London Mining to receive $110 million under royalty deal with BlackRock - Reuters UK
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.
London 2012 Olympic flame 'goes out' as cauldron is moved - Daily Telegraph
The flame has already been accidentally extinguished during the build-up to the London 2012 Games, after a torch malfunctioned on day three of its journey around Britain.
The flame, which was being carried through Great Torrington, Devon, on badminton player David Follett's wheelchair went out and had to be relit mid-relay.
At the time, a spokesman for Locog explained: “The flame went out due to a malfunctioning burner.
“It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons, for example, in extreme winds.
“We keep the mother flame alight in specially designed miners' lanterns so if the flame does go out for some reason we re-light it from the source of the flame.”
A gust of wind also blew out the flame during a ceremony in Olympia, Greece while an actress playing a high priestess re-enacted a scene from the ancient Olympics.
The flame finally reached the Olympic Stadium safely for the opening ceremony on Friday evening, with seven young athletes performing the final stage of its journey.
The youngsters, who represented the legacy of the Games as athletes of the future, lit the elaborate cauldron, which comprised of 240 separate flames which rose up to make one.
The final position of the cauldron has already attracted some criticism after it was disclosed it would not be visible outside the stadium.
The task of keeping the flame alight has required a mammoth effort from organisers, with special arrangements being made for keeping it burning while on planes, speedboats and on the top of mountains.
In the event that it was extinguished while on its journey around Britain, a “motherflame” was kept nearby to relight it.
This motherflame is said to be “descended” from the “real” Olympic flame in Athens, Greece.
Access all areas: Vauxhall’s open door policy - Belfast Telegraph
Convenience counts for a lot when choosing a family vehicle – a factor that’s making Vauxhall’s Meriva a winner in its class.
The key is the clever touch of rear-hinged back doors that swing in the opposite direction to normal, at an angle of almost 80 degrees – providing dramatically enhanced access for rear seat passengers. It’s clever and unique, except that is on the ridiculously expensive and very rare Maybach, which costs more than 30 times as much.
There are further benefits when transporting children as the larger door opening and free space around the B-pillar mean parents can lift children towards the rear-mounted, second-stage child seats without having to contort themselves around the door. The Meriva’s high roofline helps too.
A lot of thought has also gone into interior design. Vauxhall’s FlexiRail system provides owners with a variety of modular storage and comfort solutions, swallowing up variety of everyday items, from handbags and magazines to MP3 players, CDs and colouring books.
The latest Merida’s count of cubbyholes and storage bins, with such features as a 1.5-=litre bottle-holder in each of the front doors, make it one of the most practical offerings in the small MPV class that it defined when its first version launched, back in 2003.
Rear seat comfort has also been enhanced, now offering the biggest range of adjustment in class.
New for this latest model is a panoramic sunroof that comes as standard on SE versions.
Engine choices are between three 160-valve 1.4 petrol units of from 75 to 140 PS output and four diesel variants, including a 1.7-litre CDTI. Two versions are available with six-speed automatic gearboxes.
The 1.3-litre Meriva Exclusiv CDTi ecoFLEX I drove has fuel-saving stop-start technology making for a highly economical 68.9 sec combined cycle fuel consumption figure yet still offering a 104-mph top speed potential.
The 19,845 base price of the test car was swollen to a still competitive 21,700 by the addition of such extra cost options as 17-inch five spoke alloys, a sat-nav system, electrically heated front seats and steering wheel and a sliding centre storage module between the two front seats – the parking brake now being operated by a space-saving electric switch rather than a lever.
Now with a longer wheelbase, the latest Meriva lifts itself out of the small MPV sector to become a five-seat compact MPV ready to do sales battle against such rivals as the Citron C4 Picasso, Renault Scenic and Ford C-Max.
In six years. UK buyers have turned the keys of more than 112,000 Merivas. Given its entry into a wider market sector, Vauxhall are convinced they can expand substantially on such success.
0 Responses to "London Mining to receive $110 million under royalty deal with BlackRock - Reuters UK"
Post a Comment