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How do airlines decide who gets a seat upgrade on flights?
Business, Associated Press, Published on 03/11/2017
» NEW YORK: Ever wonder how airlines decide who gets a seat upgrade on flights? Airlines say it's strictly by the book: Loyal customers are rewarded based on their status in frequent flyer programmes.
US pickup truck buyers demanding more luxury
Business, Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» DETROIT: Heated and cooled seats. Backup cameras. Panoramic glass roofs.
Farms draw diners with fresh produce
Business, Associated Press, Published on 08/08/2017
» CAMBRIDGE, Vermont: What was once a smattering of farms offering expensive dinners within view of the fields where the food was raised has sprouted into popular summer and autumn events that run the gamut from multicourse dinners to weekly burger nights at farms across the United States.
Winter in ‘Game of Thrones’, springtime for spinoffs
Associated Press, Published on 17/07/2017
» New York -- Last night (Monday morning in Thailand), the first-to-last season of “Game of Thrones” premiered on HBO as devoted fans gleefully embraced the return of favourite characters, gruesome violence, and the series signature spider web of political intrigue. The houses of Westeros are still going at it -- at least for now, anyway.
Rolling out welcome mat for the Chinese
Business, Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2017
» Hotels offering congee and other Chinese staples for room service. Casinos training staff on Chinese etiquette. Restaurants, tourist sights and shopping malls translating signs, menus and information booklets into Mandarin.
Amazon.com tests grocery pickup service
Business, Associated Press, Published on 30/03/2017
» NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc is testing a grocery pickup service in Seattle.
What the Fluff? An American lunchbox icon turns 100
Business, Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2017
» SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts: Fluff turns 100 this year, and the marshmallow concoction that has been smeared on a century's worth of schoolchildren's sandwiches has inspired a festival and other sticky remembrances.
Scientists use Wi-Fi to see through walls
Business, Associated Press, Published on 23/12/2015
» CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT.
New Tesla tool lets cars switch lanes
Business, Associated Press, Published on 16/10/2015
» DETROIT: Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc is leapfrogging competitors with a new autopilot system that lets cars change lanes by themselves.
Toyota promises better mileage with new Prius
Business, Associated Press, Published on 14/10/2015
» TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp yesterday released details for its fourth-generation Prius, promising that improvements in the battery, engine, wind resistance and weight mean better mileage for the world's top-selling hybrid car.