VW Trucks & Buses FAIRFAX, Va. (Reuters) - A Virginia state court judge on Tuesday rejected a request by the U.S. unit of Volkswagen AG to delay several of the company’s trials over excess emissions because of “inflammatory” comments made by a lawyer representing car owners that it fears will prejudice the
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Africa’s Road Infrastructure in Need of Timely Maintenance
A section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Nigeria being reconstructed The Minister of Transport said roads are among the most important public assets in the countries and timely maintenance of roads brings immediate benefits to road users through ready and easy social and economic amenities. Opening the Sixteenth African Road Maintenance Funds
Tanzania: RC Wants Tanga Port Expansion Expedited
TANGA - Tanga Regional Commissioner Martine Shigella has appealed to the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication to fast-track expansion of Tanga port due to its importance to East African landlocked countries. He told the Deputy Minister for Works, Transport and Communication Elias Kwandikwa who was on three - day visit
Uber suspends service in Morocco after two years
A photo illustration shows the Uber app on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph, with London Taxis in the background, in London, Britain November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Dawson ...drops opposition to London language test Uber said on Monday it would suspend operations in Morocco, two years
GM offers $2.2 billion debt for equity swap in return for Seoul’s support
The main gate to GM Korea's Gunsan factory is seen in Gunsan, South Korea February 13, 2018. Picture taken February 13, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS. ...plans to produce two new models in South Korea SEOUL (Reuters) - General Motors has offered to convert debt of around $2.2 billion owed by its ailing South
Daimler may have used software to cheat on US emissions tests
A new Daimler AG, FUSO battery-powered eCanter urban delivery truck is unveiled during a news conference in New York City, U.S. September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid But Daimler denies any wrongdoing. Daimler has been under suspicion of cheating on US emissions tests for quite a while now -- in 2016, a number of customers
Scarcity: NBS puts average price of petrol at N191/litre
Many Nigerians are still paying far above N145 per litre pump price of petrol approved by the Federal Government for the product, a report of the National Bureau of Statistics has indicated. The NBS in its Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) price watch for January stated that on the average, Nigerians paid
Uber makes changes to boost safety in the UK as appeal to overturn London ban continues
Uber is preparing to sell Southeast Asia unit to Grab in exchange for stake in company
Lagos-Ibadan rail’ll commence operations in January 2019 –FG
Ibadan, Wednesday February 15, 2018 - The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced that despite the challenges facing the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, the facility would be put to use by January 2019, according to the Punch report. The government said it had adopted carefully considered measures to holistically tackle the