Eurostar to Buy Siemens Trains in Bid to Counter Deutsche Bahn

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Eurostar will begin a redesign and overhaul of its existing fleet next year and purchase 10 new train sets from Siemens AG able to reach speeds of 320 kilometers an hour (198 mph), adding 900 seats, it said today in an e-mailed statement.

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Is China’s growth formula sustainable?

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Is China's growth formula sustainable?Is China's growth formula sustainable?

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RPT-ANALYSIS-Bears bet time is running out for China to change

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

RPT-ANALYSIS-Bears bet time is running out for China to change

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Ford To Introduce Eight New Vehicles In India By 2015

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Ford To Introduce Eight New Vehicles In India By 2015

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Gory pictures to help curb track crossing

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Three days after two teenagers died on tracks at Mankhurd while crossing tracks, the Central Railway has stepped up its effort to curb trespassing.

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ItzCash Cards logs 54-m transactions

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Cash cards have emerged as a preferred payment model for online transactions in Punjab given the growing popularity of...

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Shekhawati spirit on villagers? track

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

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Siemens, OAO Russian Railways to Sign $2.8 Billion Regional Trains Deal

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Siemens AG, the German maker of the ICE high-speed train, is poised to clinch a 2.2 billion-euro ($2.8 billion) order from Russia for 240 regional trains , as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin works to upgrade infrastucture.

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Why Britain’s railways are a secret weapon in shunting the deficit into history

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Oscar Wilde knew how to prepare for a railway journey. "I never travel without my diary," the Irish wit once remarked. "One should always have something sensational to read in the train."

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Big brands stitch up success with organic cotton

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Interior India is seeing a war being fought by big businesses with the help of small and marginal farmers over organic cotton. Eager to carve out a bigger pie for themselves in the global organic cotton market, which has grown to $4.3 billion in 2009, up 35% over the previous year...

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