GOOD DAY FOR: A girl’s best friend, after lingerie company Triumph International displayed a $122,000 diamond thong at a fashion show in Singapore. The thong has 518 brilliant-cut diamonds totaling 30 carats. “It is very comfortable,” said Danielle Luminita, who modeled the underwear. “It’s not heavy or scratchy or anything.” (Reuters)
BAD DAY FOR: Online reservations, as the Navajo Nation may lose its Internet service Monday, in a dispute involving Utah-based satellite provider OnSat Network Communications. After a tribal audit found possible double-billing by OnSat, the FCC, which pays for up to 90 percent of the service at 70 of the tribe’s chapter houses, said it is withholding payment to OnSat. (AP in BusinessWeek.com)
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