Shippers, consumers bear fuel pain

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Transport companies paid ever-increasing fuel bills to run their planes, trains and trucks, due to the backlash from shippers and consumers stuck with absorbing higher costs. Canadian transport firms reveal that fuel prices are inflating operating costs for moving everything from passengers to parcels with crude oil prices setting record highs, and forecasts of energy markets staying controversional.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Commodity & service prices, Management dynamics, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing, Transportation, Transportation Services, Support Activities for Transportation, Fuels, LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT, Management, Prices and rates, Forecasts and trends, Transportation industry, Inflation (Finance), Market trend/market analysis, Company business management, Fuel, Company pricing policy, Inflation (Economics)

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Renewed SARS fears deal tourism heavy blow

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Toronto, Ont.-based Sears Canada Inc. will lay off 45 employees at 100 of its travel offices. Industry analysts said that fears over the SARS outbreak in Toronto, Ontario, following the recent travel warning issued by the World Health Organization, has hurt the region's travel and tourism sectors.

Government domestic functions, International Affairs, Department Stores, Executive changes & profiles, HOTELS AND OTHER LODGING PLACES, Tourist Travel, World Health Organizatn, Health aspects, Officials and employees, Economic aspects, Reports, Transportation policy, Tourism, World Health Organization, Toronto, Ontario, Sears Canada Inc.

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