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Eurotunnel turns profit after 14 years

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The Eurotunnel -- you know, the underwater passageway between Britain and France -- opened in 1994. And now, 14 years later, the tunnel turned a profit (for 2007). Earnings were $1.5 million dollars. Maybe not the best return EVER. But a feat never the less.

The tunnel cost about $25 million (16 million euros, today's exchange.) to build -- more than double initial estimates. Its private owners had been drowning in debt. That debt was restructured in 2006 and is partially behind this new profitability.



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