Word: lloyds
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...opponents of the government asked the police to investigate reports that Labour Party sources might be offering honors such as knighthoods and peerages in return for donations to the party. That would contravene a 1925 law drawn up to ban the peddling of titles after Liberal Prime Minister David Lloyd George, a venal realpolitiker, exploited his powers of patronage for the benefit of party coffers. Four wealthy businessmen--all recommended by Labour for peerages, although their names were later withdrawn from contention--admit that they secretly made loans to Labour before the 2005 general election but say the cash...
...Statue of Liberty. America needs a queen, and Lady Liberty is that. Lloyd E. Campbell Detroit...
...effect has a storied pedigree: similar reports dogged Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim museum in New York City. Spokeswoman Andrea Fulton says the museum has received only eight written complaints, but concedes "walls that aren't at 90° angles do present a different sort of spatial experience...
...Students have been victims. They’ve been reduced to consumers!” says Lloyd Thacker, the founder the Education Conservancy, a nonprofit that wants to right what’s wrong with the college application process. Thacker believes that today’s process is run on a consumer model in which colleges attract students with gimmicks like high SAT averages, competitive rankings, and preferential and early programs...
...grabber was last month's $8.1 billion bid by Tata Steel for Anglo-Dutch steel manufacturer Corus, and there have been many smaller deals as well. In February, Hyderabad-based drugmaker Dr. Reddy's acquired German-based rival Betapharm for $572 million. A few months later, construction major Punj Lloyd bought Singapore-based SembCorp Engineers and Constructors for $22.5 million. And now electronics manufacturer Videocon is the lead player in a consortium that has offered more than $700 million to buy Korean electronics giant Daewoo Electronics...