• All eyes are on the woman in the centre, who gyrates to the rhythm wearing an outfit that is part punk, part belly-dancer: nose-ring, five-inch platform boots, ankle bells, black bodysuit, sequinned bikini top and a flowing pink skirt.

    ECONOMIST: Now it's for corporate executives and old buffers too

  • Under the draft legislation, the Treasury would have the authority to decide which banks ring-fencing should apply to, as well as specific activities to be undertaken within ring-fenced banks.

    BBC: Business

  • Calzaghe, unbeaten in 45 bouts, was king of the super-middleweight division - holding the WBC, WBA and WBO titles - but The Ring light-heavyweight crown he won by beating Hopkins was to be on the line against four-weight world champion Jones.

    BBC: Calzaghe postpones Jones Jr fight

  • That said, today's banking White Paper from the Treasury, which translates Vickers into firm policy, contains all sorts of other measures to limit the exposure of taxpayers to our banks - such as ring-fencing retail operations, so-called resolution procedures for breaking up banks in a crisis, and forcing banks to hold more debt able to absorb the losses that are generated when things go horribly wrong.

    BBC: Osborne and the safe size for British banks

  • His big break came at the age of 24 when he earned his first million dollars by selling Hip-hop ring-tones to mobile phone subscribers in the United Kingdom.

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  • Cassanges went on to become a well-known kite-maker, developing a series of ring-shaped kites to celebrate the Olympic Games.

    CNN: Etch A Sketch creator Andre Cassagnes dies

  • They want to see the freed-up spectrum ring-fenced for High Definition TV on the Freeview platform.

    BBC: The UK switchover has begun

  • There was also evidence of people being annoyed by the inconsiderate use of mobile phones - with loud ring-tones the biggest irritation.

    BBC: Men and women have developed identities for sending texts

  • European policy makers are considering a host of proposals to eliminate implicit government guarantees, including a new resolution regime, turning some liabilities into bail-in debt that will automatically take losses, depositor-preference regimes that would subordinate unsecured bondholders, and U.K.-style plans to ring-fence certain activities.

    WSJ: Agenda: Basel III��Don't We Have Enough Problems?

  • The Vatican also said that the former Pope Benedict's Fisherman's Ring - the special signet ring which contains the pope's name and is impressed to validate certain official documents - had been scored, rather than destroyed, as earlier reports had suggested.

    BBC: US cardinals cancel Rome briefing 'after leaks'

  • In contrast to most other bank bosses, Mr Horta-Osorio supported the ring-fence when it was first proposed.

    BBC: Lloyds chairman: Bonuses to be 'lowest of any bank'

  • Thirty-two are atolls (ring-shaped islands with a central lagoon) while Banaba is a raised coral island.

    CNN: The toughest coaching job in soccer?

  • What seemed to be something of a threat then - the Royal's already shed half of its investment bank, so force us to ring-fence and see what happens - has turned into more of a prediction.

    BBC: Lloyds co-operates, RBS shrinks

  • Mr Crow said First's pay offer was "self-funding" - meaning it would have no cost impact on the company and ring-fences their profits.

    BBC: Strike vote by First bus workers in Devon and Cornwall

  • Take Pearl, a houseboat that features a clear dome-shaped topper and a teak ring-shaped deck.

    FORBES: 10 Floating Homes Of The Future

  • Antonio Tarver, the now dethroned undisputed light-heavyweight champion, unleashed a low blow on the tussle of the old-timers for The Ring Magazine light-heavyweight belt on Saturday.

    BBC: Calzaghe hits back at the critics

  • DiYists believe in the primacy of self: the autonomous, assertive, nose-ring-wearing, disco-jumping self.

    ECONOMIST: Radical protest

  • The pair also backed the chancellor's call for the break-up of banks that did not implement the ring-fence properly.

    BBC: Lloyds chairman: Bonuses to be 'lowest of any bank'

  • Mr Halliday steers an informed path between the myth of pervasive external control, trumpeted in fundamentalist rhetoric and anti-imperialist literature, and the illusion of a ring-fenced Middle Eastern independence.

    ECONOMIST: The Middle East

  • The alleged head of a multi-billion dollar smuggling ring in south-east China has confessed and now faces trial, Chinese state media say.

    BBC: China

  • Consumer tastes varied by location: they found that a beer-battered onion-ring flavor is popular in California and Ohio, while a churro flavor is a hit in New York.

    FORBES: How Does Market Research Help Brands Today?

  • More than 300 white pelicans, 23 endangered wood storks, 50 other fish-eating birds (great blue herons, cormorants, ring-billed gulls, common egrets), and three bald eagles have died near the lake northwest of Orlando.

    CNN: Chemicals killing Florida birds, fish

  • He made small talk with some of the 18 fighters on the bill before joining the crowd to watch the fights taking place inside an eight-sided ring surrounded by a chain-link fence.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In his 32-carat apricot-color diamond ring, the stone is held in place by threads tied on either side in delicate diamond-shape knots.

    FORBES: The Cult Of JAR

  • None of this is trivial - not least because George Osborne's banking policies, which include putting a ring-fence around retail banks and giving the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee the power to vary banks' capital ratios, are out of step with what most of the eurozone wants and plans.

    BBC: Why a eurozone banking union is messy for Britain

  • One piece of "news" in today's speech - though it is not, strictly, a surprise - is that Mr Osborne is accepting the Tyrie Commission's suggestion, to "electrify" the new ring-fence between banks' risky, investment banking-type activities and their retail operations.

    BBC: UK banking reforms: What's new?

  • Otherwise, it's aimed more at the casual carry-around crowd with a 40 percent smaller body, touch-screen focus selection, control ring exposure adjustment, a 3-inch 920k dot TFT LCD, art filters (in the smartphone app), image (or film) stabilization and 1080P 30 fps HD video.

    ENGADGET

  • Operation Puerto was an investigation -- started by the Spanish police in May 2006 -- into the doping ring led by Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, which involved high-profile cyclists such as Ivan Basso and Tyler Hamilton.

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  • Children with Asperger's also had abnormal index-to-ring finger ratios, though less so than full-blown autistics.

    ECONOMIST: Autism

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