For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Do you think kids spend too much time playing video games? Parents are often at a loss as to what activities are good alternatives. The Great Train Expo in Council Bluffs was a popular destination this weekend.
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All Aboard For Great Train Expo (WOWT Omaha)
Profits at Hornby, the British toy maker famous for toy trains, Airfix models and Corgi toy cars, halved in the first six months, mainly due to foreign exchange losses.
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Why is Warren Buffett, arguably the world's most famous and successful investor, betting more than $26 billion of his spare cash to acquire all of Texas-based railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe?
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Buffett: Railroad business is 'in tune with the future' (USA Today)
Model train track curves may seem like a simple issue, but there can be much more to track curves than meets the eye. Track curves on model railroad layouts require some planning and knowledge of a few relevant issues. (source: About) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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Future seen in Spain's high speed train network
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Imagine waving your cell phone and being admitted through the turnstile of a subway station, or ordering and paying for a gift without once having to open your wallet or enter a credit-card number.
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U.S. subway rides via cellphones still a ways away (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mumbai, Aug. 5 A vegetable vendor in Sivaganga, a school student in Jalandhar, and a housewife in Nashik are among the potential customers that cybercafé chains in India are keenly eyeing as the demand for accessing the Internet through cybercafés in metros tapers off.
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Cybercafes chase growth in non-metros (The Hindu)
A United Arab Emirates company said Monday that it bought a 4 percent stake in electric-car maker Tesla Motors as investor interest builds toward the day when mass-produced plug-in vehicles become a reality. Aabar Investments, which is controlled by the Abu Dhabi government, purchased the interest in Tesla for an undisclosed sum from Germany's Daimler AG, the second-largest luxury automaker in ...
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Abu Dhabi takes stake in electric car maker (The Washington Times)
PARIS - FASHION'S undisputed king, Mr 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. A heavy dose of sequins in rhinestones in royal plum and fuchsia tones gave the winter 2010 collection added monarchical cachet.
Continue here: Couture fit for a queen (Straits Times)
French Pres. Sarkozy added details to the "Grand Paris" urban renovation plan designed to modernize the city by 2025.
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Sarkozy Pushes Strongly for 2025 ‘Grand Paris’ (The Epoch Times)