Monte Carlo Glamour Revived by Mont Charles de Monaco, as the Principality of Monaco's New High Fashion Label Unveils Sensual Handbag Collection.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, November 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Mont Charles de Monaco, one of the first high fashion labels to originate from the prosperous Principality, has revealed its signature collection of sensual handbags, as part of a coordinated plan to revive Monaco's glamorous identity. To view the Multimedia...

Holland America Line Announces Four Grand Voyages in 2010.
Highlights include 24 overnight calls and Antarctic cruising SEATTLE, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line unveiled its 2010 Grand Voyage itineraries, giving cruisers the opportunity to choose either the full, 114-day Grand World Voyage or one of the Grand Voyages, ranging from 51- to 70-days. The...

Trip of a lifetime wasn't simple.
Byline: Jan Gottesman COLUMN: REFLECTIONS How was your trip? It is a simple question - only four words - but isn't that easy to answer. Every one-word answer seems too simple. My husband and I recently took a 12-night cruise to...

Fanning the flames in Georgia: an American defense of Georgia could risk nuclear war, yet the Bush administration seems determined to turn this brush fire into a Cuban Missile Crisis-like stare-down.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Occupying the territory between the Black and Caspian Seas, the rugged Caucasus Mountains, where Europe and Asia meet, is a rough neighborhood. Home to dozens of different languages belonging to three entirely separate stocks--the Indo-European, Altaic, and Caucasian proper--and two major world religions, Christianity and...

Land of the golden fleece: Georgia's ancient gold jewellery is strikingly exotic in spirit.
[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] This is an unusual exhibition from an unusual country--Georgia--that has hit the news much in recent weeks. Ancient Colchis, western modern Georgia, fronts the Black Sea but is also at the head of a short but difficult route to the Caspian Sea, and its...

Northern Offshore Announces New Contract Award for Jackup Energy Exerter.
HOUSTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Offshore, Ltd. (Oslo Bors: NOF.OL) today announced that its subsidiary, Northern Offshore U.K. Ltd., was awarded a contract with Aegean Energy S.A., for the jackup Energy Exerter. The drilling contract of three wells duration is expected to begin early January, 2009 and run...

Sabra Dipping Company, a Joint Venture Between Strauss Group and PepsiCo, Announced Plans to Open a State-of-the-art Plant in Richmond, Virginia.
New Plant Will Enable Sabra Dipping Company to Accelerate the Growth of its Dips and Spreads Business in North America. TEL AVIV, Israel, November 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sabra is maker of award-winning, refrigerated dips and spreads and is the leading seller of hummus in the U.S. market....

Oil Refineries Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter 2008.
HAIFA, Israel, November 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Break-even third quarter with 24% increase in EBITDA YoY - Net income of $73.5 in 9 months 2008 - Improvement in all operating parameters and net refining margin - Lower net income in Q3 due to sharp decrease in fuel...

Traveling tuna.
Apparently, even fish want to break the rules sometimes. After spending weeks and months swimming in the open sea, mature Atlantic bluefin tuna return to the area where they first hatched. They do so in order to spawn, or reproduce. These bluefin tuna are divided into two...

From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Bring Home the Fun This Holiday Season and Sing Along With the Year's Most Infectiously Fun, Crowd-Pleasing Movie Phenomenon, 'Mamma Mia! The Movie'.
OWN THE 2-DISC DVD AND BLU-RAY HI-DEF WITH DIGITAL COPY FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT ON DECEMBER 16, 2008 EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCES FROM OSCAR(R) WINNER MERYL STREEP AND AN ALL-STAR CAST IN PERFECT PICTURE & PUREST DIGITAL SOUND ON BLU-RAY HI-DEF ...