Then this week, a surprise: The dolphins were spotted at the mouth of the Port of Gulfport.
Then this week it launched AmazonLocal, a daily deal offering that is partnering with local providers, LivingSocial in this case.
Then this week Infosys, a big software firm, put on hold a development centre that would have created over 10, 000 jobs.
Then this week, the Chinese securities regulator approved the country's first gold fund designed to invest in overseas-listed gold ETFs, a move analysts interpreted as another bullish sign for gold.
And though our crystal ball is rather foggy, we can say this for sure: If an end-of-days countdown has begun, then this week's escape is your best last chance to explore the cradle of Mayan civilization.
However, first Mr Pastrana enforced the retirement of two army generals accused of collaboration with such groups, and then this week a big police operation shut down a huge drug laboratory run by the paramilitaries, capable of turning out eight tonnes of cocaine a month.
And then this past week RIM releases its tablet device called the PlayBook.
Secretary Powell is due to stop in Syria and then Lebanon this week for some candid talk with President Bashar al-Assad.
Then, this week, the British government declared the zebra crossing a historic landmark -- the first street crossing ever to get the designation.
His death was then followed this week by the discovery of two corpses in eastern Corsica, presumed victims again of the separatists' internal feuding.
Then, this week, COO John Schappert, formerly of Electronic Arts ( EA), quit after less than 18 months, not long after Pincus took over some of his duties.
Then, this week, the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, a flagship government hospital in the Tamil Nadu capital of Chennai, announced its intention to do a double-blind study to see how effective the neem-papaya mix is in battling dengue.
No coincidence, then, that this week's banquet was paid for by the European aircraftmaker.
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Then too, this week Lebanon's An Nahar newspaper reported that Hizbullah was moving to extend its independent telephone network to the south.
No wonder, then, that this week's live television debate in Greenville seemed a conflict not so much of ideas but of eras.
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Similarly, the major global indexes that topped out five months ago (in November), and which subsequently broke beneath their long-term 200-day moving averages, also sold off further in reaction to the disaster in Japan, and then rallied sharply this week.
To summarize, I think stocks will sell off this week and then rally a bit next week.
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We also now know that the fatal flaw wasn't discovered until last week - it then took until Tuesday of this week to unearth its true horror.
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If that doesn't happen early this week then we might be in the hat.
This week then was the last opportunity for Padraig Harrington, Paul Casey, Justin Rose, Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia.
Then he saw the reports this week about Wild Blue and Crazy Horse and Custer.
Look to fundamental market weather vanes as your best bet in determining market sentiment this week, then.
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Suppose if Andy (Murray) loses this week, then he'll be slaughtered as well.
They have to get through this week and then the focus will be on a European summit on 9 December.
Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce wants to tie up a deal for Portsmouth striker Aruna Dindane this week and then follow it up with a move in the summer for Stuttgart forward Cacau.
Michael Galloway, who extended his loan spell with the Bulls earlier this week, then drilled a left-foot shot wide from 25 yards before Chukkie Eribenne hit the woodwork for Hereford with a right-foot shot after 29 minutes.
The home side then lost Geoff Cross - who this week signed a new contract - and Traynor returned to the fray.
But then after a week or two of this very heated debate they suddenly reached a compromise.
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