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  • Ann Yearsley, Poems, on Several Occasions. 1786: (24 May).

    A Bloomfield Chronology 2009

  • Ann Yearsley, Poems on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade. 1789: French Revolution; the Bastille falls; Declaration of the Rights of Man.

    A Bloomfield Chronology 2009

  • Ann Yearsley, Poems, on Various Subjects. 1788: First anti-slavery petition presented to Parliament.

    A Bloomfield Chronology 2009

  • In Yearsley v. W.A. Ross Construction Co., the Supreme Court held that an agent of the government was not amenable to suit when carrying out the will of Congress.

    David Isenberg: When Just Following Orders is Good Enough 2010

  • Yearsley says the cap on returns of 50% of the original investment means investors can easily generate the same or better returns elsewhere: "The FTSE100 has a dividend yield of 3.5%, so if you invest in a simple tracker with dividends reinvested, you only need the index to rise by 25% and you're on the same return as the Cater Allen product already."

    A 200% return from FTSE 100 – too good to be true? Mark King 2010

  • Ben Yearsley, an investment manager at Hargreaves Lansdown, an independent financial-services provider and asset manager in Bristol, England, says low returns on cash holdings are prompting some investors to take risk.

    European Investors Still Shy 2010

  • She was a close friend of Samuel Johnson, and was the patron of the poet Anne Yearsley.

    Editorial Notes to 'Letter to the Women of England' 2007

  • "If you want long-term prosperity," says Yearsley, "you need transparency and real governance."

    Sifting Through A Dark Business 2007

  • Yearsley, Last and Ward; updated version 2001; published by CSIRO Marine Research and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.

    What I cooked last night. 2004

  • Yearsley, Last and Ward; updated version 2001; published by CSIRO Marine Research and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.

    Archive 2004-09-01 2004

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