- Large, technologically accomplished and fun to drive Car salesmen have a very difficult job trying to convince customers to buy an estate car these days. For some reason, the marketing machine has brainwashed the masses into thinking that gigantic SUVs are the perfect companion to family life. In reality, an elongated
Year: 2017
Police disrupt plot in Australia to ‘bring down plane’
- Four men suspected of planning an improvised device attack were arrested in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs. - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said security had been increased at all major Australian airports Police disrupted a "terrorist plot" to bring down a plane and arrested four men on Saturday in
Speeding: It’s Just As Dangerous As Driving Drunk, New Report Finds
Speeding may not have the negative social consequences drinking and driving under the influence has, but it kills just as many people. Report on a recent study in U.S over a 10 year period, showed nearly the same number of deaths occurred- about 113,000 - from passenger vehicle speeding related crashes as
How U.S. exporters are riding higher on a weaker dollar
U.S - Companies reporting on second-quarter earnings say they are benefiting from growing demand for goods and services by foreign buyers, the WSJ’s Ben Eisen reports, along with expectations for faster global growth with continued low inflation. The dollar edged up on Thursday, but one measure of the dollar against other big currencies
FRSC to sue tankers, trucks owners causing accidents in Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria - The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said tankers and trucks owners would now be prosecuted alongside their drivers involved in accidents, as a result of reckless driving. Hyginus Omeje, the Lagos State Sector Commander, FRSC, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. “If your truck is involved in an accident and
Kenya, Tanzania talks lift bilateral import bans
Nissan-Renault Officially World’s Largest Automaker At Halftime
Yesterday, at 1:30 p.m. Tokyo time, a long-standing desire of Carlos Ghosn was fulfilled. Ghosn’s life work, the Renault-Nissan Group, can be called World’s Largest Automaker, for the first half of the year, at least. The man who had similar urges, Volkswagen’s Martin Winterkorn, now lives in infamy. His company
Delta, Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic, and China Eastern announce a billion-dollar mega-deal
Delta and China Eastern have each purchased 10% of Air France-KLM. While Air France-KLM has purchased Virgin Group's 31% stake in Virgin Atlantic. Developing Story - On Thursday, Delta Air Lines and China Eastern Airlines announced that they have each purchased 10% of Air France-KLM. Delta and China Eastern's stake in Air France-KLM
Bring back toll gates on the Highways, Luxury Bus Owner begs Nigerian government
... Minister, Senate also in support of return of toll plazas on highways When on January 1, 2003, then Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo decided to scrap toll gates on highways nation-wide his reason was that they had outlived their usefulness. Speaking on a Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) forum tagged: The President
