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Costco membership card from Iceland. Costco's earliest predecessor, Price Club, opened its first store on July 12, 1976, on Morena Boulevard in San Diego, California.It was founded three months earlier by Sol Price and his son, Robert, following a dispute with the new owners of FedMart, Price's previous membership-only discount store. [14]
The Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNC) was one of the first indigenous Indian shipping companies set up during the Indian independence movement.It was started in 1906 [1] by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC). [2]
By 20 February 2012, the tanks in the forward part of the ship, which had held about two-thirds of the fuel, had been emptied, [146] but the following day defuelling was suspended because of poor weather conditions. [147] On 3 March 2012, salvage workers cut a hole in the ship for access to the engine room, the location of the remaining fuel. [148]
The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is an International Labour Organization (ILO) convention, number 186, established in 2006 as the fourth pillar of international maritime law and embodies "all up-to-date standards of existing international maritime labour Conventions and Recommendations, as well as the fundamental principles to be found in other international labour Conventions". [3]
Free Money Day is a global social experiment held annually on September 15, the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers' 2008 filing for bankruptcy. Participants hand out money to strangers, asking them to pass half onto someone else.
Shipping Wars is an American reality television series that aired on A&E from January 10, 2012, to April 29, 2015. Season 9 premiered on November 30, 2021, with a new cast of shippers. Season 9 premiered on November 30, 2021, with a new cast of shippers.
Expectation (Korean: 기대; RR: Gidae) is the first studio album by South Korean girl group Girl's Day. The album was released on March 14, 2013, with the song "Expect" (기대해; Gidaehae) serving as the promotional track. [1] The album's release date coincides with White Day.
Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand.The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning.