– European stocks fluctuate – Euro recovers some ground against rivals – S&P downgrade of nine euro-zone countries in focus – EFSF rating now in question By Michele Maatouk Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)–European stocks fluctuated between small losses and small gains Monday, while the euro recovered some ground against its rivals, as ...Read More
Group travel is hectic but cheaper To travel alone or at leisure, you need to have some experience of the city Tania Kishore Jaleel / Mumbai Jan 17, 2012, 00:53 IST Planning a trip is never easy. No wonder, Bangalore-based Nidhi Iyer and friends are confused whether to take a leisurely trip of Europe (via ...Read More
After years of rebuffing health concerns over airport scanners, the Transportation Security Administration plans to conduct new tests on the potential radiation exposure from the machines at more than 100 airports nationwide. But the TSA does not plan to retest the machines or passengers. Instead, the agency plans to test its airport security officers to ...Read More
Food Allergies – French Unfortunately this app will not let you eat everything you want by simply finding you foods that will meet your food allergy needs. What this app will do is help you communicate your food allergy issues in French rather than doing the typical charades. It also won’t do anything about the ...Read More
January 16, 2012 By: Susan Young Agents, Owners and Consortia/Franchise Groups Speak Out With Costa Concordia lying on its side near Giglio, Italy, and images of the stricken ship splashed across television news programs and newspaper front pages, the big question for many travel professionals is: “What will this tragic accident and its aftermath mean ...Read More
AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes (C) with flight attendants. Photo: AFP The days of $800 return fares between Australia and Europe will end in the next 10 weeks as AirAsia X axes its European routes, while Sydney, at long last, will get its first AirAsia X service to Kuala Lumpur at about the same time. ...Read More
Robert Malina, the lead author of a paper published in the Journal of Air Transport Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says that US-based airlines could get away with sliding as much as USD2,600 million in the next ten years by marking up emission charges beyond what is actually needed to cover costs. The ...Read More
Cars drive along a main road in central Beijing January 12, 2012. Credit: Reuters/David Gray By Emily Kaiser and Stella Dawson Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:02pm EST (Reuters) – Walk softly. Global growth looks to be smoothly downshifting as China slows, the U.S. economy firms, and troubled Europe, at least for now, avoids a messy ...Read More
By MICHELE MAATOUK LONDON—European stocks fluctuated between small losses and small gains Monday, as investors grappled with Standard & Poor’s downgrade of nine euro-zone countries, including France, Italy and Spain. The benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up 0.1% at 249.33. London’s FTSE 100 Index was down 0.1% at 5630.62, Frankfurt’s DAX was up 0.2% ...Read More
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — The following companies’ shares may have unusual moves in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.1 percent to 249.18 on Jan. 13. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index, a benchmark measure for nations using the euro, declined 0.3 percent to 2,338.01. Carnival Plc (CCL LN): ...Read More