Fuel Prices Dampen Carnival's Party
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The cruise-line operator lowers guidance and keeps an eye on hurricane season and the Caribbean.
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Security concerns are preventing fuel and other goods from leaving a key port.
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Thousands of people join in with carnival celebrations in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Tens of thousands of revelers jammed the streets of Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the city's world-renowned carnival, putting aside the violence that has cast a shadow over the city in recent weeks.
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A Spanish court on Thursday  canceled Carnival celebrations in the Canary Islands city of  Santa Cruz de Tenerife -- one of the biggest in the world --  because they are too noisy.
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America is drunk on ethanol -- Midwestern corn farmers, Detroit automakers, politicians approving subsidies and Bush shaking hands in Brazil, but ethanol isn't ready for primetime. By the Associated Press.
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Police say at least half a million people are expected to attend the main day of the 43rd Notting Hill Carnival.
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By Anonymous  The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum.
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The green sports car race is hyped this week with a hybrid Honda mean machine. Have fun, but hold off on the eco kudos -- these rides burn hydrocarbons. In Epicenter.
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Mexican tourism promoters are gambling that the scream of engines can rival the lure of the beach. On Monday, they announced that a new $70 million racetrack near Mexico&#39;s Caribbean
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A hike in petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices was postponed yet again by the government today. The decision was taken after pressure from the Left, which wanted the price hike to be put off till after the
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More than a million people are expected to attend this weekend&#39;s Notting Hill Carnival in London, an annual extravaganza of Caribbean music and dance that is the biggest street party in Europe.
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Some say the $16-a-day charge aimed at alleviating traffic will hurt businesses.
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THAT night, it seemed as if three or four parties were going on at once in Cosmo Manille. Wrong, palanggas. Actually, there were five in Makati alone, and one of them had a stream of traffic
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The amusement park company may be looking to sell itself.
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High gasoline prices already had most people cutting back on driving before the shutdown of an Alaska pipeline threatened to push costs even higher. However, few drivers are making bigger changes, such as carpooling or using mass transit.
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Carnival Corp, the world's biggest  cruise firm, raised its 2005 forecast for net revenue yields on  Tuesday, saying ticket price rises would more than offset high  fuel costs and a major cruise cancellation.