European hotels, car rental companies and government tourism agencies are ramping up marketing and turning to creative payment plans, complimentary cellphone use and deep discounts to salvage the summer travel business.
These efforts aimed at American tourists are intensifying as fluctuating exchange rates, rising airfares, and a gloomy economic outlook threaten to deter the world’s most [...]

Prague - A Chinese food company opened its first European plant Monday in a Czech village, seeking to turn the sleepy spot into a launching pad for its European and North American expansion.
State-owned Shanghai Maling Food Co Ltd plans to bring its Chinese-style fare - luncheon meat, canned pork, ham and ready-to-eat meals - to [...]

In a matter of months,the economic partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe will be signed in Barbados.
While the formal treaty arrangement may come into being against a background of demonstrations, in part orchestrated by bodies from outside the region, there is no political appetite in the region to reject what has been agreed.
This means that the [...]

The greatest merit of these welfare devices is that the patients can do things on their own. . .rather than relying on other people, said Takenobu Inoue, a director at the National Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disabilities, which runs the model house.
Dementia is a significant loss of mental skills that affect daily life, and [...]

Health commissioner Ron Paterson, whose office launched the study after the Sunday Star-Times last year questioned the quality of foreign doctors says he had referred his findings to the Medical Council and specialist colleges.
The research into six years of complaints to his office found Indian-trained doctors are attracting more complaints per head than any other [...]

At Vuitton, Grammy winner Amy Winehouse did not perform %26ndash; as rumoured by entertainment blogs before the show %26ndash; but there were plenty of other stars willing to take a front row seat for the fashion houses celebrity designer Marc Jacobs.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sofia Coppola, Dita von Teese and Shilpa Shetty were among those to see [...]