Chanel delivers couture fit for a queen (3news)

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Fashion's undisputed king, Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel, served up an haute couture collection fit for royalty on Tuesday, with dangling trains adding a regal touch to everything from classic tweed skirt suits to slim cocktail dresses.

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STATES (The Hindu)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

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LOGISTICS (The Hindu)

Friday, June 19th, 2009

AIRLINES: Paramount to buy 10 Airbus A-321 Airline to launch international operations. New Delhi, June 17 The Chennai-based Paramount Airways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus Industrie, to purchase 10 Airbus A-321 aircraft, with the ...

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TrainPlayer virtual railroading app improves RailModeller support (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

TrainPlayer Software has announced the release of TrainPlayer-TrackLayer 3.2, a new version of its "virtual railroading" software for Mac OS X. It's priced starting at $30.

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CVB unveils new audio tour (Bowling Green Daily News)

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Somewhat serving as a prelude to the President “Lincoln and the Railroad” exhibit set to open at the Historic Railpark and Museum, a Civil War audio tour of the area now is available.

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20 years later, train lovers still gather for model train show (Standard-Examiner)

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

OGDEN -- Model trains of all sizes filled Union Station on Saturday and for the first time, crowds could ride one very big train from Salt Lake City directly to the smaller trains at the Hostlers Model Railroad Festival.

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Box trains: Stopped in their tracks (The Hindu)

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Container train operators are on a losing streak and they should rework their strategy if they want to survive the bleak economic weather. Container train operators (CTOs) have been in business for nearly two years with various business models, and varying degrees of successes.

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Hans Beck, Father of Playmobil Toys, Dies at 79 (Deutsche Welle)

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Hans Beck, the inventor of Playmobil dolls and matching model cars collected by millions of children worldwide, has died at the age of 79, the German manufacturing company he worked for said Monday.

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