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Private equity groups are pouring money into mergers and acquisitions deals by the billions, and a small but growing portion of it is finding its way to intellectual property attorneys and strategists. The pace of M&A work opens the door to hidden IP dangers that may only come to light long after the deal is done, but the barbarians at the gate are now waking up to the importance of IP in their ...

Major automakers are pulling out all the stops to show off dozens of vehicles at the Shanghai Auto Show starting this weekend, highlighting China's rapid evolution from "bicycle kingdom" into the world's second-biggest, fastest-growing vehicle market.

In an effort lawmakers are comparing to the boycott that helped end apartheid in South Africa, Florida could shed billions in state investments in companies that do business with Iran and Sudan.

The Kingsville Chapter of the Navy League paid tribute to NAS Kingsville's top enlisted Sailors during a recent monthly luncheon at The Club.

Carphone Warehouse bucked the weak market trend on Wednesday as short sellers closed positions ahead of next week's investor day.

The air carrier turns a profit, but an expensive fleet update lies ahead.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars hosted the launch of BikeSafe Sussex 2007 at the company’s Goodwood manufacturing plant yesterday. Thirty employee motorcyclists were assessed by specially trained Sussex Police riders and advised on how to make their riding safer and more enjoyable.

MRO US, ATLANTA, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt&Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, signed three Global Service Partners (GSP) part replacement and repair agreements with Delta Air Lines.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, signed three Global Service Partners part replacement and repair agreements with Delta Air Lines. Together the agreements are valued at approximately $900 million.

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- United Technologies Corp., the maker of Otis elevators and Pratt & Whitney jet engines, said first-quarter profit rose 6.6 percent on demand from airlines, governments and overseas commercial construction.

Property firms continued to suffer today after yesterday’s higher-than-expected inflation figures led to fears of higher borrowing costs.

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Property stocks are pushing the Footsie lower as yesterday’s concerns about a rate rise, following the higher-than-expected inflation figures, continued to weigh.

Marketers say injecting a bit of irreverent, outside-the-box thinking into ad campaigns can help Kraft Foods reinvigorate some of its often-staid brands No matter what it does to infuse new life into its other brands, Kraft Foods Inc. simply must -- must -- do more with the Wienermobile.

SHANGHAI, China -- Major automakers are pulling out all the stops to show off dozens of vehicles at the Shanghai Auto Show starting this weekend, highlighting China's rapid evolution...

Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems, which opened its U.S. headquarters in North Canton last year, has acquired the local company it was sharing space with.

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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Leading shares opened lower as caution ahead of the Bank of England's latest rate setting minutes, the ongoing strength of the pound, and ex-dividend factors offset a solid performance on Wall Street overnight, dealers said.

He has worked with Wake schools in the past; both sides expect fair hearing.

Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems, which opened its U.S. headquarters in North Canton last year, has acquired the local company it was sharing space with.

British Ambassador to Indonesia Charles Humprey here on Wednesday inaugurated an Islamic elementary school building `Tsananul Ula` at Daraman village, Srimartani, Piyungan subdistrict, Bantuk District, Yogyakarta Province.

SINGAPORE, April 18 (Bernama) -- A high-level panel of international advisers is meeting in Singapore over the next three days to discuss the island state's growth strategies.

TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. and other Japanese electric-furnace steel makers are cutting production to cope with surging raw material costs, highlighting a tough earnings environment in the April-June quarter.

LONGMEADOW - Longmeadow High School's select 40-voice chorus, known as "Lyrics," will travel to Austria and Hungary this spring where they will perform nine concerts in the very places where the music they will sing was composed.

APRIL 17, 2007 -- Miami -- CMA Development Group is planning to renovating The Savoy, an 87-year-old resort on 200 feet of Miami oceanfront property, into a luxury residential community with condos and lofts as well as condo-hotel and hotel units.

The Kingsville Chapter of the Navy League paid tribute to NAS Kingsville's top enlisted sailors during a recent monthly luncheon at The Club. Among those honored was a Ben Bolt native.

The Kingsville Chapter of the Navy League paid tribute to NAS Kingsville's top enlisted Sailors during a recent monthly luncheon at The Club.

Vehicle Tested: 2005 Rolls-Royce Phantom 4dr Sedan (6.8L 12cyl 6A) MSRP of Test Vehicle: $347,050 Price It!!

Memories are made of this - coconut birthday cake, smoked mullet, backyard family barbecues, Sunday dinners on the porch.

Traders took an unusually keen interest in waste companies Biffa and Shanks Group on Tuesday after a broker predicted further deals in the sector.

The Malta Dockyards workers were praised by their foreign customers AGIP, ABB and Rolls Royce for the timely completion of a 4,500 tonne barge which will be used for electricity generation.

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - Global Strategic Business Report to their offering.

Otis Taylor's new album, "Below The Fold" (Telarc), continues his exploration of the universality of the blues, combining it with country music (banjos, fiddles), jazz (trumpeter Ron Miles), classical music (cellos), and African grooves.

AS HOME of The Derby, Epsom is used to some fiercely fought races - and on May 3 another one will take place, this time for seats on the local council.

Louis J. Pearlman gave the world boy bands and Britney, but he also swindled $317 million; rockers prepare for a tribute to Ahmet Ertegun; it's like old times again for Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee; and the down-and-dirty on the hottest soap stars.

KOLKATA - Mangoes and a macho motorcycle brand are the latest diplomatic tools for improving India-United States trade relations. That's the trade deal Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and US Trade Representative Susan Schwab thrashed out late last Friday in a bilateral trade forum in New Delhi.

VALLETTA, Malta (di-ve news) -- April 17, 2007 -- 1115CEST -- The Malta Shipyards has been praised for the professional and high quality work done in the construction of a 4,500 tonne vessel for the generation of electricity.

VALLETTA, Malta (di-ve news) -- April 17, 2007 -- 1115CEST -- The Malta Shipyards has been praised for the professional and high quality work done in the construction of a 4,500 tonne vessel for the generation of electricity.

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Industria de Turbo Propulsores, S. A. (ITP), is looking into the possibility of setting up a helicopter engine assembly and maintenance centre in Albacete which, initially, would mean an investment of 13 million euros and the creation of 75 jobs.The planned work surface would cover 5,000 square metres with the potential to expand to 7,000 in response to future growth.

LONDON'S market soared past the 6,500 level yesterday, maintaining its six-and-a-half-year high amid further merger and acquisition activity.

Mitchells & Butlers was in focus yesterday as the FTSE 100 closed at its highest level since September 2000.

A center designed to spur British development and application of advanced composites and intelligent structures has opened at the University of Bristol. The university said its Advanced Composites Center for Innovation and Science will bring together r

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Big gains on Wall Street, buoyant miners and a banking sector stimulated by takeover speculation helped London secure a new closing high above 6,500 Monday.

A center designed to spur British development and application of advanced composites and intelligent structures has opened at the University of Bristol.

Quattlebaum, Moran Earth Day shirt designs selected by school. Rosarian Academy eighth-grader Gretchen Quattlebaum and sixth-grader Kelly Moran have been selected as the winners of this year's Earth Day T-shirt design contest.

YOU'VE PROBABLY given Alex Bedford and his banner the nifty sidestep if you've come across him in Buchanan Street. You wouldn't be alone. Alex doesn't blame us. His younger self would have done much the same if he'd been confronted with someone trying to lure him into a lunchtime church service.

Brains Behind Boy Bands Steals Millions From Seniors in Pyramid Scheme, Now on the Lam

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Hedge fund manager Man Group started the week on a bright note thanks to an HSBC upgrade to 'overweight' from 'neutral' with price target up to 640p from 512p.

The latest extravagances from hotels as they coddle their business-traveler guests more with improved technology and more attention on "wellness."

The Fifth edition of the Gulf Maritime exhibition, the region's only maritime event dedicated to meeting the complete requirements of the commercial, government, and the military maritime industry, got underway at Expo Centre Sharjah on Monday, April 16, 2007.

LONDON----Gas Turbine Efficiency plc , a leading supplier of advanced cleaning, performance monitoring and fluid and control systems for gas turbines, announces its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2006.

A Lancashire's aerospace industry has landed a £1.6m boost to skills and training. (16/04/2007 09:44:25)

A listing of new businesses in Monroe County.

By KAREN HAMBRIDGE reports. THE size of a ballpoint pen and weighing in at just 10 ounces, tiny Amillia Taylor was finally given the all-clear to go home with her parents after being born prematurely at just 21 weeks and six days.

With parts flying in from suppliers in the U.S. and three other countries, Boeing’s challenge is ensuring all on the 787 team are on the same production page.

On the Move Name: Barbara Dunn-Stear. Title: Sales associate at Leading Edge Commercial Real Estate Services. Previous position: Formerly with Indiana Realty Group.

April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Otis Taylor has become one of those musicians who are too good to be famous -- but not good enough to be good and popular at the same time, like, for example, Jimi Hendrix. They are famous for not being famous.

The time has come for Collins Akpapunam, better know as Efizzi to raise the stakes among service providers incorporate entertainment and conferencing.

Baytown’s artists and aesthetes gathered Sunday at the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center to honor outstanding achievement by visual artists in the area.

Future virtuosos have the chance to conduct members of one of the world's top ensembles as part of the London Symphony Orchestra's tour this month.

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- After the space rocket, the superjumbo. Hot on the success of its second manned space mission, China is expanding its aerospace ambitions with plans for a large passenger aircraft to rival Western makers Boeing (BA) and Airbus.

MANILA, Philippines -- Local real state developer Bertaphil will open its third facility at the Clark Special Ecomic Zone targeting investors from the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.

When Cal Broomhead drove to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone last summer on vacation, he felt pretty bad about the carbon dioxide emissions from his Volvo station wagon. [[Podcast: How Earth Day became the "most popular secular holiday"]] So he...

Inventor Dean Kamen Recognizes Best of Young Robotics Competitors in "Super Bowl of Smarts"

"Ingrid Bergman - A Personal Biography," by Charlotte Chandler; Simon & Schuster, 334 pages, $26

"Ingrid Bergman - A Personal Biography," by Charlotte Chandler; Simon & Schuster, 334 pages, $26

So your son or daughter is dating someone who sends red flags flying, sort of like Hillard Quint, the man accused of pulling an expensive scam on several Chicago women. How can you make sure your child is not getting hurt irreparably or sucked into a scam?

More Than 10,000 Students From 23 Countries Combine Sports and . Technology at the FIRST Championship 15/04/2007 01:12:00 Business Wire Autodesk, Inc.

When Cal Broomhead drove to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone last summer on vacation, he felt pretty bad about the carbon dioxide emissions from his Volvo station wagon. So he paid $100 to a company that then subsidized a wind energy project that...

ATLANTA----Three teams from Worcester, Massachusetts, Las Vegas, Nevada, and South Windsor, Connecticut emerged victorious at the FIRST Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta this weekend.

Stars turn out as Grant Hackett marries his pop star princess Candice Alley.

OLYMPIC hero Grant Hackett wed singer Candice Alley in a late morning ceremony on the banks of Albert Park Lake yesterday.

ONLY the bride was shielded from prying eyes as Olympic swimming hero Grant Hackett wed singer Candice Alley on the banks of Melbourne's Albert Park Lake yesterday.

Grant Hackett dives into married life with singer Candice Alley.

Superfish Grant Hackett has dived into married life after exchanging wedding vows with singer Candice Alley in Melbourne.

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The Rev. David Brown Jr. preached so passionately that he started to shiver. Sweat flowed down his face as words poured out of him.

OLYMPIC hero Grant Hackett has married singer Candice Alley in a late-morning lakeside ceremony in Melbourne.

SWIMMING hero Grant Hackett married singer Candice Alley in a romantic ceremony at Albert Park Lake, in Melbourne today.

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Leading shares ended firmer, at their highest close since September 2000, as strength in heavyweight pharmas and oil stocks added to M&A-inspired gains in confectionary giant Cadbury Schweppes, ( Nachrichten ) dealers said.

LONDON (SHARECAST) - London’s top stocks ended with a late flurry as the day's solid performance from the pharmaceutical and oil sectors was added to by late M&A rumours.

So your son or daughter is dating someone who sends red flags flying, sort of like Hillard Quint, the man accused of pulling an expensive scam on several Chicago women. How can you make sure your child is not getting hurt irreparably or sucked into a scam?

AstraZeneca 2,822 up 71 US peer Merck ups guidance GlaxoSmithKline 1,464 up 31 US peer Merck ups guidance BP 574-1/2 up 11-1/2 Own share buying; firm crude price, Brent nears 70 usd a barrel Royal Dutch Shell 1,730 up 32 Crude price firms, Brent nears 70 usd a barrel J Sainsbury 531-1/2 up 9 Rally after slump Thursday; Deutsche Bank ups target to 525p from 510 Cadbury Schweppes 675-1/2 up 8-1/2 ...

Research In Motions fourth-quarter and full-year preliminaries, together with its first predictions for its fiscal 2008, show the business mobility vendor shrugging off stock options investigations with healthy subscriber growth, underscored by the early success of its expansion into the prosumer space.

Wondering why Tiger didn't win the Masters on Sunday? OMC sports columnist Dave Begel figured it out when he took at look at Tiger's daily planners from before and after his wedding to the lovely Elin.

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - UK blue-chips continued to trade higher midmorning, with Barclays up on rumours it could become a target itself if it walks away from its mooted merger with ABN Amro, while oil heavyweights and pharma stocks also supported, dealers said.

At 10.09 am, the FTSE 100 index was up 15.1 points at 6,431.5, while the broader indices made moderate gains. However, volume was below average, with just 611 mln shares changing hands in 101,450 deals.

THE final piece of a £600,000 Barnoldswick heritage project was put into place as the last flagstone was lowered into position in the repaved section of path at Clough Park. (13/04/2007 08:02:00)

Advocates for "Passenger Bill of Rights" legislation in the US said this week they have organized a large and growing group of supporters and are getting positive feedback from members of Congress as they push for passage of legislation that would regulate airline operations during ground delays.

The Colgate men's lacrosse Team cruised to another key victory on a blistery Tuesday night against the Bearcats of Binghamton University by a score of 12-6. The non-conference win extends the Raiders home winning streak to an impressive six games and the performance should also secure an upward movement in the team's national rankings.

Kylie Minogue introduced a new swimwear range and yet another new look, replacing her pixie-like crop with a blonde bob, as she made her performing debut in China.

Former Cold War enemies, Eastern bloc countries and the university are forging friendships through music.

Our client is one of the world’s largest metal producers with annual turnover of over £9 billion and major operating facilities in the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway, and Belgium. The company has 41,200 employees in over 40 countries and sales offices and service centres worldwide.

The Rolls-Royce Trent 700 has won its first order for the recently launched Airbus A330-200 freighter through Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP), a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners.

London, Apr 12 : Former model and activist Heather Mills has been called the 'Rolls Royce' of the dance floor, by the judges of the reality show 'Dancing With the Stars' who have been floored by her skill.

A GROUP of young Lanarkshire people taking part in a Prince’s Trust programme rolled up their sleeves and performed their own makeover for the Blue Triangle homeless unit in Hamilton.

With some 8,000 new condos (and 17,500 more in the next two years) slated to open in Miami, the market might seem a trifle oversupplied, but signs of life abound.

Trent 700 Deal Could Be Worth More Than $200M Rolls-Royce announced Wednesday it has received its first order for as many as 12 Trent 700 engines for the Airbus A330-200 freighter.

Bonhams is delighted to announce details of an additional motorcycle sale in the 2007 calendar. The Peter McManus Collection, a single-owner collection of some 150 machines will be offered for sale – all at no reserve - on site in Derbyshire on 1 July 2007.

A removal man who let a £45,000 concert piano slip off the back of his lorry says it's "the worst thing that's ever happened to me". Brian Haigh made a humiliating public apology to the instrument's owner and told how the experience left him lost for words.

Memories are made of this - coconut birthday cake, smoked mullet, backyard family barbecues, Sunday dinners on the porch.

Three die in separate incidents Three men - an Enemalta Corporation employee, a 33-year-old man from Qormi and a young visitor - died in separate incidents yesterday, the police said. Carmelo Galea, 56, of Safi, died...

Kylie Minogue introduced a new swimwear range and yet another new look, replacing her pixie-like crop with a blonde bob, as she made her performing debut in China.

Kylie Minogue introduced a new swimwear range and yet another new look, replacing her pixie-like crop with a blonde bob, as she made her debut in China.

DETROIT, April 11 -- The Kolene Corporation will showcase the future of manufacturing efficiency to some 30,000 engineer and TACOM military leaders at this year's SAE World Congress, April 16 - 19, at Detroit's Cobo Hall.

Jet Airways' attorneys confirmed yesterday that a new acquisition deal for Air Sahara has been reached ( ATWOnline , April 11) . The lawyers told reporters in Mumbai that the sides have agreed to an undisclosed purchase price and submitted the accord to an arbitration panel that is resolving disputes related to the carriers' failed merger last year.

Dallas, Texas - Dallas Airmotive has appointed Alton D. Johnson as General Manager of its Premier Turbines division in Neosho, Missouri. Johnson will be responsible for day-to-day operations and P&L for the engine repair and overhaul facility.

"Stradivarius of the piano world" takes an 8-foot tumble.

"Stradivarius of piano world" was irreplaceable.

British removal men showed that moving grand pianos was not their forte by dropping a R370 000 instrument off the back of a lorry.

The Kolene Corporation will showcase the future of aviation manufacturing - and remanufacturing - efficiencies at next week's Aviation Week Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Exhibition being held at the Cobb Galleria Center.

The Kolene Corporation will showcase the future of manufacturing efficiency to some 30,000 engineer and TACOM military leaders at this year's SAE World Congress, April 16 - 19, at Detroit's Cobo Hall.

The organiser of a Devon music festival speaks of her horror as she saw a £45,000 grand piano fall off the back of a removal firm's lorry.

A music festival organiser speaks of her horror seeing a £45,000 grand piano fall off the back of a removal lorry.

LONDON - As piano pratfalls go, it doesn't get much worse. Piano removal firm G&R Removals of Chiswick left the organisers of the Two Moors Festival, an annual classical music festival, "distraught" after it bungled the delivery of a new £45,000 ($122,000) instrument.

A British couple's dream of unveiling a valuable concert grand piano at their annual music festival came crashing down before them on Tuesday.

DOING 595 MPH SOMEWHERE OVER TEXAS -- He is surrounded by fine leather, lacquered mahogany tables, doors and walls and brass bathroom and shower fixtures, and his steward is about to serve a gourmet three-course meal -- with a choice of fine wines, of course.

Ian Dewar, of Thompson Drive, Middleton-on-the-Wolds, writes . . . (11/04/2007 11:02:54)

Organisers of a classical music festival have been telling Sky News how they were distraught when the delivery of a ¿¿45,000 grand piano went horribly wrong.

GRAMBLING, La. -- Grambling State's new football coach looked across his office at a photo he took w...

WHEN Laurel and Hardy did it everyone laughed, but when removal men bungled the delivery of a real-life grand piano costing tens of thousands of dollars no one was smiling.

ROLLS-Royce’s move from Nerston to Langlands Business Park, looks to be dead in the water. The News has discovered the company only has days left to access £10 million worth of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) money from the Scottish Executive otherwise it will lose out on the massive grant.

British removal men have showed that moving grand pianos was not their forte by dropping a £26 000 instrument off the back of a lorry.

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Javascript is disabled in your browser. To use all the features of this site, please enable it. For a text-only version of Dispatch.com click here. This Bosendorfer grand piano was valued at $88,750 before the movers dropped it yesterday in Sandyway, England.

IT’S a hot sunny day in South Wales and a woman approaches an ice cream van for a scoop or two of the local gold medal-winning favourite.

Tony Blair reflects on Jim Callaghan and discusses how Labour’s inner city regeneration strategy began a regeneration renaissance throughout British cities.

There's a glaring problem with most SUVs. While they're perfect for crossing the Gobi Desert or scaling the continental divide, they're absolutely awful on pavement. Driving an SUV in the city is like having a pet penguin in Mexico or spending your spring break in Helsinki. It's simply not right.

It looked like a typical Monday morning in Chandlerville. Main Street was lined with the usual cars and pickups, parked diagonally as is the small-town way. But something was different.

London, Apr 11 (ANI): Former model and activist Heather Mills has been called the 'Rolls Royce' of the dance floor, by the judges of the reality show 'Dancing With the Stars' who have been floored by her skill. After her performance with dance partner Jonathan Roberts, the 39-year-old once again earned lavish praises from the judges. "You continue to amaze me. You look like ...

Everything looks OK as the movers take the piano out of the lorry. Two Moors Festival organisers say they saved up for two years to raise the cash needed to buy the Bosendorfer - the Rolls-Royce of pianos.

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Rolls Royce has won the first order for its Trent 700 engines for use in the recently-launched Airbus A330-200 freighter through Guggenheim Aviation Partners.

LONDON -- British removal men showed that moving grand pianos was not their forte by dropping a £26,000 ($51,000) instrument off the back of a lorry, media reported Wednesday.

CULT cop show Life on Mars nominated for three BAFTAs.

CULT cop show Life on Mars could bow out a BAFTA success after being nominated for three TV awards.

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce Group PLC said it has won its first order for engines for the Airbus A330-200 freighter, worth about 200 mln usd.

Rolls-Royce said aviation investment firm Guggenheim Aviation Partners, a subsidiary of US financial services group Guggenheim Partners, had chosen the Trent 700 to power up to six aircraft.

Grambling State's new football coach looked across his office at a photo he took with the legendary Eddie Robinson nearly a decade ago.

A grand piano valued at $88,750 crashed to the ground as it was being unloaded Tuesday in Sandyway, England. Fundraisers for the Two Moors Festival saved for two years to buy the 10-year-old Bosendorfer piano, which they say is considered the Rolls-Royce of pianos, at an auction this year.

DOING 595 MPH SOMEWHERE OVER TEXAS -- He is surrounded by fine leather, lacquered mahogany tables, doors and walls and brass bathroom and shower fixtures, and his steward is about to serve a gourmet three-course meal -- with a choice of fine wines, of course.

Grambling State's new football coach looked across his office at a photo he took with the legendary Eddie Robinson nearly a decade ago. Rod Broadway was an assistant under Steve Spurrier back then, having coached defensive linemen during Florida's 1996 national championship campaign.

Grambling State's new football coach looked across his office at a photo he took with the legendary Eddie Robinson nearly a decade ago. Rod Broadway was an assistant under Steve Spurrier back then, having coached defensive linemen during Florida's 1996 national championship campaign.

DOING 595 MPH SOMEWHERE OVER TEXAS -- He is surrounded by fine leather, lacquered mahogany tables, doors and walls and brass bathroom and shower fixtures, and his steward is about to serve a gourmet three-course meal -- with a choice of fine wines, of course.

CLUMSY removal men stand around in shock after dropping a £26,000 piano and watching it smash on the ground. Music lovers spent two years raising the money to buy the magnificent Bosendorfer grand piano for a festival.

Supporters turned up to watch the moment but could only stand in stunned silence as the concert grand fell off the back of the lorry, hit the gravel path and fell upside down on granite steps.

Divine messages are tricky, particularly for true believers who have no choice but to obey whatever directive the big G passes down. "God told me to!" can lead to heroic or comical or tragic ends; really, it's a convenient excuse to do just about anything.

Throw superstition to the wind for an evening of elegance, gaming and entertainment from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m, April 13. Monte Carlo on Marco will provide Islanders and other guests an evening to remember.

THE artistic director of a British music festival says she was left "numb" after watching a ?45,000 ($107,477) grand piano slide off a removal lorry and down a 2.5m drop.

A £45,000 grand piano smashed to the ground in front of horrified concert organisers after it fell 14ft from a delivery lorry down an embankment.

THE artistic director of a British music festival says she felt "numb" after watching a rare $107,000 grand piano slide off a removal lorry and down a 2.5m drop.

As piano pratfalls go, the moment captured here must rank high. Laurel and Hardy could never get to grips with transporting a piano over treacherous terrain. Neither, it seems, can G&R Removals of Chiswick.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced details of the winning design for a permanent large-scale artwork to be situated at the Bishop Otter campus, Chichester University.

There's a glaring problem with most SUVs. While they're perfect for crossing the Gobi Desert or scaling the continental divide, they're absolutely awful on pavement. Driving an SUV in the city is like having a pet penguin in Mexico or spending your spring break in Helsinki. It's simply not right.

NEW YORK -- Anyone who's met Lou Pearlman can see he likes to live large.

American Airlines and the Transport Workers Union , representing the airline's maintenance workers, today unveiled a new print advertising campaign that focuses on the airline's ability to transform itself into a world-class aircraft maintenance provider.

The British Government has given more details of a review examining ways to reduce the global warming impact caused by cars.

ATLANTA, BUSINESS WIRE -- Since September 2006, more than 130,000 young people in 37 countries have been planning, building, and testing their robotic designs for a chance to compete at the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, April 12-14, in Atlanta's Georgia Dome. Months of preparation and regional competitions culminate this weekend, as teams ...

ATLANTA----Since September 2006, more than 130,000 young people in 37 countries have been planning, building, and testing their robotic designs for a chance to compete at the annual FIRST Championship, April 12-14, in Atlanta's Georgia Dome.

A £45,000 concert grand piano has been wrecked after delivery men dropped it 14 feet off the back of a lorry.

LAWRENCE, Mass.----Aras® Corporation, leading Microsoft® enterprise open source software solution provider, today announced that Ogihara America Corporation has selected the Aras Innovator® open source solution suite for enterprise quality management and Advance Product Quality Planning compliance.

A £90,000 concert grand piano has been wrecked after delivery men dropped it 14 feet off the back of a lorry. Music lovers had spent two years raising the cash to buy the nine-foot-long Bosendorfer for the Two Moors Festival in Devon

A £45,000 concert grand piano has been wrecked after delivery men dropped it 14 feet off the back of a lorry.

State pension funds may soon be divested from corporations doing business in Sudan - the state House of Representatives unanimously passed a divestment bill last Thursday by a vote of 56-0. The legislation, previously passed unanimously by the Senate, will now go to Gov. Donald Carcieri '65.

The latest www.WeddingChaos.co.uk survey, with 1,250 votes, had a clear target for which wedding service would get the chop first - a little over 27% said that the wedding transport would be the first to go. (PRWeb Apr 10, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/VGhpci1QaWdnLUhhbGYtQ3Jhcy1NYWduLVplcm8=

The latest www.WeddingChaos.co.uk survey, with 1,250 votes, had a clear target for which wedding service would get the chop first - a little over 27% said that the wedding transport would be the first to go.

Rolls-Royce has created an armoured version of its Phantom that meets the highest current international protection rating yet looks just like the original.

(April 6, 2007) -- Record-breaking helicopter pilots Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill are due to reach the North Pole in the next 24 hours, nearly a week ahead of schedule.

Anyone who's met Lou Pearlman can see he likes to live large. The music impresario, who became famous by creating and managing boy bands including the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, enjoyed flaunting his private jet, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Louis XIV bed and Rolex watch.

DUBAI — Dubai-based explorer Adrian Hayes is inching closer to glory as he is half-way through completing his trek through the Artic Circle to the North Pole.

Two years ago, Sian Pearce became the first female musical director of that famous standard-bearer of Welsh masculinity, the Morriston Orpheus Choir. Another great all-male bastion buckling under the pressure of political correctness? Not a bit of it.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced that a new armoured version of the Phantom will be launched, offering substantial security benefits for those customers that require the highest levels of personal protection.

The Helicopter Museum (THM) at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, which holds the world's largest dedicated collection of rotary-wing aircraft, has been awarded a £290,500 grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards new education, skills training and conservation facilities.

Meggitt PLC (“Meggitt” or “the Group”), the international aerospace, and defence group, is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Meggitt Avionics, has been selected by Boeing to supply the standby flight display system for the Block III AH-64D Apache Longbow.

Recovery in the airline industry has driven profits higher at the Sequa Corp., whose businesses run the gamut from car parts to tuxedos.

CHICAGO -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Rolls Royce Corp. on alleged clean-air violations at the company's helicopter engine manufacturing plant at 2001/2355 S. Tibbs Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

Ken Walls tells a dense story, full of the names of famous, and not-so-famous, people. So dense with people, places, years, events and deals, that it is often hard to follow.

A small mountain village in Umbria is fighting New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for the ownership of a 2,600-year-old Etruscan war chariot.

SEPANG: The fans' voices at the Formula One Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix have never been louder. A record-breaking 115,000 fans from far and near “roared” their way throughout the race here yesterday in support of their favourite teams.

Saturday -- 7:30 p.m. FIRST -- 1. Foxy Move. Looks to extend winning streak to four. 2. Yankee Lance. Drops back to more realistic level. 3. Point Of Attack. Rallied for second in Big M debut.

This dermatologist springs into action when congressmen, royalty and other powermongers need a touchup for TV or the Web. As far back as George Washington and his dentures, American politicians have had to factor their looks into the calculus of their own electoral likeability. But now the relentless technology-driven news cycle -- in which politicians find themselves on call for talk shows ...

If there is one good thing to emerge from the challenge to the Chancellor that his tax changes in 1997 have wrecked Britain's funded pension system, it is that the whole debate is now so wide open, we can as a country think a bit more clearly about how our private pension sector should be encouraged (or not) in the future.

John Reid has been accused of “serving the interests of the Iranian military” after authorising a British court action against a millionaire businessman and his family at Tehran’s request.

Spanning 5000 kilometres along the ancient trade routes of India, Nepal and Bhutan, the Himalaya Classic Rally has been a great leveller for its participants. When the rally finally ended in Kolkata, our correspondent caught up with the youngest participant, eight-year-old Laurie from Scotland, and the oldest couple, the Inns from England, to hear their narrative LAURIE S STORY Every little boy ...

Saturday -- 7:30 p.m. FIRST -- 1. Foxy Move. Looks to extend winning streak to four. 2. Yankee Lance. Drops back to more realistic level. 3. Point Of Attack. Rallied for second in Big M debut.

Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (U.S.) has acquired the assets of Ohio fuel cell startup company SOFCo-EFS Holdings LLC from McDermott International Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

GOODWOOD, England — The gold standard with most armored vehicles is to make them look indistinguishable from their more conventional counterparts. That's why you really can't tell that the new armored version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom is any different from the run-of-the-mill Phantom.

Paul Lewis travels to a remote cocoa plantation deep in the Venezuelan forest where money grows on trees.

GOODWOOD, England — The gold standard with most armored vehicles is to make them look indistinguishable from their more conventional counterparts. That's why you really can't tell that the new armored version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom is any different from the run-of-the-mill Phantom.

Rolls-Royce gives rich dictators even greater protection

Deploying a larger invasion force during the first stage of the Iraq War could have been a mistake that cost thousands of American lives, retired Army Gen. Tommy Franks, told an audience at the Petroleum Club on Thursday.

Ruthe Stein offers a snapshot of the 1990 festival: Louis Malle and his wife, Candice Bergen, are at the opening-night screening of his comedy "May Fools." The director tells the audience beforehand, "I want you to laugh. You're allowed to laugh."...

More than half of car drivers are complying with 30mph speed limits for the first time, according to the Department of Transport. The proportion of drivers who break the limit in built-up areas fell from 72% in 1996 to 49% last year.

Rolls-Royce has announced that a new armoured version of the Phantom will be launched. Engineered to VR7 level, the highest current international protection rating, the Phantom Armoured doesn't look much different from the standard version, both inside and out.

Tool dealer Denis Wilson (56) and his wife Jill stowed their cherished yellow Rolls Royce aboard a trailer yesterday and watched it being driven away on the first stage of its journey to Beijing.

The museum curator's eyes widened and his voice rose as he spoke about the assassination of the popular Irish Catholic political leader...

FAMILY and friends of Mr Clive Parkinson packed into Holy Trinity Church, Barnoldswick, for his funeral. (06/04/2007 08:02:01)

As Betty and I listened last month to a program of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, Scott Joplin, Ferde Grofé and others presented by the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, I thought to myself that American popular music—I’m talkin’ Tin Pan Alley, folks, not the dreck that passes for “popular” these days—has to be some of the greatest music ever written, and that I’m lucky ...

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The Game's recently premiered a diss record aimed at video vixen Vida Guerra on Los Angeles' Power 106. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.

TORONTO (CP) - Conrad Black's attempts to retain some control over his image during his fraud trial by writing newspaper articles may have the unintended effect of galvanizing already determined U.S. prosecutors to seek a harsher sentence if he is convicted, observers say.