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"You start with a block and start chipping away at the shape, " said Sharps.

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"That's water under the bridge, " says Robert Sharps of T.

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Austin Kiddle, analyst at London-based firm Sharps Pixley, said with the economic woes seeming to carry on for the foreseeable future, the outlook for gold as a safe haven is strong.

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Ross Norman, CEO of Sharps-Pixley, said he is of impression the commission may take a look at all reference prices for a range of markets, rather than gold coming under special scrutiny.

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Other competitors in the services sector include: Waste Management (WM) and Sharps Compliance Corp. (SMED).

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Sharps is a visionary and a bit of an obsessive - just the skills you need to put on something of this scale and with this level of detail.

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Sharps new TV's includes features like PLC DLNA for acess to the internet and transferring shows around your network.

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Sharps has been in fine form recently, despite some sleepless nights since the recent birth of his third child - a daughter named Poppy.

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U.K. bullion dealer Sharps Pixley, in a research note, pointed out that gold and equities also diverged the last time there was a major fiscal stand-off in Washington.

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