10月12日早朝から、首都圏のJR東日本や私鉄、地下鉄の一部の駅で自動改札機が作動しないシステム障害が発生している。JR東日本によると「大宮や横浜、川崎など東京周辺の160駅でトラブルが起こった。都内の駅では発生していない」という。
JR東日本によると、始発電車の業務に向けて各駅で自動改札を立ち上げたところ起動しなかった。各社は今回のトラブルに対応するため、障害が発生していない駅を含めて、自動改札のゲートを開放した(写真)。利用者のSuicaなどICカードの入場と出場の記録がそろわないとゲートが開かなくなり、大混乱となるからだ。
現在のところ、鉄道事業者や自動改札機メーカーの作業員が各駅を回って復旧作業を実施しているという。JR東日本の調べでは、複数の自動改札機メーカーのうち日本信号製の機種に問題が集中している。
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
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NBC still mulling Dow Jones bid
Dan Sabbagh, Media Correspondent
General Electric’s NBC Universal is still considering a counter-bid for Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, after discussions about a joint bid with Microsoft broke down last month.
The industrial conglomerate behind CNBC, the leading business news channel in the United States, said yesterday that it was “always evaluating opportunities” as it decides whether to compete with News Corporation, parent company of The Times, in a bid.
However, GE is also understood to be reluctant to bid alone, not least because it has in the past been cautious about moving into newspapers. It is thought to be casting around for partners in a possible counter-bid to News Corp.
At the beginning of last month, it emerged that News Corp had made a $5 billion bid for Dow Jones. The approach is being considered by the Ban-croft family, which controls Dow Jones. However, the family’s bankers also are trying to sound out if there are viable alternatives.
General Electric’s NBC Universal is still considering a counter-bid for Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, after discussions about a joint bid with Microsoft broke down last month.
The industrial conglomerate behind CNBC, the leading business news channel in the United States, said yesterday that it was “always evaluating opportunities” as it decides whether to compete with News Corporation, parent company of The Times, in a bid.
However, GE is also understood to be reluctant to bid alone, not least because it has in the past been cautious about moving into newspapers. It is thought to be casting around for partners in a possible counter-bid to News Corp.
At the beginning of last month, it emerged that News Corp had made a $5 billion bid for Dow Jones. The approach is being considered by the Ban-croft family, which controls Dow Jones. However, the family’s bankers also are trying to sound out if there are viable alternatives.
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