Kalyan Kumar

In some interesting piece of cruise news, a video has gone viral on social media where a giant fake hand from a cruise ship waves “goodbye” to two hapless people who missed boarding their ship on time.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted the biggest ever workplace raid in recent years in Mississippi cities Wednesday and arrested 680 people, mostly undocumented immigrants.

Latest Brexit news says a hasty and disorderly no-deal Brexit will push Britain into the chaos of food shortages that may last weeks or months. The U.K is planning to leave the European Union on 31 October.

There is good news for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) travelers who feel isolated and restricted in cruise ship journeys. A new cruise line Virgin Voyages by billionaire Richard Branson will accommodate their wishes and sentiments in its upcoming cruise ships.

The CEO of video game maker Take-Two Interactive, Strauss Zelnick has criticized President Donald Trump for pinning responsibility on video games for the mass shootings in Dayton, and El Paso Texas in which 31 people were killed.

Despite the rising pressure on equity markets from the escalating U.S trade war with China, there is no chance of a trade deal between the two economies before the U.S. presidential election next year, according to investment bank Goldman Sachs.

Market sentiment turned better after China’s central bank said it wanted the yuan to trade higher against the dollar.

A great opportunity to enjoy short cruises to the beautiful Tahiti and Bora Bora islands in the South Pacific is open now. A cruise line has revived its popular two-week sale on cruises to the South Pacific.

HSBC Bank, Europe’s largest bank in terms of assets has announced cutting 4,000 jobs to reduce costs. The decision follows immediately after the abrupt departure of CEO John Flint who resigned after 18 months into office.

In a significant step, the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday scrapped the 70 –year old special status of Kashmir state and announced its decision to split the state into two union territories-Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Lower open expected for the U.S markets Monday after the key equity gauges looked very low on Monday morning. The Dow Jones futures showed a negative open of 380 points in the morning reflecting the ebbed market sentiments from the new flare-up in the U.S trade war with China.

In some exciting cruise news, Seabourn cruise line, the globally acclaimed ultra-luxury cruise operator has announced a 140-day world cruise in 2021 taking visitors to six continents, 32 countries, and 60 ports of call.

Two dastardly mass shootings in the U.S during the weekend, El Paso, Texas in Dayton Ohio has taken a political turn with a bunch of Presidential candidates from the Democratic Party blaming President Donald Trump’s white nationalist rhetoric responsible for the killings.

Apple supplier Foxconn’s highly publicized China investment for a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit has taken a new turn with the company reportedly scouting for a buyer to sell the $8.8 billion plant.

Lower open likely for the U.S markets Friday after important stock index futures were looking down on Friday morning.

Many American tourists on a cruise boat near Australia had to jump into shark-infested waters in the middle of the night to escape the burning boat. After struggling for a couple of hours they escaped unhurt.

Amazon founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos sold Amazon shares worth $1.8 billion in the last three days of July from which he earned $1.4 billion after taxes. There was no public statement on the intent behind the boss’s bulk sale of Amazon shares.

Hong Kong’s globally expensive, high-demand property market is staring at a bleak future from the fall out of the Hong Kong protests. The downturn has political, economic and social reasons, according to experts.

Higher open likely for the U.S markets Thursday as U.S. stock index futures bounced back Thursday morning, after tanking Wednesday.

The fame of cruise holidays as an indulgence in luxury, leisure, and rejuvenation in which ostentatious black-tie dinners enrich the nights is changing now.

Denver’s past glory as a telecommunication hub is expected to be back with the emergence of Dish Networks as the new wireless network player and a job boom is also expected in the region, according to reports.

Italian American automaker Fiat Chrysler has braved the trend of the auto sector slow down and sprung a surprise with its full-year profit guidance and a better second-quarter result.

Higher open expected for the U.S markets Wednesday as key stock index futures looked higher on Wednesday morning.

India’s new billionaire 37-year-old Byju Raveendran is unique in many ways. This teacher turned entrepreneur had a modest background and started his career journey from a small village in India’s southern state of Kerala.

President Donald Trump’s electoral fortunes in 2020 are at stake after a new California law took effect on Tuesday seeking compulsory disclosure of tax returns by presidential and governor candidates.

In bullish stock market news, Goldman Sachs raised its 2019 year-end price target for the S&P 500 index and said there would be a 3 percent price appreciation for the stocks.

Moderate open likely for Wall Street Tuesday as important U.S. stock index futures indexes were slightly down Tuesday morning. Fed meeting and Apple quarterly earnings will be watched keenly.

Cruise travelers spend big and expect a matching value to their money and travel experience. The Edge, the brand-new cruise ship of Celebrity Cruises is fulfilling such exotic aspirations.

A U.S. Congressional report has found that E-cigarette company Juul Labs had been targeting teenage children to push its vaping products despite the CEO’s much-publicized apology.