Working in aviation has lost its glamor. It happened because the law gave carriers every advantage over their workforces—and because we demanded lower airfare. — here's how working for an airline lost its glamor Nobody wants to be a pilot anymore. As the airlines tell it, a so-called pilot shortage has made it impossible
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China Economy Booms with Exports as the Major source
BEIJING – China's economy got an another boost from a foreign trade last month, with exports posting modest growth, though the recent surge in the yuan's value is starting to weigh on Chinese exporters. China's exports increased 5.5% from a year earlier in August, according to customs data released Friday. Some
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Why shipping could be the next billion dollar opportunity for online retailers
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Lagos, Pen Cinema Flyover Bridge to be delivered in December 2018
The Lagos State Government says it will deliver the Pen Cinema Flyover bridge by December 2018, while appealing to residents and motorists to exercise patience all through the period of construction. Spearing at a stakeholders’ meeting with resident of Agege and environs on the construction of precast/pre-stressed concrete dual carriage flyover
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China’s Seaport Shopping Spree: What China Is Winning By Buying Up The World’s Seaports
Container ship Cosco Development. /RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images In a bid to bolster its position as a maritime powerhouse, secure key supply chains, enhance its international trade capacities, and build up geo-economic leverage, China has been buying up the development and operational rights to a chain of ports that stretch from the
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United Continental: Is Something Amiss?
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Taxify halts London services after regulator questions licence
(Reuters) - Uber rival Taxify has temporarily halted operations in London, the company said on Friday, after local regulator Transport for London said the new market entrant had failed to obtain a proper operating license. The Estonian taxi-hailing start-up, which is active in 25 cities in central and eastern Europe and