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Meet the Twin Cities' garlic guru
2014-09-06 19:27:36| Chemicals - Topix.net
Mike Hicks walks by his garlic sign in the front yard of his home in Afton on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Hicks, a retired 3M-er, grows garlic by hand on his property and is the only garlic farmer in the metro area.
Virgin Atlantic to add flights to Atlanta, other cities through Delta deal
2014-09-04 14:05:03| Apparel - Topix.net
Virgin Atlantic has seen a boost in sales due to the England-based carrier's partnership with Delta Air Lines, Inc Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. will add flights to the U.S. as the airline works to deliver better financial results through the carrier's partnership with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. England-based Virgin Atlantic said Wednesday it will "start serving Detroit from London Heathrow, add additional flights to New York and Los Angeles, with extra seasonal flights to other markets, including Delta's Atlanta hub," reports The Wall Street Journal. Virgin will also spend $496.4 million on customer-related investments such as a new lounge in Los Angeles and Wi-Fi through its fleet, the paper said.
What slowdown? Phoenix, Valley cities considering a number of real estate projects
2014-09-03 03:47:14| Real Estate - Topix.net
Despite plenty of slowness in the real estate market, local city councils and planning boards have a number of major developments projects on their post-Labor Day agendas.
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Vodafone Spain to launch LTE-A in 4 cities in October
2014-09-02 12:20:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Vodafone Spain announced the commercial launch of LTE-A services in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Valencia in October. CEO Antonio Coimbra revealed the operator's plans at the XXVIII telecommunications and digital economy meeting held at Menendez Pelayo university in Santander. Vodafone has been conducting LTE-A trials using its 4G network in the 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz bands throughout 2014, and has reached top speeds of 300 Mbps, compared to 150 Mbps available under the standard LTE network. Coimbra said the deployment would be accelerated as soon as the government frees up the 800 MHz frequency on 01 January 2015, which will also enable the operator to increase its 4G coverage from 600 to 1,000 localities by March of next year. In addition, Coimbra disclosed that Vodafone will this month begin trials of voice services over its LTE network (VoLTE). The technology offers better call quality as well as connection speeds up to 20 times faster than VoIP over 3G. It also allows customers to easily switch between voice and video within a call.
Cities hold sway on cable
2014-09-01 11:42:17| Telecom - Topix.net
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has a beef about customer service from cable provider Comcast Corp. and its merger partner Time Warner Cable Inc. and unlike most people, he's got a chance to do something about it.
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