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Caribbean: High or low season?
It's the middle of January, and heat-seeking bikini bombshells carpet the beach, bronzing the winter pallor from their pampered flesh. There's a special buzz in the air that grows louder as the beautiful people get amped for another night of seeing and being seen in the A-list spots. You're at ground zero of the Caribbean high season, and you wouldn't have it any other way.Same beach in mid-July. You decompress on the flawless stretch of white sand, mellowing to the shoosh of the waves. Tonight you'll splurge on dinner, happily blowing some of the money you saved by taking your trip in low season -- and you won't even need a reservation. Tomorrow, it's the summer sales at the boutiques, then a free snorkel excursion. You won't find these kinds of perks in winter. What's not to love?
Two distinct vacations, same great Caribbean getaway.
Sprint slows down as Gatlin, Powell absent from Greek meet
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -In the absence of the world's fastest men, Francis Obikwelu of Portugal won the 100 meters in 10.03 seconds at the Athens Super Grand Prix Tsiklitiria on Monday.Olympic and world 100 champion Justin Gatlin withdrew from the meet because of a mild leg strain.
Asafa Powell - who shares Gatlin's world mark of 9.77 seconds - also turned down a late request to run at the venue where he first clocked that time a year ago.
Obikwelu was delighted with his win.
"It was a very good race - my personal best for this year,'' he said.
He beat Marc Burns of Trinidad and Tobago and American Jason Smoots, who both finished in 10.13 in gusts and drizzle at Olympic Stadium.
In the women's race, American Torri Edwards won in 11.14 seconds, beating the Bahamas' Debbie Ferguson and Greece's Georgia Kokkloni, who finished in 11.17 and 11.33 respectively.
Darden Restaurants Reports 21% Annual and 15% Fourth Quarter ...
ORLANDO, Fla., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. DRI today reported diluted net earnings per share for the fiscal year and fiscal fourth quarter ended May 28, 2006. For the fiscal year, diluted net earnings per share were $2.16, a 21% increase over the prior year, on net earnings of $338.2 million. In the fourth quarter, diluted net earnings per share were 60 cents, a 15% increase over the prior year, on net earnings of $92.3 million. .
Hispanic firms growing in S.C.
In Puerto Rico, Stella Colwell and her brother Larry Mercado made extra money while at their aunt's house by making and selling cookies.It was an early lesson in entrepreneurship.
Today, the duo is on the front end of a burgeoning movement in Horry County - indeed, statewide.
They are Hispanic business owners.
"I've always been an entrepreneur," Colwell said.
Back then, their entrepreneurial drive paid off in a cruise and trip to the Bahamas.
Today's payoff is a bit richer. Their Pawleys-Island-based high tech firm, Mercom Corp., earns more than $7 million a year. Colwell is the president and CEO of Mercom and Mercado is the vice president.
They've even made Hispanic Business' directory of the 500 largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States.
Wet S. Florida weekend appears likely
A tropical wave between Hispaniola and the Bahamas will increase the chances of a wet weekend in South Florida, the National Weather Service said on Friday.But other than washing out a few weekend barbecues, the impact on the region should be minimal.
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