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Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
For what should be a highly predictable business, the recent history of Britain’s quoted waste management sector is littered with let-downs. After series of setbacks, Waste Recycling Group was bought out by Guy Hands’s Terra Firma at a knockdown price, and Biffa’s short stint as a public company between its demerger from Severn Trent and its acquisition by private equity was not brief enough to prevent...
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Wired Science (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Microsoft millionaire Charles Simonyi will be returning to the International Space Station in the spring of 2009 after two years on terra firma. The news, announced this morning by Space Adventures, will make Simonyi the first private space explorer to...
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ShoeBlogging (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
“Women’s XA Comp 2 by Salomon: You know just when it���s time to hit the trail, and you want just the perfect shoe. Salomon knows trail shoes, and this hard-working trainer will keep you stepping confidently across all sorts of terra firma.Leather and mesh upper is lightweight and durable Adjustable lace-up system provides a [...]
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
A lawsuit in which UBS sued Terra Firma Capital Partners, the private equity firm, over its right to sell on buyout loans has been postponed while the two sides agree a settlement.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Smug administrators in the BCCI in India would have realised to their chagrin that what they believed was terra firma below their feet was rapidly turning into shifting sands.
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CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
The forces of nature can be awesome. The sheer size and power of Hurricane Ike was witnessed by millions here on Terra Firma, but a select few had a dry view high up in the sky. These Astronauts aboard the International Space Station saw massive Ike from 220 miles up and took some amazing pictures of the storm from this [...]
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Kotaku (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
The PS3 launch was rough. Real rough. Like, the roughest. After an executive reshuffling (that shuffled PlayStation father Ken Kutaragi out of the company), Sony seems like its on terra firma. Things...
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Billboard (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
U.K. pop upstart Lily Allen has penciled in a Feb. 9, 2009, release date for her as-yet-untitled sophomore album. Last month Allen wrote on her MySpace page that the album was finished but being held up by drama at EMI in the wake of its buyout by private equity firm Terra Firma.
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Nothing To See Here (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
The sixties were about to swing as 1961 saw the first appearance of the Beatles at Liverpool’s Cavern club. Above the earth Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, whilst back on terra firma the cold war heated...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Most of you might already know that to get to Europe takes many long boring hours sitting in a shiney aliminium tube 30000 feet above terra firma. But isn't it worth it We landed in Malpensa airport ar 630 am Italy time and grabbed a bus to Statione Centrale in Milan and dragged our wheely bags a couple of blocks to our hotel. They let us check in at 900 We were showered shaved sh
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paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Eric Nicoli, who was moved on as CEO of EMI Group in last year's takeover by Terra Firma, is ending his year out of business by joining two other music firms. He is investing in and becoming chair of R&R Music, a new label startup founded in June, Times reports. He is also becoming an adviser to Nick Stewart & Associates , a music industry marketing consultancy founded by the man who signed U2 to...
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I Am Fuel, You Are Friends (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Barely back on terra firma after Outside Lands , I tentatively made my way last night into Convention Craziness Central on my way home from the airport to check out our little Discobama fiesta and hear the set from Denver artist Joshua Novak . I arrived after a lot of the madness had already gone down in the city during the day (friends meeting Joe Biden at the hot dog stand! Fall Out Boy doing interviews...
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SFO Mom (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
It has been an interesting week. We decided to go on a short cruise to the Bahamas. I said I would only go if there were no storms out there at sea. When we booked the cruise there was nothing out there. The next day, Fay blew up out of nowhere. Fay followed us around all week and she is still sticking with us. We are back on land although the ship had to dock at a different port and we were bused...
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No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
While The Sun was insisting that Lily Allen's team didn't want to go head-to-head with Katy Perry, Lily Allen herself is laying the blame for the non-appearance of the follow up to Alright, Still on the new management at EMI : Writing on her blog, the singer said her album had "been finished for a while now" and admitted she did not "really know what's going on with it". "The record industry is a very...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Dame Tanni helping keep boy wonder Daley's feet on terra firma Grey-Thompson relishing role as athletes' mentor Tanni Grey-Thompson
