The luxury yachts in the background might be a bit of a giveaway, but other than that it's the archetypal image of an ordinary doting grandmother surrounded by her smiling grandchildren. But this relaxed holiday snap in fact features of one of the …

Six super-strong hydraulic arms, each weighing 8 tons, will hold the boat to its mooring and keep it in place. The Sunborn Gibraltar is the first of a fleet of luxury yacht hotels by Sunborn. The company is planning to launch more yacht hotels in …

… 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 …