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| Monday, August 22, 2005 1:09 AM PDT | Aircraft cleaners use discount coupon as a rallying symbol
Detroit Free Press Mon, 22 Aug 2005 0:40 AM PDT
Discount cards that Northwest managers gave employees for a job well done have become a picket-line symbol of how little the airline values its striking plane cleaners. The cards say "Thanks for Your Hard Work," and are worth $3 off at restaurants like Taco Bell and Quiznos in the McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metro Airport. |
Branson to up Blue share if Patrick sold
Sydney Morning Herald Mon, 22 Aug 2005 0:58 AM PDT
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is set to increase its stake in underperforming discount airline Virgin Blue, if a $4.6 billion proposal by logistics group Toll Holdings is successful. |
Monday, August 22, 2005
Daily Breeze Mon, 22 Aug 2005 0:31 AM PDT
Observers say a discount grocery outlet and vacations have affected the fledgling fresh-food bazaar. Marie Ennis spends her lunch hour every Friday at the Lawndale Farmers Market, where she buys lunch, shops for produce and checks out the fresh blooms. |
Go, See, Do - Arts
Nashville City Paper Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:31 PM PDT
Teachers' Appreciation Night Giveaways, refreshments and discount for teachers, 4 p.m., Davis-Kidd, 4007 Hillsboro Road 385-2645. Chester D. Campbell signs Deadly Illusions , his latest mystery novel, 6:30 p.m., Main Library, 615 Church St. 862-5785. |
Asian shares firm as oil slips
Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 22 Aug 2005 0:57 AM PDT
Japanese shares ended at a 4-year high on Monday, which pushed the yen up, and other Asian stock markets were also firm as worries about dear oil prices that caused a wobble last week receded slightly. |
Toll Bids A$4.9 Bln for Patrick to Control Ports (Update11) Listen
Bloomberg.com Sun, 21 Aug 2005 11:46 PM PDT
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Toll Holdings Ltd., Australia's largest road and rail freighter, made a hostile A$4.9 billion ($3.7 billion) cash and stock bid for Patrick Corp., the nation's biggest port cargo handler, seeking to control the flow of goods from ships to final delivery. |
Woolworths Second-Half Profit Rises 21% on Cost Cuts (Update5)
Bloomberg.com Sun, 21 Aug 2005 11:52 PM PDT
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Woolworths Ltd., Australia's biggest supermarket company, increased second-half profit 21 percent after cutting costs for supplying its grocery stores and buying a liquor retailer. |
Here's the Painful Upshot of Less-Expensive Fords: Doron Levin
Bloomberg.com Sun, 21 Aug 2005 9:40 PM PDT
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Detroit's automakers quickly cleared inventories of unsold cars when they offered ``employee pricing'' discounts this summer. Ford Motor Co. sold 32,000 Explorer sport utility vehicles in July, a 3.8 percent rise in a year when sales had slumped. |
Air NZ lifts fuel surcharge
Sydney Morning Herald Mon, 22 Aug 2005 0:42 AM PDT
Air New Zealand will slug its passengers with an increased fuel surcharge from September while Australia's two major airlines - Qantas and Virgin Blue - are expected to follow soon. |
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