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...zero, from nine planes in 2007 to one, and from 25 planes in 2008 to 13. That's a significant setback for the behemoth's main customers, including Emirates and Singapore Airlines, which now must revise their expansion plans. They are expected to demand compensation and may even cancel their orders. Emirates, the single biggest customer with orders for 45 planes, said it is "reviewing all options." Streiff's revitalization plan is supposed to make Airbus a more reliable and efficient partner. It seeks to cut two years off the time it takes to develop a new aircraft, boost productivity...
...Amount of 3-year-old Jack Neal's successful eBay bid for a Barbie-pink Nissan 14 Number of years Neal, a Londoner, would have had to wait to drive the car legally in Britain. The seller agreed to cancel the purchase
...Years that Neal, a Londoner, would have to wait to drive the car legally in Britain. The seller agreed to cancel the purchase...
...they call Harvard University Health Services (UHS), “Sure, you can come in anytime. How about tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.?” Wherever you go, scheduling a doctor’s appointment is a difficult task but UHS’s high level of appointment cancellations and no-shows makes squeezing in a visit unnecessarily difficult. Last year, 12,000 of 180,000 UHS appointments were cancelled fewer than 24 hours ahead of time or missed altogether. These “dinkas” (short for “did not keep appointment”) swamped?...
...students that expressed concern about the cost of “dinkas”—patients whose records are marked with “did not keep appointment.” Of the 180,000 visits scheduled with UHS last year, 12,000 were missed or canceled less than 24 hours ahead of time, according to Rosenthal. He estimated that the figure was as high as 15 percent for services in the highest demand, such as dermatology and mental health. Rosenthal would not say how much “dinkas” cost UHS. Chief of Mental Health...