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...contraband items. There are other gaping holes in airline security, as well. One of the most glaring examples is the cargo carried aboard passenger flights, which for the most part goes completely without inspection. Only recently, the government began screening an undisclosed (but certainly small) percentage of this freight traffic...
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...that advises minority shareholding groups, warns: "More than ever, you have to wonder about Eurotunnel's survival." It has been a slow, dark journey. Construction of the "Chunnel" took from 1987 to 1994 - a year longer than planned - and costs hit twice the initial forecast. Estimates for passenger and freight business were overly optimistic...
...million people and 5 million tons of merchandise to travel through the tunnel annually by 2000. What they didn't count on was the popularity of discount airlines. Hence, in 2003, after eight full years of operations, Eurotunnel counted just 6.3 million passengers and 1.7 million tons of freight, and posted a €1.9 billion loss. The income shortfall has left the company scarcely able to honor payments to creditor banks, much less post profits or pay dividends. Financial aid from the British or French governments is explicitly prohibited in the 1986 treaty founding the project. "Without a doubt...
Despite a staid reputation, the top railroads have dramatically upgraded their technology. BNSF has been quietly investing nearly $275 million annually in new IT to stay competitive. Chief information officer Jeff Campbell says BNSF's network center astonishes visitors with its ballroom size and sophisticated monitors. "While freight cars and locomotives haven't changed in two decades," he says, "most people have not seen an ops center like ours, not even at NASA in Houston." Automated readers, located every 30 miles along the 33,000-mile system, scan the bar codes of passing cars and locomotives--basically the rail version...