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Sheraton Anchorage Hotel Offering Best Anchorage Accommodations and Suite Rooms in Alaska

The Sheraton Anchorage Hotel is located at the Anchorage city in Alaska has the best lodging amenities and hotel services to offer. The Anchorage hotel's suite rooms is definitely the best among the other city hotels.

Oct 29, 2015 02:54 AM EDT


South Korea, China, and Japan to discuss free trade deal at Seoul summit

China, South Korea, and Japan have announced plans to reignite a three-party summit that was halted in 2012 due to lingering animosity towards Japan's part in WWII.

Oct 27, 2015 01:57 AM EDT


Yen against euro may soar further in price swings

Anticipating that Yen would further strengthen against the euro following investors' betting on lower interest rates, the Japane's currency may further rise in price swings. Yen against the euro rose eight percent this year. Bank of Japan is likely to be under pressure to keep interest rate at lower level following the cues from ECB.

Oct 27, 2015 01:28 AM EDT


Sweden to cut spending, borrows more to accommodate overwhelming refugees

With the multitudes of refugees crossing its boarders, Sweden must have an extra $7 billion in 2016 and $8.2 billion every year until 2019 to accommodate the asylum seekers.

Oct 26, 2015 11:12 PM EDT


Ethiopian Airlines To Operate New York Flight Route on 2016

Ethiopia's flag carrier, Ethiopia Airlines will launch the New York flight route nex year 2016. The airline also already purchase 20 new Boeing 777 aircraft types to be use for the new destination.

Oct 26, 2015 07:19 AM EDT


BP and Shell Lost Billions of Profits Due To Oil Exploration Failure

BP and Shell were battered losing billions of profits because of oil price plunge and unsuccessful oil exploration. Contributing to the loss is the drop in China's demand for oil and Saudi Arabia's restraint on the oil production.

Oct 26, 2015 08:09 AM EDT


Oil prices under pressure amid weaker demand outlook

Crude oil prices continued to trade in low range amid sagging demand and its bleak outlook for remaining part of 2015. The oversupply position is also impacting the oil price in a negative way. Speculators are withdrawing from their previous bets on rising prices. The front-month US crude futures were trading at $44.65 per barrel 12 percent lower than the peak level in October.

Oct 26, 2015 08:34 PM EDT


Saudi Arabia may face cash crunch after 5 years

The Middle East (ME) region also may not sustain cheap oil prices for long. If oil price continues to hover at $50 per barrel, majority of Gulf nations will run out of cash in next five years, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF). There's no exception to Saudi Arabia, the leader of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), Oman and Bahrain.

Oct 26, 2015 08:47 PM EDT


Royal Caribbean's Splendour of the Sea Experience Fire disruption while Sailing toward Argostoli, Greece

The Royal Caribbean's Splendour of the Sea suffers fire disruption last Thursday. The cruise line brand reported the incident on their social media, twitter. Consumer Advocate, Clark Howard was reported on board the said cruise ship and also reported the fire incident to his colleagues at the Atlanta local News 95.5 and AM 750 WSB.

Oct 26, 2015 06:53 AM EDT


Yum Brands spins off its China business

The US-based Yum Brands Inc has decided to make its China division a separate publicly-traded company. Yum Brands is the owner of popular brands KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. The sales of these brands have been slipping for the past three years. Yum Brands Inc is planning to regain the market share for the brands in the world's second largest economy. The new company will aim at repositioning the brands.

Oct 29, 2015 02:39 AM EDT


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