FamousAbout.com » Travel http://famousabout.com What's the Famous World News Online About? Tue, 22 May 2012 04:04:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Miss World boss plans Fiji trip after fiasco http://famousabout.com/miss-world-boss-plans-fiji-trip-after-fiasco http://famousabout.com/miss-world-boss-plans-fiji-trip-after-fiasco#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 08:18:55 +0000 ninaterol http://famousabout.com/miss-world-boss-plans-fiji-trip-after-fiasco The head of the Miss World beauty queen franchise says she plans to travel to Fiji “as soon as possible” to address the problems that turned last month’s pageant in the island nation into a fiasco.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/mexicos-slim-eyeing-telekom-austria-stake-report/feed 0 Under pressure, Chesapeake cuts director pay http://famousabout.com/under-pressure-chesapeake-cuts-director-pay http://famousabout.com/under-pressure-chesapeake-cuts-director-pay#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 07:54:10 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/under-pressure-chesapeake-cuts-director-pay (Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp , under growing pressure from shareholders to improve corporate governance, reduced the compensation for its outside directors by 20 percent and eliminated their use of its aircraft for personal travel, the company said on Friday. Chesapeake and its board have come under fire in recent weeks after Reuters reported, among other things, that Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon had taken out more than $1 billion in previously undisclosed loans using his interest in company wells. …

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]]> http://famousabout.com/under-pressure-chesapeake-cuts-director-pay/feed 0 Obama jokes with Clooney at star’s gala fundraiser http://famousabout.com/obama-jokes-with-clooney-at-stars-gala-fundraiser http://famousabout.com/obama-jokes-with-clooney-at-stars-gala-fundraiser#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 19:52:10 +0000 ninaterol http://famousabout.com/obama-jokes-with-clooney-at-stars-gala-fundraiser George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney’s good-humored expense.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/obama-jokes-with-clooney-at-stars-gala-fundraiser/feed 0 NASA to Test Air Force Drone for Quiet Supersonic Flight http://famousabout.com/nasa-to-test-air-force-drone-for-quiet-supersonic-flight http://famousabout.com/nasa-to-test-air-force-drone-for-quiet-supersonic-flight#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:55:07 +0000 Samantha Sy http://famousabout.com/nasa-to-test-air-force-drone-for-quiet-supersonic-flight A new U.S.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/travelers-smashes-estimates-insurance-rates-rising/feed 0 Warren Buffett has prostate cancer, sees no danger http://famousabout.com/warren-buffett-has-prostate-cancer-sees-no-danger http://famousabout.com/warren-buffett-has-prostate-cancer-sees-no-danger#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:18:02 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/warren-buffett-has-prostate-cancer-sees-no-danger (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chief Executive Warren Buffett said he has stage 1 prostate cancer but his condition “is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way.” Buffett, the world’s third-richest man, will begin a two-month treatment consisting of daily radiation treatments starting in mid-July, he said in a statement on Tuesday. This will limit his ability to travel during that time, Buffett added. ..

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]]> http://famousabout.com/warren-buffett-has-prostate-cancer-sees-no-danger/feed 0 Beyond drowsy, too little sleep ups diabetes risk http://famousabout.com/beyond-drowsy-too-little-sleep-ups-diabetes-risk http://famousabout.com/beyond-drowsy-too-little-sleep-ups-diabetes-risk#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:01:55 +0000 admin http://famousabout.com/beyond-drowsy-too-little-sleep-ups-diabetes-risk More people pull the night shift. Teens text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack red-eye flights.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/beyond-drowsy-too-little-sleep-ups-diabetes-risk/feed 0 Assailants attack UN convoy in Libya, no one hurt http://famousabout.com/assailants-attack-un-convoy-in-libya-no-one-hurt http://famousabout.com/assailants-attack-un-convoy-in-libya-no-one-hurt#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:59:56 +0000 Cheftonio http://famousabout.com/assailants-attack-un-convoy-in-libya-no-one-hurt Assailants threw a homemade bomb at a U.N. convoy in which the world body’s top diplomat in the country was traveling in Libya’s main eastern city on Tuesday, according to a security official.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/assailants-attack-un-convoy-in-libya-no-one-hurt/feed 0 Pinnacle Airlines files for bankruptcy in U.S. http://famousabout.com/pinnacle-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy-in-u-s http://famousabout.com/pinnacle-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy-in-u-s#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:52:34 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/pinnacle-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy-in-u-s (Reuters) – Pinnacle Airlines Corp , parent of Pinnacle Airlines and Colgan Air, filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest victim of high fuel prices and dampened travel demand.

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