Around the World Roundup: `Cars` Dethrones Billion-Dollar `Pirates` (Box Office Mojo)
The weekend that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man`s Chest relinquished the foreign throne after a nine-week reign, the supernatural swashbuckler crossed the $1 billion worldwide milestone (which includes domestic), a feat that only two other pictures have accomplished before, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . Pirates struck billion dollar booty in record time, too—63
Cruise near or far to escape the cold (Newsday)
If you`ve been to the Caribbean more often than to the corner grocer, as cruise specialist Rick White puts it, where else can you go this winter to flee the cold without having to mortgage your house? Several hot spots come to mind close to or below the Equator. A favorite is South America. Another favorite is Hawaii and the entire South Seas region. Farther down the globe, such amiable
"Pirates" returns to No. 1 at foreign box office (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Thanks to a record-setting opening in Italy, "Pirates of the Caribbean.
Century-old cricket stadium readies for Caribbean World Cup (Kansas City Star)
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados | Cranes pivot above the modest Bridgetown skyline as they transform one of the Caribbean’s oldest cricket grounds into a sleek, modern stadium. It is the premier venue for the region’s first Cricket World Cup, to be played here March 11-April 28.
1st issuing bank to join IFC Global Trade Finance Program in the Caribbean (Emerging Markets Economy)
The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has announced that Banco Multiple Leon, S.A., of the Dominican Republic, is the first issuing bank to join its Global Trade Finance Program in the Caribbean.
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