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London's most boring project: £18bn Crossrail tunnel takes shape below capital… but they've been going three years and are still only a fifth of the way through
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The workers appear tiny when overshadowed by the monolothic machines being used to drill 26 miles of tunnels beneath the capital for the new Crossrail route.

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JC Penney Hires Blackstone, Ackman Willing to Put up Capital
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Troubled J.C. Penney Co Inc has hired Blackstone Group LP’s financial advisory arm to explore how best to position the firm financially, three sources said on Thursday, while key investor William Ackman …

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Alfidi Capital Blog: Fisker Automotive, the DeLorean of the Green …
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I have an image in my head of the last scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, where the U.S. government sticks the Ark of the Covenant into a warehouse where it is presumably lost forever. That Ark was really a superpowered …

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SAC Capital Portfolio Manager Steinberg Arrested in NY: FBI
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Michael Steinberg, a portfolio manager at Steve Cohen’s $15 billion SAC Capital Advisors, was arrested by the FBI Friday in connection with a long-running insider trading investigation of the hedge fund.

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Cyprus readies capital controls to avert bank run
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Cyprus is finalizing capital control measures on Wednesday to prevent a run on the banks by depositors anxious about their savings after the country agreed a painful rescue package with international lenders. …

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Rebels enter Central African Republic capital
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Witnesses say rebels have entered the northern side of the Central African Republic capital days after they threatened to again take up arms against the government.

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'Bigfoot Capital of Texas' near Houston – KHOU
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We aren’t sure who bestowed this honor upon this particular area of Texas near Sam Houston National Forest, but we will take their word for it. After all, everything is bigger in Texas so if they want to call themselves the Bigfootiest location in the world so be it. Perhaps our favorite baseball player Bigfoot […]

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Tips from Capital Region illumination illuminati – life@home magazine
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The problem: When we watch films, we like our living room dark, like a true home theater. But often, I'm using my laptop while others are viewing, and if there's not enough light … well, I'm not happy. My solution: An antique …

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Crackdown in the capital nets 41 illegal Ethiopians
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RIYADH — Within hours of launching its campaign against illegal aliens here Sunday, the capital's Passports Department officials were able to apprehend 41 Ethiopian infiltrators. Citizens and media personnel accompanying the officials witnessed the …

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