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    Northern Rock, formerly the Northern Rock Building Society, was a British bank. Based at Regent Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Northern...
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    In 2008 the Northern Rock bank was nationalised by the British government, due to financial problems caused by the subprime mortgage crisis. In 2010 the...
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  • Northern Rock All*Star Cup Northern rock barnacle Northern Rock Foundation Northern rock mouse, a rodent Northern rock sole, a flatfish Northern Rock...
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    announced plans to become a retail bank, and attempted to purchase Northern Rock in 2007 before it was nationalised by the British Government. Virgin...
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  • The northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sand, mud and gravel...
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  • Northern Rock Foundation was an independent charity and company limited by guarantee in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1997 when the Northern Rock...
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  • The northern rock mouse (Peromyscus nasutus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Linzey, A.V...
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    Semibalanus balanoides (common barnacle, common rock barnacle, or northern rock barnacle) is a common and widespread boreo-arctic species of acorn barnacle...
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  • led to the seizure of interbank credit markets. The UK retail bank Northern Rock, which relied heavily on short term funding, sought emergency assistance...
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    $300 million Hard Rock Casino location opened in Gary, Indiana about 35 minutes east of Chicago. Branded as Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, the location...
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    nationalisation of the Northern Rock bank in February (see Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008 and Nationalisation of Northern Rock). The European regulators...
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    Uluru (redirect from Ayer's Rock)
    December 1993, it was renamed "Ayers Rock / Uluru" and became the first official dual-named feature in the Northern Territory. The order of the dual names...
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  • The northern spotted rock dtella (Gehyra nana) is a species of gecko endemic to Australia. Doughty, P.; Oliver, P. (2017). "Gehyra nana". IUCN Red List...
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  • The Rock Against Racism Northern Carnival was a free music concert and march held on 15 July 1978; the concert taking place in Alexandra Park, Manchester...
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    Matt Ridley (category Northern Rock)
    contributor to The Times newspaper. Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run...
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  • state-owned track owner (2002–) Northern Rail, a train operating company (2004–2016) Northern Railway (India) Northern Rock, a defunct British bank (1965–2012)...
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  • formerly Northern Rock (Asset Management) plc and later NRAM plc, is a British asset holding and management company which was split away from the Northern Rock...
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    Olumo Rock, Abeokuta Riyom Rock, Jos Zuma Rock, Abuja Cedarberg Wilderness Area, Western Cape Kagga Kamma, Ceres, Western Cape Three Sisters (Northern Cape)...
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    In northern Rock County, Wisconsin, it receives the Yahara River, and flows southward through tiny Fulton, Janesville and Beloit into northern Illinois...
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    named Sir Arthur Heywood. After the railway received funding from the Northern Rock building society to support the construction of the new loco, it was...
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    The northern Bahamian rock iguana (Cyclura cychlura) is a species of lizard of the genus Cyclura that is found on Andros Island and the Exuma islands in...
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  • Katherine Kelly". entertainmentdaily.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2018. Northern Rock: MUNCHIES Guide to the North of England (Episode 2), retrieved 13 August...
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  • Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range...
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    industry, and Northern Rock was unable to borrow as required by its business model. Darling authorised the Bank of England to lend Northern Rock funds to cover...
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  • County Paint Rock River, tributary of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama Painted Rock (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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    located in Northern Standing Rock) and McLaughlin (located in Southern Standing Rock). Together with the Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands, the Standing Rock Sioux...
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  • Assurance Society The Herald: Northern Rock to be nationalised 18 February 2008 Telegraph: Nationalising Northern Rock is right[dead link] 18 February...
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  • action to lend to Northern Rock, arguing that it was quite likely to make money for the government. He is a small shareholder in Northern Rock, a fact that...
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    Scotland L. muta eggs Japanese rock ptarmigan chick on Mount Ontake, Japan In the northern Japanese Alps. Female rock ptarmigan in summer plumage in Kvaløya...
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  • banks. The number of independent banks shrank further during 2008: Northern Rock was nationalised by the UK Government (and is now owned by Virgin Money)...
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