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Titanic times five: Oasis of the Seas aims to leave cruise rivals in huge wake

World's largest cruise liner Oasis of the Seas – central park, half-mile perimeter, 2,291 staff and all – aims to be too big to fail In pictures: Oasis of the Seas At dock in its vast custom-made port in Fort Lauderdale,...

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Shel Dorf

Devoted comic fan and historian who founded the international Comic-Con convention in the US Shel Dorf, who has died aged 76, was a fan and historian of comics and the founder of the annual Comic-Con International convention in...

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Stephen King plots The Shining sequel

Horror writer Stephen King has revealed that a sequel to The Shining would focus on a 40-year-old Danny Torrance Jack Torrance's little boy Danny was last seen recuperating in Maine after escaping the insane evil of the...

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"Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system

The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services launched a special strike force in Miami in 2007 to combat Medicare fraud in South Florida and similar units have been set up in Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit.

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Microsoft names new CFO

By Richard Waters in San Francisco Microsoft on Tuesday turned back to its roots in the technology industry and the Seattle area as it announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer to replace Chris Liddell, who had...

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Britain 'one of the worst countries for expats'

Britain has been voted one of the worst places in the world for expats to live with immigrants bemoaning the high cost of living and tedious daily commute. Others complained that their health had deteriorated since moving to...

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Behave, conservatives

Telegraph weekly world edition letters, issue 956 SIR – Conservatives have little or no respect for anyone. Not only do American Republicans see President Barack Obama as "Bamm-Bamm", Hilary Clinton as Wilma Flintstone and Bill...

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Scotiabank to roll out mobile banking in Canada with M-Com

25 November, 2009 Scotiabank to roll out mobile banking in Canada with M-Com Scotiabank today announced a new partnership with M-Com, an international mobile banking and payments solution provider, that will bring mobile...

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Boxing: McEwan gets De La Hoya boost

Published Date: 25 November 2009 EDINBURGH's Craig McEwan will be cheered on by boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya when he faces Jamie Parison in Canada. The unbeaten middleweight, now based in Los Angeles, is bidding to notch his...

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Federal Court Freezes Assets Of Minnesota Residents Trevor Cook And Patrick Kiley And Their...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held by Minnesota residents Trevor G. Cook , Patrick Kiley , and their companies, Oxford Global Advisors, LLC (OGA),...

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