TAMPA — Amtrak will restructure its Florida service Nov. 1, providing Tampa with more convenient schedules, restoring sleeping and dining cars here, and adding Orlando, Columbia, S.C., and Raleigh, N.C., to stops on the
Miami-Tampa- New York route.
Four Florida cities — Dade City, Wildwood, Ocala and Waldo — will lose train service when the Silver Star is routed through Tampa to replace the Palmetto.
However, Amtrak will serve those cities with buses, adding Gainesville and the University of Florida as stops on a Jacksonville-Lakeland bus route to provide train connections.
The Palmetto, the all-coach train that leaves Tampa at 8:25 p.m. for New York and 7 a.m. for Miami, will operate between New York and Savannah beginning Nov. 1. Amtrak removed sleeping and dining cars from the Tampa route years ago, a move that reduced the train’s ridership.
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Wire/staff reports
The Kroger Co. and the union representing about 8,500 workers at 70 stores in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana exchanged contract proposals Friday in hopes of reaching an agreement before the current contract expires Oct. 9.
Negotiators, who bargained primarily over health care and pension matters, will review the proposals and meet again Sept. 16, according to a union spokesman.
Pension payments up for Sara Lee
Sara Lee Corp. Friday said that it expects to contribute roughly $236 million to its pension plans for the fiscal year ending July 3, compared with $112 million in fiscal 2004.
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DALLAS V3 Global Inc. (PINK SHEETS:VGBL), a rapidly growing telephony company, is pleased to announce that the MYVoice- Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device, which allows user to dial any number in the world using only the
Internet as their telephone connection, on schedule for late 2004 introduction to market.
«Our box is the only box, that I know of, which is compatible to all Internet connections, not just from your cable/DSL high speed connection; but also from your dial-up connection as well. It’s called a box but its dimensions are also user friendly, approximately the size of a small clamshell cell phone. It’s fantastic for us because we avoid toll free charges, In-network calling is free for us anyway so let’s pass that along to the customers. We plan on capturing customers for at least a year or two, depending on the contract they sign. It’s basically guaranteed money, we plan on running a high customer retention rate with superior products and service,» said Sameer Mohan, president and CEO of V3- Global.
Mohan added, «Advantages include, In-network calling is free. $25 unlimited domestic calling. Local phone numbers attached to each box. If the box is anywhere in the world only the local number has to be dialed to reach it, as long as it’s connected to an Internet connection. Highly discounted international rates. It’s our niche, it’s what we know — specifically for the South Koreans, Indians, and Japanese. Additional benefits include the ability for a customer to see their call detail record, real time and on-line. It’s compatible with Wi-Fi, so if you’re sitting at Starbucks and they are a Wi-Fi hotspot your box will work.»
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Bell ExpressVu and Bell Sympatico subscribers will enjoy unsurpassed golf
coverage in the comfort of their home
TORONTO, For the first time, Canadian golf fans can enjoy
a unique ’green-side’ experience of the Bell Canadian Open from home with Bell
ExpressVu’s latest interactive television (iTV) service, Bell Sympatico’s
«Live on 18» webcast, and the newly created mikeweir.sympactico.MSN.ca Web
site.
Across Canada, Bell ExpressVu subscribers with iTV-ready receivers will
have free access to enhanced coverage of the Bell Canadian Open through a
multi-cam mosaic featuring multiple video streams, alternate camera angles and
up-to-the-minute statistics. Subscribers to Bell Sympatico’s High-Speed
services will have free access to unique coverage of the Bell Canadian Open,
offering them an enriched experience of the tournament.
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