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...spate of flight delays, cancellations and lost baggage. Unlike Americans, whose similar woes might come from a dozen airlines and agencies, Canadian flyers had a solo target for their rage: Boston-born Robert Milton, 40, the in-your-face president and CEO of Air Canada, the country's dominant carrier. Newspaper columnist Scott Feschuk, writing in the National Post, summed up the mood neatly: "Dear Bob, Your freaking airline totally sucks. Sincerely, Everyone." Even the Canadian government had cause to agree. The airline lost the luggage of federal Transport Minister David Collenette in May, and later delayed several flights...
...GOODS After one too many "Sorry we missed you" notes from UPS, Tony Paikeday created the zBox. The sturdy plastic mailbox with an electronic lock lets carriers deliver when you're not home. Sign up for the service ($5 a month at zbox.com) and every package you buy online gets a number that the carrier uses to open the box. You access it later with a PIN code. The downside: one less excuse for being late to work...
...virus resides in a host species normally, and the virus sporadically jumps into humans causing outbreaks in the general population. But this source organism has not been found. Although the virus has been exposed to a host of possible host organisms, only very superficial evidence for a possible carrier has been unearthed. Today the environmental source of Ebola is as mysterious as it was in 1976 when the first cases were reported in Zaire. Different strains of the virus have different mortality rates, ranging from about 90 percent for Ebola-Zaire (the viruses are named after the places they...
Barr went to Congress in 1994 as the most bellicose spear carrier in the Gingrich revolution. He hates liberals with a special glee. But Barr's district is in demographic flux, with an infusion of Hispanics and transplanted Northerners. There were signs of trouble two years ago, when Barr faced an unknown Democratic challenger who spent just $14,000--vs. Barr's $1.4 million--but still collected 45% of the vote...
...month word leaked that he and Fred Smith, founder and CEO of Federal Express, were putting the finishing touches on a broad alliance--a striking move, since Smith has long been an outspoken critic of the USPS Although details are still sketchy, the deal would reportedly give the government carrier access to the air network of the company, which is based in Memphis, Tenn. In return, the blue-uniformed postal workers would pick FedEx packages up from your door and deliver them right to your door. In effect, that would hand FedEx the Postal Service's crown jewel: the exclusive...