No marketing pullback for Malibu rum (Market Watch)Pernod-Ricard is going full steam ahead with an ambitious, and expensive, new ad campaign for its Malibu flavored rum brand.

Hollywood rediscovers rum, music and Cuban magic (The New Zealand Herald)It was only a drab union room and it was over faster than you could pluck a paper umbrella from a rum cocktail. But on Wednesday night, Havana briefly embraced Hollywood once again. Bill Murray crooned "As Time Goes By" from the film...

Hollywood rediscovers rum, music and Cuban magic (The New Zealand Herald)It was only a drab union room and it was over faster than you could pluck a paper umbrella from a rum cocktail. But on Wednesday night, Havana briefly embraced Hollywood once again.

Hollywood rediscovers rum, music and the magic of Havana (Independent)It was only a drab union room and it was over faster than you could pluck a paper umbrella from a rum cocktail. But on Wednesday night, Havana briefly embraced Hollywood once again. Bill Murray crooned "As Time Goes By" from the film Casablanca while actors James Caan, Benicio del Toro and Robert Duvall smilingly looked on.

A Look Back:Prohibited or not, the booze kept flowing (Daily Pilot)Decades before the Prohibition era brought smugglers to Newport's beaches, their boats laden with barrels of whiskey and rum, the city had a problem with unlicensed drinking establishments called blind pigs.

Khaleej Times Online - UAE Releases 20 Oryx in Jordan's Wadi Rum (Khaleej Times)ABU DHABI — The UAE has released 20 Arabian Oryx, eight males and 12 females, on Wednesday in the Wadi Rum Protected Area of Jordan.

Drunk-in-the-cockpit tell-all book debuts at Oshkosh air show (Chicago Tribune)'Flying Drunk' tells of aviators struggling to overcome booze OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Pilot Joseph Balzer has been on a tumultuous journey for most of his 53 years, fighting his way back into the cockpits of airliners after losing his wings because of alcoholism.

Location, location, loca ... Oh nevermind! Struggling sites: What will it take? (BizJournals)We've all driven by them — commercial properties that, despite strategic locations, have languished. Some have stood empty for years, while others have been a revolving door for short-lived tenants. Sometimes, the reality is that the dated property no longer meets the needs of modern companies. For others, the challenge might be, at least partially, perception, with potential tenants reluctant ...

Spirits and smugglers (Daily Pilot)In 1920, when the United States government prohibited the sale of alcohol through a constitutional amendment, Crystal Cove — a small beach community between Corona del Mar and Laguna Beach — was in its formative stages.

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