Debt crisis failed to impede Emirates' growth Sat 31 Jul 2010 Last year the global financial crisis finally burst the economic bubble of Dubai, hitting mainly the real-estate, construction and financial sectors in the extravagantly... (photo: Creative Commons / BriYYZ) Seattle Times Debt Emirates Growth Photos Wikipedia: Emirates (airline) |
Virgin's Branson is launching LA-based film, TV company Sat 31 Jul 2010 By Daily News Wire Services Posted: 07/31/2010 12:00:00 AM PDT Virgin Airlines owner Richard Branson is going into the movie business. His company, Virgin Group,... (photo: Creative Commons / tobybarnes) LA Daily News Celebrities Entertainment Film Photos Wikipedia: Richard Branson |
Delta fined for Northwest cargo price-fixing Sat 31 Jul 2010 Delta Air Lines will pay a $38 million fine to settle criminal accusations that the cargo unit of Northwest Airlines conspired to fixed prices, the Justice Department... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio) Tulsa World Aerospace Photos Transport US Wikipedia: Delta Air Lines |
PAL blames flight cancellations on lack of pilots Sat 31 Jul 2010 MANILA, PhilippinesThe sudden exodus of pilots lured away by higher-paying foreign carriers forced Philippines Airlines to cancel several domestic and international... (photo: Creative Commons / Clai Segismundo) Inquirer Aerospace Philippines Photos Transport Wikipedia: PAL Airlines |
Pilots quit Philippine Airlines, flights cancelled, delayed Sat 31 Jul 2010 Manila - The Philippines' flag carrier on Saturday cancelled about a dozen domestic and international flights after several pilots resigned for higher-paying jobs with... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) m&c Airlines Flights Philippine Photos Wikipedia: Philippine Airlines |
Escaping the 'Capitalism-Trap' Sat 31 Jul 2010 Out of the Book "Gedanken in Turin" - written in the Year 1998 Humans have created many crazy systems - the craziest of them all - is Capitalism. Whoever, in these late... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) WorldNews.com Economy Environment Photos Poverty |
Venezuela sends troops to Colombian border: Chavez Sat 31 Jul 2010 Caracas: President Hugo Chavez said that Venezuela has deployed military units and troops to the Colombian border, because outgoing President Alvaro Uribe is "capable of... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos) Zeenews Caracas Photos Politics Venezuela Wikipedia :Hugo Chavez |
Out of pilots, Philippine airline grounds flights Sat 31 Jul 2010 The Associated Press Share thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/30/2024801/out-of-pilots-philippine-airline.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Fresno Bee Airlines Flights Philippines Photos Wikipedia: Philippine Airlines |
Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers Sat 31 Jul 2010 By A WSJ Staff Reporter YANGON, Myanmar—Moves by Myanmar's military regime to loosen its grip on the impoverished nation's once-mighty rice industry in advance of... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) Wall Street Journal Agriculture Elections Myanmar Photos Wikipedia: Burma |
Industry bigwigs to work out operational plan for raising farm growth Sat 31 Jul 2010 Gargi Parsai... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Hindu Agriculture Economy India Photos Wikipedia: Agriculture in India |
Honda launches superbike Sat 31 Jul 2010 Special Correspondent... (photo: WN / patricia) The Hindu Honda India Motor Cycle Photos Wikipedia: Honda VFR1200F |
Upgraded Alto to hit roads next month Sat 31 Jul 2010 Special Correspondent The car will be powered by a more responsive 998cc K-Series engine... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Hindu Automaker India Maruti Suzuki Photos Wikipedia: Maruti Suzuki |
Sensex sheds 124 points Sat 31 Jul 2010 MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark index Sensex, shed 124 points on Friday on profit-booking, triggered by below-expected quarterly earnings by some corporate... (photo: AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude) The Hindu Business India Mumbai Photos Wikipedia :Bombay Stock Exchange |
User fee at capital airport from tomorrow Sat 31 Jul 2010 New Delhi: Users of the modernised airports at Thiruvananthapuram and Ahmedabad will have to pay a User Development Fee from next month.... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Hindu Airport Economy India Photos Wikipedia: Airports Authority of India |
Games have overshot budget by over 17 times: Gill Sat 31 Jul 2010 NEW DELHI: The UPA government may have been embarrassed by Mani Shankar Aiyar's comments on Commonwealth Games but his query in Parliament revealed that the cost of... (photo: PIB of India) The Times of India Commonwealth Games Delhi Photos Politics Wikipedia: 2010 Commonwealth Games |
NFA asked to dispose of excess rice stocks Sat 31 Jul 2010 MANILA, PhilippinesCivil society and peasant groups yesterday called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to dispose of its rice stocks within the next two months to... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Inquirer Farmers Philippines Photos Society Wikipedia: Rice |
Obama Says Auto Bailout Is Success Sat 31 Jul 2010 By SHARON TERLEP DETROIT—President Barack Obama on Friday declared the controversial bailout of the U.S. auto industry a success in visits to Detroit auto plants... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio) Wall Street Journal Automaker Obama Photos US Wikipedia: Troubled Asset Relief Program |
No line on horizon for Gillick Sat 31 Jul 2010 IAN O'RIORDAN In Barcelona ATHLETICS:�IN THE final desperate moments of a championship 400 metres final there is no room for error. Only total and crushing precision.... (photo: Creative Commons / Anthony Stanley) Irish Times Gillick Photos Race Sport wikipedia:David Gillick |
BA takes £250m hit from ash and strikes Sat 31 Jul 2010 Despite improving performance, British Airways was dragged down to a £164m pre-tax loss in the first quarter by the £250m cost of cabin crew strikes and the volcanic ash... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen) The Independent Airline Business Photos UK Wikipedia: British Airways |
Open Season for Alaska Gas Pipeline Closes Friday Fri 30 Jul 2010 Filed at 6:02 p.m. ET JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaskans should know by the end of Friday whether natural gas producers have any interest in building a major pipeline in the... (photo: Creative Commons / Sir James) The New York Times Open Photos Pipeline Producers Shipping |