Al Capone's iconic bulletproof V8 Cadillac will be put on the auction block by RM Auctions in Plymouth, Mich. On July 28, in advance of the Concours d'Elegance of America, the famous gangster's green Caddy is expected to fetch upwards of $500,000, if recent history is taken as a guide.
The disgraced captain whose luxury-liner shipwreck killed 32 passengers in January is a free man again, and he's not going down without a fight.
New couple alert! Landry Fields is reportedly dating model Elaine Alden, who admitted on Twitter that she is proud to be a NBA wag (wives and girlfriends). View the slideshow to see photos of new couple, Landry Fields and Elaine Alden, and some modeling photos in case you haven?t heard of her yet.
The Bradbury stories that resonated most with me were the ones that look not forward but backward. Two books in particular, Dandelion Wine and Something Wicked This Way Comes, capture beautifully the often contradictory fears and desires of childhood.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Friday are: Frontline Ltd, EMC Corporation, Deutsche Bank AG, SAP AG, Carnival Corporation, Wells Fargo & Company and BHP Billiton Limited.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading on Friday are: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Osiris Therapeutics, Morgan Stanley, Salesforce.com, Banco Santander, First Solar, JPMorgan Chase, Aruba Networks, Tata Motors and Carnival Corp.
Panamanian fisherman Adrian Vazquez has sued Princess Cruises for failing to rescue him and his now-deceased companions after a ship passed by when they were stranded at sea.
America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday.
Sure, it?s a tequila shot for the hospitality and tourism industry, but what is the history of Cinco de Mayo?
?League of Legends,? the widely popular real-time strategy game released in 2009, will be concluding its second season of competitive play on October 13st. Publisher Riot Games revealed that players will have off for a $3 million prize pool, which is the largest prize in eSports history.
After one of its ships passed a stranded fishing boat without offering assistance on March 10, Princess Cruises, a Carnival operated company, released a statement on Thursday, claiming there was a miscommunication. Two fisherman aboard the boat died as their only life line sailed away.
In the 100 years since the Titanic sinking, how much has actually changed in the cruise ship industry?
The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Monday were: C&J Energy Services, Visteon Corp, Centene Corp, Brookdale Senior Living, Hovnanian Enterprises and Alere Inc. The top aftermarket NYSE losers were: FX Alliance, Carnival Corp, Standard Pacific Corp, Vantiv, McClatchy and PPL Corp.
Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced funding for counselors to tackle people facing sexuality problems and sexual orientation disorders like LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender), regional media reports said.
The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were: Alimera Sciences, Shoe Carnival, Origin Agritech, Smith & Wesson Holding, James River Coal and GRAVITY Co. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were: Sonic Corp., Herman Miller, China Lodging Group, Chinacast Education Corp, Intuit Inc and OmniVision Technologies.
Spain is known for its spectacular fiestas. The Las Fallas fire festival of Valencia is the boldest, hottest, craziest and loudest festival celebrated anywhere in the world. A pyromaniac's delight, the Las Fallas fire festival literally jolts you out of your sleep and the mad euphoria is unlike what you may have felt anywhere else. The festival displays one of the best pyrotechniques in the world.
The frightening video of a 3-year-old girl being tossed from a carnival ride in Houston, has prompted Texas rodeo officials to take another look at ride requirements so as to prevent another accident of this kind.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: Paychex, WYNN Resorts, Beam Inc, Express Scripts, Sprint Nextel Corp, Carnival Corp, Weyerhaeuser Co, Safe Bulkers, Urban Outfitters and Urban Outfitters.
The world's largest cruise line operator Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) swung to a loss, as rising fuel costs and one-time write downs offset an increase in revenue, while the Costa Concordia tragedy had little effect on the bottom line.
Symbolic of the drama surrounding the Costa Concordia shipwreck in Italy, the initial hearing of the criminal investigation into the cruise-ship disaster was conducted Saturday not in a courthouse but in a theater. Outside the venue, one story line has the cruise ship's skipper not wearing his eyeglasses on the evening of the accident.
Costa has a number of planes on stand-by, ready to take passengers from the Allegra cruise ship back to Rome.
After a fire and a power outage, the Costa Allegra is being towed by another vessel in the Indian Ocean. But is this latest incident -- after the sinking of the Costa Concordia off Tuscany in January -- weighing down fleet owner Costa Crociere?
