Tuesday, December 08, 2009 GUADALAJARA: A remote-controlled dinosaur robot worth about 100,000 dollars has been stolen from Australia's "Walking with Dinosaurs" show in Guadalajara, event organizers said Monday. "Only in Mexico! How it happened, we don't know. We don't even know if whoever stole it knows its value," show spokeswoman Karla Arroyo told reporters. It was the first time an exhibit has been stolen from the show, which has toured worldwide and been seen by more than four million people, she said. "Walking with Dinosaurs" opened in Guadalajara on Friday, and staff discovered that one of the smaller robots was missing after the show closed that same day. The missing reptilian is 1.50 meters (59 inches) tall and moves by remote control. At around 100,000 dollars, it is the least expensive of its fellow robots at the show, which measure up to 13 meters (42.6 feet) and cost up to one million dollars, Arroyo said. Despite the robbery, Arroyo said the show "did not stop." "Everything went on as usual," she added.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 HAVANA: Hundreds of wealthy merchants and cigar aficionados from all parts of the world gathered in Havana this week to bid high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars. Cuba's annual Habanos festival ended on Friday night with an auction of ornate humidors of cedar and mahogany stacked with hand-rolled stogies that raised 800,000 euros ($1.09 million dollars). Habanos S.A. executives this month said cigar sales fell 8 percent to $360 million in 2009, so they have created the Julieta, a smaller, milder version of the Romeo y Julieta cigar, aimed specifically at female smokers. Women now make up only 5 to 10 percent of customers for Habanos. But even with the creation of the Julieta, Garcia said Habanos has only modest hopes for 2010 sales, due largely to a weak economy in Spain, the biggest market for Cuban cigars. The flavor of premium tobacco relies on the soil and climate in which it is grown. The western province of Pinar Del Rio, famous fo...
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