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
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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
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
Digital Logistics Startups Are Both Challenge And Opportunity For Industry Incumbents
ONLINE-SHOPPING ENERGIZES UPS IN SECOND QUARTER
DALLAS (AP) -- If you buy diapers online later this year, UPS begs you to avoid placing the order right around Thanksgiving or Christmas. To drive home the point, the company with the big brown trucks will impose special surcharges for shipments during peak holiday weeks. UPS executives gave more details about
Air France-KLM acquire 31% of Virgin Atlantic
British tycoon Richard Branson is to sell his majority ownership of Virgin Atlantic. The French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM announced Thursday it was taking a 31 percent state in Britain’s Virgin Atlantic for 220 million pounds ($287 million, 246 million euros). The deal which would last for at least 15 years is worth
UK Car Production Slumps 14% In June
Help! Slow Air Liberalization Is Hurting Africa’s Aviation – ICAO
The slow pace of implementation of the liberalization of air transport in Africa, otherwise known as Yamoussoukro Decision, has led to an adverse effect on the development of civil aviation in the continent, President, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the global aviation regulatory body, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu, has said. The Yamoussoukro
Air France to Resume Nairobi-Paris route flights
Air France to resume its flight operations between Paris and Nairobi from March 2018, after halting its services to Kenya on March 2000. The French airline, a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, will operate three flights per week for the Nairobi-Paris route. This signals rising travel demand on routes connecting the Kenyan