Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
Workers at a Michelin tire plant in eastern France briefly locked up four managers and ransacked offices in a labor dispute amid tensions over layoffs, a company official said today.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 02/19/2009
Gordon Ramsay yesterday admitted he was pulling out of another of his luxury restaurants but denied the credit crunch was threatening his global business empire.
Eater (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
West Village: The shuttering of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar's 8th Street location and the 10 month-old Bar Q may not be the end of the problems plaguing chef Anita Lo's empire. A restaurateur in the market for a new space tells...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
These days, the mere mention of Tokyo is enough to make gourmands drool. After garnering a staggering 227 Michelin stars this year, the city became the focus of the culinary world. So for several internationally renowned chefs who look to Japan for inspiration, traveling here last week to participate in the Tokyo Taste World Gastronomy Summit must have felt like a pilgrimage to Mecca. The event at...
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
(TrendHunter.com) Hardly ever do you come across an automobile concept and are amazed more by its wheels than its body design, except, of course, for those pimped-up 4x4 big foots which are basically all wheels. This futuristic…
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
MIAMI, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- From a delicious pasta dish with flavors reminiscent of a visit to a Roman trattoria, to fresh seafood that brings to mind a leisurely lunch in Portofino, dining onboard a Costa cruise transports the taste of Italy to sea wherever guests travel. To celebrate Costa's grand tradition of Italian cuisine, along with the high praise bestowed on it from numerous past guests,...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
Reports today that Ronnie Biggs (pictured), one of the 1963 Great Train Robbers, could be released from prison this summer have been questioned by Jack Straw, the man who as…
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
Food & Drink: Yorkshire isn't short of purveyors of top-notch Asian food, but one of the finest in the region is also one of the most peculiarly situated.
Herald.ie - Around Town RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
Irish fans of Brangelina, aka Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, were almost in for a rare treat after the two superstars made advanced plans to jet into these shores.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
HOTEL supremo Sol Kerzner has never done anything in half measures. The One & Only Cape Town opening in April is no exception.
londonbikers.com (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
Plans are certainly falling into place for this year's International Motocross meeting at Hawkstone Park on the 1st March. In its 12 year history, organisers HIMX have got the most international riders the event has seen, with 45 riders attending from various different countries from across the globe.
NexTechNews (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
When is a wheel not a wheel, well when it’s a ewheel completely eliminating the need for many aspects of a cars engine to disappear from under the hood. The Michelin man and a company named Valeo have agreed to collaborate on an “electric and rechargeable hybrid vehicle system” the system itself would include the engine, drive train, a cooling system for batteries, climate control,...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 02/17/2009
MIAMI (Reuters) - Several hundred people will dine with a king, and eat like one as well, when Spain's King Juan Carlos I and his queen attend the South Beach Wine and Food Festival on Thursday.
Library Stuff (Free subscription) | 02/17/2009
Library Journal - “The index, by Ray Lyons and Keith Curry Lance and sponsored by Baker & Taylor’s Bibliostat, rates 7,115 public libraries according to four output measures that indicate public service—circulation per capita, visits per capita, program attendance per capita, and public Internet uses per capita—based on 2006 data collected by the Institute of [...]
The Informed Traveler (Free subscription) | 02/17/2009
Now there’s another reason to check into Lausanne’s landmark on Lake Geneva, one of the few remaining palace hotels in Europe: The Beau-Rivage. La Rotonde restaurant has closed its doors, and in its place, Anne-Sophie Pic, the only French woman to hold the Michelin Guide’s coveted 3-star rating, will open a new gourmet restaurant. The [...]
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trymi | 02/13/2009
Scheduled to be available for sale in the middle of 2009, Acura has introduced its V6-powered variant of the TSX sports sedan at today’s Chicago Auto Show . It comes with the 3.5-liter V6 derived from the TL and RL which yields 280hp (209kW).
trymi | 01/20/2009
The Dodge Viper , which was prepped by Hurst as one of its new 50th anniversary model, was auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona fetching a hefty price of $275,000 which Woodhouse Dodge said they would donate the profits to a charity for chronically ill children called Victory Junction.
trymi | 01/11/2009
Finally, the Jaguar XFR is here! The new vehicle from the British manufacturer has been designed especially to compete with cars such as Audi RS6 , Bmw M5 or the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. Ok now, enough with the preview, let’s get in the car. Under the hood the vehicle comes with a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 engine capable to deliver an impressive 510 hp and 625 Nm or 460 lb.ft of torque. With this amount
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