First up is a story from India about getting more women in New Delhi's taxis: ABC

Ford's got plans for a new taxi, the Transit Connect, looks it could be a winner, worth watching : Business Week

Claims from Belfast of cabbies selling alcohol to fares. That has to be bad idea, I can just see some drunk stealing the beer, hitting the cabbie in the head with the bottle and legging it. So, you're lost the money from the beer, the money for the fare and scored a sore head and I'm sure there is also a mess in the back, anyway story is here: Belfast Telegraph

Cuba opening the taxi market, first new licenses in ten years, worth the read: The Associated Press

Dumb teen drops pole on taxi, this story makes me angry... The Sydney Morning Herald