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Floating in a South Sea bubble; Floral tribute: Polynesian headwear.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
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March 15, 2008
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DURING history lessons at school there were times when I know I drifted.Learning about the South Sea Bubble, which I seem to remember was a boringspeculative scandal in the 18th century, was one of those moments.
But the phrase has a new meaning for me now I've been to the Cook Islands.Because for one glorious week, I lived inside a South Seas bubble that wasiridescent and sunshine-filled.
I was surrounded by the shining waters of a lagoon, gardenia perfumed the air,and I spent most of my time there with a scarlet hibiscus bloom perched behindmy ear.
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The South Sea Bubble. (Books).('The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's Greatest Financial Scandal')(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Accounting Today
; ...to what happened to England's South Sea Company in the 1700s. Author Malcolm...book, "The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's Greatest Financial Scandal." The South Sea Company was essentially a sharedealing...
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The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble. (History Lessons).(The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The World's First Great Financial Scandal)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: CMA Management
; ...collapse of Enron or Worldcom. The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble: The world's first great financial scandal explains...overturn two monarchies and bring down parliament. The South Sea Company was a share-dealing scam masterminded by an...
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The South Sea Bubble - George i's Enron. (Reviews).(A Very English Deceit: The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial...Thus, the sordid events of the South Sea Bubble are said to have occurred...pounds sterling]20,000 in the South Sea Bubble. Jonathan Swift, on the other...
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The First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble
Magazine article from: Business History Review
; ...First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble. By Richard Dale. Princeton...0-691-11971-6. The South Sea Bubble of 1720 was the mother of all...evidence to indicate that the South Sea Bubble was indeed an irrational bubble...
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Echoes of South Sea bubble in Indian float ; OUTLOOK
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...their sleeves, but whenever a project like this is proposed it puts me in mind of the defining flotation of the South Sea bubble, which was for "carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is". In that case...
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LETTER:Remember the South Sea Bubble
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...adults in a complex and potentially dangerous world. I look forward to Gillian Shephard including the lessons of the South Sea Bubble in the National Curriculum. Yours sincerely CHRIS ADAMS Birkenhead, Merseyside 2 June
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South Sea bubble.com limps into internet age
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday
; ...the most enthusiastic heralds of the expected e-revolution are now spinning tales of an internet bubble to rival the great South Sea fiasco. It is a story of human frailty which affronts many participants who insist the markets and financial experts alike...
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England burst the South Sea bubble
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...That eased England's task considerably and they can now look forward to a quarter-final play-off at Twickenham on Wednesday against the losers of today's match between France and yet more fearsome South Sea islanders, the Fijians.
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Wonder drugs, or a new South Sea bubble?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...from Essex alike. The stakes in what must be the greatest wave of speculation since those 18th-century investments in the South Sea could be raised in a dramatic way today when a firm called British Biotech announces the results of the second phase of clinical...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Rugby Union World Cup 2003: England will not slip on South Sea bubble.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...England captain Martin Johnson last night warned his World Cup team-mates to beware the unpredictable danger of Samoa. The South Sea Islanders will go into Sunday's clash against England at Telstra Dome as Pool C leaders following runaway victories over...
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