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June 12, 2007
Bongo Announces Vanessa Minnillo to Star in Its Fall Advertising Campaign : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Bongo spokesperson, Vanessa Minnillo, on set at the Bongo fall photo shoot.
NEW YORK -- Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ:ICON) announced June 11 that it will continue its association with Vanessa Minnillo for its junior brand, Bongo. Bongo has signed Minnillo for a second season and she will appear in the brand's fall 2007 advertising campaign. |GlobalGiants.com|
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June 11, 2007
First Trent 1000s Shipped by Rolls-Royce for Boeing 787 : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: The first pair of Trent 1000 engines has been shipped by Rolls-Royce for installation on the Boeing 787. The engines were dispatched from the company's Derby, UK facilities on schedule. |GlobalGiants.com|
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Bank of America Delivers First Premium Credit Card Designed Exclusively for its Wealthy and Affluent Clients : GlobalGiants.com
New Bank of America Accolades(TM) American Express(R) Card Offers Distinctive Perks and Benefits.
BOSTON, June 11-- Bank of America today introduced the Bank of America Accolades(TM) American Express(R) card, the first premium credit card designed exclusively for Bank of America's affluent, wealthy and ultra- wealthy clients served through Premier Banking & Investments(TM), The Private Bank of Bank of America and its extension, Family Wealth Advisors. |GlobalGiants.com|
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Flooding Leaves 600,000 Homeless and at least 18 Dead in China : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: A woman and her child wait for rescue on a raft in the flash flood in Meizhou of south China's Guangdong Province Sunday, June 10, 2007. (Color China)
Heavy rains have killed 18 people and left four missing, 5,843 houses collapsed by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday in Guangdong, according to local authorities. At least 66 people have been killed in flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains in China and nearly 600,000 have been left homeless, a state news agency reported Monday. |GlobalGiants.com|
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Boeing Adds Russias S7 Airlines to 787 Customer Team : GlobalGiants.com
S7 becomes first Russian airline to order and operate Dreamliner.
Photo: Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Russias S7 Group have announced an order for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and purchase rights for 10 additional 787s. S7 Group subsidiary S7 Airlines will operate the advanced-technology Dreamliners. The 787s will replace S7s fleet of aging twin-aisle airplanes and provide capacity for growth. The order is valued at $2.3 billion at catalog prices. |GlobalGiants.com|
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June 10, 2007
2008 Ford Taurus : GlobalGiants.com
Photos: The 2008 Ford Taurus Driving on the streets of Dallas June 8, 2007. The Ford Taurus is rated America's safest full-size car and features an exterior redesign, more horsepower and torque thanks to a new 3.5-liter V-6 engine, available all-wheel-drive and safety upgrades that include optional AdvanceTrac(R) Ford's electronic stability control system. Photo by: Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co. |GlobalGiants.com|
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ING DIRECT: FAMED DAREDEVIL FLIES 150 FEET OVER MOUNTAIN OF MONEY : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Kaptain Robbie Knievel, son of legendary daredevil "Evel" Knievel, soars 150 feet over a heaping mountain of money representing the $4.6 billion in interest ING DIRECT customers have earned since 2000. His big leap was part of the ING DIRECT Independence Ride 2007, a full-day event which took place in Wilmington, DE on Saturday, June 9th. In addition to the jump, the event included a 60-mile motorcycle ride with more than 1000 riders and a performance by the Steve Miller Band. The event raised $75,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. (Photo courtesy of ING DIRECT) |GlobalGiants.com|
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June 9, 2007
HRH The Prince Of Wales Driving Ford Focus Fuel Cell Vehicle: GlobalGiants.com
Photo: HRH the Prince of Wales driving Ford Focus Fuel Cell vehicle June 8, 2007. |GlobalGiants.com|
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UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON FALL/WINTER 2007/2008 CHILDREN’S COLLECTIONS : GlobalGiants.com
CHILDREN’S COLLECTIONS.
A wealth of ideas and creativity, the United Colors of Benetton collection for children faces up to a new winter season with convincing liveliness. The variety of themes stems from very different sources.
Girl
Just say Paris Chic and Benetton offers witty urban glamour with plaid capes in a pink shade, Bermuda shorts in velvet with white and red sprig patterns worn with pullovers with wide stripes and whimsical gilded details. University Club ambitions even for those still in primary school: it all hinges on tartan kilts, dark blue jeans and a great deal of bright colour for sweaters worn under corduroy blazers. Le Cirque des Fleurs is literally a flowery carousel for decorations, appliqués and pot pourri colours: ponchos and capes like flower heads and rouches like petals. A disco craze looms on the horizon in the Preppy Rock ideas where black, combined with pink and powder blue, plays with stripes, studs, miniskirts, leggings and rock queen embellishments. More flowers, this time in a romantic version, are worthy of the name Liberty, with all-over nineteenth-century bouquet prints in pastel shades on everything, from shirts to sheepskins, embroidered jeans to openwork cardigans. The ethnic references come close to the top of the world: Warm Nepal does not miss a detail and works on embroidery like precious multicoloured mandalas, with wide skirts in rouched velvet and soft, fringed knitwear in warm colours. European snow sparkles for Snowy Holidays: glimmering sheepskins and down-filled pieces, with silver and gold sequins on the tricot in buttery, coarse yarn in a Nordic style.
Boy
As in “where my yacht’s moored”, Portland sails among cabin boy stripes, captain’s blazers, lone sailor pullovers and prints dedicated to the world ports in a sea of chic. The model Bristol University student is only missing glasses yet has all the rest: the plaid wool duffel coat, the knitwear with diamond pattern, the Prince of Wales check trousers, the polo shirts and graduation velvet jacket. For boys of character, who dream of motorbikes yet ride bicycles, Metal Biker hints at races and circuits: padded blouson, slim jeans, denim biker jacket, embroidered shirts and laminated and studded decorations in soft shades due to the dust of the road. The warmer Nordic Way items are in the cold colours of water and ice; polar temperatures demand down-filled coats, handmade jacquard pullovers, velvet trousers and thick wool berets with a pom-pom. Ready to play are Downtown Streets and Color Camp, two themes that make casual their leitmotif: rugged garments with military and camouflage references, checked shirts and striped polos, trousers in denim and velvet and layering that is only apparently random.
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June 8, 2007
Bombardier Learjet 550k in Fort Worth, Texas : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Marco Andretti waits in his car during practice for the Bombardier Learjet 550k in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, June 7, 2007. (MCT) |GlobalGiants.com|
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Longines Sport Collection: GrandeVitesse -- Measuring Records : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: With the GrandeVitesse line, Longines has sought to give material form to the concept of speed through a series of models honouring the memory of the fastest men in history and destined for bold sportsmen of today. Fluid lines, aerodynamic curves, energy-filled typography, tachymeter and the form of the pushers are just some of the distinctive signs of this watch made for speed. It is inspired by the world of automobile and motor sports, for which Longines for years provided the timekeeping. |GlobalGiants.com|
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OXFAM AMERICA : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Pumping Water Is Only Part of the Work: Though the land around Kebkabiya has grown dry, the 60,000 displaced people who have fled here for safety since the crisis erupted in Darfur, Sudan, have access to clean water thanks in part to Oxfam's work: The town now has a water system -- its first ever. (Oxfam America) |GlobalGiants.com|
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June 7, 2007
DOW CORNING CORPORATION BUILDING : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Natural light streams through the glass panels of the renovated Charlemagne building in Brussels, Belgium. Silicone bonds the structural joints and provides a weather sealant around the panels, maintaining the thermal integrity of the structure. (Dow Corning Corporation) |GlobalGiants.com|
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KIA MOTORS AMERICA 2007 KIA RIO : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Kia Rio/Rio5 Ranks Highest in Initial Quality Study By JD Power and Associates. (Kia Motors America) |GlobalGiants.com|
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See Pittsburgh in a Whole New Light! : GlobalGiants.com
'Pittsburgh Festival of Lights' Transforms Downtown Buildings into Large Scale Works of Art.
Photo: Agnes Katz Plaza Pittsburgh Before. (Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass)
Photo: Agnes Katz Plaza Pittsburgh After. (Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass)
On Tuesday, June 5, 2007, downtown Pittsburgh buildings became giant canvasses illuminated with rich colors, shapes and textures inspired by glass during the first Pittsburgh Festival of Lights. It is all a part of Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass! - a year-long collaboration of more than 70 cultural, civic and community partners designed to get local residents and tourists to experience the region's tremendous array of arts, events and activities.
In addition to the Festival of Lights, there are hundreds of world class events in Pittsburgh throughout 2007 including Chihuly at Phipps: Gardens & Glass, Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America at the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Allure of Japanese Glass at the Glass Center. |GlobalGiants.com|
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NHL Stanley Cup -- Anaheim Ducks Win in Five : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Anaheim Ducks' Captain Scott Niedermayer raises the Stanley Cup after his team's win against the Ottawa Senators during Game 5 of the 2007 NHL Stanley Cup Finals in Anaheim June 6, 2007. (Reuters) |GlobalGiants.com|
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June 6, 2007
G8 Summit in Germany Draws Protests : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: A G8 protester dressed up as a clown squirts water from his water pistol during a rally on the occasion of 'Migration Day' in Rostock, Germany, June 4, 2007. The G8 Summit will take place in Heiligendamm from June 6 - June 8. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) |GlobalGiants.com|
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Clark Hulings Sale Tops $2.4 Million : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: "Sicilian Cauliflower Stand", oil on canvas, 18" x 27" by Clark Hulings. (Morris & Whiteside Galleries)
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C., June 5 -- Nationally acclaimed American painter Clark Hulings capped off an eastern U.S. tour of 38 new oil paintings with the auction of 15 lots at Morris & Whiteside Galleries, Hilton Head Island, SC on Saturday, 2 June. Auction sales totaled $1,662,080, which exceeded the high estimate total by ten percent and, when combined with the earlier set price sale of 22 paintings at J. N. Bartfield Galleries in New York City on 22 May, and La Vucciria Market, Palermo, sold by auction on 31 March, brought total sales for the artist's one-man event to $2,434,080.
Top auction lots included Las Ramblas, a 26" x 46" oil, estimated at $150,000 to $200,000, that sold for $212,800; Breton Reflections, a 24" x 40"oil, estimated at $120,000 to $150,000, that fetched $184,000; and Sicilian Cauliflower Stand, an 18" x 27" oil, estimated at $40,000 to $45,000, that hammered down at $84,000. |GlobalGiants.com|
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June 5, 2007
Chinese Stocks Rebound After Extremely Volatile Morning : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: An investor sits in front of the stock price index at a securities company in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, 05 June 2007. Chinese share prices closed 2.63 percent higher 05 June after an extremely volatile day that saw the market plunge by as much as seven percent in morning trade, dealers said. AFP PHOTO/LIU Jin |GlobalGiants.com|
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Volkswagen Desert Racing Team Makes Strong Factory Debut at 39th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: A pair of Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 vehicles, from the automaker's acclaimed Dakar Rally Factory Team, claimed two top-20 finishes at the 39th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 in Ensenada, Mexico. (Volkswagen of America, Inc.) |GlobalGiants.com|
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