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| FLash | Corrective on the CN Tower
The Canadian Press erroneously reported Sept. 14 that the CN Tower's glass floor was made of Plexiglas. In fact, it is made from composite glass. |
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| Air Canada Expands Web Check-in for all Flights Canada-Wide |
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With the expansion today of Air Canada's online check-in service for all flights Canada  wide, the carrier has made checking-in for flights even easier. Effective immediately, Air Canada customers travelling on all domestic flights from coast to coast, with or without baggage, can check-in and print boarding passes from the convenience of their home or office by simply visiting www.aircanada.com.
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| Cruise company Carnival Corp. reports record third quarter earning |
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Carnival Corp. & plc, the world's largest cruise company, reported Friday that higher ticket prices  and onboard sales propelled third-quarter earnings up 40 per cent to its best three-month results ever. The Miami-based company reported net income of $1.03 billion US, or $1.23 a share, in the June-to-August period, compared with $734 million, or 90 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. The results beat the $1.20 a share average estimate of Wall Street analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.
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| Bankruptcy filing says United Airlines needs to cut $500M more in costs |
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United Airlines has notified a bankruptcy judge that it needs to cut $500 million US more in costs than previously stated. The disclosure was made in a filing that was intended to update the judge before a hearing Friday on the airline's status, the Chicago Tribune reported. ``In light of sharp increases in fuel prices and the persisting weakness in yields, there is no hiding from the unpleasant reality that, to secure exit financing not guaranteed by the (Air Transportation Stabilization Board), the company believes that it will require hundreds of millions of dollars in additional cost reductions _ indeed, in the neighbourhood of $500 million,'' the filing said.
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| Jamaica Tourism Update |
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The Hon. Aloun N’Dombet-Assamba, Minister of Industry and Tourism, expresses her thanks and gratitude to fellow Jamaicans and visitors who demonstrated courage, cooperation, and faith during Hurricane Ivan. She also states that Jamaica is looking toward the future and recovery efforts are underway with the goal of restoring life back to normal as quickly as possible.
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| Hurricane Ivan extends its deadly march across the U.S. South |
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Hurricane Ivan extended its deadly march across the South on Friday, destroying homes, swamping streets and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power from the Gulf Coast to the Carolinas. Ivan was the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States since Floyd in 1999, but it could have been worse. In all, the hurricane was blamed for 70 deaths in the Caribbean and at least 28 in the United States, half of them in Florida.
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| FLash | Deadly tropical storm Jeanne may target Bahamas, southeastern U.S.
Tropical storm Jeanne, a slow-moving system loaded with torrential rains and deadly wind gusts, hovered over the Dominican Republic on Friday, tearing off roofs and triggering mudslides. |
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| FLash | Two day strike ends at Eifel Tower in Paris
Employees at the Eiffel Tower ended a strike that had shut tourists out of the popular Paris attraction for two days. Public access to viewing platforms, restaurants and shops had been halted after employees walked off the job Tuesday afternoon. |
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| FLash | Security measures being tightened at U.S. airports starting next week
Starting next week, all airline passengers in the United States must take off their jackets before passing through metal detectors and more will be subjected to pat-down searches and checks for explosives, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced. |
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