Word: shipping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...cruise [before easyCruise]," says South. "This has opened barriers for people like us." Great; just as long as nobody expects luxury at low prices. Forget deck quoits, pink gins and white-jacketed stewards. The only extra on this voyage is a small jacuzzi perched at the stern of the ship. The trip costs as little as $50 a night, but food and drink aren't included and most cabins are windowless. And they're orange. Orange is everywhere. In the furniture, fixtures and staff uniforms. In the Sports Bar, bartenders struggle to lip-read orders...
...market share. MGA Entertainment, maker of the trendy Bratz dolls, says its product ideas have been borrowed by its archrival, Mattel, for My Scene Barbies. The company filed a lawsuit this month accusing Mattel of copycatting. The latest round of squabbling comes a year after Barbie's mother ship sued the creator of Bratz for working for MGA while still employed by Mattel and four years after the teenage bad-girl Bratz started strutting down the aisle with their oversize heads, bare bellies and hip-hop flair. A spokesman for MGA would not comment on pending litigation, but a Mattel...
...about human behavior in disasters than researchers in the aviation industry. Because they have to comply with so many regulations, they run thousands of people through experiments and interview scores of crash survivors. Of course, a burning plane is not the same as a flaming skyscraper or a sinking ship. But some behaviors in all three environments turn out to be remarkably similar...
...fire or on a sinking ship, however, such a strategy can be fatal. So is it possible to override this instinct--or prevent it from kicking in altogether...
...region - and for mining companies and their shareholders. In 2004, Australian iron-ore exports to China increased by 41%. In such a strong market, Chinese steel producers agreed to a 20% price rise. But if miners had been able to dig up the ore and ship it out faster, the Chinese would have bought even more. Mining company Rio Tinto has been selling iron ore to China for three decades. It has vast interests in the Pilbara, including nine mines and three ports. Through its subsidiary Hamersley Iron, Rio Tinto has a joint venture with Chinese steel producers...