16 Top Telecos Ink Deal for UK to India Cable.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-8 May 2008-16 Top Telecos Ink Deal for UK to India Cable(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Major leaders of the global telecommunications industry signed a construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable system from the United Kingdom to India....

New multi-$billion tourist scheme brings Ferrari to the UAE.
THE UNITED ARAB Emirates are increasingly the new frontier for energy, financial and tourism investments. As befits their rising status as a newly-discovered tourist destination, the emirates are now partnering with top brand names to introduce revolutionary concepts that are raising eyebrows in the world's tourism industry, their pioneering...

Response ... on the road.
June was another busy month for the Response team, aside from Response Expo 2007 (featured in the July issue's "But Wait, There's More" section). Events hosted by North Country Media Group, West Corp., Cannella Response TV, the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), InfoTech and the Electronic Retailing Association...

A billion trees in record time.
Five months after it was announced, organizers of a plan to plant a billion trees in 2007 say they've met their pledge goal. That announcement came from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which teamed with 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai and HSH Albert II, Sovereign Prince...

Monaco bids final farewell to long-time ruler Prince Rainier.
MONACO (AFP) Residents of the tiny principality of Monaco bid farewell Friday to their long-time ruler Prince Rainier III, who was to be laid to rest beside his beloved wife Grace after a funeral service of solemn royal ritual. In spring sunshine a crowd of several hundred...

Who's next? Ratings agencies have a habit--either by design or by coincidence--of releasing ratings reviews when buyers and sellers engage in their annual prospecting rituals in Monaco. The market holds its breath to see who gets upgraded, and who takes a hit.
Come Sept. 10, 2005, there will be plenty to talk about at the squeaky-dean sidewalk cafes of Monaco. Item No. 1 on the agenda is expected to be the winners and losers in the ratings game. "For the second or third year, all eyes are going to...

Response ... on the road.
June was a busy month for the Response team, as representatives of the direct response market's only independent source of news and information attended the annual Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) European Conference in Monte Carlo, Monaco on June 26-28, as well as the annual DMD New York event on...

Where does the U.S. stand in the international DR market?
While sitting with a group of industry leaders--including the current and incoming chairpersons of the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA)--at a dinner in Monte Carlo, Monaco in late June, the conversation turned to the continuing viability of the association's annual gathering in Europe. While American attendance dropped precipitously at the...

Denied by dint of racism.
Prince Albert II of Monaco has had a son with a Togolese woman with French nationality, Nicole Coste, but the Prince says his only child will not inherit the Monaco throne or carry the Grimadli family name. As Adjoa Yeboah Afari writes: "The obvious question is: if the boy's...

Color technology conference in Baltimore.
April 20-22: "Innovation in color technology," conference, sponsored by the Color Pigments Manufacturers Association (CPMA), Hyatt Regency at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD. More info: (703) 6844044; Fax: (703) 684-1795; E-mail: cpma@cpma.com; Website: www.pigments.org. April 26, 27: PCITX advance technical conference, "New high performance ingredients and technology,"...