Howard blamed for plane delay (The Age) He has already drawn ire in the US by booking Barack Obama's pre-inauguration pad, but former prime minister John Howard may have also angered others.
GE engine production up, orders down in ?08 (BizJournals) GE Aviation produced a record number of engines in 2008 while booking 15 percent fewer orders. Deliveries grew from 2,600 in 2007 to 3,030 in 2008; orders fell from 3414 to 2908. More of the same trends are on the horizon for this year.
hotel.de increases its booking volumes to Euro 86.5m in Q4 (eyefortravel.com) hotel.de AG has reported double-digit growth rates in its booking volumes for the fourth quarter. In the period from October to December, hotel.de increased its booking volumes to Euro 86.5 million, up by 10.7 percent on the fourth quarter of 2007 (Euro 78.1m).