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Oceania Cruises Holds Dual-Ship Celebration at Fincantieri Shipyard (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Oceania Cruises celebrated two milestones on Friday, February 26, at the Fincantieri shipyard near Genoa. The building dock for its new 1,258-guest, flagship Marina began filling with water and the first steel was cut for Riviera, a sister ship.
Oceania Marina Floats Out & Welcomes A Baby Sister Ship (Cruise Addicts)
According to Frank Del Rio, chairman and CEO of Oceania Cruises’ parent company Prestige Cruise Holdings, “The only thing better than one new ship is two new ships.”
A Peek Inside Hoarders' Stuffed Homes (ABC News)
Hoarders fill their homes with personal belongings and trash. Often they feel incapable of throwing anything away. Doctors have linked the behavior to mental illness. Mental health - Health - Oceania - Australia - Policy and Advocacy
SEMI boosts capex forecast (EETimes)
Fab tool trade group SEMI has boosted its IC capital spending forecast. Integrated circuit - Business - Venture capital - Financial Services - Oceania
Singles selections down to wire: Luczak (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Victorian Peter Luczak has forecast a tight battle for the singles berths ahead of Friday's Asia-Oceania Davis Cup clash with Taiwan at Melbourne Park.
Weekend Time Schedule (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
All Times EST Saturday TOP 25 BASKETBALL Men No. 1 Syracuse at Louisville, 2 p.m. No. 2 Kansas at Missouri, 2 p.m. No. 4 Duke vs. North Carolina, 9 p.m. No. 5 Kansas State vs. Iowa State, 6 p.m. No. 7 Purdue at Penn State, 2:30 p.m. No. 9 Villanova vs. No. 10 West Virginia, Noon No. 12 Butler in Horizon League semifinals, 8:05 p.m. No. 13 Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina, 2 p.m. No. 14 BYU at TCU ...
Adam leads local charge (The New Straits Times)
EX-INTERNATIONAL Adam Jaya will spearhead Malaysia's challenge in the Asia/Oceania Group II first round tie against Indonesia at the National Tennis Centre in Kuala Lumpur which starts on Friday.
Tussle for singles berths (Daily Telegraph)
VICTORIAN Peter Luczak has forecast a tight battle for the singles berths ahead of Friday's Asia-Oceania Davis Cup clash with Taiwan at Melbourne Park.
Matthew Phillips revs up for motocross championship (The Advocate)
WYNYARD motocross rider Matthew Phillips will get another shot at the world's best after his selection in the Australian team for the 2010 Oceania Motocross Championship to be held in Harrisville, New Zealand, on Sunday.
Japan eases past Bahrain (The Japan Times)
TOYOTA, Aichi Pref. (Kyodo) Goals in each half from Shinji Okazaki and Keisuke Honda eased the pressure on under-fire coach Takeshi Okada as Japan beat Bahrain 2-0 on Wednesday in its final qualifier for the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar. Okazaki headed Japan in front on 36 minutes and Honda added a second deep into second-half injury time to ensure Japan claimed Group A bragging rights.