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Monograms And Authentic Rembrandts

Considering that one of the portraits was a knockoff of a 17th century Rembrandt, the auction house only set a price of $ 3,100 for it. A British buyer ended up paying 1,500 times more than that but he was completely aware of what he was doing. It has been [CONTINUE READING]

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Carnival Splendor Update – Tugboats Arrive on Scene

Earlier this week, the Carnival Cruise Line’s Splendor, caught fire, leaving 4,500 passengers plus crew stranded off the coast of Mexico. The head of Carnival Cruise Lines commented that the engine fire that cut power on the disabled cruise ship was the worst accident in his company’s 35-year history. The [CONTINUE READING]

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Traffic Laws And Campaigns To Reduce Dui Accidents

More than 31 percent of traffic fatalities in the US were caused by driving under the influence in 2008, according to a DUI statistics conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). With this finding, researchers estimated that 20,500 Americans were killed by DUI drivers last year. In view [CONTINUE READING]

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An Ipad Success Story: Hilton Gives Attendees The Treatment

When 2,500 owners came together for the 2010 Hilton Worldwide Global Partnership Conference in October, event meeting services organizers wanted to make a statement. This would be the first time that every brand from every location would be at the same place at the same time. Josh Weiss, Hilton Worldwide’s [CONTINUE READING]

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Restrictions on the EB5 Visa Program

The EB5 Visa Program is a unique program that gives foreign investors the chance to get a green card, so that they can live in the United States permanently and legally. The said program started in 1990 under the United States’ Immigration Act; the act states that any foreign national [CONTINUE READING]