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Pleasant Valley bus staff votes to join Teamsters

Bus drivers and mechanics in the Pleasant Valley School District voted overwhelmingly on Friday to join the ranks of the Teamsters union. The 144 drivers and mechanics have effectively been without union backing since the...

Glasgow's 'Guggenheim' starts to take shape

Published Date: 15 November 2008 THE first glimpse of Glasgow's £74 million transport museum was revealed yesterday as the defence firm BAE Systems pledged £500,000 towards the project. Designed by the Iraq-born architect...

Bus tycoon Brian Souter works 9-hour shift at wheel.. to break drivers' strike

BUS tycoon Brian Souter got back behind the wheel yesterday in a bid to help beat a drivers' strike. The Stagecoach supremo stepped out of the boardroom and into the cab of a 59 bus for a nine-hour shift in Aberdeen. Passengers...

Africa: World's Stock Markets Record Mixed Performance

Posted to the web 7 November 2008 Ayodele Aminu With Agency Reports Lagos Stock markets around the world recorded mixed performance yesterday after Barrack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America,...

UK Industry Taskforce Sounds Alarm on Peak Oil

On Wednesday 29th October 2008 I attended a press conference at the London Stock Exchange. The meeting was convened by the "Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security" (www.peakoiltaskforce.net) to introduce a new report:...

London close: Miners ruin the day (ShareCast)

LONDON (ShareCast) - Oil services groups Wood Group, Petrofac (LSE: ) see their recent good run come to an abrupt end, while miners Kazakhmys (LSE: ) felt the pain on weaker copper prices. Copper miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO.L...

FirstGroup reports six-month results (at bizjournals.com)

Business Courier of Cincinnati reported record results for the six months ended Sept. 30, praising the North American operations based in Cincinnati for its profitable expansion and margin improvement. The United Kingdom-based...

TransPennine Express powers First's results

TRANSPORT company FirstGroup hailed the success of its TransPennine Express rail services as it unveiled higher interim profits. Passenger numbers on its routes across the north increased eight per cent to 12 million during the...

Scottish Business Briefing – Thursday November 6, 2008

Published Date: 06 November 2008 WELCOME to scotsman.com's Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today. Read all today's economics news from...

PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Nov 6

NEXT SALES DOWN 4.4 PERCENT BUT AT TOP END OF FORECASTS The clothing retailer Next reported a 4.4 percent drop in sales for the third quarter. Chief Executive David Fischel said the possibility of further failures going into...

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