NEW YORK (Reuters) – Consumer sentiment improved in February, buoyed by signs of increased hiring, though worries heightened about a decline in future income, a survey released on Friday showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary reading on the overall index of consumer sentiment rose to 76.3 from 73.8 in January, topping economists' forecasts of 74.8. The barometer of current economic conditions rose to 88 from 85, while the gauge of consumer expectations rose to 68.7 from 66.6. … Travel agents: No effect yet from cruise ship debacle; industry watchers say too early to tell
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Some travel agents say cruise prices and bookings have not yet been affected by reports about a disabled Carnival ship, but others in the industry say it’s too early to tell.
Cameron may fly in to Shell India tax row
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil company Royal Dutch/Shell has asked the British government to raise the subject of a tax dispute w ith India during Prime Minister David Cameron's visit there next week, according to a source familiar with the request. The dispute blew up earlier this month when tax authorities revalued by $2.7 billion (1.7 billion pounds) a 2009 transaction by Shell with a wholly-owned subsidiary, and claimed a tax payment was due. It comes as India faces a potential seeks to balance the need to shore up its finances by raising tax receipts with its desire to encourage foreign … Airbus to drop lithium-ion batteries for A350 due to regulatory concerns
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Airbus said Thursday it is dropping lithium-ion batteries from its new A350 airplane because of uncertainty surrounding the technology that has led to the grounding of Boeing’s 787.
Venezuela to publish photos of recuperating Chavez
CARACAS (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government will publish photographs of Hugo Chavez on Friday, the information minister said, in what would be th e first view of the president since he had cancer surgery in Cuba on December 11. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas made the announcement on Twitter, adding that a communique on the 58-year-old socialist leader's condition would also be read shortly. Chavez has not been seen in public since he went to Havana for the operation on December 11, his fourth surgery in 18 months for cancer that was first diagnosed in mid-2011. … Meteorite - not the end of the world - strikes Russia's Siberia
A meteor the size of a bus exploded in the atmosphere over the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk Friday, terrifying thousands with blinding light flashes and powerful sonic booms that shattered windows, damaged buildings, and injuries may be heading toward 1,000, mainly due to flying glass and debris.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz brings "Pilgrimage" exhibition to Santa Fe
SANTA FE, N.M. – Annie Leibovitz, the photographer behind some of pop culture’s most memorable images, has brought some of her latest work to Santa Fe.
FSA finds 29 positive horsemeat tests
LONDON (Reuters) – The Food Standards Agency said it had found 29 positive tests for horsemeat after demanding samples from UK retailers engulfed in a contamination scandal that is spreading across Europe. The FSA on Friday said it had conducted 2,501 tests, 2,472 of which had come back negative for horsemeat levels above 1 percent, with 29 results testing positive for horsemeat levels above 1 percent. It said all products that tested positive had already been announced and appropriate steps taken. …
Passengers, some kissing ground, express relief odyssey aboard stricken Triumph is at an end
MOBILE, Ala. – As passengers of the Carnival cruise ship Triumph returned to shore after five days at sea without power or working toilets, they had a wide range of reactions. Here is a sampling:
Zimbabwe police clampdown Valentine's Day marchers
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- A women’s activism group says Zimbabwean police used tear gas and baton charged to disperse Valentine’s Day marchers, herding 195 people into a police precinct. Twenty-five were later treated for injuries, including broken teeth.
After Doug Parker dodged a career in computers, he's poised to run American Airlines instead
Doug Parker has no problem donning rapper Psy’s light blue tuxedo for Halloween and performing his own version of Gangnam Style before hundreds of employees. The CEO of US Airways even let a video of his dance get posted to YouTube. He’s outspoken, confident, and persistent, and he is very close to being put in charge of the world’s largest airline.
Canada Pension Plan board says quarterly investment returns grew
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, one of the world’s biggest pension funds, said Friday investment returns grew in its fiscal third-quarter as global equity markets strengthened. CPPIB, which manages Canada’s national pension fund, said it ended the quarter with net assets of C$172.6 billion, compared with C$170.1 billion at the end of the previous quarter. …
Canadian playing professional hockey in Russia jolted from bed by meteor blast
CHELYABINSK, Russia – A Canadian living in the biggest city affected by the meteor that streaked over Russia’s Ural Mountains says he was terrified at first.
Smoky Mountains road to Clingman's Dome opening this weekend, weather permitting
GATLINBURG, Tenn. – The road to Clingman’s Dome in the Smokies will be opened this weekend -- well ahead of its usual March 31 scheduled opening.
Police track elusive figure in soccer match-fixing
ROME (AP) -- At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan's Malpensa Airport after a 13-hour trip from Asia aboard a Singapore Airlines flight. The legacy of London's Iraq War march of 2003
Tansy Hoskins remembers stamping her feet to ward off the bitter February cold after managing to join millions of people squeezed into Hyde Park 10 years ago today for the United Kingdom’s largest-ever political demonstration.
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