I like you
September 29th, 2008
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I like you
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I like you I do, honestly I do, fancy a date?
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Scanning Electron Microscope Image
September 29th, 2008
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This scanning electron microscope image, The Glass Forest by Mario De Stefano, won first place in photography in the International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. It shows a community of tiny diatoms – algae characterised by a peculiar glass-like cell wall.
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B&B nationalisation is confirmed
September 29th, 2008
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I’m glad my mortgage is not with B&B:
Mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley (B&B) is to be nationalised, the government has confirmed.
Under the arrangement, the government will take control of the bank’s £50bn in mortgages and loans. Shares in the company have been suspended.
B&B’s £20bn savings business and branch network will be bought by rival Abbey, which is in turn owned by Spanish banking group Santander.
B&B is the latest bank to fall victim to the crisis in the financial sector.
“Following recent turbulence in global financial markets, Bradford & Bingley has found itself under increasing pressure as investors and lenders lost confidence in its ability to carry on as an independent institution,” said the Treasury.
more from the bbc website : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7641193.stm