Retailer Metro AG will cut around 15,000 jobs from its global work force amid the deepening economic downturn, company sources said Tuesday.
- To the headache of shepherding as many as 2 million people to and from Barack Obama’s inauguration as president Tuesday, add this complication:
German retailer Metro AG said Tuesday its fourth quarter sales grew 3 percent, contributing to overall sales growth of nearly 6 percent for 2008.
Median home prices fell in more than three-quarters of U.S. cities in the second quarter, the latest sign of the breadth of the housing market decline, according to new data Thursday.
The transportation agency for the nation's capital has pulled a promotional video from YouTube after the Archdiocese of Washington complained about the star: a Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead doll.
As the congress pumps with the Fed 8 trillion into the banking system. It is not clear that the housing correction is less than half way to the bottom.
Washington, D.C., residents are used to tourists, but even they are bracing for the massive amounts of people expected to celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20.
The accident is being treated as a hit-and-run after Phoenix police say the driver fled.
We realize plenty of people are still steamed about the loss of our public transportation system during the recent snow and, currently, during the widely celebrated "It's almost New Year's Eve" holidays. Most of you are probably at home right now, sipping hot cocoa.
Crowd estimates for Jan. 20 range between 1 and 5 million people. Metro is planning to carry upwards of 1 million riders itself on Inauguration Day, but the transit agency says it will shut down all of its public restrooms due to security concerns.
Washington, DC's Metro system recently enacted a random police search policy for its riders, citing increased security concerns for the decision.
The New York Times has put together two great maps contrasting American metropolitan areas "growing" versus those "in trouble."
Metro officials yesterday announced plans to immediately begin random searches of backpacks, purses and other bags in a move they say will protect riders and also guard their privacy and minimize delays.
Authorities say 15 people sustain minor injuries in the crash, between a Blue Line train and bus near Washington Boulevard and Griffith Avenue. By Francisco Vara-Orta, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 10:55 AM PDT, September 19, 2008
A Metro Blue Line train collided with a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles this morning, causing minor injuries to 13 people, authorities said.
The fragrance used to mask bad metro smells in Paris isn't strong enough for the Berlin commuter rail. Transportation authorities have started sniff tests in a project to give the S-Bahn a new, refreshing odor.
Wirelessly enabled parking systems minimize lost revenue from non-payment and broken meters, which can be of significant value in the multi-billion dollar parking industry.
Strix Systems introduced Strix HSx, a new high-power hot-zone product which is a dual-radio Hot-Spot system supporting 802.11a and 802.11g for hot-spot/hot-zone networks and connects to Strix high-performance Wireless Mesh Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) .
Advertisements promoting Japanese condoms have been removed from Korean underground trains amid a rekindled territorial dispute. The action was taken following complaints from passengers, a Seoul Metro spokesman told AFP news agency.
Metro General Manager John B. Catoe Jr. told board members yesterday that the agency wants to delay $109 million in planned upgrades and use the money to help pay for $157 million in projects urgently needed by the aging transit system in the next two years.
People who use any of the 15 Metro stations in Prince George's County, Md., probably have noticed there's a lot of open land. Metro officials said the county is in a prime position to develop that land and take more drivers off the roads.
With home prices plunging by more than 30% in some markets, bargain-hunters are ready to pounce. But it may pay for buyers to wait. Many housing experts say that the worst-hit metro areas have even farther to fall, and could see total drops of as much as 50%.
EarthLink next month will shut down its Philadelphia Wi-Fi network, the flagship of its now-dashed municipal wireless initiative, and then remove it from the city's street lights.
Britain is becoming an angrier nation, with more and more of us unable to control our rage, experts say.
Middle Tennessee schools hope to increase graduation rates by letting students attend class at times convenient for them.
A 17-year-old says he was tortured with a gun and knife by two men for more than twenty minutes on a Blue Line train, while other passengers on the Metro ignored his calls for help.
Transport for London (TfL), responsible for London's transport infrastructure, writes an article in Metro, the Capital's free commuter daily.
Commuters on the Eastside -- particularly in Redmond -- will be getting a lot more bus service this year, Metro officials announced Wednesday.
"Riding my bike and taking Caltrain is productive," says one of my good friends, Sofia Gleeson. "I get my exercise in and can do homework." Sofia's morning commute includes taking a San Francisco-bound express train and then biking about a mile from the train station to school.
Strix Systems, a worldwide leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, today announced the introduction of the highest-powered, highest performance Mobile Wireless System (MWS) 100 to its award winning Access/One® product line.