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“Turn Off All Electronic Devices”: And What Happens if You Don’t

in Mobile on March 8 at 12:14 pm PT

Although airlines say they don’t keep track or won’t disclose how many passengers get bounced off planes for refusing to switch off devices, flight attendants say it’s now the No. 1 spark for unruly behavior.

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Taxiing Advertising in China

in News on May 26, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

Shanghai taxis transport 90 million riders per month. Passengers sit in traffic an average of 18 minutes. Shanghai-based advertising company Touchmedia says those are the ingredients that have helped it raise around $40 million from investors, including a just-completed funding round over $14.6 million in the midst of the young Chinese venture capital industry’s toughest period yet.