Fitch'sdecision was announcedafterthemarketsinEurope closed, sotraderswillhavetheir firstchancetomorrow to react, althoughLondonandNew York will be sidelined by bankholidays.
There's no place like NewYork for the holidays -- the tree at Rockefeller Center, the decorated store windows, the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.
To combine cooking instruction and holiday travel look no further than Jenni Muir's beautifully illustrated "Cooking School Holidays" (New York, Abbeville Press, 2004).