A bicycle made almost entirely of cardboard has the potential to change transportation habits from the world’s most congested cities to the poorest reaches of Africa, its Israeli inventor says.
Izhar Gafni, 50, is an expert in designing automated mass-production lines. He is an amateur cycling enthusiast who for years toyed with an idea of making a bicycle from cardboard.
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Oil traders are facing allegations of price rigging – which in turn could be leading to over-inflated costs for drivers at the pumps.
A whistleblower in the financial services industry is thought to be the source of the assertions, claiming that prices are fixed daily by traders – and that “massive buying pressure” was exerted on the oil market during the summer, artificially inflating prices.
Nissan is recalling thousands of British-built Qashqai models because a steering wheel came off in a driver’s hands.
