Today is Tuesday, October Twenty Eighth, and this is the Crest’s News in Ninety. I’m Miley Wichman.
A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that promoted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark.
The MV Odyssey set sail two years ago on a voyage to the seven continents. Its operator had offered to “make the Odyssey your permanent home,” with the purchase price of a suite for the lifetime of the vessel starting around two hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For now, it is docked on the Gulf of Thailand, with no departure date.
British Treasury chief John Healey used his first budget statement Wednesday to offer households and businesses support with their energy bills this winter in the face of what he termed “global economic storms.”
Healey said the Iran war was not something the British government wanted.
As a result, he said his “choice in the budget today is to give families and businesses some breathing space now,” as the consequences of the conflict in the Gulf played out.
Vergent Bioscience, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, today announced the appointment of Paul Friel to its Board of Directors. The appointment comes as Vergent prepares for a potential New Drug Application.
FOR THE CREST DOT NEWS … I’m Miley Wichman.
Miley Wichman can be reached at Wich9078@stthomas.edu
