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Luxury Hotels Boost Room Rates on Rising Demand for Butlers, Ocean Views Julian Saipe is finally taking his family on the dream vacation he put off amid last year’s recession. Apparently, so are plenty of other people.

AMR Attendants Plan to Seek Move Toward First Airline Strike Since 2005 American Airlines’ flight attendants requested federal approval to end contract talks, a step toward the first strike at a major U.S. carrier in almost five years.

Cameron Diaz, Recession Can't Stop Winemakers From Entering `Ugly' Market Vintner Ben Sharp was waiting to meet a distributor at a New York cafe last year when he spotted actress Cameron Diaz at a nearby table.

Nissan’s Ugly Cube Exudes Gen Y Dorky Coolness: Jason H. Harper Man is that thing ugly. Not just homely -- willfully, thoughtfully, ugly. I kind of like it.

Bentley Fetches Top Price at $1.5 Million Classic-Car Auction A 1950s Bentley was the top lot in a U.K. auction of classic cars last night that raised a total of 1 million pounds ($1.5 million). Bidders were encouraged by vehicles with low estimates and avoided some with higher prices.

IYogi Karma Needs Work on PC Fix-It Service: Rich Jaroslovsky It’s late at night, and technology is tormenting you. Something’s wrong with your computer. Blood pressure climbing, you try your PC maker’s tech support, or maybe Microsoft’s. They say the glitch has nothing to do with their stuff -- it’s somebody else’s problem. Yours. What to do?

Mint Manages Money for the Attention-Impaired: Rich Jaroslovsky In Mint.com’s creation story, as recounted on its Web site, founder Aaron Patzer started the free online personal-finance service after a tedious 2005 session with Intuit Corp.’s Quicken budgeting software. These days, any complaints about Quicken should be directed at Patzer himself.

Highlands Brings $45 Glenrothes Scotch, Haggis to Village Pub The best Scottish food is the kind you drink.

Michelin Awards More Stars; Champagne Sales Decline (Update2) Michelin awards a second star to a Stockholm restaurant and recognizes five Budapest eateries in “Main Cities of Europe 2010,” to be published tomorrow.

Cameron Diaz, Recession Can’t Stop Winemakers in ‘Ugly’ Economy Vintner Ben Sharp was waiting to meet a distributor at a New York cafe last year when he spotted actress Cameron Diaz at a nearby table.

Diageo Sell-Off Brings Deep Discounts for Bordeaux: Elin McCoy “What’s terrifying,” said John Kolasa, managing director of Bordeaux chateau Rauzan-Segla, “is what will happen to Bordeaux wines in America now that Diageo has bowed out.”

Luxury Hotels Lift Rates on Demand for Butlers, Ocean Views Julian Saipe is finally taking his family on the dream vacation he put off amid last year’s recession. Apparently, so are plenty of other people.

Flesh -- Naked, Obese -- Overflows in Freud Paris Show: Review Lucian Freud is not exactly what French arbiters of taste expect from contemporary art. He is unashamedly traditional, stubbornly figurative and realistic to the point of being brutal.