Car dealers and customers walk at a second-hand car market near a newly-built residential area in Hefei, Anhui province, China January 26, 2013.REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) - China has begun studying when to ban the production and sale of cars using traditional fuels, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing comments by
Author: Jack Smith
How Airline Jobs Were Ruined – Nobody wants to be a pilot anymore
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
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
UK exports outside EU fall despite weak pound
Exports of British-made goods to EU increased by £1.3bn, underlining country’s reliance on trade with continental Europe Britain’s efforts to expand trade in goods beyond the European Union’s border took a knock in July after official figures showed the UK’s deficit with the rest of the world widened following a drop
Why shipping could be the next billion dollar opportunity for online retailers
Excerpts from The Future of Shipping Report (BI) - The parcel delivery industry — a segment of the shipping sector that deals with the transportation of packages to consumers — is booming thanks to e-commerce growth, and players outside the industry want a piece of the pie. In a new report, BI Intelligence looks
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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
United Continental: Is Something Amiss?
Continental United Airlines - N73275 One team of analysts wonders why United Continental's revenue trends are so much worse than its peers. (Barron's) - Yesterday, United Continental Holdings offered a revenue outlook that was far worse than the ones provided by Delta Air Lines or American Airlines, confirming what the market already seemed to know: United just
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
