OSHKOSH, Wis. — An Oshkosh businessman describes the panic and chaos on board the cruise ship that capsized off the west coast of Italy. Kajian says he and some friends just sat down for dinner when the ship began to tilt. Oracular CEO Mike Kajian was five days into an eight-day Mediterranean cruise when the [...]

By Kelli B. Grant The disastrous Costa Concordia shipwreck couldn’t have occurred at a worse time for the cruise industry, analysts say. In order to entice wary travelers, the lines may have no choice but to add to their already substantial deals and discounts. iStockPhoto Cruise-lovers know January as “wave season;” the time of year [...]

Reality star-turned-coupon-blogger Kate Gosselin has found yet another way to keep her name in the spotlight. The mom of eight will make like a Caribbean queen as she sails the high seas this summer on a Royal Caribbean cruise with her fans. Kate’s hosting gig will include a private deck BBQ, family games and a [...]

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7–> The ship began to level off momentarily before Kajian said it tipped severely to the left, not quite as steep as the angle at which it appeared over the weekend in newspapers and TV stations around the world, but enough that it didn’t do anything to help the general panic on [...]

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HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Aerospace group EADS batted away concerns over the financing needed to maintain a record wave of jet deliveries this year, as bumper orders from its Airbus unit and a major Japanese leasing deal provided fresh evidence of Asia’s rising economic power. EADS, whose shares have risen 25 percent …

The parent company of Costa Cruises says the partial sinking of the Costa Concordia could cost it nearly $100 million in lost earnings this year. In a disclosure required by rules governing publicly traded companies, industry giant Carnival Corporation. plc today said the impact to 2012 earnings for loss of use of the ship is [...]

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:49 AM on 17th January 2012 A Minnesota couple missing after a cruise ship capsized off the west coast of Italy are remembered by their friends and family Monday as devout Catholics who spend part of almost every day at church. Jerry and Barbara Heil were remembered for [...]

The captain of the Costa Cruises ship that partially sank on Friday after hitting rocks off the coast of Italy had diverted the vessel onto a route not authorized by the company, its CEO says. “It is human error here,” Costa chairman and CEO Pier Luigi Foschi told reporters dialed into a conference call this [...]

As the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia lay crippled in shallow Mediterranean waters, several Kentuckians have made their way home. EKU grad student Joseph Ryan was on the ship with friends when it ran aground. “It was just chaos,” he says. Ryan says he felt the rumble and ship tilt while eating dinner, but no [...]