How fancy can hotels go? St Regis arrives in KL The Star | HOTELS to some might seem like just like a place to spend the night in. To others, it's an experience. And then there is St Regis hotels. This legendary hotel is said to house some of the finest politicians, CEOs and even royalty. | "You can expect bespoke service in St Regis," says Miguel Ko, pre...
Demand for delicacy puts sharks in peril Orlando Sentinel Sharks are feared as killers, but a growing appetite for a soup made out of shark fins is wiping out millions of the predators each year, devastating populations across the globe. | Driving the market is the rise of the middle class in China. Once served at the banquet tables of Ming emperors, the a...
USHIFU buys Focus Surgery Business Journal > | USHIFU, a Charlotte health-care company and distributor of medical devices, has acquired Focus Surgery Inc. | Indianapolis-based Focus Surgery manufactures the Sonablate 500, a noninvasive medical device that uses ultrasound energy to destroy dis...
Overseas property investment: Top picks for your portfolio The Independent | Here are eight of the world's hottest investment buys: | Head for the Italian hills | Property: Villa in Calabria, Italy | Price: From £172,000 | Agent: Parador Properties: 0800 093 1701; www.paradorproperties.com | Agent's details: On the outskirt...
Overseas: Building an international portfolio The Independent | Head for the Italian hills | Putting on the Ritz in the sun | Guaranteed rental in Paphos | Play your Trump card in Dubai | A room with a Palm View | Off-plan semis near the Danube | 10-year rental returns in Spain | Time to hit the North | Propert...
CARICOM leaders consider single tourism brand The Miami Herald ST. JOHN'S, Antigua -- Destination: One Caribbean? | Their tourism-driven economies battered by a stagnant U.S. economy, expensive jet fuel and airline cutbacks, Caribbean leaders Wednesday agreed to launch a $60 million campaign to market their sun-...
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Diligence works in the search for bargain air fares The News Tribune LOS ANGELES - As fellow passengers at Los Angeles International Airport grumbled about soaring air fares, Gilda Chavez-Diaz flew home to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., last week. The cost ...
Learn Trump's secret to success, only $1,495 The Columbus Dispatch TAMPA, Fla. -- The seats are filling inside a ballroom at the Marriott Westshore, where Donald Trump stares down from two big posters at the front of the room. | "Unheard-of Real Estate Market Factors Have Created A PERFECT STORM Of Profit Opportunit...
A Victorian value we couldn't afford to lose The Guardian | The savings ratio is a Cinderella statistic. It receives a fraction of the scrutiny lavished on housing market numbers, and that neglect gives an insight into the national economic malaise. | For the past decade, rising house prices and cheap credi...
Parent of Olive Garden, Red Lobster posts tasty quarter Business Journal > Darden's 4Q, fiscal year sales up; mixed results on same-restaurant sales [Orlando] Smokey Bones repositions brand [Jacksonville] Olive Garden planned for The Villages [Orlando] | Darden Restaurants Inc. on Tuesday evening reported an overall incre...
Prince William in $80m cocaine bust with navy The Australian | LONDON: Prince William, in his latest guise as a Royal Navy officer, has taken part in a $80million cocaine drugs bust while patrolling in the North Atlantic on board the frigate HMS Iron Duke. | Known as Sub-Lieutenant Wales, the Prince was sitting in the back of the frigate's sole Lynx Mark 3 helicopter flying as an observer over the western pa...
Puerto Rico police rescue 181 dogs, cats and birds, arrest their owners AOL SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Police say they rescued 181 dogs, cats and birds from a farm in southern Puerto Rico where they were found sick and undernourished in dirty cages. | Ponce police officer Lourdes Ortiz says a couple and their two sons were arrested and will be charged with mistreating animals. | Ortiz said Thursday that six dogs will lik...
