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At least 38 people were killed and more than 200 injured by the recent crash of two high-speed trains near Zhenzhou in Zhejiang, a province in China. The wrecked body of the ruined train was buried immediately afterward, with no investigation.
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Can China Make Bullet Trains Safe Without Stealing?
ECONOMICS: India's most misunderstood sector TRANSPORT ECONOMICS. Almost unnoticed, over the last 20 years, the transport business has been globalised and liberalised almost to the extent of finance. It is now broadly called logistics and comprises not just the means of moving goods and ...
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Ships, long used to transport goods overseas, may be used to transport goods within the United States. It would be far more efficient.
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DOT to Turn Underused Waterways Into Maritime Highways
ECONOMY: Bandh disrupts financial operations country-wide Market turnover drops 35%; economy loss put at Rs 3,000 cr. Monday's Opposition-led strike over the fuel price hike disrupted trade and businesses across the ...
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Everyone knows easing up on the accelerator can improve your fuel economy and reduce your emissions. But what kind of impact would it have on the environment if everyone had to slow down? A potentially big one, as it turns out.
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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A more focused urbanization program could generate an investment of 225 trillion yuan ($32.9 trillion) and maintain rapid economic growth in the next decade, and thus help China shed its export-oriented development model.
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Trinidad & Tobago's energy industry is in a crucial stage of development, as lackluster reserve replacement in recent years has some worried about the future of the country's prosperous LNG and petrochemical businesses.
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