Going Going Gone Thalys Special From Rail Europe.
50% Discount on One-Way High Speed Train Tickets for Travel Between Cities in France-Germany-Belgium-Netherlands WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Rail Europe's Going Going Gone Thalys Special offers 50% off one-way regular fare tickets on most Thalys train routes. This high-speed train connects the European cities...

'India needs high speed trains'.
HYDERABAD: After providing software solutions to manage the accounts of Indian Railways, French companies are now looking to sell high speed trains to India. SNCF International, which runs TGVs ('Train a grande vitesse,' French for high speed trains) is working on a study to identify a corridor...

Clearing tracks for run super-speed trains.
NEW DELHI: Imagine travelling between Delhi and Jaipur by train in one hour flat. Well, if railway minister Lalu Prasad's plans to build four high-speed corridors where trains would ply at 300-350 kilometres per hour fructify, then it might just be possible. If the plan comes through, it could...

Rlys to Bombardier airlines with hi-speed trains.
Byline: Rajat Guha & Sudipto Dey NEW DELHI: After the fare war, the competition is on the speed front. The railways are in talks with Bombardier Transportation for running high-speed electric multiple units (EMU) to link major metros with nearby industrial hubs and cities. With a speed...

Taiwan wants to help.
WITH all its resources and modern technology Taiwan, since 1971, has sincerely campaigned for participation in conferences and conventions of the UN and its specialized agencies. Rich/small There are various fields that need to be addressed especially those related to the welfare of mankind such...

Destination News - Europe.
Dec 21, 2008 London London hotels suffered a 5.6% drop in room rates and a 6% fall in occupancy in November, according to analysts PKF Hotel Consultancy Services. The consultants said room rates fell from [pounds sterling]137.29 in November 2007 to [pounds sterling]129.93 while occupancy...

Elbit Vision Systems Wins Tender to Provide Two Axle Inspection Systems to a European Customer.
Order Valued at Approximately $1 Million QADIMA, Israel, November 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Vision Systems (OTCBB: EVSNF) today announced that it has won an order to provide a leading European rail operator with two axle inspection systems. The order is valued at approximately $1 million. ...

Americans ready to share the wealth.
One of John McCain's goofier political moves came in the last couple of weeks of the campaign when--with eyes darting, arms pumping frenetically and lips sneering--he assailed Barack Obama for saying, "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." Oh, wailed McCain, that's...

The ambiguity of resistance: opposition to neoliberalism in Europe.
Introduction In a recent special issue of Capital & Class, Strange and Worth (2007: 2-3) noted that, 'A key question for research and more direct organisational interventions concerns the extent to which ... Europe can (or cannot) be a progressive space for labour and wider oppositional social...

Siemens eliminates jobs worldwide to cut costs.
Byline: George Frey FRANKFURT, Germany - Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said yesterday it will cut 16,750 jobs, or 4.2 percent of its global work force, to streamline operations and slice nearly $2 billion in costs in the face of a slowing economy. The Munich-based maker...