• The headquarters will replace 26 office buildings (some previously occupied by HP) with one massive ring-shaped structure a four-story, 2.8-million-square-feet circular building that will house up to 13, 000 employees.

    FORBES: From Apple to Zappos, What a Headquarters Design Reveals About a Company's Culture

  • Barcelona was once the only city in Spain to boast three bullrings, but by 1977 they were down to one - indeed the only bullfighting ring in Catalonia.

    BBC: Bullfighting in Catalonia: The death of Barcelona��s ring

  • Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs) returned to the ring, winning a unanimous, one-sided decision over a game but outclassed Robert Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs).

    WSJ: Undefeated Mayweather Returns With Victory

  • It's one of the privileges of being a journalist: a ring-side seat for the memorable, bizarre or one-off event.

    BBC: Tents erected outside Linlithgow Palace

  • In providing a real return, something you can live on, diamonds are a dud--unless you use one on a ring.

    FORBES: The Harder They Come

  • It used to be that if a town wanted to communicate to its residents that there was an emergency, there was one tried-and-true method: ring a giant bell.

    FORBES: Everbridge Let Cities Keep Residents In The Loop During Hurricane Sandy

  • Having hardly sustained any injuries in the ring -- just one broken thumb -- I seriously put my back out in 2009 when I tripped over a bandage hanging out of my bag.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Partly because his budget is an unusual "ring-fenced" one, while other departments are being cut, the head of DfID - International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell - constantly emphasises his quest for value for money, for both aid recipients and the British taxpayer.

    BBC: Liam Fox row: Where does the UK's aid money go?

  • The New Rudy isn't going to chase any votes this year, but he will create an ongoing political spectacle that turns New York into a two-ring circus: Hillary and Rick going for the Senate in one ring, Rudy going for redemption in the next.

    CNN: Rudy's soulful exit

  • Way back in November of 1985, on just its second mission, Atlantis experienced a blow-back of hot gases past the primary O-rings in one of its solid rocket boosters, resulting in serious erosion of said O-ring.

    ENGADGET: Space Shuttle Atlantis ends its run of predicting disaster for other NASA shuttles

  • Another signature piece: the four-banded ring said to be the one that Perelman gave Barkin when they wed in June 2000.

    FORBES: The Cult Of JAR

  • In a further embarrassment, Barclays has received another FSA fine, for failing to ring-fence client money in one of its accounts for more than eight years.

    BBC: Barclays may cut 1,000 jobs as bank is hit with fine

  • The actors embrace again, this time for the purpose of shoring up, refining and clarifying their promises of a future commitment to one another that ring hollow when made and that will in short order be as forgotten as a one-night stand.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: XXX ratings ... impact fluster

  • The single gravest error in this budget, and it is one that Mr Osborne will come to rue, was ring-fencing health.

    ECONOMIST: Britain's budget

  • Edinburgh, one of the keenest authorities, has plans for a road-pricing ring, but it is not expected to be in operation until 2005.

    ECONOMIST: Transport

  • ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- When teacher Karen Myhre fell to the floor after taking attendance one morning, her third-graders knew exactly what to do: Ring the bell to alert the school office, and run to get the school nurse.

    CNN: Help! I'm not feeling better

  • Non-dancers are welcome to sit at any one of the tables that ring the dance floor, order a bottle of wine and observe the throngs of couples tangoing.

    BBC: The tango Buenos Aires tourists never see

  • It is a result that will ring alarm bells for the party leadership - Delaware is one of a handful of states where the Republicans must win if they are to seize control of the Senate, he adds.

    BBC: Mainstream Republicans in Tea Party primaries setback

  • The 24-year-old former WBU Champion makes his ring return against Kenyan number one John Gicharu on Saturday.

    BBC: Boxer Mathews wants major honours

  • Or, rather, it employs two ring-shaped half-pipes that rotate with respect to one another (the lower one remaining fixed while the upper one revolves along with the building).

    ECONOMIST: Monitor

  • As the convoy growled down Highway One, the national ring road that encircles the whole country, the turret machine-gunner rotated left and right, scanning the roadside.

    BBC: Afghanistan's security prospects after Nato withdrawal

  • The game throws you in a ring with one to three opponents you have to beat in either a kill-based or time-based match.

    FORBES: 'Playstation All-Stars: Battle Royale' Review

  • The game just throws you in a ring with one to three opponents you have to beat in either a kill-based or time-based match.

    FORBES: 'Playstation All-Stars: Battle Royale' Review

  • The HC-V520 also makes an appearance with its 50x optical zoom full HD and 5-axis OIS. If you want some 3MOS action with manual ring, EVF and level gauge action then the HC-X920 is the one for you.

    ENGADGET

  • But it was one of their many interests outside the ring that convinced Wladimir to auction off his gold medal -- so the proceeds could boost the coffers of the charitable foundation they set up the same year he fought his way to Olympic glory.

    CNN: Klitschko: Why I sold my Olympic gold medal for $1M

  • The first person to correctly identify where the lost ring is located wins not only the cash prize but a two-day (one night) trip to New York.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Although email has gone from after-school treat to a dull routine in the space of 20 years, no one is ready to ring its death knell just yet.

    NPR: As Facebook Matures, Is It Losing Its Edge?

  • One of his main aims, which Mr Zeman seems to share, is to change the electoral system to encourage a broadly two-party system to emerge, rather than the present one in which small parties tend to hold the ring.

    ECONOMIST: The Czech Republic

  • They point out that one cause of the new competition is that bookmakers were allowed to set up in Tattersalls, the big-money ring on courses, without serving an apprenticeship in the quids-and-dollars Silver Ring: when these neophytes come to a sticky end, competition will simmer down.

    ECONOMIST: Racecourse betting

  • In between fighting, the wrestlers practise an exercise known as bukari-geiko, in which one wrestler throws himself at his ready companion and drives him from one side of the ring to the other, completing the exercise only when the inactive rikishi has been driven out of the dohyo.

    BBC: The life of a sumo wrestler

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