Orbitz.com adds vacation rental inventory (eyefortravel.com)Online travel company Orbitz.com has formed a partnership with vacation rental provider Zonder. With this tie-up, Orbitz says it is offering access "to the largest portfolio of vacation homes that can be booked instantly online through a major online travel company".
Which airlines have the most financial staying power? (USA Today)The recent plunge in oil prices has brought airlines some relief, but they're still facing serious financial pressure from near-record jet-fuel prices and a weak economy. A new surge in oil prices would worsen their losses and force them to spend their cash faster or sell assets to raise money to stay in operation.
Gold hits 1-week high, consolidates near highs (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)By Lewa Pardomuan
Gold hits 1-week high, consolidates near highs (Philippine Daily Inquirer)SINGAPORE -- Gold rose nearly 2.0 percent to its strongest in a week on Thursday, after oil gained more than $1 a barrel and spurred safe-haven buying, with a falling US dollar offering extra incentive to speculators to buy.
Gold tracks oil higher, consolidates near highs (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)By Lewa Pardomuan
Gold tracks oil higher, consolidates near highs (The Economic Times)Gold firmed on Thursday after oil gained more than $1 a barrel and spurred safe-haven buying, with a falling US dollar offering extra incentives for speculators to buy.
Facebook's first user generated travel book (eyefortravel.com)San Juan Marriott Resort is offering free travel via its new application, iGO iWRITE, on Facebook. The application is positioned as Facebook's first user generated travel book.
CheapOair Releases List of Cheapest International Airfares (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)A great getaway far away sounds great but it will break the bank, right? Wrong. Distance doesn't necessarily mean dollars, so CheapOair.com compiled a list of the least expensive international airfares right now through fall.
Game news: 'Spore' ready to spread (AP via Yahoo! News)Real news from the virtual world:
How and Where to Blow Your Cash (East Bay Express)And pick up some amazing finds in the process.
Reporter's log: Cannes 2008BBC News entertainment reporter Mark Savage goes behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival.
Your perspective on the world: 1-7 AprilSome of the best pictures sent in by BBC News website readers in the last week
The mile-high food fightAirline meals are the butt of jokes but they are even harder to stomach when they don't arrive at all, as BA passengers have found. So why is in-flight food such big business?
Deadlock in Sri Lanka talksHopes of a breakthrough in the peace process fade as the Tamil Tigers show no sign of compromising.
Japan stalls over Taiwan visitThe Japanese Government keeps Taiwan's former president - and China - guessing over whether it will allow him in for medical treatment.
Aum cult blames leader for gas attackThe Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan disowns its spiritual leader saying he was probably involved in the 1995 gassing of a Tokyo subway train.
Yeltsin returns to MoscowPresident Yeltsin is to spend the rest of his vacation nearer to Moscow as senior officals return for urgent talks on the economic crisis.
