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...The incidents include a collision between a Cruise car and a fire truck, in which Cruise said its car had been able to identify the truck in an oncoming lane and tried to brake, but had been unable to prevent...
...This has put the brakes on one of the most lucrative trades in recent years. The Nasdaq Composite lost 13.3 per cent in April, its worst monthly performance since 2008....
...A split second later, I realised it would not and put my foot on the brake. That is the problem of driving a car that has half a mind....
...The outbreak of the pandemic last year caused some to put the brakes on dealmaking in other sectors. “These guys can afford to be still for a year, but no longer,” says a banker advising the industry....
...bankers say the celebrity entrepreneur’s stinging criticism of Beijing’s regulatory protocols was deemed unacceptable in Communist party circles and may have fuelled the decision by regulators to slam the brakes...
...The coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on a seven-year M&A boom and left companies scrambling to shore up their balance sheets....
...It is tempting to view Facebook’s argument as self-serving, designed to put the brakes on making personal information more mobile in order to protect its current dominance of social networking....
...Sony warned of declining profits in the 12 months ahead as slowing PlayStation 4 sales and costs to develop a next-generation gaming console put a brake on a two-year run of record earnings....
...which presents the nightmare scenario: a scalable exploit that allows a malicious remote attacker, who can conceal their identity and location, to gain direct control over a compromised vehicle’s throttle, brake...
...Uber has put the brakes on its driverless cars The first death of a pedestrian during an Uber self-driving car test in Tempe, Arizona has led the company — which has been under fire for everything from...
...“As long as investors keep buying these loans, there’s nothing really to put the brakes on,” says Derek Gluckman, a vice-president at Moody’s. “Things just keep getting worse.”...
...“They’re driving with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake.” Nonetheless, long-term bears argue that there is little reason to relax....
...Santander Consumer USA, the Dallas-based subprime car-loans unit of Spain’s biggest bank, has continued to hit the brakes, cutting originations by a quarter and pumping up its reserves as it retreats from...
...The hope was that central banks would stay lower for longer, allowing more growth before applying the brakes; that looks to have diminished now....
...“It seems there was no one at Toshiba management who could actually put a brake on Westinghouse,” says a former Toshiba executive....
...Judging by the sell-off in emerging markets this week, a crisis there might yet put the brake on any attempts she makes to rein in markets, as happened to Mr Greenspan....
...Brakes on success Mr Ecclestone’s breakthrough came in 1978, when as chief executive of the Formula One Constructors’ Association he gained the rights to negotiate deals with TV companies on behalf of F1...
...in the bloc are looking at taking advantage of prime minister David Cameron’s desire to secure a package of concessions on migration – such as including benefit restrictions and possibly an “emergency brake...
...In contrast to traditional foundations, LLCs are able to engage in public policy advocacy and for-profit investments that can also advance their favoured causes....
...TI has a dominant position in fluid handling, particularly brake systems and fuel tanks....
...Tidal is making waves in the industry and its exclusive deals with top artists could put a brake on Apple’s plans to bring musicians into its fold....
...He says: “We need personal sanctions that act as a brake on the numerous wilful misdeeds that go unreported. Most are brushed off as technical offences or victimless crimes....
...“They won’t have a steering-wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal . . . because they don’t need them,” he wrote of the prototypes. “Our software and sensors do all the work.”...
Rollout of national charging networks remains slow
...Meanwhile, cars that can sense obstructions and brake faster than humans can react are slowly entering the mainstream, in turn throwing up questions for both manufacturers and customers....
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