Stagecoach said on Tuesday it was no longer interested in making a bid for rival National Express as it indicated the decline in passenger numbers at its recession-hit rail business was bottoming out.The bus and rail operator said revenues for the s
LONDON - London shares slid on Monday with trading dominated by sentiment rather than economic data releases as investors took profits from pre-weekend gains. The FTSE 100 index of leading shares was down 0.22 percent at 5,310.66 points. Lloyds Ban
MEXICO CITY The subway here is a real deal, the cheapest in the world, at 15 cents a ride. But those days could soon be over as the city government plans to increase fares by 50 percent to 3 pesos, or about 23 cents a ticket. A peso is a peso, so
CAIRO - Egypt ended a search on Saturday for victims of a collision of two Nile ferries without finding any bodies despite initial fears that dozens were missing, a regional official said. The two craft hit each other near Rashid city in Beheira go
LONDON - The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. Britain's Ministry of Defense has quietly shut down its UFO hot line as a cost-cutting measure and will no longer investigate
Sol Campbell can sign for another club after settling his contract dispute with Notts County, players' union chief Gordon Taylor has confirmed.The former Tottenham, Arsenal and Portsmouth defender joined big-spending County in August, but left less
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States. Since June, when the season began, just nine named storms developed. Only three of them became hurricanes, and
LONDON - Welsh singer Lloyd Daniels was defiant on Sunday with no sign of tears after learning his X-Factor dream was in tatters. The teenager declared he has enjoyed every moment after being voted off the television talent show by the public, le
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