McDonald's All-Day Breakfast? 'Possible' Says CEO

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McDonald's fans who wakes up beyond breakfast time may soon enjoy the world’s largest restaurant chain's pancake, hash brown, sausage and more of its early day menu.

New $100 Bills: Redesigned US Notes to be Released on October 8, 2013

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The new $100 bills will soon be in circulation. Know the new features and the difference with the fake notes.

The new $100 bills will be issued by the United States in October this year, according to a press release published by the Federal Reserve at www.newmoney.gov on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

The Federal Reserve explained that Benjamin Franklin's portrait was retained. Most of the changes in the new $100 notes are focused on advanced security features that aims to prevent counterfeit money in circulation.

Quantum of the Seas: Latest Royal Caribbean Ships Offers Unique Amenities (Video)

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Luxury ships are being more creative to keep up with the growing competition. Marketing strategists of cruise ships are thinking of unique features to attract travellers to sustain their business.

Quantum of the Seas, the latest ship unveiled by the Royal Caribbean International on Tuesday, is providing several new amenities for its customers when it becomes available in 2014. The ship will have 10 decks with a registered gross weight of 167,800 tons. It can carry around 4,180 guests in 2,090 staterooms.



Richard D. Fain, chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. explained that "This new generation of ships gave us an opportunity to make another leap in vessel design. Innovation has always been part of our DNA and we have taken advantage of all that creativity to design Quantum cruising."

Among the many new attractions of Quantum of the Seas include North Star sky diving, virtual balcony, bumper cars, roller skating and a circus with flying trapeze.

North Star is a jewel-shaped capsule that allows 14 passengers to have a clear view of the sea at about 300 feet above the sea.

The virtual balcony will have an 80-inch LED screen that can stream everything outside the ship.

Quantum class ships will be based out of Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, N.J.

Disneyland Space Mountain closed indefinitely due to safety issue

Space Mountain was closed over the weekend as California state regulators raised concerns on employee safety.

Disneyland was forced to voluntarily shutdown its famous roller coaster ride after receiving citations on Friday, April 12, 2013.

The theme park also suspended operations of Matterhorn Bobsleds and Soarin' Over California while it conducts its own review of employee safety protocols.

California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued the citations on Disneyland due to a November incident. A worker was reportedly injured while conducting a maintenance of the Space Mountain exterior.

In a statement issued by Disneyland Resorts spokeswoman Suzi Brown, she explained that the company, "constantly strive to maintain a safe work environment for our cast members and contractors — and we are reviewing certain protocols."

The citations indicated that "Disneyland Resort failed to have approved anchorages or approved tie-backs for contract employees to attach to when performing scheduled exterior building maintenance."

Matterhorn reopened on Sunday but the other two rides remained closed indefinitely.

World's largest message in a bottle (Photo, Video)

How many times have we heard that someone found a message in a bottle along the coast line? However, no one has ever come up with the idea of using this as a marketing campaign for any product. Not yet until someone launched one last month.

A Norwegian softdrink manufacturer used the idea of creating the "world's largest message in a bottle" to uniquely promote their product. And this may not come cheap.

Solo softdrink floated a 26-foot, 2.5-ton bottle replica off the Tenerife coast last March. Contained inside the bottle is a 12-square meter letter.

Advertising agency Try/Apt Oslo is reportedly the brains behind the idea of the "world's largest message in a bottle."

The unmanned giant floating bottle features the beverage's notable neon-color. To automatically document its ocean journey, the behemoth bottle is equipped with cameras and a GPS that tweets its location on its Twitter account @solosoftdrink.

As of posting, the Solo bottle is making its voyage in the Atlantic.

Solo CEO, Joakim Sand, explained that,

It's impossible to tell how long the voyage will last, hopefully we will not end up breaking the Captain Brown record for the oldest message in a bottle—it roamed the sea for 97 years and 309 days.

Below is a video of Solo's "world's largest message in a bottle."


What is your take on Solo's marketing campaign? Will this not affect the sea creatures that it will come across its voyage? Will this appeal environmentalist? Let your voice be heard by providing your comments below this article.

Forbes 2013 Richest People includes 11 Filipinos

The 2013 billionaires list was released by Forbes on Monday, March 4, 2013. There was no major changes in the recent lineup of the world's richest people.

Carlos Salim, the Mexican telco magnate, is still the number one billionaire with an estimated net worth of $73 billion.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is in second place with net worth of about $67 billion.

Amancio Ortega ($57 billion) of Spain grabbed the third spot from Warren Buffett ($53.5 billion). Oracle CEO Larry Ellison ($43 billion) completed the top five richest people.

Meanwhile, Henry Sy of the SM Group of companies was listed by Forbes as the richest Filipino and in 68th place in the global list. The shopping mall tycoon and his family has an approximate net worth valued at $13.2 billion.

Lucio Tan is reportedly the second-richest Filipino with a net worth of $5 billion. He is actively involve in diversified businesses that include banking, airline, liquor, tobacco and real estate.

Below are the other Filipino billionaires who were included in the 2013 Forbes list.

• Enrique Razon, Jr. ($4.9 billion)
• Andrew Tan ($3.95 billion)
• David Consunji and family ($2.8 billion)
• George Ty and family ($2.6 billion)
• Lucio and Susan Co ($2 billion)
• Robert Coyiuto, Jr. ($1.6 billion)
• Tony Tan Caktiong and family ($1.4 billion)
• Andrew Gotianun and family ($1.2 billion)
• Roberto Ongpin ($1.2 billion)

Check out the Forbes official website for the complete list of the world's richest people in 2013.