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Maybe it's time for Carnival to beach its Costa brand. The cruise line suffered another ugly mishap this week when a fire aboard the Costa Allegra left the ship powerless on the Indian Ocean, stranding passengers for three days with no hot food, air conditioning or running water.

It's now been two weeks since the Costa Concordia accident off the Tuscan coast of Italy. That tragic event aside, cruising is still a remarkably safe vacation choice. What's probably not as safe is investing in Costa's parent Carnival.

Wall Street can be fickle, leaving investors scratching their heads in bewilderment. Some of last week's biggest surprises, blunders, and flat-out boneheaded moves included Netflix's misguided pricing hike, ill-timed IPO announcements by Norwegian Cruise Lines and Zillow, and Trex going the way of Lumber Liquidators.

There's a battle brewing at sea, but you won't hear a lick about it from the Pentagon. That's because it involves passenger ships, not battleships. Cruise lines are fighting for customers by launching their biggest boats ever. It's no warship, but the largest boat to date -- Royal Caribbean...

For a while now, art auctions have been one of the biggest money-makers on the seas. On uneventful travel days, passengers are invited to so-called fine art viewings and auctions in the ship's "gallery," which is often just a corridor or a dormant dance floor. Once they arrive to have a gander at...

On Monday, with Tropical Storm Fay bearing down on southern Florida, Norwegian Cruise Line decided it would avoid danger by starting a four-day cruise on the Norwegian Sky about two hours early. Instead of leaving Miami at 5 pm, it would leave at 3 pm. Fay may have been a bust, but you can see...