By Neale Gulley BUFFALO, New York | Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:42pm EST BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) – A new company will take over passenger boat tours on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, replacing the operator of the “Maid of the Mist” boats that have carried millions of tourists under the powerful falls for [...]
Read MoreSTOCKHOLM | Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:44am EST STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria, gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday, which could help restore the monarchy’s battered popularity. “My feelings are a little bit all over the place,” Prince Daniel, the 34-year-old Victoria’s husband, told a news conference, [...]
Read MoreBy Michelle Martin LONDON | Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:04pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – London Fashion Week shook off its traditional image as a mere playground for quirky emerging talent with a display of grown-up elegance for the autumn/winter 2012 season that had leaders of the global fashion pack singing the British capital’s praises. By [...]
Read MoreBy Ethan Bilby LONDON | Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:42pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Menswear was the focus of autumn/winter 2012 London Fashion Week Wednesday with designers of classic Savile Row suits and avant garde Fashion East casual wear saying that London was still a synonym for quality in men’s clothing. London’s Savile Row is [...]
Read MoreBy Antonella Ciancio MILAN | Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:06pm EST MILAN (Reuters) – Cashmere maker Brunello Cucinelli aims to float on the Milan stock exchange by early May, in what would be the third share offering of an Italian luxury company in less than a year. The maker of 2,000-euro colorful cashmere sweaters said [...]
Read MoreBy Ian Simpson WASHINGTON | Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:02pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Political and cultural figures joined to break ground for a new museum celebrating black Americans on Wednesday, with President Barack Obama calling it a symbol of Americans’ shared history. The $500 million National Museum of African American History and Culture will [...]
Read MoreBy Cathy Yang HONG KONG | Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:20pm EST HONG KONG (Reuters) – Umberto Bombana’s distinctive flair for refined, regional Italian cuisine has taken him around the world and earned his Hong Kong restaurant three Michelin stars in 2011, within just two years of opening. After more than a year of soul-searching [...]
Read MoreBy Kara Newman NEW YORK | Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:51am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Whether headed to Las Vegas for a business convention or bachelorette party, Vegas thrill-seekers are legendary in their pursuit of flash and excitement. However, that doesn’t necessarily extend to the drinks – at the bar, the objective is to [...]
Read MoreBy Mike Collett-White LONDON | Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:40pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Sotheby’s will offer the only privately owned version of Edvard Munch’s haunting work “The Scream” at an auction in New York on May 2 where it expects to fetch over $80 million, the highest pre-sale value the auctioneer has ever put [...]
Read MoreBy Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO | Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:10pm EST RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – An oil-led economic boom, hosting of the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, and a plunge in violent crime are making Rio de Janeiro, called Cidade Maravilhosa, feel like the “Marvellous City” for the first [...]
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