Business Travel Demand Will Outpace Capacity in 2008 and Drive Rate Increases Across Air, Hotel, Car Rental and Meetings (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----The American Express annual Global Business Travel Forecast released today reports that demand for business travel services will again outweigh supply in 2008, driving continued increases in rates across air, hotel, car rental and corporate meetings and events....more...The Miami Herald (CubaNet)
The Associated Press. Posted on Thu, Oct. 18, 2007. ST. PAUL -- Ralph Kaehler and farmers like him have done millions of dollars in business with Cuba over the past five years, riding out the ups and downs of the Communist-ruled island's turbulent relations with its capitalist neighbor to the north....more... UK Anti-Terror Cop Says Prepaid Cards Easy to Exploit Canada.com (ePaynews)
Oct 18 2007 : Terrorists are now using prepaid gift cards, cellphones and the Internet to transfer funds, Detective Inspector Paul Newham of the UK's National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit says....more... USA Cyclocross Roundup Part 2 - 18 October 2007 (Daily Peloton)
USA Cyclocross Roundup Part 2 Hagerstown, Iron Cross, Whitmore?s Landscaping, Ed Sander Memorial, Redline Cup, Chicago Cyclocross Cup, Clif Bar Cyclocross Development Team, Charm City, River City Crusade, Toyota Sponsors GP of Cross....more... Canada Specified Persons List (SPL) Functionality Added to APIScontrol V 2.7 (PRWeb)
http://www.securetransit.com [SecureTRANSIT __title__ SecureTRANSIT Inc], a Nova Scotia software development company, has added functionality to its APIScontrol product that will automate the scanning of Canada's new Specified Persons List (SPL). The SPL, comparable to the United States' Customs and Border Protection (CBP) No-Fly list, is intended to identify "high risk" individuals and ......more... Terror funding tracking agency a 'black hole': report (CBC)
Suspicious transactions reported by Canadian financial institutions routinely go into a black hole where nothing is done about them, a report tabled at the Air India inquiry suggested Wednesday....more... Wilkins says flight list handover a safety issue (CTV.ca)
International flights that cut through U.S. airspace should provide passenger information to the Bush government as a matter of security, the U.S. ambassador to Canada said....more... Customer Service (Brandon Sun)
OTTAWA - Canada's financial institutions have almost no idea how they're faring in the fight against terrorist transactions, according to a new report....more... Reuters Canada Business Summary (The Globe and Mail)
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers has set a Wednesday morning deadline for agreement on a new contract with Chrysler and threatened to strike if a deal for almost 49,000 workers is not reached by that time....more... |