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China Daily
07 Dec 2013
More than a high speed train ride and a hotpot ... Expert "chi huo". Chi huo, the Chinese equivalent of "foodie", referring to someone who has an ardent interest in food, is a buzzword in China ... Former French president Jacques Chirac enjoyed his favorites Beichuan bean jelly (liang fen) and Sichuan Flavored Secret Recipe Chicken (shu xiang jia chuan ji) ... Related. ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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Buffalo News
07 Dec 2013
plans to spin off its Lands’ End Inc ... The unit’s registration, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, didn’t say how many Lands’ End shares Sears investors would receive ... “Lands’ End, the brand itself, was weakened by its association with Sears ... Lands’ End could regain some of its brand shine by being off on its own.”....(size: 1.8Kb)
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Music News
07 Dec 2013
Not one to rest on his multitude of laurels, Glenn Tilbrook is back, ducking and diving, bobbing and weaving, with his fifth non Squeeze album Happy Ending ... It went a bit quiet at Chris Difford's end, so I thought, 'you know what? I'll just get on with my own thing and make my own momentum.'' ... Glenn Tilbrook's Happy Ending Tour runs until December 18th 2013....(size: 1.8Kb)
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ESPN
07 Dec 2013
Veteran striker Daniel McBreen rediscovered his goalscoring touch as the Central Coast Mariners ended Sydney FC's club record winning streak with a at Bluetongue Stadium on Saturday night ... Sydney, who had their four-match winning streak ended....(size: 1.3Kb)
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Detroit Free Press
07 Dec 2013
In its latest move to restore profitability to the company, Sears Holdings said Friday it will spin off to shareholders its Lands End catalog business into a separate publicly traded company. Shares of the company ended the day down $1.88, or 3.8%, at $48.10 ... Sears likely opted for separating the Lands End business rather than selling it because it ......(size: 2.2Kb)
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New York Post Online
07 Dec 2013
Lands’ End will be spun off from Sears in a move by its chairman and CEO, Eddie Lampert, to extract cash and value for the struggling company ... The spinoff of Lands’ End is the latest in a slew of deals by hedge-fund billionaire Eddie Lampert to extract cash and value from Sears’ assets without investing in the business. If recent history is any indication, investors may have reason to be wary of the Lands’ End deal....(size: 2.6Kb)
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Indian Express
07 Dec 2013
Rain scuppered New Zealand's chances of completing a first test win in over a year on Saturday as the opening match against West Indies at University Oval in Dunedin ended in a draw with the hosts just 33 runs shy of victory ... The hosts were on 79 for four at the end of the game when it was abandoned at 1810 local (0510 GMT) after off-spinner ......(size: 1.9Kb)
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Chicago Sun-Times
07 Dec 2013
In need of a quarterback, the Bears shipped their All-Pro tight end to the Eagles for quarterback Jack Concannon ... Ditka was issued jersey No ... At the end of that stay in Philadelphia, I made up my mind I was retiring and was leaving football ... Could it have ended in Philadelphia? Well, things don’t end for a reason ... I don’t think I’ve ever felt that [low], even when things didn’t go right at the end of my coaching career with the Bears ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)
