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...million a month in visitor dollars. J. Stephen Perry, head of the Convention and Visitors Board, says the empty and damaged hotels "are like Baghdad on a bad day." But for the national economy, what's more critical is that Katrina disrupted a vital node in the country's transport network. You name the commodity--coffee, fertilizer, lumber, steel, wheat--it ships through the Gulf's ports, rails and riverways. All told, Katrina knocked out a region that contributes $130 billion to GDP, roughly 1% of the national total, according to Economy.com Risk Management Solutions, a leading risk-assessment firm...
...Privately-owned Tuc d'Audoubert and Trois Freres have never admitted tourists. Rouffignac, another privately-owned cave 25 km west of Lascaux, has a natural advantage: its massive size. The cave's owners installed an electric train through some of its 8 km of tunnels in 1959. The carriages transport 30 people at a time into the cave, which has no fixed illumination. "We limit the visits to 550 people per day, and the fact that they don't get out and walk has helped preserve the cave," says Marie-Odile Plassard, a Rouffignac guide. "And we've never modified...
...REAPPOINTED. Nong Duc Manh, 65, as general secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party; in Hanoi. Known as a canny consensus-builder, Manh remains head of a party beset by recent corruption scandals, including the resignation of the minister of transport over accusations he failed to prevent embezzlement of state funds by several officials. Manh pledged to combat graft while maintaining Vietnam's robust economic growth by accelerating market reforms...
...team’s annual barbecue was held in the Currier courtyard Saturday night. Many people were carrying kegs or beer-pong tables, Kelly said. The shuttle services dispatcher on duty Sunday night said he was unable to identify the driver involved, and the operations manager of Harvard Passanger Transport was unavailable for comment. The Harvard University Football Office could not be reached for comment yesterday, and football players who were contacted said that they were not aware of the incident. “I don’t know anything about it,” said Daniel C. Brown...
...best locations if you want to sell to China," says Kenjiro Ishiwata, chief Hanoi representative for the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). "The monthly salary in Guangzhou is above $100 now. Around Hanoi, the average is about $50, so it's actually cheaper to produce here and transport north...