Now Thames Water, the water company serving most of the capital, has sent a confidential report to the government claiming that the utility could, within five or six years, check the rise of the water table.

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Perennial Midas Lister Bill Gurley is the longest-serving active partner at Benchmark, the famed venture capital firm behind companies like Snapchat, Twitter and Uber, where Gurley sits on the board and led Benchmark's Series A investment in 2011.

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Mr Corado had taken over control of the high-security El Infiernito jail after serving as governor in a prison in the capital.

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The online business of serving up daily deals has attracted millions of dollars in venture capital and seen the rise of leaders Groupon and LivingSocial, as well as countless clones.

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Set in a handsome copper-roofed villa on Valkosaari island, overlooking Helsinki harbour, NJK is feted as the capital's best crayfish restaurant, serving up more than 30, 000 of these fire-engine red crustaceans every season.

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That's a nonprofit health center serving everybody, but particularly Latinos living in the nation's capital.

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Although Chunam Kumari's photograph was used by Unicef on its posters, she continues to work 12 hours a day at her father's ramshackle roadside food stall in the capital, Patna, cleaning creaky wooden tables, washing utensils and serving up cheap meals.

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On the other hand, when dollar policy tilts toward strength, as it did in the 1980s and 1990s, the income streams investors are purchasing rise in value, thus serving as a lure for investment capital that will be better protected by virtue of sound dollar policy.

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