NEW DELHI: India is poised to impose a blanket ban, criminalising commercial surrogacy through the Surrogacy Bill 2019, a move that will ring a final death knell of the country’s US$2 billion industry. The stringent bill under consideration bans all forms of commercial surrogacy; women who agree to carry babies ...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is happy his ‘Hamilton’ success happened ‘a little later in my life’
If you haven’t found massive success as a young person, that might be a good thing according to “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. “I am so grateful that the success of ‘Hamilton‘ happened sort of a little later in my life,” Miranda, 39, said at the American Express Big Future of ...
Read More »Prague Castle rented out for commercial purposes for the first time in history – Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Castle is one of the Czech Republic’s most-visited tourist destinations, the seat of the country’s current government as well as the Kings of Bohemia dating back to the ninth century, and often regarded as one of the most impressive castles in the world. And now, it might also be ...
Read More »Teeming with engineers, Alabama’s Rocket City USA is luring hot new industries to town
Boeing, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin have all been constructing or expanding space-related facilities within the past two years. Privately held Sierra Nevada Corporation is working with the city to begin landing its Dream Chaser space plane, which will carry cargo for NASA, at the Huntsville International Airport starting in ...
Read More »NYC’s mom-and-pop shops could get protection with commercial rent stabilization
A Brooklyn City Council member plans to introduce a pioneering bill that could fundamentally reshape how rents are set for small commercial spaces—and breath new life into struggling mom-and-pop shops. Over the last year, councilmember Stephen Levin and small business advocates have worked to craft legislation that would regulate rents ...
Read More »Virgin Galactic’s IPO is a step toward mass market space tourism
Richard Branson rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on October 28 as Virgin Galactic became the first commercial spaceflight company to list on the stock market. It was valued at more than $1 billion following its merger with publicly-listed holding firm Social Capital Hedosophia, then experienced ...
Read More »Plaza IMT-GT to boost cross-border trade and socio-economic activities in Kelantan
KUALA LUMPUR: The newly completed Plaza IMT-GT (Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle) in Bukit Bunga, Jeli, Kelantan, a strategic commercial complex developed by the Federal government through the East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) has been handed over to the two agencies entrusted with operating the commercial complex. The Plaza project ...
Read More »Zanzibar welcomes over 500 Russian tourists on inaugural commercial B747 flight | Buzz travel
Zanzibar is now receiving a weekly flight from Moscow throughout the European winter season, operated with a Boeing B747 of Russiya Airlines. Biblio Globus, a Russian tour operator, is chartering the flight to bring Russian tourists, wishing to escape the winter cold, to the sunny beaches of Zanzibar. On the ...
Read More »Zanzibar welcomes over 500 Russian tourists on inaugural commercial B747 flight | Buzz travel
Zanzibar is now receiving a weekly flight from Moscow throughout the European winter season, operated with a Boeing B747 of Russiya Airlines. Biblio Globus, a Russian tour operator, is chartering the flight to bring Russian tourists, wishing to escape the winter cold, to the sunny beaches of Zanzibar. On the ...
Read More »Disaster for Trump? What If the Philippines Became Russia’s Ally?
Key point: Manila is interested in Moscow’s airplanes. Why is the Philippines suddenly interested in buying Russian aircraft? Not warplanes, but civilian planes for commercial purposes. Yet it suggests that Manila is eyeing a closer relationship with Moscow. “There is an intention for finding Philippine partners that would probably bring ...
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