ITALIANS TO OPEN NEW HIGH SPEED RAIL SERVICE

Dan Rang -
By 2011 Italy will have its first privately-owned high-speed train, Italo. European network of high speed trains to grow much faster. ...

VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPICS SHIELD FROM CRITICISM

Pat Hyland -
Carbon emissions from the winter Olympic Games are set to cause problems. The government has been accused of not getting the priorities right. ...

OUTLOOK FOR WORLD AIRLINES LOOKS BLEAK

Experts anticipate the effects of the crisis to last until 2011. Airlines all over the planet are likely to face huge losses. ...

ENVIRONMENTALISTS AGAINST NEW GOLF COURSES IN CYPRUS

Andrea Hausold -
Fourteen new golf courses will be built in Cyprus in an effort to boost the country’s tourism. Every golf course will have a desalination plant to supply it with water. Environmentalists oppose the pr ...

Joke of the Week

Michael Trout -
A businessman walked into a New York City bank and asked for the loan officer. He said he was going to Europe on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000... ...