STEVE INSKEEP, Host:
And today's last word in business is high-end houseboat. If you've ever dreamed of escaping and living out your life on a permanent cruise, you might contact a company in Beverly Hills, California, which has plans to build a billion-dollar cruise ship, and sell half the cabins as permanent homes.
DEBORAH AMOS, Host:
Today, the Los Angeles Times reports that floating condos aboard the Utopia will range from $3.7 million to $26 million. A couple of years ago it might've been easy to get a loan to buy one of these cruising condos. Today it could be harder.
INSKEEP: And that's the business news on MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
AMOS: And I'm Deborah Amos.