There's A $43,000 Fee For Planes That Show Up Late To The Sochi Airport
The Winter Olympics have begun in Sochi, and the city's small airport is preparing for an influx air traffic by taking a few unusual steps.One of those is a remarkably large penalty for jets that show...
View ArticleFrance Threatens Uber With Possible $2 Million Fine
French authorities said Friday they are going after for-profit car-sharing services such as that operated by US firm Uber, warning they risked a 1.5-million-euro ($2 million) fine under a new law being...
View ArticleToyota Close To $1 Billion Deal To Settle Probe Into Unintended Acceleration...
(Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> is close to a deal to pay $1 billion to settle a U.S. criminal investigation into how it disclosed customers' complaints about unintended acceleration years...
View ArticleTwo Dead After Train Derails In French Alps
PARIS (AP) — Officials say an enormous boulder has smashed into a tourist train, derailing it and killing two people.The train derailed Saturday morning outside the French town of Annot, and Mayor Jean...
View ArticleI Found This Beautiful, Bizarre Car In A German Design Museum — And Its...
I was in Munich for DLD, a conference, and I had a morning to kill.So I joined a group tour of modern art museum Pinakothek der Moderne's design wing.There was all kinds of impressive stuff – but I...
View ArticleA 19-Year-Old Yale Sophomore Just Skied To The South Pole Faster Than Anyone...
Parker Liautaud set a record in December as the fastest unsupported person to ski from the Antarctic Coast to the South Pole, completing the 314-mile journey in 18 days. At 19, the polar adventurer is...
View ArticleTokyo Is Covered In Snow After A Rare Heavy Storm [PICTURES]
Huge areas of Japan, including the capital city of Tokyo, were hit by a rare heavy snowstorm on Saturday.The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the first heavy snow warning for Tokyo in 13 years, the...
View ArticleI Got My Dream Job As An Actress On A Disney Cruise — Here's What It Was...
At this time last year, Raye L. was getting ready to board Disney's Fantasy Cruise ship, where she would live for seven months, working as an actress and playing a range of roles that would require her...
View ArticleHere's How Boeing Builds The New Fuel-Efficient 737 Jet
This week, Boeing officially cranked the production rate of its 737 Next Generation plane to 42 per month, an all-time high.That's a 33% jump over 2010, when Boeing was producing 31.5 a month at its...
View ArticleGM CEO: I've Never Asked For A Raise Or A Promotion
Mary Barra, the newly installed CEO of General Motors, says she never asked for a promotion or a raise in her 30-year career with the automaker.FORTUNE just named Barra number one on its list of the 50...
View ArticleThe Best Coffee Shop Near Every Manhattan Subway Stop [MAP]
Reddit user Ricky Mikeabono created an amazing map of the best coffee house near every New York subway stop in Manhattan. "I just like good coffee and hanging out in coffee shops, and the map started...
View ArticleAn American Adventurer Motorcycling Through Mexico Has Been Missing For More...
A New York man who was riding a motorcycle through Mexico has not been heard from since Jan. 25 and is considered missing.Harry Devert, 32, had been traveling for 44 days on his way to the tip of South...
View ArticleThis Video Shows The Chaos Caused by Back-To-Back Snowstorms In The Pacific...
Starting Thursday and lasting through the weekend, back-to-back snowstorms pummeled the Pacific Northwest. The first blast dropped more than a foot of snow and caused a massive five-car pile-up in...
View ArticleBoeing: Asia-Pacific Airlines Will Need 13,000 New Planes To Meet Demand
Asia-Pacific airlines will need almost 13,000 new planes worth $1.9 trillion over the next two decades as rising wealth in the region fuels demand for air travel, Boeing said Monday.The US plane maker...
View ArticleHackers Can Take Over A Car For About $20
Two security researchers have recently created a device that can effectively hack a car.Although cars function as a closed network, Javier Vazquez-Vidal and Alberto Garcia Illera have taken it upon...
View ArticleThis Is What You See On The Legendary Trans-Siberian Railway
All eyes are on Russia this week as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are underway.One of the coolest ways to see the vast nation is a trip on the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express, one of the...
View ArticleThe World's Fastest-Growing Plane Market Is About To Go On A Shopping Spree
When the Singapore Airshow opens tomorrow, the attention of the aviation industry will turn to Asia, the fastest-growing market on the planet.Between 2013 and 2032, the Asia Pacific region, including...
View ArticleAtlanta Has Already Closed Its Schools For Tuesday And Wednesday
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Atlanta, predicting up to an inch of snow between Monday evening and Tuesday evening, along with sleet and freezing rain on...
View ArticleThis New Chevrolet Ad Proves Corporate America Has Made Its Decision On Gay...
It's official: Corporate America supports gay marriage.In ads that ran Friday night during the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, all-American car manufacturer Chevrolet spotlighted a melange of...
View ArticleGM's New CEO Is Making 60% More Than Her Predecessor
General Motors CEO Mary Barra will earn $14.4 million in 2014, a 60% bump over what her predecessor, Dan Akerson, made, the company announced today.That compensation includes a $1.6 million salary,...
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