Archive for January 19th, 2012
Luxury watches seek solace in glamour of bygone eras
By Victoria Bryan and Nathalie Olof-Ors GENEVA | Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:02am EST GENEVA (Reuters) – Simple elegance for debt-ridden Europe, glitzy diamonds and gold for booming Asia. The pieces being unveiled by Switzerland’s luxury watchmakers at the Geneva watch fair harked back to bygone eras with classic shapes, roman numerals and a good [...]
Why is the sky blue? Kids’ questions parents fear
By Li-mei Hoang LONDON | Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:05am EST LONDON (Reuters) – They range from the easy, like “would a shark beat a dinosaur in a fight?” through the tricky, like “why is the sky blue?” to the near-impossible, such as “how much does the earth weigh?” Kids bombard their parents with questions [...]
Island priest saves ship disaster relics as reminder
By Steve Scherer GIGLIO, Italy | Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:09am EST GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) – In front of the altar in the church of Santi Lorenzo e Mamiliano is a small table covered with relics — a lifejacket, a half-eaten panettone cake, a hard hat. They are not sacred objects or remains of a [...]
Caruso Affiliated Gives $100,000 to Local Schools Through Innovative Holiday Season Program
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Local schools will receive $100,000 in contributions from Caruso Affiliated thanks to shoppers at The Grove and The Americana at Brand who were given the opportunity this holiday season to ask that Caruso Affiliated pledge five percent of their total purchase price to the local school of their choice. “It will make a [...]
Dr. Paul Toote: Helping and Healing Go Hand-in-Hand at National Premed Consulting
MCKINNEY, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Most people become doctors because they want to help people. Dr. Paul Toote, an Emergency Medicine Physician and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, not only became a doctor to do just that, but he became CEO and President of National Premed Consulting to help others realize their dreams of becoming doctors too. “The benefit [...]
