Dictionary definition: picaresque

Article: SP SYSTEMS ACQUIRED BY GURIT-HEBERLEIN.
Advanced Materials & Composites News;  August 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Gurit-Heberlein has agreed to acquire the SP Group on the Isle of Wight in the United ... said that the move was "in line with the SP strategy to find a strong and stable partner ... and research facilities." Since 2000, SP has been owned jointly by its employees ...

Article: SP battles back to respectability. (Southern Pacific)
Railway Age;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... through the long and ultimately unsuccessful Santa Fe-SP merger proceeding. SP was put into trusteeship while the Interstate Commerce ... the ICC finally decided against allowing a merger, SP was close to going down the drain. Enter, then, Phil ...

Article: SP EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN TERRY ELLIS REPLIES TO QUESTIONS ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  July 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... they wished the NJPC to play a part in the SP Executive. Many of the points you raise ... unless and until it becomes involved in the SP Executive. However, so the committee of ... headings you have used in your letter. The SP procedures The procedures were changed after ...

Article: SP's quality comeback. (Southern Pacific Co.) (includes an ...
Railway Age;  November 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... skepticism at the principal headquarters of SP, in San Francisco and in Denver. What ... that might best be described as stagnant, SP was able to increase its revenues from ... January-March quarter. Privately-held SP, owned by Rio Grande Industries since 1988 ...

Article: Integra SP implements STP Deal Management Solution for ...
M2 Presswire;  February 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... PRESSWIRE-4 February 2003-INTEGRA: Integra SP implements STP Deal Management Solution ... Yamane running on Sun Systems; Integra SP's fault-tolerant deal life-cycle management ... RDATE:02042003 London, UK -- Integra SP, a specialist integration service and solutions ...

Article: Betfair launching SP with today's card at ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  December 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... launch of their new product, the Betfair SP, with today's fixture at Southwell ... exchange since their launch in 2000, the new SP will offer customers another starting ... complicated. If customers do not like the new SP, they can simply turn it off, as it is ...

Article: SP AUSNET PULLS OUT OF ALINTA DEAL WITH SINGAPORE POWER.
AsiaPulse News;  December 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 10 Asia Pulse - Electricity distributor SP Ausnet (ASX:SPN) has pulled out of a ... from its parent company, Singapore Power. SP Ausnet this morning cancelled general meetings ... meetings had been scheduled tomorrow of SP Australia Networks (Distribution) Ltd ...