French lensmaker Essilor International SA agreed to buy Luxottica Group SpA, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, for about 22.8 billion euros ($24 billion) in stock, combining the largest manufacturer and retailer in eyewear and creating an e-commerce contacts and eyewear powerhouse.
The Permian Period was the final period of the Paleozoic Era. Lasting from 299 million to 251 million years ago, it followed the Carboniferous Period and preceded the Triassic Period. By the early Permian, the two great continents of the Paleozoic, Gondwana and Euramerica, had collided to form the supercontinent Pangaea.
In the Golden Age of Greece the Grecian states in the peninsula achieved a high status in culture and political constancy. This Age is sometimes called the Periclean Age, after the honorable Pericles who was the leading statesman of the Athens' at that time. During this period Greece achieved tremendous success in the arenas of government, art, philosophy, drama and poetry. This Era showed the birth of democracy in Athens.