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...core service growth (such as cloud, warranty) tied to the installed base and is thus only growing by mid-single digits. 6....
...Investors have long debated whether Tesla is an auto company or a tech company. We believe it’s both, but see the biggest value driver from here being software and services revenue....
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...Many French cinema owners, who are putting pressure on Cannes to resist Netflix et al, see the streamers’ disruptive attitude as an incursion into their territory....
...Related links: Shared mobility V.1, USSR edition – FT Alphaville Do the economics of self-driving taxis actually make sense? – FT Alphaville Who are Tesla’s competitors, really?...
...“You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience. People were thinking about them like software companies when they should look at them like television and movies.”...
...The two groups’ contrasting fortunes reflect many of the factors that determine whether companies in aerospace — and another capital-intensive manufacturing sector, the auto industry — survive or perish....
...The path to autonomous driving will impact auto, mining, drone and technology companies, while new innovation in both automation and robotics should benefit several 3D printing and healthcare companies....
...Industry insiders say that cloud-based services are needed that can connect the apps running on multiple devices, allowing users to share data and providing a central point from which to manage individual...
...The software sales were driven by an over 94 per cent increase in next-generation titles such as Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V....
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...after the release of Grand Theft Auto V,” said Edward Woo of Ascendiant Capital Markets, “but it is such a big blockbuster that it gives the company resources to invest and a lot of money for buybacks.”...
...But you will spend weeks at home crying and playing Grand Theft Auto V. This is so cool. Can you help with my taxes as well? Yes, we can relocate to Ireland and book all earnings there....
...In the battle of wills between Apple Inc and the Chinese Communist party there is now a clear winner....
...Dattaraj V. Salgaocar (V. M. Salgaocar Group) Harsh Pati Singhania (J.K. Organisation) Krishen Sud (Sivik Global Healthcare, Inc.)...
...“It’s ultimately a pretty costly service to deliver,” says Al Sambar, a logistics strategist at Kurt Salmon, a consultancy....
...Toyota is launching its Entune infotainment system with the new Prius V hybrid car this year....
...Hyundai and Kia were among the first to offer five-year warranties on their cars and to offer 10-year warranties on powertrains. Hyundai also paid more attention to styling....
...I’m crawling through this ET-like maze of plastic sheeting.” He waves his arms around to portray the scene and gives a wide-eyed, high-pitched laugh, somewhere between a giggle and a whinny....
...Marx is singing in his grave there in London as the US government now controls the auto, mortgage, insurance, banking, et al industries and he has not fired a shot....
...Much of this money was spent on “mega buy-outs” using high levels of debt to pay record prices for some of the world’s biggest companies during the credit boom....
...Cerberus also concluded ResCap might be vital for GMAC to obtain a formal licence, at the suggestion of GMAC’s new chief executive Al de Molina, as a bank holding company....
...When considering a turnround investment in a struggling company, one of the most important questions to ask is what shape will the economic recovery take: a quick V-shaped one, or a longer U-shaped one....
...He oversaw the sale two years ago of a controlling stake in GMAC, the carmaker’s financial services arm....
...obtain parts or service for an insolvent company’s product – a fear that could both hurt consumer confidence and accelerate Detroit’s downward spiral....
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