Thinking about a single parade float makes it eminently clear the scale of operation New Orleans is running.

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That changed in 2005, when he brought all his various alcoholic drinks businesses under a single name, ThaiBev, and announced he would float it on the Bangkok Stock Exchange.

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If the Gulf states move to a single currency, as they plan to in the next few years, that currency should surely float.

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