Weak price may trigger CTA selling in copper
Commodity Online
The base metals had a bit of a washout during Wednesday afternoon, with the combination of Chinese monetary tightening, middling US economic data and weaker Euro sparking off a bout of liquidation. Most of the activity occurred on-line, wit...
PGMA asked to address fuel shortage dilemma arising from Shell-BoC ...
Manila Bulleting Online
We hope the CTA will intervene before February 9 to stop the planned seizures by the Bureau of Customs.” He added that “it is the BoC’s insistence on double taxation that is the cause of this looming shortage. Our economy should not be ...
HazMat Called for CTA Bus on South Side
CBS 2 Chicago
A HazMat team was sent out to the South Side Saturday morning after a CTA bus driver noticed an odor. The incident happened at about 9:45 a.m. in the 9400 block of South Stoney Island Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Gabrielle Lesniak sa...
CTA Ridership Down 1 Percent In 2009
CBS 2 Chicago
CTA ridership was down by 1 percent in 2009, the agency announced Wednesday. While combined bus and rail ridership totaled 521.2 million rides in 2009, that was a decrease of 5.1 million rides over 2008, according to a release from the CTA....
CTA Union Threatens Management
Chicago Public Radio
Union leaders say they'll take action if the Chicago Transit Authority goes ahead with plans to lay off more than a thousand employees next month. Darrell Jefferson heads the bus drivers' union. It represents nearly 7,000 employees. He says...
CTA Wii Sports Resort Pack 8-in-1 Review
The Gadgeteer
For someone who hates video games as much as computers, I’ll admit that the Wii Sports Resort game is kind of fun. To add an even more realistic and fun experience to the Wii Sports Resort game, check out this set of attachments in the CTA ...
CTA Talks In "Stalemate"
WBBM
CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The CTA's president and chairman said Wednesday that the agency has a priority list to restore services due to be cut Feb. 7, should concessions agreements be reached with its unions. But union leaders reiterated that they...