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Following the invention of the Boulton steam press in 1787 which raised the cost of forgery a British token currency flourished, initially issued by private firms before being nationalised in 1816.
ECONOMIST: The lessons of sound money from 1,000 years' experience
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Transformative inventions--the printing press, steam engine, telegraph, automobile, airplane, radio and television, computer and Internet and so on--require constant investment.
FORBES: Pressuring Business to Believe in Business
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And so, really, this is really building up a head of steam here in the press and in the public, but is putting a lot of pressure on Tony Blair and his government to really start to resolve it and to get those 15 personnel home to Britain.
NPR: Iran, Britain at Impasse over Captives
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We still don't know what happened in the 700MHz auction, but Verizon's going full steam ahead with its open-network policy, holding a press conference today to detail the "Any Apps, Any Device" plan announced back in November.
ENGADGET: Verizon opens up about "Any Apps, Any Device" Mobile