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Catering to premium-class travelers is not new. Lufthansa, Swiss, KLM, Alitalia and others have flown smaller aircraft for that purpose on trade routes such as Stuttgart to Detroit. What's new is the leap by private investors into the transatlantic market. They are raising capital, buying planes and negotiating for airport slots--and it's starting to look like a trend. L'Avion began service between Paris and New York City on Jan. 3; Silverjet launched its single route between New York and London...
...heard the news first in a text message from Shawn Carpenter's brother, who had flown to Albuquerque, N.M., for the closing arguments in his brother's trial, and then from Carpenter himself. Carpenter called from the courthouse and said he had been overwhelmed as the jury read the verdict aloud: "I lost it at the first question, the one I really cared about - 'Do you believe that Shawn Carpenter was terminated in violation of public policy?' When the jury said yes, I just started bawling." In all, he was awarded nearly $4.7 million in damages, almost double what...
...Saturday, a very fancy 10-course meal was consumed in Bangkok. I did not partake. Mostly this was because I don't have a spare 1 million Thai baht (or $29,800) to lavish on a single eating experience. The meal, lovingly constructed by six three-star Michelin chefs flown in from Europe, sounded delectable: highlights included a tartare of Kobe beef with Imperial Beluga caviar and Belon oysters (paired with a 1995 Krug Clos du Mesnil) and a tarte fine with scallops and $350 worth of black truffles (paired with a 1996 Le Montrachet Domaine de la Roman?e-Conti...
Arenas fuels himself on such insults. Last summer's Team U.S.A. snub offered fresh motivation. "It was predetermined," he says of the selection process: 14 players were flown to China, then Korea, for tournament tune-ups, although only 12 would make the World Championship roster. "They flew me all the way out there, and I thought I had a big shot. It was frustrating." Firing a dart at Team U.S.A. and Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski, Arenas wrote on an nba.com blog, "I'll give up one NBA season to play against Duke." He swore to score 50 points against...
...Angeles. But he apparently disdains yachts, private jets and most of the trappings of the super-rich. At the Los Angeles recording session for We Are the World last year, as the other rock stars were arriving with their entourages in limousines, Springsteen strolled up alone. The Boss had flown in from a concert in Syracuse and rented a car at the airport...