of the paper and then he'd use junk bonds to finance the rest.
Alternatively, bacteria in the hen's ovary or oviduct can get to the egg before the shell forms around it, FSIS said.
Was the parody aspect of the fake Shell site obvious (or should have been to anyone, but the most gullible) or was the parody so skillfully disguised by Greenpeace that it constitutes affirmative deceit and calculated misrepresentation?
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Taxpayers can no longer rely on the fact that their name is not known to the IRS. With relatively minimal information received from a thief or a shell-company wire transfer, the IRS can extract the intelligence it needs from the Swiss authorities and use it to prosecute the taxpayer.
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But today Professor Andy Cooper and his team of chemists at the University of Liverpool in England are figuring out how it can help energy companies like BP or Shell store and transport methane gas, the principle component of natural gas.
The crash caused a ground fire at the point of impact, possibly knocking down cable or telephone lines, said Dennis Shell, a spokesman for the Orange County Fire Authority.
As it prepares to move into the Arctic, has Shell set itself apart from its competitors, or is the company taking avoidable risks in an unforgiving environment?
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Witnesses said the explosion occurred in the top of the building, indicating either that a shell had hit it or that a bomb had been planted in the roof.
Flip Video just launched a new "premium" take on the MinoHD -- it's fundamentally the same as the existing MinoHD, but with 8GB of storage, a bigger two-inch screen and an HDMI port, all wrapped up in either a sleek aluminum shell or a personalized design from the Flip website.
Imagine the shell of your tablet, smartphone or laptop also serving as an essentially invisible speaker.
The turtle's empty carapace, or shell, is used as decorative pieces in their homes, or as containers for holding water and food.
On the other hand, an insurance company that is on the hook for an accident in which a 20-something is killed may have to shell out the millions that he or she would have earned during a lifetime, or the wealth they would have created, to support a family, send kids to college, and so on.
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Too early to say if car owners will shell out the money for the service or find it intrusive.
As such, UBS does not accept business with anonymous accounts, accounts in fictitious names, or shell companies or trusts lacking transparency as to the beneficial owner.
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Skeptical, or simply embittered over the reserve accounting scandal, investors price Shell at only 9 times trailing earnings, versus 11 and 12 for its two larger rivals.
Thanks to the added processing power, the Atrix 4G can dock to a monitor or laptop shell to become a desktop computer running a modified version of Android.
The centerpiece of the new robotic shell is a 5 square centimeter hexagonal plate or circuit board.
You either go into a shell or you puff your chest out, take it on the chin and get on with it.
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There's an endless supply of barely-known or shell companies and international connections with which Craig Whyte can keep the Rangers' plates spinning, more than a year since he lost control of the club.
You could throw it like a small javelin, or stab it into a piece of steak instead of using a fork, or you might take the ink cartridge out of the pen and fill the hollow shell with sand (just because you like sand).
Given the extent to which sand, tar or murderous thugs get in the way of petroleum production, it's no surprise that Shell's engineers see salvation in natural gas.
Three abrupt jerks of the Netflix steering wheel in three months quickly have trained shell-shocked customers and investors to not trust what the company says or where it is heading.
In another interview with CNN, Mr Prince dismissed reports that investigators had found no shell casings in Nisoor Square from weapons used by anyone other than Blackwater or the US military.
Being quick on your feet can a serious advantage in the oil business, and at number four in the world, Total is able to move faster than Exxon Mobil, BP or Shell, some analysts say.
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The Shell sign hovered, its colors dulled, a corner of it broken, or maybe bitten off.
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