… failings" in the marine department's safety standards. Fatal boat accidents are rare in Hong Kong despite its crowded waters, which often see high-speed hydrofoils vying for space with tourist junks, luxury yachts and a century-old public ferry system.

BRITISH expats are being offered a pleasure cruise with a difference in Spain — a day out on a luxury yacht packed with “high class” call girls. A firm has taken out ads in English-language newspapers on the Costa del Sol, promising trips “full of …

Lauren Silverman, who has enjoyed holidays on Cowell's yacht – sometimes with her husband and sometimes just with the X-Factor creator, lived a life of luxury that was empty without her husband Andrew around because he was often away on business, the …

A seven-night all-inclusive sea safari on Tiger Blue (tigerblue.info), a luxurious 112ft phinisi yacht, around the Indonesian archipelago. Worth up to £5,000. Luxurious Marrakesh Three nights at the five-star Palais Namaskar (palaisnamaskar.com …

DuPont technically counts as a basic-materials company, but its traditional emphasis on chemicals and its evolution toward greater exposure toward agricultural products keeps it well clear of the gold arena. The only metals producer in the Dow is Alcoa …

School administrators statewide, who in recent years have been dealing with budget shortfalls that have led to layoffs and service cutbacks, cheered the passage of Prop. 30 last fall. But whether administrators can parlay that infusion of cash into …

The UK's National Health Service has revealed that the heaviest child it has yet monitored was a 10-year-old girl who weighed 152 kilogrammes (24 stone). The information, gathered in the government's annual 'weigh-in' of all year-six pupils, showed …

<em>Series premieres Sun., June 2 at 9 p.m. ET.</em> <strong>What To Know</strong>: The reality series follows six college-educated women from affluent areas of Long Island who are still living with their families. …. premieres Mon., June 10 at 10 p …

His father, a wealthy businessman who lives in south Delhi, is known to be a strict parent who didn't approve of his son's flashy party-every-night lifestyle. But Bajaj had his … Bajaj is just a face in a sea of affluent kids in Delhi and Mumbai who …