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Sunday, 17 May 2009

Times Online

• Branson: Let me invest in railwaysSIR RICHARD BRANSON is urging ministers to hand the private sector a greater role in the railways by giving entrepreneurs freedom to invest in new trains, stations and track.

Belfast Telegraph

• Business flights 'decline in recession' Executives abandoned their corporate flights last year as the recession saw a slump in international business travel from the capital's airports, a study released today said.
• Supermarkets using different fuel prices again Northern Ireland’s leading supermarkets have returned to their controversial regional fuel pricing policies just months after bowing to customer pressure and moving towards a uniform price, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.

Liverpool Echo

• South Liverpool train misery over United Utilities workLONG-SUFFERING commuters in south Liverpool face continuing disruption on city centre train services because of work being carried out by United Utilities.

Washington Post

• Chrysler Scoured the Globe for a Partner NEW YORK -- Desperate to keep the automaker alive, Chrysler executives combed the globe over the past two and half years for a healthy and willing partner.
• Once-Struggling Fiat Could Become No. 3 World Automaker With GM, Chrysler Deals TURIN, Italy -- Almost overnight, Fiat Group has transformed itself from a bit player into a global titan in the auto industry, effectively taking over Chrysler and possibly a big chunk of General Motors. And nobody is more surprised than the Italians.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Government pledges further highways cash to councilsThe government has announced that a further £7.5 million will be made available to local authorities in England in order to help them to manage their highways assets.Intended to provide councils with funding for roads, bridges and other items such as streetlights, the Department for Transport money has been allocated to 14 plans for innovative projects.Transport minister Paul Clark explained that local authorities will be able to use the grants to boost information holdings on highways assets in order to improve management systems, sharing techniques with other councils in their regio...

Other News Sources

• Heathrow Airport Activists In 'Euroflashmob'On the day of the kitsch song contest, the protest was designed to coincide with similar protests held across the Continent.
• Lily Allen vows never to use public transportWashington, May 16 : Pop star Lily Allen has vowed never to use public transport, after she was hounded by multifarious fans while travelling in an underground train.
• Why Trains Run Slower Than They Did 100 Years Ago. Now, the average 12-year-old has a far superior phone: smaller, camera-equipped, location-aware, filled with games and a library of music, and so on. We've seen vast improvements in just a few decad...
• Pirate networks are local, says IMBTHE IMB has dismissed reports that pirates are allegedly making use of international contacts.
• Airline scraps Manchester to London City route Belgian-based VLM has ended services between Manchester and London City Airport, it announced today.

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