Word: fuel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...According to Neeleman, the debacle could end up costing the airline upwards of $30 million in expenses. This comes at a fragile moment for JetBlue, which is just returning to profitability after being hit with skyrocketing fuel prices and other problems. Yet this is hardly the end of JetBlue. Despite the turbulent weekend, the airline has responded quickly. On Tuesday, Neeleman announced a laundry list of improvements to the company's operations. These include more telephone operators to handle manual rebooking in the event of an emergency, improved software systems to track pilots and flight attendants and the creation...
...While Japan under new conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has favored maintaining a hard line against Pyongyang, the U.S. was seen by some here as backing down at the recent Six-Party Talks, which culminated in an agreement that will give North Korea up to 1 million tons in fuel aid in exchange for shutting down its nuclear program...
...each other's work and remain friendly, but it somehow seems too late: like all the most ridiculous celebrity stories the Big B v. SRK brouhaha has taken on a life of its own. In a wonderful illustration of globalization's reach, even U.S. satirist Stephen Colbert has helped fuel the dispute by featuring Bachchan and Khan - "the Indian Robert Redford and Brad Pitt only crank up the handsome and rip the knob off" - in his television show's celebrity feuds segment. Khan, Colbert said way back in early January, had failed to turn up to Bachchan's New Year...
...Institute of Politics last night. The moderator, Ford Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus Ezra F. Vogel, began by asking the student panelists about their reactions to the recent multinational agreement in which North Korea agreed to take steps toward dismantling its nuclear program in exchange for fuel aid. Vogel noted that in light of the recent agreement, yesterday’s discussion was “much more relevant” than originally anticipated. Last night’s event was organized by the Harvard College in Asia Project as a part of a week-long conference for international...
...Change, Sir Nicholas Stern and Al Gore. Although the pendulum of public opinion has swung swiftly and mercilessly away from them, the doubters provide a vital service. They keep the scientists and politicians in check, and are first to smack down the loons who want to shut down fossil-fuel industries. In Australia, the dynamic in grass-roots politics and public policy is toward immediate action. A joint government-business Task Group on Emissions Trading last week said "the warning signs cannot be ignored." "While debate continues about the precise scale, consequences and costs of climate change, and the scope...