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| HSBC poised for a £12bn rights issue |
| HSBC will seek to boost its cash reserves tomorrow through a record breaking rights issue of more than £12bn and a sizeable cut to its dividend, according to banking analysts (more) |
| Sal-A-Mander |
| No Abstract (more) |
| Auden Schendler: It's time to 'cowboy up' on climate change |
| There's a saying here in the West when you're sniveling too much The term is 'cowboy up,' and it means, 'Suck it up ' It's 'buck up, little camper' for grownups (more) |
| Around Aspen: More Hall of Fame |
| So many Aspenites came to the Aspen Hall of Fame banquet to honor this year's inductees, Marian Rubey Lyeth Davis and Mead Metcalf, that I included many in last week's column and will add more in this week's column (more) |
| Mountain Town News |
| If there's been a clear winner among ski areas this winter, it's been Vail Business is down, but not as much as at many other ski towns, judging from early returns (more) |
| Obama Calls His Budget Sweeping, Needed Change |
| Saying he would defend his plan, President Obama cast himself as a populist crusader willing to do battle with special interests (more) |
| Australia bank group eyes £2bn RBS Asian deal |
| ROYAL Bank of Scotland's Asian business is attracting attention from the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (more) |
| Raising a Daughter to Thrive on Her Own, Then Struggling to Do the Same |
| After the loss of a job, three people must make do with less than $1,400 a month (more) |
| Water district files opposition to Shell request |
| STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo A water district has filed a statement of opposition to a request by Shell Frontier Oil and Gas for substantial water rights on the Yampa River (more) |
| 'Frost/Nixon' leaps hurdles to become high drama |
| In 1977 came a potentially historic moment in American political history Richard Nixon, disgraced, pardoned and isolated but hardly forgotten, agreed to a TV interview (more) |
| Skiers boys rout Coal Ridge, secure second-consecutive district hoops crown |
| Aspen boys basketball coach Steve Ketchum was in shock He wasn't the only one (more) |
| Snapshots |
| Wheeler Films march into new schedule (more) |
| What You Need to Know About Burglary, Vandalism, and Your Homeowners Insura |
| Have you ever met an insurance provider that wanted to pay a homeowners insurance claim seriously? Yes, of course they will if you're covered and your home is broken into That's their job But since paying insurance claims does very little to pump u (more) |
| Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Singing a dream |
| ASPEN There are probably more than a thousand groups in South Africa who sing isicathamiya, a native, a cappella style that gets traced back to the Zulu tribe (more) |
| Gaylord Guenin: Letter from Woody Creek |
| Well, President Obama's delightful dreams of bipartisan cooperation disappeared faster than an eight ball of coke at an X Games cocktail party (more) |
| Two Aspen skiers, two different paths |
| ASPEN Two winters ago, they helped Aspen High School secure an eighth state skiing title Now, Wiley Maple and Noah Hoffman are pursuing a much bigger prize (more) |
| 25-50-100 Years Ago |
| Aspen Democrat Editor Charles 'Cap' Dailey continued to rail at local merchants, urging them to come up with a plan to attract tourists as a way of diversifying the local economy (more) |
| Lloyds is £10bn down but not out |
| ERIC Daniels, otherwise known as the 'quiet American', maintained his usual calm demeanour as he and the other board members of Lloyds Banking Group assembled to answ (more) |
| Vox Populi |
| Do your prefer turning ahead your clocks for daylight saving time in March or April? (more) |
| Seeking a better way to play iPhone in the car |
| I was a latecomer to the iPod revolution, but I recently switched from my old cell phone to an Apple iPhone, which happens to include an iPod in its array of capabilities (more) |
| Head shots |
| Readers may be surprised to learn that Aspen's longest mining tunnel was driven not in the 1890s, but rather in the 1960s (more) |
| Maine ski hill measures vertical drop in inches |
| SOUTH BERWICK, Maine It takes 40 seconds to reach the top of Powderhouse Hill and half as long to ski back down (more) |
| Kansas Governor Accepts Offer as Health Secretary |
| President Obama tapped Kathleen Sebelius, a Democratic governor from a red state, to help him push through his plan to remake the nation?s health care system (more) |
| Current Events |
| Here's some information bound to make old time Aspenites feel ancient: Bobby Mason turns 65 this week (more) |
| John Colson: Hit and Run |
| Well, we've finally gotten some proof that President Obama and his coterie of advisors and cabinet members are awake and aware of the evil machinations of the nation's oil barons Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has pulled the plug on the ind (more) |
| Health Insurers, Poised for Round 2 |
| As the conversation intensifies about health care reform, no one knows what role the insurance industry will play in a revamped system (more) |
| Kelly J. Hayes: WineInk |
| I'm a sucker for films about guys bonding over cool things (more) |
| Franklin Delano Obama |
| If President Obama can move the country toward universal health coverage, even gradually, he has a chance to join the pantheon of truly great presidents (more) |
| Sir Fred Goodwin's millions |
| SIR Philip Hampton leaned forward into the microphone and interrupted the flow of questions from the floor to admit that there had been an error in the reporting of former Ro (more) |
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