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Saudi Airlines completes delivery of giant rotor
Trade Arabia
Manufactured by DEC China, a consortium member of the EPC contractor headed by Sepco III who contracted Saudi Airlines Cargo to provide the required outsized cargo lift necessary to move this urgent piece, the cargo was carried on an Antonov AN124-100 ...

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Tony Hsieh of Zappos bets big on Las Vegas
San Francisco Chronicle
The history of Las Vegas is full of determined men with outsize egos and grand plans. There was Bugsy Siegel in the 1940s, envisioning a gambling mecca in the desert, away from the reach of law enforcement. A half century later, developers like Steve ...

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Investment Europe

Europe debt crisis hides 'outsize' investment opportunity
Investment Europe
History suggests that buying during crises and being patient has produced outsize rewards and Europe at its current juncture could just be in that position.” Owen put forward a number of positive drivers that will provide the foundation for recovery.

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Syracuse.com (blog)

Pension Plutocrats: Federal system pays outsize rewards to chosen few
Syracuse.com (blog)
By The Post-Standard Editorial Board Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich receives a federal pension of $100200 per year. Former vice president Dick Cheney gets $125976. Former senator Tom Daschle receives $105804, while his former colleague Bob Dole ...

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New York Times (blog)

Indy, Party City
New York Times (blog)
The annual road show of indulgence thrives on a cocktail of outsize scale, self-promotion and ego. Indianapolis, a useful antonym for glitz, glamour and bombast, has a reputation for homespun subtlety.” So it figured, then, that the party scene at ...

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BusinessWeek

Las Vegas: Startup City
BusinessWeek
By Brad Stone The history of Las Vegas is full of determined men with outsize egos and grand plans. There was Bugsy Siegel in the 1940s, envisioning a gambling mecca in the desert, away from the reach of law enforcement. A half century later, ...

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Democrat in Bid to Reclaim Weiner's Seat From the GOP
New York Times
But Mr. Turner's seat — the Ninth Congressional District, a predominantly white and heavily Jewish area stretching from the Rockaways to Forest Hills — has long attracted outsize interest. The seat had been held by Representative Anthony D. Weiner, ...

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Wall Street Journal

Corzine Is the Invisible Man
Wall Street Journal
... Chief Executive Jon S. Corzine won't be attending Thursday's congressional hearing on the demise of the securities firm, but the onetime New Jersey governor's management style and outsize bet on European bonds still will come under the spotlight.
MF Global board dismissed fears about firm loading up on European debt, former ...New York Post

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New York Times

Blankfein to Speak Out for Same-Sex Marriage
New York Times
In recent years, he has been pilloried for outsize pay packages and rewarding the type of risk-taking that led to the financial crisis. Kathy Willens/Associated PressLloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, is stepping onto a prominent ...
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New York Magazine (blog)

Was That the Best Super Bowl Ever?
New York Magazine (blog)
Outsize victor personalities. Eli isn't even the most high-profile quarterback in his own family, or maybe even city. (Still.) No emotional underpinnings. U2 playing at halftime, for example. Definitive play, but not THAT definitive.

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