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• 'Rounding Up HD News: Travel Channel and Oprah Network to Air in HD, Japan Invests in New HD Standard (TV Week)
travel Channel, Oprah?s New Network to Broadcast in HD Cox Communications? travel Channel and Oprah Winfrey?s new channel are among networks that will start broadcasting in high definition.
• 'GCAA Travel Basketball (Garden City News)
Our travel teams have continued their high level of play as we move into mid January in the very competitive Island Garden Super League. Here are this past week's highlights: KIFFEL 8TH GIRLS improved to 8 and 0 with a hard fought 35 to 29 win over LIL Pavinelli. Down 11 points early in the third quarter the girls played great team defense the rest of the way.
• 'Major overhaul to improve bus travel (Straits Times)
BUS travel in Singapore is set to undergo some radical changes to get commuters to their destination faster, with fewer transfers and in some cases, at lower fares.
• 'MFS Plans to Split Travel, Fund Management Units; Shares Slump (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- MFS Ltd., an Australian manager of A$5 billion ($4.4 billion) of assets, will split its fund management and travel service units. The shares slumped.
• 'RP travel agents air fears after FAA downgrade (Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines? failure to measure up to international aviation safety standards may bring dire consequences to the country?s airline and tourism industries, an organization of travel agencies has warned.
• 'More travel bargains at Matta fairs this year (The New Straits Times)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians and foreigners alike will enjoy even more travel bargains this year at the 12 Matta fairs the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) has planned.
• 'TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLAN - USFS INVITES COUNTIES TO THE TABLE (La Grande Observer)
In what may be an unprecedented move, Forest Supervisor Steve Ellis has invited officials from the five counties of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest to help write alternatives to the forest's controversial Travel Management Plan.
• 'Travel plan meeting, take two (Ravalli Republic)
After a public lambasting caught Bitterroot National Forest officials off guard last week, they reworked their plan to collect public comment on the proposed forest travel plan.
• 'Travel chaos after Heathrow crash (Daily Telegraph)
Tens of thousands of passengers including the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the businessman Sir Richard Branson were plunged into travel chaos in the wake of the Boeing crash.
• 'MFS Plunges After Plan to Split Travel, Fund Management Units (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- MFS Ltd. plunged in Sydney trading after the Australian manager of A$5 billion ($4.4 billion) of assets said it would split its funds and travel units.

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