| Hong Kong Airlines considering cancelling A380 order Economic Times EADS chief executive Tom Enders said last month he expected deliveries of A380s next year to be less than the 30 that the company had been anticipating as a result of airlines putting orders on hold while the crack issue is resolved. The manufacturer ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Mom: Airline failed to track daughter, 10, flying alone NBCNews.com When Phoebe Klebahn's parents sent her thousand of miles to summer camp, they paid UnitedAirlines an extra fee of $99 to make sure she got there safely. So when her mom got a call from a frantic counselor saying that Phoebe had failed to arrive on her ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Chartered airlines Invision Air to set up operations in multiple states Economic Times AHMEDABAD: Mumbai-based chartered airlines Invision Air is eyeing setting up operation bases at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Jaipur, said company Vinit Phatak. It is also planning to add 10 jet aircraft by 2014. The company has two four-seater ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Jet fuel price up 3.2%; burdens cash-strapped airlines Moneycontrol.com No immediate comments were available from the airlines on the impact of the price hike on passenger fares. The three fuel retailers -- IOC, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum -- revise jet fuel prices on the 1st and 16th of every month, based on ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Judge bars American Airlines from dropping pilots' contract Tulsa World Judge Sean Lane ruled in New York that American failed to prove that two parts of its proposal — dealing with furloughs and the outsourcing of flying to other airlines — were necessary to rebuild the company. But he said American could fix those ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Hold IDFC, exit Kingfisher Airlines: Sukhani Moneycontrol.com He further added, "I think one should slowly get out of Kingfisher Airlines , not necessarily at one go but even Rs 12 for Kingfisher Airlines seems to a very difficult task for it to rally and reach that level. It could do it but that's a big chance ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Flight risk: Airline policy profiles men as sex offenders ChicagoNow (blog) You might be a pedophile - at least according to Virgin Airlines. An upstanding male passenger was asked to move seats on a Virgin flight from Australia recently and was informed it was because of theairline's policy prohibiting men from sitting next ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Inspection ordered into Kingfisher's account books: Sources Moneycontrol.com The Corporate Affairs Ministry has ordered an inspection of the account books of debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines after receiving complaints from stakeholders alleging violation of company law like provisions on debt-equity ratio, sources said. Source ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Airlines lose bid for strike damages in German court Reuters FRANKFURT Aug 16 (Reuters) - Airlines Deutsche Lufthansa , Ryanair and Air Berlin failed in a bid to claim 3.25 million euros ($4 million) in compensation from the German union of air traffic controllers (GdF) for threatening to strike last summer. The ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Memorial event set for victims of 1987 crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 ... Washington Post ROMULUS, Mich. — Family members of those who died in a plane crash near Detroit Metropolitan Airport 25 years ago are expected to attend a Thursday memorial at the crash site. The Phoenix-bound jetliner crashed on Aug. 16, 1987, killing 154 people ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Mom: Airline failed to track daughter, 10, flying alone
Cloud computing firm Iomart buys Melbourne Server Hosting in £7m deal
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| Colo5, LLC Now Offering Cloud Computing Services IT News Online JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Colo5, LLC, a leading independent data center operator headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, announced it is now providing cloud computingservices. Cloud computing eliminates hardware ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TCS buying cloud computing start-up for $34 mln Times of India ... agreed to buy Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), a start-up group company, for $33.7 million. TCS, which is a part of India's diversified Tata group, said the deal to acquire CRL, also owned by the Tatas, would boost its cloud computing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TCS buys high performance computing start-up for Rs 188 cr Hindu Business Line TCS, which is also a part of the diversified Tata group, expects this acquisition to enable it to offer HPC solutions and cloud computing services to its large base of customers. HPC applications are increasingly finding relevance and use among large ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cloud Confex to highlight evolution and opportunities in field of cloud ... AME Info As increasing numbers of organisations across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region prepare to embrace working without traditional infrastructural limitations, Gitex Technology Week 2012 is set to make its biggest impact in cloud computing to date. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 10 Ways Cloud Computing Will Improve Our Lives CloudTweaks News Cloud computing is not just revolutionizing businesses, but also affecting the daily lives of the normal everyday Joe. This is because in our day to day interaction with the internet, we are bound to come across aspects of cloud computing whether we ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cloud Services Drive Fast-Growing Outsourcing Market Wall Street Journal (blog) The growth of cloud computing within the outsourcing market was also detailed in a Gartner report, released August 7. While it still represents just a fraction of the global IT outsourcing market, of around $251.7 billion in 2012, cloud computing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Resilient Cloud Computing Infrastructure makes Leading PHR Service ... Virtual-Strategy Magazine Top web PHR provider ZweenaHealth.com ensures reduced downtime and availability in critical scenarios with resilient cloud computing on its online PHR platform. Zweena remains accessible in situations where most services would typically go offline ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What You Should Look For In Your Cloud Service Provider Biztech2.com Cloud computing has caught the IT market's fancy like nothing else in recent times, making it fashionable for vendors to flaunt and pass off anything and everything as a service. Therefore, cloud service provider identification can become 'the' factor ... See all stories on this topic » |
Aviation experts dispute official crash report
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| AVIATION MINISTRY'S ROAD SHOW Nigerian Tribune The Minister for Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, was recently caught out on a rainy night. She was right in the middle of an imbroglio between her ministry and the Committee on Aviation in both chambers of the National Assembly. The matter had to do ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Probe ordered into poor construction work at Lucknow airport IBNLive.com New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today ordered a probe into poor construction work of the new terminal building of Chaudhary Charan Singh airport in Lucknow. "Taking a serious note of complaints of irregularities in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Air traffic growth to be affected by sharp hike in fares: CMIE Economic Times CMIE said it expected a slight improvement in passenger traffic over the next 2-3 months on the back of aviation regulator DGCA asking airlines to rationalise airfares. The upgradation of Chennai and Kolkata airports was also expected to give some ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Future of aviation unfolds at FAA facility in Egg Harbor Township Press of Atlantic City Fire safety branch manager Gus Sarkos, of Linwood, talks about the work in the full scale fire test facility. Modern operations at the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center in Egg Harbor Township are developing methods for the future of aviation. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Aviation housing development takes flight in Sandpoint The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and The homes planned for the SilverWing housing development in Sandpoint don't have garages; they have airplane hangars. The 44-lot SilverWing stalled for several years during a dispute over FederalAviation Administration rules. But its principal owner, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| General aviation responds to Texas health crisis AOPA Pilot When Dallas, Texas, Mayor Mike Rawlings declared a public health emergency to combat a record outbreak of West Nile virus, a general aviation company based in Bridgewater, Va., mobilized to lead the assault on virus-carrying mosquitoes. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Small aviation businesses eligible for streamlined drug and alcohol ... SafeToWork The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has introduced simplified drug and alcohol management processes for small aviation organisations engaged in “safety sensitive” activities. Aviationorganisations with seven or fewer employees will be eligible ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Aviation thought leaders to gather in Abu Dhabi eTurboNews Over 400 of the most informed minds in aviation will gather under the same roof to debate and discuss how they can work together to develop successful strategies for overcoming the challenges that the aviation industry has and will face in the coming ... See all stories on this topic » |
Canada-India Relations CANADA-INDIA RELATIONS
In India, Canada is represented by the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi. Canada also has consulates in Chandigarh, Chennai and Mumbai and trade offices in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
India is represented in Canada by a High Commission in Ottawa, and by consulates in Toronto and Vancouver.Canada and India have longstanding bilateral relations, built upon shared traditions of democracy and pluralism and strong interpersonal connections. The bilateral relationship is supported by a wide range of bilateral agreements in fields such as agriculture, energy, mutual legal assistance, and air services. In November 2009, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited India and met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both leaders also met when Prime Minister Singh visited Canada in June 2010. Among issues discussed were bilateral, regional, and global issues of common interest.
In November 2009, the Prime Ministers of Canada and India set a combined annual trade target of CDN$ 15 billion (up from just under CDN$ 5 billion in 2009) to be reached by 2015.
Security
Canada and India maintain a dialogue on regional security and global strategic issues of common interest through the annual Canada-India Strategic Dialogue and through regular meetings of the Canada-India Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, as well as annual Foreign Policy Consultations.
Trade and Investment
India is a vital trade partner for Canada. Canada’s commerce strategy for India involves the coordination of efforts by Canada's missions in India, federal government departments, provinces, and the private sector. This strategy has defined priority sectors to increase two-way trade, investment and technology partnerships. These priority sectors include: education, clean technologies (including renewable energy), information and communications technology and infrastructure.
According to Statistics Canada, bilateral merchandise trade between Canada and India in 2010 totalled approximately C$4.2 billion, an increase of 46.6 percent since 2005.
While Canadian merchandise exports to India in 2010 totalled C$2.1 billion (a 2.7 percent decrease from 2009), imports from India reached C$2.1 billion (a 6.0 percent increase from 2009). Despite the small decrease in Canadian exports to India in 2010, exports to India have increased by 92.2 percent since 2005.
Top Canadian exports to India include vegetables (mostly peas and lentils), fertilisers, paper and paperboard, machinery, wood pulp, precious stones, and iron and steel. Canadian imports from India include organic chemicals, precious stones and metals, knit apparel, woven apparel, machinery, and iron and steel.
Canada and India signed a Canada-India Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation in November 2005 to foster greater bilateral S&T collaboration in five priority areas. Under this Agreement and fostered by a Joint Committee on S&T which meets annually, the five priority sectors are: nanoscience and nanomedicine; information and communications technology; biotechnology, health research and medical devices; sustainable and alternative energy and environmental technologies; and earth sciences and disaster management. From 2005 to 2010, joint funding from Canada and India for S&T collaboration totalled C$13.5 million.
Environment and Energy
The two countries have established the Canada-India Forum for Environmental Collaboration in order to work more closely together on key global environmental issues, including climate change. Canada and India also initiated a Canada India Energy Forum following the signing of the energy Memorandum of Understanding in November 2009.
Immigration and Visas
India is currently the second largest source country of immigrants to Canada, with a rapidly growing Indo-Canadian community estimated to be nearing one million.
Recently, fast-track processes have been instituted to expedite processing of visas for designated business travellers and students applying to designated publicly-funded post-secondary colleges and universities in Canada. The Business Express program is able to approve over 99% of applications, most within two working days. Partly as a result of the Student Partners program, the number of students who received student permits in 2010 increased more than three-fold in just two years, from 3,250 in 2008 to 11,530 in 2010..
Stakeholder Involvement
In support of Canada’s growing engagement with India, the Government of Canada is committed to consulting regularly with all Canadian stakeholders: provinces and territories; municipalities; non-governmental organizations; the private sector; civil society and the Canadian public. To seek input from these various groups, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) regularly convenes a multi-sectoral group entitled "Focus India." These meetings help DFAIT to broaden considerations related to Canada’s policy and programming approach to Canada-India relations.
Development Assistance
After 55 years of bilateral programming in India totalling C$2.39 billion, Canada’s bilateral development assistance program came to an end in 2006 following a change in Indian government policy regarding aid. However, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) continues to provide assistance to India through partnerships between Indian and Canadian NGOs and multilateral programs. In addition, the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi manages the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, to support local projects in India focusing on gender equality, human rights, and good governance. For further details see the “Development Cooperation” link on the left hand side of this page.
India is represented in Canada by a High Commission in Ottawa, and by consulates in Toronto and Vancouver.Canada and India have longstanding bilateral relations, built upon shared traditions of democracy and pluralism and strong interpersonal connections. The bilateral relationship is supported by a wide range of bilateral agreements in fields such as agriculture, energy, mutual legal assistance, and air services. In November 2009, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited India and met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both leaders also met when Prime Minister Singh visited Canada in June 2010. Among issues discussed were bilateral, regional, and global issues of common interest.
In November 2009, the Prime Ministers of Canada and India set a combined annual trade target of CDN$ 15 billion (up from just under CDN$ 5 billion in 2009) to be reached by 2015.
Security
Canada and India maintain a dialogue on regional security and global strategic issues of common interest through the annual Canada-India Strategic Dialogue and through regular meetings of the Canada-India Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, as well as annual Foreign Policy Consultations.
Trade and Investment
India is a vital trade partner for Canada. Canada’s commerce strategy for India involves the coordination of efforts by Canada's missions in India, federal government departments, provinces, and the private sector. This strategy has defined priority sectors to increase two-way trade, investment and technology partnerships. These priority sectors include: education, clean technologies (including renewable energy), information and communications technology and infrastructure.
According to Statistics Canada, bilateral merchandise trade between Canada and India in 2010 totalled approximately C$4.2 billion, an increase of 46.6 percent since 2005.
While Canadian merchandise exports to India in 2010 totalled C$2.1 billion (a 2.7 percent decrease from 2009), imports from India reached C$2.1 billion (a 6.0 percent increase from 2009). Despite the small decrease in Canadian exports to India in 2010, exports to India have increased by 92.2 percent since 2005.
Top Canadian exports to India include vegetables (mostly peas and lentils), fertilisers, paper and paperboard, machinery, wood pulp, precious stones, and iron and steel. Canadian imports from India include organic chemicals, precious stones and metals, knit apparel, woven apparel, machinery, and iron and steel.
Canada and India signed a Canada-India Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation in November 2005 to foster greater bilateral S&T collaboration in five priority areas. Under this Agreement and fostered by a Joint Committee on S&T which meets annually, the five priority sectors are: nanoscience and nanomedicine; information and communications technology; biotechnology, health research and medical devices; sustainable and alternative energy and environmental technologies; and earth sciences and disaster management. From 2005 to 2010, joint funding from Canada and India for S&T collaboration totalled C$13.5 million.
Environment and Energy
The two countries have established the Canada-India Forum for Environmental Collaboration in order to work more closely together on key global environmental issues, including climate change. Canada and India also initiated a Canada India Energy Forum following the signing of the energy Memorandum of Understanding in November 2009.
Immigration and Visas
India is currently the second largest source country of immigrants to Canada, with a rapidly growing Indo-Canadian community estimated to be nearing one million.
Recently, fast-track processes have been instituted to expedite processing of visas for designated business travellers and students applying to designated publicly-funded post-secondary colleges and universities in Canada. The Business Express program is able to approve over 99% of applications, most within two working days. Partly as a result of the Student Partners program, the number of students who received student permits in 2010 increased more than three-fold in just two years, from 3,250 in 2008 to 11,530 in 2010..
Stakeholder Involvement
In support of Canada’s growing engagement with India, the Government of Canada is committed to consulting regularly with all Canadian stakeholders: provinces and territories; municipalities; non-governmental organizations; the private sector; civil society and the Canadian public. To seek input from these various groups, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) regularly convenes a multi-sectoral group entitled "Focus India." These meetings help DFAIT to broaden considerations related to Canada’s policy and programming approach to Canada-India relations.
Development Assistance
After 55 years of bilateral programming in India totalling C$2.39 billion, Canada’s bilateral development assistance program came to an end in 2006 following a change in Indian government policy regarding aid. However, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) continues to provide assistance to India through partnerships between Indian and Canadian NGOs and multilateral programs. In addition, the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi manages the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, to support local projects in India focusing on gender equality, human rights, and good governance. For further details see the “Development Cooperation” link on the left hand side of this page.
A bigger 'scam' than 2G spectrum auction ;CAG shows coal allocation
At Rs 1.86L cr, CAG shows coal allocation is a bigger 'scam' than 2G spectrum auction
CAG says Rs 1.86 lakh crore likely to accrue to private coal block allottees due to allocation made without competitive bidding - previous figure of loss to country released by CAG had been over Rs 10 lakh crore.
PMO downplays CAG report and slams the CAG.
CAG is not following its mandate, says MoS PMO V Narayanasamy.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) says the CAG report on coal block allocation is preliminary and has to be tested.
CAG tabled three reports in Parliament today - total loss to govt in all three pegged at Rs 2.5 lakh crore.
On coal: CAG says Rs 1.86 lakh crore likely to accrue to private coal block allottees due to allocation made without competitive bidding - previous figure of loss to country released by CAG had been over Rs 10 lakh crore.
The 2G spectrum scam was lesser than this amount by a bit. CAG's spectrum loss was pegged at Rs. 1.76 lakh cr. This was referred to as 'completely erroneous' by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.
On Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP):* CAG says bidding process was vitiated by allowing Reliance Power to use excess coal from three blocks allocated to Sasan project - gained Rs 29,003 crore.
On aviation: In the so-called Delhi Airport scam, CAG slams levy of development fee on passengers at Delhi Airport; says it vitiated sanctity of bidding process.
CAG says DIAL to get undue benefit of Rs 3,415.25 cr from levy of development fee on passengers at Delhi Airport.
Three crucial CAG reports on coal block allocation, implementation of public-private partnership in IGI Airport and ultra mega power projects were tabled in the Parliament on Friday, which alleged huge losses to the exchequer were caused by PM Manmohan Singh-led UPA govt.
CAG says benefit of this money should have gone to the people of India/govt but instead it has gone to private companies.
To put things in perspective, the 'benefits' that are going to accrue to these companies will be over a period of 20 years and not immediately.
Opposition parties are accusing the UPA govt of looting the public in the name of opening up of the economy. The BJP has said that govt has broken all previous corruption records.
According to reports, the CAG is believed to have concluded that 25 private sector companies such as Hindalco, Tata Group entities (Tata Steel, Tata Power), Jindal Steel & Power, Anil Agarwal Group firms, Essar Group''s power ventures, Adani Group, Arcelor Mittal and Lanco were the major beneficiaries.
CAG estimates Rs. 1.86 lakh crores loss to exchequer on allocation of coal blocks. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, held the coal portfolio between 2006-09.
The CAG draft report on implementation of public-private partnership in IGI Airport had claimed that the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) was given land at a highly concessional lease rent.
DIAL is a joint venture consortium in which the GMR group holds 54 percent, Airports Authority of India (AAI) 26 percent, Frankfurt and Malaysian airports 10 percent each.
As per the draft CAG report, DIAL was leased 4,799.09 acre by the AAI, of which 239.95 acres were allowed for commercial exploitation for Rs 100 a year.
CAGSpeak: "Delay in introduction of the process of competitive bidding has rendered the existing process beneficial to the private companies. Audit has estimated financial gains to the tune of Rs 1.86 lakh crore likely to accrue to private coal block allottees," CAG said in a report on allocation of coal blocks.
The CAG said it has arrived at the estimates based on the average cost of production and average sale price of opencast mines of Coal India in the year 2010-11.
"A part of this financial gain could have accrued to the national exchequer by operationalising the decision taken years earlier to introduce competitive bidding for allocation of coal blocks," CAG said.
The auditing body said it is "of strong opinion that there is a need for strict regulatory and monitoring mechanism to ensure that benefit of cheaper coal is passed on consumers".
The concept of allocation of captive coal blocks through competitive bidding was announced in 2004. However, government is yet to finalise the modus operandi of competitive bidding.
CAG says Rs 1.86 lakh crore likely to accrue to private coal block allottees due to allocation made without competitive bidding - previous figure of loss to country released by CAG had been over Rs 10 lakh crore.
PMO downplays CAG report and slams the CAG.
CAG is not following its mandate, says MoS PMO V Narayanasamy.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) says the CAG report on coal block allocation is preliminary and has to be tested.
CAG tabled three reports in Parliament today - total loss to govt in all three pegged at Rs 2.5 lakh crore.
On coal: CAG says Rs 1.86 lakh crore likely to accrue to private coal block allottees due to allocation made without competitive bidding - previous figure of loss to country released by CAG had been over Rs 10 lakh crore.
The 2G spectrum scam was lesser than this amount by a bit. CAG's spectrum loss was pegged at Rs. 1.76 lakh cr. This was referred to as 'completely erroneous' by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.
On Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP):* CAG says bidding process was vitiated by allowing Reliance Power to use excess coal from three blocks allocated to Sasan project - gained Rs 29,003 crore.
On aviation: In the so-called Delhi Airport scam, CAG slams levy of development fee on passengers at Delhi Airport; says it vitiated sanctity of bidding process.
CAG says DIAL to get undue benefit of Rs 3,415.25 cr from levy of development fee on passengers at Delhi Airport.
Three crucial CAG reports on coal block allocation, implementation of public-private partnership in IGI Airport and ultra mega power projects were tabled in the Parliament on Friday, which alleged huge losses to the exchequer were caused by PM Manmohan Singh-led UPA govt.
CAG says benefit of this money should have gone to the people of India/govt but instead it has gone to private companies.
To put things in perspective, the 'benefits' that are going to accrue to these companies will be over a period of 20 years and not immediately.
Opposition parties are accusing the UPA govt of looting the public in the name of opening up of the economy. The BJP has said that govt has broken all previous corruption records.
According to reports, the CAG is believed to have concluded that 25 private sector companies such as Hindalco, Tata Group entities (Tata Steel, Tata Power), Jindal Steel & Power, Anil Agarwal Group firms, Essar Group''s power ventures, Adani Group, Arcelor Mittal and Lanco were the major beneficiaries.
CAG estimates Rs. 1.86 lakh crores loss to exchequer on allocation of coal blocks. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, held the coal portfolio between 2006-09.
The CAG draft report on implementation of public-private partnership in IGI Airport had claimed that the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) was given land at a highly concessional lease rent.
DIAL is a joint venture consortium in which the GMR group holds 54 percent, Airports Authority of India (AAI) 26 percent, Frankfurt and Malaysian airports 10 percent each.
As per the draft CAG report, DIAL was leased 4,799.09 acre by the AAI, of which 239.95 acres were allowed for commercial exploitation for Rs 100 a year.
CAGSpeak: "Delay in introduction of the process of competitive bidding has rendered the existing process beneficial to the private companies. Audit has estimated financial gains to the tune of Rs 1.86 lakh crore likely to accrue to private coal block allottees," CAG said in a report on allocation of coal blocks.
The CAG said it has arrived at the estimates based on the average cost of production and average sale price of opencast mines of Coal India in the year 2010-11.
"A part of this financial gain could have accrued to the national exchequer by operationalising the decision taken years earlier to introduce competitive bidding for allocation of coal blocks," CAG said.
The auditing body said it is "of strong opinion that there is a need for strict regulatory and monitoring mechanism to ensure that benefit of cheaper coal is passed on consumers".
The concept of allocation of captive coal blocks through competitive bidding was announced in 2004. However, government is yet to finalise the modus operandi of competitive bidding.
Thursday, 16 August 2012
The airline warned of the layoffs at MIA’s Concourse
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American Airlines has warned the state of Florida of four layoffs at Miami International Airport as part of the beleaguered carrier’s restructuring.
The airline warned of the layoffs at MIA’s Concourse E in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice filed with the state on Monday.
The layoffs are part of restructuring at the airline, whose parent company AMR Corp. (Pink Sheets: AAMRQ) filed for bankruptcy in November.
“Regrettably, reducing our costs requires a number of tough decisions,” said Tiffany Schildge, manager of talent services, in a letter to the state. “Several of these very difficult decisions include a reduction in force. As a result, approximately 4 Premium Travel Representative positions will be impacted at the Miami International Airport.”
“At this time, we can’t anticipate the final reduction in force numbers because the affected employees will have the opportunity to participate in the competitive selection process for other Premium Services positions,” said Martha PantÃn, a Miami spokeswoman for the airline. “In addition, final reductions numbers will also be affected by normal attrition and other voluntary departures.”
U.S. Airways (NYSE: LCC) has sought a merger with American, which maintains plans to come out of bankruptcy as an independent carrier.
American has about 9,000 South Florida employees. The carrier’s second-busiest hub is at MIA.
Related links: Miami, Economic Snapshot
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Hyderabad to turn into major hub for global airlines
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| Iran threatens to disconnect from the Internet MarketWatch “According to the email our cyber experts sent to our teams, they believe a hacker tool Metasploit was used. The hackers had access to our VPN. The automation network and Siemens hardware were attacked and shut down. I only know very little about these ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Free Car Insurance Rate Quote Tool Is Now Available Announces CarsByOwner ... Virtual-Strategy Magazine This is changing with the advent of the Internet and tools like CarsByOwner.net offer, and it helps consumers make informed decisions. For the original version on PRWeb visit:http://www.prweb.com/releases/ See all stories on this topic » | ||
| JobGoRound.com Finds Indeed Most Popular Job Search Site Virtual-Strategy Magazine The Internet is growing increasingly crowded with job search tools—but a new poll from JobGoRound.com sheds light on the online career services that are the most popular among job applicants. Denver, CO (PRWEB) August 15, 2012. As the Internet ... See all stories on this topic » |
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