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EUROPEAN Union antitrust authorities have expressed significant concern that a BHP Billiton takeover of Rio Tinto would impede competition, especially in iron ore and coking coal markets, according to a person who has seen an EU document on the ...
Read moreMajor EU concerns over BHP Billiton bid for Rio Tinto - The Australian
Around 25 testers in the RMT transport union on the London Underground struck from Sunday night to Tuesday morning in a pay dispute. The workers maintain critical electricity operations on the network, and are employed by a consortium of firms headed ...
Read moreEDF testers strike on London Underground - Socialist Worker
AFTER THE US, INDIA has the second-largest network of roadways (3.38 million km in 2002). CHINA HAS THE second-largest expressway network (45,000 km), next only to that of the US (90,000 km). THE WORLD'S BUSIEST port by tonnage is Shanghai, followed ...
Read moreKIT: Railways, roads and transport infrastructure - Business Standard
The new Pima College football coach will be the junior college's only full-time coach and earn a salary starting at $40,040, according to a job posting on the school's Web site. Ex-coach Bill Laslett , who resigned Monday after Pima went 1-30 in his ...
Read morePima decides to ante up for new coach of woeful football program - Arizona Daily Star
A MAJOR road through Northolt has been closed due to a crash. The A312 Mandeville Road is shut both ways following a smash on the road between Eastcote Road and Moat Farm Road. It is also causing long tailbacks on the A40 Western Avenue eastbound ...
Read moreSevere delays after Mandeville Road closed in Northolt - Ealing Times
The service is under pressure to avoid a repeat of last year, when engineering work in the Midlands and around London over-ran by five days in some cases. It was punished with a £14million fine for the disruption caused for an estimated 200,000 ...
Read moreRail passengers face misery over Christmas break - Daily Telegraph
LONDON travellers face extensive shutdowns over Christmas, it was revealed today. Large sections of the Tube and National Rail network are to be shut for four days over Christmas. Some London commuter lines will be closed for up to 11 days. The ...
Read moreRail lines to shut for at least four days at Christmas - Evening Standard
THE BODS that run the GSM mobile phone industry, the GSMA , have thrown their rattles out of the pram and demanded that, from mid-2009, mobile handsets should support an NFC capability for contactless payments. In layman's terms that means that you ...
Read moreGSMA backs contactless payments for mobile - The Inquirer
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: "Shift testers at EDF Energy Powerlink are seeking nothing more than parity with their day-work colleagues." The shift testers are responsible for finding and fixing faults on the Underground's more than 250 power ...
Read moreTube electricians to go on strike - BBC News
Passengers keen to visit family and friends over the festive season face up to 11 days of rail closures because of engineering work. Network Rail confirmed yesterday that there will be no trains on Christmas Day, with greatly reduced services on ...
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