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Bomb-proof bins installed in London before Games
LONDON (Reuters) - A London-based business has reinvented the rubbish bin, making its new recycling containers bomb-proof and sticking LCD screens on the side to tell Londoners about market moves and breaking news. Renew, a brainchild of two former London School of Economics students, will install 100 bomb-proof bins in London's financial district before the Olympics kick off in July. "There has ...
02/03/2012 - 12:07 PM
Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Dickensian London
LONDON (Reuters) - London in the 21st century is not all that different from the heaving Victorian metropolis forever preserved in the novels of English writer Charles Dickens, whose 200th birthday is next week. Fans of Dickens can still walk the same streets of the city - whose population helped to inspire such characters as Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge and Bella Wilfer - visit the writer's ...
02/03/2012 - 10:19 AM
Progress Rail to Close London (ON) Locomotive Production
LONDON, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â Progress Rail Services Corporation, the parent company of Electro-Motive Canada (EMC), today announced its decision to close EMC's locomotive production ...
02/03/2012 - 09:30 AM
London First says UK needs Heathrow expansion
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should consider all options for increasing capacity at London Heathrow airport, including a third runway and allowing planes to land and take-off simultaneously on its two runways, according to business group London First. A report published on Wednesday by the capital's connectivity commission -- formed by London First -- said all viable options for meeting the UK's ...
02/01/2012 - 01:28 AM
Caterpillar to close London, Ont. locomotive plant
(Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc has decided to close its Electro-Motive locomotive plant in London, Ontario, and lay off at least 450 workers following several months of unsuccessful contract negotiations with the Canadian Auto Workers union. The move deals a tough blow to the Canadian labor market, which has been under pressure from a strong Canadian dollar and the struggle to persuade unionized ...
02/03/2012 - 03:53 PM
London Broncos season preview 2012
London's top rugby league side have reverted to their old name - but owner David Hughes wants new success to justify the money he has spent.
02/03/2012 - 04:22 AM
NFL commissioner says match-up for London game unclear
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The match-up for next season's National Football League (NFL) game in London was up in the air because of the St. Louis Rams' lease agreement with their home stadium, Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday in his State of the League news conference. General admission ticket sales for the October 28 game scheduled to match the Rams against the New England Patriots have ...
02/03/2012 - 04:42 PM
Coach Broker Announces Business Opportunities During London Olympics
LONDON, February 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Get your business seen by millions by wrapping a coach or minibus with your company's logo and branding during the London 2012 Olympic Games! Coach Broker is the ...
02/01/2012 - 12:24 PM
CAW Outraged at Closure Announcement at Electro-Motive in London
LONDON, ON, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - CAW President Ken Lewenza is expressing his anger and frustration at what is he calling the "callous move" by Caterpillar to suddenly close its London ...
02/03/2012 - 11:36 AM
Shortage of London black cabs feared after fare snub
Flagging down a black cab on London's streets may prove a little harder during this year's Olympics after taxi drivers had a request to raise fares by 22 percent turned down on Thursday.
02/02/2012 - 04:02 PM
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