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taipan

1
a large highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of NE Australia

taipan

2
the foreign head of a business in China
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After completion of the merger, Minaz (Mike) Devji will join the Taipan board of directors, Alec Robinson will be appointed as president and Andrew Bell will be appointed as chief financial officer.
Taipan Resources Inc issues update on proposed merger with Lion Petroleum Corp
Taipan still manages to be a restaurant where a good meal is a given, where privacy is assured, where heads don't turn even if Dimple Kapadia walks in, or if Capt.
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Taipan, which features China's great culinary treasures and one of the favourite restaurants of the city dwellers, had been closed after a terrorist attack on the hotel on June 9, 2009.
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IRISH trainer Tom Mullins is praying for rain to fall at Aintree to give Made In Taipan the chance to line up in the John Smith's Grand National.
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Made In Taipan could head to Aintree if the going is soft
Made In Taipan will need rain to line up at Aintree

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