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PageNet. PageNet , also known as Paging Network, Inc., was founded in 1981 by entrepreneur George Perrin and ceased in 1999. The company grew to become the largest wireless messaging company in the world, with more than 10 million pagers in service, and $1 billion in revenues, before the paging industry's rapid decline in the late 1990s.
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Dali under one of the collapsed segments of the bridge Date March 26, 2024 ; 52 days ago (2024-03-26) Time 1:28:49 a.m. EDT (05:28:49 UTC) Location Baltimore metropolitan area, Maryland, United States Coordinates Type Bridge collapse Cause Loss of propulsion on ship, leading to allision [a] with pier and subsequent collapse of the bridge truss Deaths 6 Non ...
16 injured [1] On 14 August 2018, around 11:36 local time (09:36 UTC) a section of the Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge) in Genoa, Liguria, Italy collapsed during a rainstorm, killing forty-three people. The remains were demolished in June 2019. The replacement bridge, the Genoa-Saint George Bridge was inaugurated a year later.
The 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis, also known as the Great Recession in Spain [1] [2] or the Great Spanish Depression, began in 2008 during the world 2007–2008 financial crisis. In 2012, it made Spain a late participant in the European sovereign debt crisis when the country was unable to bail out its financial sector and had to apply ...
Location. The Puente Nuevo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpwente ˈnweβo], "New Bridge") is the newest and largest of three bridges that span the 120-metre-deep (390 ft) chasm that carries the Guadalevín River and divides the city of Ronda, in southern Spain. Completed in 1793, the architect was José Martin de Aldehuela and the chief builder ...
Context and form. The "Hand of Irulegi" has been a working title assigned to the archaeological find. It dates from the 1st century BC. At the time, during the period of Sertorian Wars, the native population took sides and the settlement came under attack, extending the fire throughout the fortified town as a result.
Doñana disaster. / 37.492603; -6.225202. The Doñana Disaster, also known as the Aznalcollar Disaster or Guadiamar Disaster ( Spanish: Desastre de Aznalcóllar, Desastre del Guadiamar ), was an industrial accident in Andalusia, southern Spain. On 25 April 1998, a holding dam burst at the Los Frailes mine, near Aznalcóllar, Seville, releasing ...
The expression Spanish real estate crisis or property crisis that began in 2008 refers to the set of economic indicators (sharp fall in the price of housing in Spain, credit shortages, etc.) that, with all their severity in 2010, would evidence the deterioration of real estate expectations and of the construction industry in Spain in the context of a global economic crisis and the property ...