High speed train

Tesla to raise $2 billion for increasing cash flow; Amazon has launched in Arabic in the Middle East; oil prices to remain high through the year.

Business and public policy leaders here have long dreamed of a high speed train connecting the so-called Cascadia Innovation Corridor cities: Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.

Mercitalia, Italy’s largest freight railway company has unveiled ETR 500, a high-speed cargo train that connects Bologna with Naples. Authorities state that this would negate 9,000 truck trips annually, cutting nearly 80% of carbon emissions associated with carrying an equivalent load on road.