Wikipedia describes a Vista-class ship as one that is "equipped with a diesel-electric power plant and an Azipod propulsion system" and is characterized by "the extensive use of glass in the superstructure". Some 85 percent of a Vista-class ship's staterooms have ocean views and 67 percent have verandas.
Why it matters: There’s no love lost between the current City Council and Amazon, which has scaled to about 50,000 employees in Seattle over the past decade, a boom that has dramatically impacted the region. Tensions boiled over last year when the City Council passed a tax that would’ve raised millions from Amazon to pay for affordable housing. Amazon and other businesses donated thousands to a campaign fighting the tax, leading the Council to ultimately repeal it. The upcoming election is an opportunity to reshape the City Council and Amazon wants its say.
Winners include Wang Zhenyao, president of the China Philanthropy Research Institute, and Meng Weina, the first Chinese woman who founded a privately-owned school for children with intellectual disabilities.
Wignaraja, expecting the economic ties between China and Sri Lanka to deepen, said this requires focused trade and investment, which can be done via more exports to China, technology transfer from China and increasing Chinese foreign investment.
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With acquisitions such as Braintree and its new One Touch mobile payments experience, PayPal continues to lead and innovate in mobile payments. One Touch is the industry’s first and only single touch payments experience. PayPal processed billion in mobile payments volume in 2013. PayPal expects to process 1 billion mobile transactions in 2014.
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With China's successful bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games and the central government's call for "300 million people to join in ice and snow sports", winter tourism is becoming hot a choice for Chinese families, especially from central and southern China where there is rarely snowfall. This has also boosted the winter tourism market in Liaoning, which boasts outstanding geographical and cultural resources.
With an investment of more than 96 million yuan ( million), the project consists of more than 600 people in 150 households which were moved from Ngari prefecture and the cities of Nagchu and Chamdo.
With a ten seconds count-down from Mi Home staff, hundreds of Spanish Mi Fans flooded into the Mi Home in La Haggada Commercial Center. Just right after a few minutes, the first deal has been accomplished on the counter.