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Sugar & Slavery: The Making of an Empire
2013-08-05 09:14:17| Sugar Industry News
At the turn of the 18th century, the intense demand for sugar in Britain, meant that those in the West Indian colonies charged with supplying this collective sweet-tooth could no longer keep up. As such, what had until then been a comparative trickle of Africans being taken from their homes in the West of the continent and forced into a life of slavery, became a deluge.
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Empire of the Deep by Ben Wilson: When Britain ruled the waves
2013-08-04 14:48:42| Chemicals - Topix.net
Smoke on the water: a boy watches a panorama of the Sebastopol siege during the Crimean war.
Empire sells 68 Safeway properties to Crombie REIT in $990M deal
2013-07-25 04:11:08| Grocery - Topix.net
Empire Company Ltd. announced a plan Wednesday to sell 68 Safeway properties in a sale-leaseback deal with Crombie REIT for $990 million in cash.
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Empire State Building Malkin Holdings
2013-07-24 22:26:36| Logistics - Topix.net
Hong Kong-based clothing distributor Li & Fung is cutting back on its space at the Empire State Building, the New York Post reported.
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Welcome to the fading days of the Microsoft empire
2013-07-11 22:02:10| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft's fortunes these days can be compared to the decline of the British Empire. Once upon a time, the British Empire stretched far and wide across the globe, marking Great Britain one of the greatest world powers of all time.
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