BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Taxi Industry
- the privately owned minibus taxi services in South Africa, which constitute the largest sector of public transport in that country
Additional Resources
- THE IMPACT OF CHINA'S WTO ENTRY ON CHINESE TAXI INDUSTRY
- AsiaInfo Services 03-21-2002 The Impact of China's WTO Entry on Chinese Taxi Industry CHINA, Mar 21, 2002 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- After China entering WTO, foreign invested enterprises would impact Chinese taxi industry greatly. Facing to t ...
- Research articles 2002-03-21
- Bank sets its sights on taxi takeover.
- Byline: Lisa Murray Sep 20, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian investment bank Macquarie Bank is diversifying into the taxi industry, building on its Lime Taxis venture. The latter is operating special cabs for those using wheelchairs, and...
- Research articles 2006-09-20
- Spy row escalates war of the taxi plates.
- Byline: Lisa Murray Feb 22, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian investment bank, Macquarie Bank, is planning to enter the taxi industry in New South...
- Research articles 2006-02-22
- Dubbo taxi settlement: reminder to whole industry.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 March 2005-AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION: Dubbo taxi settlement: reminder to whole industryC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22032005 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has reminded regional taxi companies not to engage in anti-competitive practices after Dubbo Radio Cabs...
- Research articles 2005-03-22
- Birth of an Industry: Will Jet Taxis Take Off?
- It's a tough time to be a pioneer in a new industry, especially air travel. But the early companies offering "jet taxi" service are playing the economic hand dealt them and attempting a Clay Christensen-like disruption of the commercial air travel industry. Their weapon: "Very Light Jets"...
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Why Holden says taxis are bad for business.
- Mar 23, 2003 (The Sunday Mail - Queensland - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's car-makers have a love-hate relationship with the taxi industry. On one hand, taxis account for a significant share of their sales, but on the other, some car-makers are concerned that their ...
- Research articles 2003-03-23
- Taxi driver strike disrupts French cities
- PARIS AFP — Thousands of disgruntled taxi drivers disrupted traffic on the streets of France's main cities on Wednesday, protesting against plans to deregulate their industry. Traffic ground to a halt in parts of Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and Strasbourg as taxi drivers gathered at key points, blocking roads and...
- Research articles 2008-01-30
- i-level Media Group Signs Agreements with Two Additional Taxi Operators in Beijing and The New York Times, NYTimes.com and Monster Launch Co-Branded Recruitment Web Site.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 June 2007-U.S. Equity News: i-level Media Group Signs Agreements with Two Additional Taxi Operators in Beijing and The New York Times, NYTimes.com and Monster Launch Co-Branded Recruitment Web SiteC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22062007 City of Industry, CA - Advertising...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- Crown Victorias recalled.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(automobiles)(Brief Article)
- Ford has issued a recall on all 2004 Ford Crown Victorias according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. On certain police interceptors CVPI and commercial heavy-duty TAXI vehicles, at ext Ford has issued a recall on all 2004 Ford Crown...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Awards may bring fame, fortune to fund companies; But some advisers are unimpressed by industry prizes.(News)
- Byline: Kathie O'Donnell BOSTON - Summit Mutual Funds' Gary Rodmaker, in tuxedo and bow tie, was quite a sight rounding Manhattan's Columbus Circle in a bicycle taxi on his way to accept a trophy at last month's Lipper Fund Awards 2007....
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- Taxi Medallion Sale for Record $600,000 Reported by Medallion Financial Corporation
- NEW YORK -- The price of a New York taxi medallion reached a record $600,000 in May, according to Andrew Murstein, president of Medallion Financial Corporation, the leading lender to the industry.
- Research articles 2007-05-29
- Driving up sales: Cleveland's AMERICAB enjoys economic savings of all-propane fleet; taxi industry leaders hope other taxi fleets will switch, too.
- In the heart of gritty, industrial Cleveland, parked on a pitted, gravel lot, some of the cleanest engines in the city are waiting to burn. Metal clangs against metal from factories in the surrounding blocks of the city's blue-collar Slavic Village area, where...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Towers Rethink Procedures For 'Taxi Into Position and Hold'
- Most airlines and pilots appear to support FAA in its recent and much belated efforts to improve the safety of controllers' use of "taxi into position and hold" TIPH. Echoing the sentiments of several industry officials, Cptn. Larry Newman, safety chairman for the Air Line Pilots...
- Research articles 2006-06-12
- Taxi driver arrested after causing trouble at New Orleans airport
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A 49-year-old taxi driver reportedly called the Secret Service on Friday (24 May) and stated that he was going to cause trouble at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. The man allegedly arrived at the airport mid-morning and attempted...
- Research articles 2002-05-27
- Digital Dispatch Partners to Develop Unique Payment Gateway
- Digital Dispatch Systems Inc. (TSX: DD) and MACT Holding Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Limited, are working together to bring new dispatch and payment technology to the taxi industry in Sydney, Australia. This is the first stage in a partnership that has the potential to operate...
- Research articles 2006-06-26
- More on road, fares pegged in taxi reforms.
- Jul 09, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Western Australian Government has announced its reform plans for the Perth taxicab industry. Planning and infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan says 50 new licences will be issued, while at the same time, fares will...
- Research articles 2003-07-09
- Canadian taxi wars, 1925-1950.
- Abstract: Between 1925 and 1950 most Canadian cities experienced a taxi war during which fares and drivers' incomes plum meted. These wars had their origin in the low barriers to entry into the industry, as it became clear in the late 1920's that motor...
- Research articles 1998-10-01
- New Mexico-Based Eclipse Aviation Gets Order for 1,000 Air-Taxi Jets.
- By Aaron Baca, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Eclipse Aviation, the Albuquerque-based jet maker, announced on Monday that it has received an order for 1,000 of its Eclipse 500 jets by an upstart air taxi company in Florida. ...
- Research articles 2001-09-18
- The China syndrome; Europe's defence industry.(Europe's troubled defence industry)
- Especially if you are Chinese Lifting Europe's embargo on arms sales to China could hurt its defence industry YOU cannot get much more patriotic than the American president's taxi. Pretty soon George Bush will be ferried around not in an all-American...
- Research articles 2005-02-05
- Industry Briefs
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Dublin taxi drivers will refuse to operate services at the city's airport next week to protest against the deregulation of the industry. The airport strike - being orchestrated by Ireland's biggest trade union, SIPTU - will take place on Monday morning and Tuesday...
- Research articles 2003-01-31
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