The company signed a letter-of-intent with Meyer Werft shipyard, based in Papenburg, Germany, to negotiate a contract to build the 122,000-ton cruise liners, which will be two decks taller than the existing 83,000-ton ships, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder. The company signed a letter-of-intent with Meyer Werft shipyard, based in Papenburg, Germany, to negotiate a contract to build the 122,000-ton cruise liners, which will be two decks taller than the existing 83,000-ton ships, the...

Wheat prices have seen a recent spike, mostly due to bad weather in the world's wheat-growing regions. Advertisement In recent years, the ethanol boom made growing corn more attractive to farmers, and foreign competitors boosted their wheat production. But for a few months, wheat consumers will be paying significantly more. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. That would be true even if wheat fell to $7 a bushel. Analysts: High Wheat Prices Over Next...

The home is constructed of three layers of brick on the first floor and two layers on the second with no wood framing support. Luetchens has a photograph of the original owners in front of the house and wants to rebuild the first- and second-floor porches on both the front and back of the house to resemble the original ones. His parents, who were of German descent, were proud of their home and tried to maintain it, but they were more interested in practicality than aesthetics. The doors of...

Anyway, Rolling Stone's Goodell goes on to trot out pet sources to make an angry, cellophane little argument that ethanol "is one of the great political boondoggles of our time. Though it isn't as efficient as making it from corn -- yet, anyway -- you can make ethanol from dozens of raw sources, ranging from orange peels to sugar cane to seaweed to soybeans. Making ethanol presently uses corn that otherwise might be eaten, by people or animals. A plant in Georgia that is presently under...

Stir in cumin seed and salt and cook until beans are tender but not mushy about 40 minutes longer. To make salad, rinse the beans, place in pan, add water to cover, bring to boil and boil for 2 minutes. In large bowl, combine beans, corn, red and green onions, cilantro and vinigrette and toss well. Return beans to pan and cover with water about three inches. Serves eight as a salad or four as a main course. Remove from heat and let stand, covered for one hour. Reduce heat to low and simmer...