BORA BORA, French Polynesia, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – The InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa was selected by the readers of Travel + Leisure for the magazine’s prestigious “World’s Best Service” list, garnering the top spot for service in French Polynesia and ranking second in service among top lodges and resorts in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. The list recognizes city hotels, lodges, resorts, cruise lines, and airlines that have achieved top honors for [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Will Saudi Arabian Women Be Allowed to Participate in London Olympics?
Although the international community has maintained cautious optimism that 2012 would be the first year every participating country in the Olympic Games would be sending female athletes to compete, the oil-rich Middle Eastern monarchy of Saudi Arabia has yet to confirm if it would be sending any female participants to London this summer. According to a recent article by Human Rights Watch, the International Olympic Committee has been pressing Saudi Arabia to include women in the global sporting competition, and [...]
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Penn Gaming shows growth
Company seeks to move horse racetrack to Austintown Toledo Blade TOLEDO Since going public in 1994, Penn National Gaming has grown from a single horse track a few miles outside of Harrisburg, Pa., to the third-largest gaming company in the United States, with annual revenues of more than $2.5 billion. The gaming giant plans to enter the Mahoning Valley with its proposal to move its Beulah Park racetrack near Columbus to Austintown’s undeveloped Centerpointe Business Park property. Penn National purchased [...]
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Boreal Water Collection Inc. Has Granted and Licensed Exclusive Master …
KIAMESHA LAKE, NY, May 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Effective immediately, Boreal Water Collection Inc. (pinksheets:BRWC) has granted and licensed exclusive master bottling rights to Dowser, LLC, of Newburgh, NY to bottle Leisure Time water in 3, 5, and 6 gallon refillable containers. For more information on Boreal Water Collection, please contact us by email us at investors@borealwater.com, sales@borealwater.com, or follow us at www.borealwater.com and on the different social media sites such as www.facebook.com/privatelabelbottledwater , and www.linkedin.com/in/borealwater . Safe [...]
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Oregon High School Earns National Honor
Annually, US News and World Reports conducts an exhaustive study to determine the best high schools in the United States. To be awarded such an honor a school must be determined to have students performing better than statistically expected for the average student in the state. US News and World Reports begins by examining the reading and math results for all students on each states high school proficiency tests. They then factor in the percentage of economically disadvantaged students (who [...]
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Renderings: New BMW X4
BMW is preparing to launch a new X-model: BMW X4. The entry-level Sports Activity Coupe is set to launch in 2014 and will be manufactured at the Spartanburg Plant in South Carolina. Built under the code F26, the X4 shares the same platform as the new X3, and will be positioned, price wise, below the X5. According to our sources, the X4 is 4.65 meters long (183 inches), same length as the F25 X3. From a design standpoint, the 2014 [...]
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Strauss-Kahn countersuit: Opening the door to his sexual past?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn struck back this week at the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault with a sharply worded countersuit claiming defamation, but lawyers say the filing could backfire. Legal experts say Strauss-Kahns lawsuit could give New York maid Nafissatou Diallos attorneys greater freedom to present evidence of Strauss-Kahns sexual history, including allegations involving other women.
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Leisure at Cheltenham
Leisure@Cheltenham is a vibrant, newly refurbished council-run leisure centre, which re-opened in September 2008, and offers a range of affordable sporting activities on a pay-and-play or membership basis. There are three swimming pools at Leisure@Cheltenham, including a 33-metre main pool for lane and leisure swimming, as well as a training pool, and diving pool with four boards. Leisure@Cheltenham also boasts a multi-purpose sports hall for five-a-side football, badminton, netball and volleyball, as well as five separate courts for squash and [...]
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Oklahoma State’s Littlehead arrested
Oklahoma State defensive tackle Christian Littlehead was arrested early Saturday morning on a complaint of public intoxication. Citing the police report, the Tulsa World reports police were called to an apartment complex at 4:30 am on Saturday on a noise complaint. Once there the police found several people drinking in the parking lot and just plain being loud while doing so. Five people were arrested, with Littlehead being one of them. This is not the first time Littlehead has found [...]
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Officials urge fuller Fed policy reports
LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve, which has taken already taken extraordinary steps in the past couple of years to provide greater transparency, is considering a range of ways to sharpen its communication on the possible future course of monetary policy. Some officials are advocating fuller and more frequent monetary policy reports that, ideally, would provide financial markets greater clarity about how the Fed would adjust its policy to changing economic circumstances, and give some sense about probability. The [...]
