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ACI’s preliminary 2012 world’s busiest airports traffic and rankings Passenger traffic up 4%; Cargo and Movements flat Charlotte-Douglas International Airport is the 7th busiest airport in the world by movements and 6th in the U.S.. It is also the 8th busiest by passenger traffic in the U.S.. Airports Council International MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA – ACI preliminary traffic […]

Phoenix Sky Train to airport ushers in new era for Valley METRO light rail   By Amy B Wang and Dustin Gardiner The Arizona Republic PHOENIX- Amid great gusts of wind and fanfare, PHX Sky Train, the $1.58 billion automated, interterminal train system at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, opened Monday. The free driverless train […]

Bermuda: One Bermuda Alliance adopted Progressive Labour Party tourism plan   By Gareth Finighan The Royal Gazette Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell is confident the industry can bounce back from a “disappointing” year in 2012. At a press conference yesterday unveiling a raft of promotional initiatives and strategies planned for 2013, Mr Crockwell warned that the […]

Africa’s 2 new technology cities: Ghana’s Hope City and Kenya’s Konza Technology city Hope City is planned to have Africa’s tallest building 270m (885ft) passing the 223m (732ft) Carlton Centre in Johannesburg BBC News Ghana’s President John Mahama has launched a project to build a $10bn (£6.6bn) IT hub near the capital, Accra, within three […]

Seattle, Sacramento will make their cases to NBA for the Kings Groups from Seattle and Sacramento will be in New York City on Wednesday to discuss their plans for the Kings. Each group will present its plan to a combined NBA relocation and finance committee. By Bob Condotta Seattle Times staff NEW YORK — In […]

Australia wants to cut out US dollar in trade with China   By Ryan Villarreal International Business Times Australia is seeking to bypass trading in U.S. dollars with China in a deal that will be the focus of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s trip to Beijing next week. Trade with China, Australia’s primary trading partner, totaled […]

Los  Angeles: New Millennium Hollywood towers near the iconic Capitol Records building Tower plan pits New York developer against old Hollywood   By John Gittelsohn Bloomberg A proposal for Los Angeles towers as tall as 55 stories near the iconic Capitol Records building, where stars from Frank Sinatra to Taylor Swift recorded hits, is pitting […]

Australia: Melbourne plans tallest building in southern hemisphere at 1,280 ft (388m) AFP MELBOURNE- Australia’s second-largest city Melbourne could possibly have the tallest building in the southern hemisphere after approval Monday for a new 388-metre (1,280 foot) apartment and hotel complex. The Victorian state government said Australia 108 would become the world’s 19th tallest building […]

China National Petroleum Corp., the country’s largest oil producer, will spend $4.2 billion for a stake in Italy’s Eni SpA (ENI)’s African natural-gas assets BEIJING (AP) — Italian oil producer ENI says it has sold a 20 percent stake in a gas field in Mozambique in southern Africa to China’s biggest state-owned energy company for […]

U.S. Census Bureau releases 2012 population estimates for states, counties and metropolitan areas Dilemma X The U.S. Census Bureau has released its latest population estimates for states, counties and metropolitan areas. Dilemma X has shared selected data for: states, various counties and various metropolitan areas. Metropolitan statistical areas and their larger Combined Statistical Areas are […]