By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) – Carnival is expected to post robust second-quarter revenue growth as new and younger customers, undeterred by high inflation, spend on novel experiences such as cruising. While Americans have cut back on purchasing big-ticket non-essential goods due to soaring costs, protracted confinement to their homes during the pandemic has whet their…
(Reuters) – The five people aboard a submersible visiting the wreck of the Titanic died after a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber, U.S. Coast Guard officials said on Thursday. A “debris field” matching the submersible was discovered by a robotic deep-sea vessel. Here is a timeline of events since the start of the trip,…
MADRID (Reuters) – The co-founder of OceanGate Expeditions, which owned the submersible that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, defended on Friday the chief executive’s commitment to safety and risk management after he died with four others on the craft. Guillermo Söhnlein, who co-founded OceanGate with Stockton Rush in 2009, left the company…
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Liability waivers signed by passengers on a submersible lost at sea during a dive to the Titanic wreck may not shield the vessel’s owner from potential lawsuits by the victims’ families, legal experts said. The Titan submersible vanished on Sunday roughly two hours into its dive and was found in pieces…
By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Jean Blondin usually attends the world’s largest air show to find new contracts. This year, he has made the journey from Canada to look for something equally precious – workers. Labour shortages are an urgent topic at this week’s Paris Airshow, with gaps in the workforce…
By Joseph Ax and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel. A robotic diving vehicle deployed…
(Reuters) – The owner of the submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition to the Titanic’s wreckage said on Thursday it believed that the crew on board have “sadly been lost” after debris matching the missing sub was found on the ocean floor. Here are some facts about the unusual vessel, which lost contact…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar advanced against a basket of currencies on Thursday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell backed more U.S. rate increases albeit at a “careful pace” and as a spate of interest rate hikes by several central banks fuelled concerns over the outlook for global growth. Sterling was…
By Joan Faus and Horaci Garcia LA MASSANA, Andorra (Reuters) -The daughter of French oceanographer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, one of five people inside a submersible missing near the Titanic wreck, said on Thursday she held hope they will be rescued but she is comforted by the knowledge that he is in the place he loved most….
(Reuters) – A debris field that was found near the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic has been assessed to be from the missing Titan submersible’s external body, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub in Washington; Editing by Eric Beech)
