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Buffett bets big on US recovery
in Sox First, on November 4, 2009
...ash and shares and it's the first time in many years that Buffett has done a shares deal. Now the railway is not coming cheap as Berkshire is paying more than 18 times Burlington’s 2010 earnings, wi...
Car Guy Falls in Love with British Rail
in Classical Drives, on October 12, 2009
...us one of the highlights was a side trip to the city of York in order to visit the world's greatest railway museum. A trip made even more enjoyable by the 125 mph, electrically-driven express train th...
My Goodwood Revival Goes Bust
in Classical Drives, on September 30, 2009
...lying display, and maybe even sneak in a word or photograph from my visit to Britain's National Railway Museum, the world's largest. For now, having no action shots worth viewing, I hope you c...
Cars and the Coming Car Culture in China
in China Venture News, on July 22, 2009
...apore. That city was flooded with taxis, had all the buses you could wish for, had a nice new metro railway - and yet people were willing to pay thousands of dollars each year just to hold a drivers l...
Porsche Power Matches Canadian Steam
in Classical Drives, on July 20, 2009
...;m including it here because many of my fellow old car enthusiasts share an appreciation of classic railway trains, especially when pulled by steam engines.
The photo was taken in 1961. The Porsche...
Austin Healey Shines at Victoria BC Car Show
in Classical Drives, on April 27, 2009
...at it is a museum of farm machinery from an earlier era and includes a miniature passenger-carrying railway. I also noted ongoing construction of a pavilion for 1/4-scale streetcars. While I admire vi...
All aboard the new super bed
in WebKinzBlog, on January 17, 2009
... Put your webkinz to sleep and let them dream about a trip across the country on the railroad!
The Railway Dreams Bed is neat and I'd sure love to see it as an entire theme in the W Shop.
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4 Crisis Related Suicides (Report)
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 7, 2009
... Europe, killed himself on Monday.
After writing a Suicide note for his family, he checked the railway timetable and walked to the track that ran close to his home in the village of Blaubeuren, s...
Indian Railways looks at RFID for its recruitment process
in The RFID Weblog, on December 10, 2008
... use in marathons and other sporting events but now the same technology is being deployed by Indian Railways, one of the largest employers in the world for hiring process of its employees. The Railw...
Quickest Route to a Race Track? Take the Train
in Classical Drives, on November 25, 2008
...nd the touring car races at Silverstone, where the British Grand Prix is held. There wasn't a railway station nearby but I took a chance and rode the rails to the nearest railway/bus interchange...
State of the logistics industry in Spain
in Supplychainer, on November 16, 2008
...er year.
- Road transport still remains the main mode of transport; however, the potential of the railway network is one of the aspects that is considered as the next alternative as the government i...
Don't Cry For Me, Argentina, Just Drive Your Classic
in Classical Drives, on October 27, 2008
...h its lakes, valleys and mountains." Patagonia is a beautiful area with, by the way, a magical railway journey awaiting those who'd rather not drive
The 1000 Millas Sport Argentina is uniq...
Geneva Classics, the Ultimate Historic Transport Show
in Classical Drives, on October 17, 2008
... aircraft, boats, and trains. Okay, there was just one of the latter but the arrival of an historic railway train at the PalExpo station made it complete. Classic Driver magazine has a lovely story...
The Danube Express, Restored Classic Train, Makes Maiden Voyage
in Classical Drives, on October 3, 2008
...on. Meanwhile I frequently browse through the pages of my favorite coffee table book, "Great railway Journeys of the World." Among the luxury train rides featured are South Africa's ...
Lake Iseo - a more authentic Italian lake
in Wandalust, on August 7, 2008
...39;s easy to reach Monte Isola by ferry from several ferry stops around the Lake. There is a branch railway line from Brescia up the eastern side of the Lake.
At the south of the lake is the Torbi...
Money off days out in the UK
in Wandalust, on July 17, 2008
...uchers from the Days Out website. Attractions such as Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Snowdon Mountain Railway and the New Forest wildlife Park are included. You can search the Days Out site by pos...
Three new UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy
in Wandalust, on July 16, 2008
...eir outstanding Renaissance architecture.
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The final new inclusion is the Retica Railway which crosses the border to Switzerland through the Bernina Pass in the Alps.
Are you more ...
财富杂志公布 2008 全球 500 强
in Wangtam, on 2008-07-11
美国《财富》杂志 昨日公布 了 2008 年全球 500 强排行榜,沃尔玛以 3787.99 亿美元年销售额蝉联榜首,中石化排名第 16 位。
按照 2007 年销售额排名,排名前十的企业依次是:沃尔玛、美国埃克森美孚石油公司、英荷壳牌石油公司、英国石油公司、丰田汽车公司、美国雪佛龙石油公司、荷兰国际集团、法国道达尔石油公司、美国通用汽车公司和美国康菲石油公司。
中国内地和香港上榜企业从去年的 24 家增至 29 家,其中中石化以 1592.6 亿美元的年销售额排名第 16 位,成为排名最靠前的中国企业。
The three bridges of Berwick upon Tweed
in Wandalust, on June 27, 2008
...century,the Royal Tweed road bridge (behind the Old Bridge) built in the 1920s and the Royal Border railway bridge (at the rear of the photo) constructed in the 1840s.
The photo above is the view ...
Hedge Fund Industry Award Winners
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 27, 2008
...estor of the Year:
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Corporate pension fund of the Year:
Railway Pension Trustee Company
Nonprofit Investor of the Year:
Texas Christian University
Hedge ...
Deutsche Telekom and Stasi
in Sox First, on June 6, 2008
...perhaps this sort activity is more common in Germany than we thought with reports that the German railway system Deutsche Bahn hired the same detective agency Deutsche Telekom used to spy on ...
Classic Streetcars and Vintage Hillclimb Highlight 2009 Subaru Test
in Classical Drives, on May 30, 2008
...-central Ontario countryside in search of suitable test roads I came upon the Halton County Radial Railway Museum , a haven for old streetcars suitable for restoration. The museum also operates weeke...
Back: The Metal Models of Your Youth
in Classical Drives, on March 16, 2008
...aisles in January my eye was caught by an amazing collection of large-scale collectibles, including railway engines, buses, trucks, race cars, fire engines, tankers, and even a Duesenberg Model J engi...
Riding the Rails in Tibet
in Hidden Travel Gems, on March 12, 2008
...uldn't be cheap.
The best way to see Tibet?
On the rails .
Until recently, there was no railway connecting Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet, to the rest of China. However, in an effor...
Indian Railways to get associated with RFID under Information Technology Vision 2012
in The RFID Weblog, on February 26, 2008
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Indian Railways which is one of the oldest and largest rail networks in the world is planning to catch the modern technology train to match the international standards. This is what the railway mi...
Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Meets Pony Express
in Classical Drives, on February 15, 2008
...s, horses... the advertisers rarely missed a lifestyle opportunity. Missing in the literature are railway station scenes, which may seem odd because that's where the station wagon got its n...
Bangkok to Singapore by Luxury Train
in Hidden Travel Gems, on February 15, 2008
I'll end this week's train theme with a post about one of the world's most storied rail routes. Many a British colonial authority and many a Chinese business person has ridden the rails between Singapore, Penang, and Bangkok.
This was long the most convenient way to travel between Sout...
Cooling Off the Market?
in China Venture News, on January 31, 2008
... as much as $4.5 billion. That would be the 10th larger offering in China's history.
China railway Construction Corp. put a proposal last week before regulators for a Shanghai IPO worth...
Coast-to-Coast by Rail in a Classic Cadillac
in Classical Drives, on January 24, 2008
... A couple of weeks ago I uploaded a blog about celebrated railway artist Went Folkins who, when I first knew him, had purchased a British Singer Gazelle, one of the Rootes conglomerate's badge...
Mystery Duesenberg Highlights RM Auction
in Classical Drives, on January 18, 2008
...e, having been owned originally by Sir William Van Horne, former president of the Canadian Pacific Railway group. Van Horne pounded in the golden spike at the point where CP's westbound and eastbo...
Famous Railway Artist Falls for a Singer Gazelle
in Classical Drives, on January 15, 2008
...Union Station in the 50's, pulled by CN steamer 6060. Wentworth was "world-famous for his railway paintings" and also a good friend; I commissioned the 6060 work many years ago when I ...
Charming Old Automotive Art, Yours for a Mere Ten Bucks
in Classical Drives, on December 25, 2007
...n here is fascinating, not only because of the variety of autos shown but also because of the old railway engine, which pre-dates the automobile itself by several decades. Trains, like cars, ar...
Kalifornisches Eisenbahnmuseum im Old Sacramento State Historic Park
in Cityreise-Blog, on 21.11.07
...est. Der Ausstellungsschwerpunkt liegt auf den letzten Jahren der Norfolk & Western Railway, eine der letzten großen Eisenbahngesellschaften, die ausschließlich Dampfeisenbahnen nutzten. Links Fot...
Wheels: What Goes Around, Comes Around
in Classical Drives, on November 13, 2007
...;d look more at home on a steam engine. Ditto the huge grilles and blunt front ends; continuing the railway analogy, they remind me of a late 1930's Santa Fe diesel locomotive . When it come...
Classic Cars Blogger Looks Up, Sees 60-Year-Old Flying Boat Overhead
in Classical Drives, on November 7, 2007
...#39;ve had experience with three of the four though no one has offered the opportunity of driving a railway engine. You may also be aware from prior blogs that my computer desk faces a large window wh...
The Bellagio Hotel And Casino In Las Vegas
in Play Las Vegas, on September 11, 2007
...u enter the main building, shielded from the blazing sun by the huge European style glass and steel railway station roof, you know you're in a special place.
The carpets are bit more plush, the l...
Indian railways pilots RFID for improving wagon efficiency
in The RFID Weblog, on September 10, 2007
...It is one of the world's largest and busiest railway networks in the world carrying more than sixteen million passengers and one million tones of freight everyday and if you are a person who keeps...
Klimawandel-Aktien (4) - der Global Challenges Index aus Hannover
in Das Börsen Weblog, on 08.09.07
Die Börse Hannover und oekom research haben gerade den global Challenges Index herausgebracht. Dieser ist breiter angelegt als reine Öko-Indizes und enthält gleich 50 Aktien. Sieben Themen stehen im Vordergrund: Klimawandel, Armut, Trinkwasserknappheit, nachhaltige Waldwirtschaft, Artenvi...
Klimawandel-Aktien (1) - Der Natur-Aktien-Index
in Das Börsen Weblog, on 03.09.07
Es gibt eine Reihe von Öko- indizes , auf deren Werte ich gerne schaue. Einer davon ist der Natur-Aktien-Index . Er den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg von Unternehmen messen, die ökologisch und nachhaltig wirtschaften. Man kann ihn ohne weiteres mit herkömmlichen Aktienindizes vergleichen. Enthal...
FAA Requiring 737 Wing Inspections
in The Aviation Weblog, on August 29, 2007
...China Airlines Boeing 737-800, said Kazushige Daiki, chief investigator at Japan's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission.
The FAA ordered a detailed inspection within 24 days to...
SOX and bubbles
in Sox First, on July 4, 2007
...oom; the South Sea Bubble; the Gilded Age bubbles in the United States: the Panic of 1869 and the railway Boom of 1863; the 1920s Stock Market; the 1960s Boom in Conglomerate Stocks; the 1990s ...
Trucking: New Inspections U.S. Canada Border Crossings
in Small Business Unplugged, on June 3, 2007
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The U.S. started charging a new fee for inspecting Canadian trucks and railway cars.
Calling Canada a potential conduit for bioterrorism, Pests and disease, the U.S. government is boosting...
Following 52-Year Restoration of Rare Deusenberg, Owner Rests in Peace
in Classical Drives, on May 12, 2007
... original owner was the grandson of Sir William Van Horne, one of North America's most colorful railway pioneers. Van Horne had been general manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad...
Nation's First Wireless Railway... with Infotainment!
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 5, 2007
...shman reports that 4G Metro has announced plans to deploy 10 Mbps service on Texas' Trinity Railway Express (TRE), using equipment from Colubris and Nortel .
Fleishman notes that 4G Me...
Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Emulates Famous Trains
in Classical Drives, on February 19, 2007
...ting about the Olds Vista catalog shown here and available from McLellans Automobile.com is the railway train in the background. It was best-known as the Santa Fe Super Chief and its overhead wi...
From Out of Africa, an Automotive Revelation
in Classical Drives, on December 25, 2006
...racter's biplane as it flew over the African plains, plus many running shots of early-1900's railway trains drawn by steam locomotives. Aside from its justifiable honors as an award-winning fil...
Black Friday Roundup ...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 24, 2006
...ures of Increasing Renewable Energy Use .
North Korea has pledged to help develop Nigeria's railway system ...
UK bank moving into Uganda ...
Nike drops soccer ball manufacturer over lab...
RFID Being Used To Counter Terror in Germany
in The RFID Weblog, on November 7, 2006
...ting this November would last till the month of January. The trials are being conducted at the main railway station in Mainz. The facial recognition system is being used to zero down on people by meas...
Hong Kong testing anti-bacterial nano-coating in subways
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 5, 2006
...w, of how diseases ... spread," says Ben Mascall, spokesman with MTR Corp., which operates the railway in Hong Kong and has bid for two new rail franchises in the United Kingdom.
"Some vir...
NASCAR Driver Takes Two Wheels Off Asphalt
in The Outdoor Weblog, on September 14, 2006
...sit, including the MKT Trail, which follows a portion of the old track of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway line. When he's in Charlotte, the Lake Norman State Park and North Mecklenburg Park are ...
Special Report: Early Stage Invesment in Chinese Tech Companies
in China Venture News, on September 9, 2006
...power. No government or corporate lobby can alter this fact.
In the summer of 1981 at the Changsha Railway Institute (located in Hunan's provincial capital of Changsha) I learned some very hard l...
RFID Tickets Find Place in Chinese Railway System
in The RFID Weblog, on September 5, 2006
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Let's check some facts. The railway system in China carries around three billion passengers every year and is dependant on single trip tickets. But not now, Guangshen Railway Company has emerg...
Fiat Proved Aerodynamic Design in Classic Race Victory
in Classical Drives, on August 18, 2006
... Unfortunately, for most North Americans, the name reminds them of tiny autos rented at airports or railway stations and driven madly around the streets of Rome by exhuberant Italians . Not that...
Sporadic Posting: Part 2
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on August 7, 2006
...about worth while, so mobile industry, take your share of the blame as well.
(Or, like the British railway operators, I could claim that it has been too hot to operate a blog on these tracks)
As alw...
Steaming Into Wine Country's Past
in Classical Drives, on July 28, 2006
... wine country my driving buddy Mel Satok and I unexpectedly "discovered" the Kettle Valley Steam Railway. We knew the Kettle Valley roadbed east of Okanagan Lake had been turned into a hiking and b...
An Exotic Home for a Streamlined Zephyr
in Classical Drives, on July 27, 2006
... the Burlington Zephyr, a trend-setting streamlined train that helped introduce diesel power to the railway world. The museum's Zephyr is not in concours shape and despite a team of mechanics w...
Xenoclone Nabbed by Alten8
in PCGamers Blog, on July 5, 2006
...is all territories worldwide except some mid and Eastern European countries. In an abandoned railway complex, which hides the installations of the most important biotechnology lab in the world,...
Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi?
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 1, 2006
...eless.it.world , the Shinkansen will get Wi-Fi when its rolling stock are upgraded by Central Japan Railway Co. in 2009 to N700 series trains. According to details of the plan, the train will pick up ...
Risk-takers or corporate delinquents?
in Sox First, on May 11, 2006
...t and who doesn't give a stuff about anyone else. The other one hangs out at shopping malls and railway stations. It's a distinction that comes to mind when you think about the bad boys in su...
RFID Benefits Reaches London Tube
in The RFID Weblog, on April 5, 2006
...rials involve putting location information onto the RFID tag, which is generally then attached to a railway sleeper. An RFID reader built into the Symbol device can then be used to tell the engineers ...
Make mine a large - Luton wants a casino
in The Gambling Weblog, on March 31, 2006
...offer 150 gaming machines with £4000 ($6958) maximum jackpots. Luton has good transport links with railway and airport.
Unsurprisingly, opposition to the casino has come from some Church groups.
...
Wikipedia 1,000,000篇
in Wangtam, on 2006-03-04
...篇英文文章 发布了,这个具有重大历史意义的里程碑是一篇名为 railway station 的文章(有关苏格兰一个名叫"Jordanhill"的火车站),由一个名叫Ewan Macdonald的维客在3月1日创建。这名维客坦承,他计算了发表文章的时间,以"名留维基青史"。[ via ]...
European Vacation: Slovenia Part One
in The Outdoor Weblog, on February 10, 2006
...ing that really brought Ljubljana to the forefront of European consciousness was the Vienna-Trieste railway. In effect, this officially linked it with the rest of the world in terms of commerce and tr...
Plain Vanilla Still Sells Best
in carzz.org, on January 10, 2006
...y was at risk of being toppled from its throne by a host of competent pursuers. Reliable as a Swiss railway train, spacious and comfortable, the Camry's biggest threat was nevertheless itself, for...
Gedas (VW Inhouse IT ARM) Sold.
in The CIO Weblog, on December 27, 2005
...German companies to get out of the IT services business. Automakers, industrial groups and the main railway operator all turned their IT departments into stand-alone businesses, but for most, the cons...
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM LAS VEGAS
in The Celebrities Weblog, on December 23, 2005
...the best you'll ever see.
The area in which the display is situated is styled after a European railway station complete with their distictive, unique, curved glass roof. It really is spectacular ...
Travel to Italy to see a giant Pink Rabbit
in The Flyaway Weblog, on September 21, 2005
Apart from the obvious, need another reason to go to Italy?
It's a 200 ft. long toy rabbit, designed by Viennese art group Gelatin . According to one of artist, Wolfgang Gantner, "It's supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can't help but ...




