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...Following the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami, the group was bailed out by the state-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and customer companies including Toyota, Nissan and Panasonic...
...John Howard, the senior vice president for products, had overseen Panasonic’s chip-making subsidiary. It wasn’t often that you found executives of that caliber at a small startup....
...Qubits v bytes: how quantum computing works Quantum computing taps into the quirky behaviour of sub-atomic particles, which bend our normal understanding of physics....
...Moody’s analyst Richard Lane....
...Related links: What Hertz tells us about the future of shared mobility – FT Alphaville Shared mobility V.1, USSR edition – FT Alphaville Do the economics of self-driving taxis actually make sense?...
...The best known is Tesla and Panasonic’s huge Nevada “gigafactory”....
...“The acceleration of travel and technology and telecommunications — together with a global economy that depends on a global supply chain — makes it self-defeating ultimately for those who seek to reverse...
...Trickier than keeping in lane or a safe distance behind the car in front is the “softer side” of driving, says Mr Buczkowski....
...Ahead of the State of the Union, the president has criss-crossed the US over the past week to tout fresh measures to boost America’s still-struggling middle class....
...We’re also opening negotiations on a city deal with Edinburgh; we back the new V&A in Dundee....
...That is Act V, and we are not there yet. For now we are still very definitely in the age of hydrocarbons....
...Less so in the UK, where the countryside can trigger thoughts of Sunday afternoons ebbing away while being stuck behind a slow tractor on a narrow lane....
...This may complicate life for makers of driverless cars: because of legal uncertainties and hugely variable driving environments, “self-driving” is likely to be offered as an optional setting for decades...
...And that is true of countries, it’s true of businesses.” At the same time, Pandit proclaims that, largely thanks to technology, “It’s never been easier to start your own business.”...
...With nearly $150bn in its coffers, Apple alone was sitting on close to 10 per cent of corporate America’s cash....
...The California district court noted that while the case concerned allegations in a non-US jurisdiction, Rio Tinto had a considerable US presence – with 47 per cent of operating assets in North America –...
...Among banking stocks Bank of America and Citigroup shares rallied, adding 3.2 per cent to $11.92 and 2.3 per cent to $44.60 respectively....
...The government-backed investment fund, the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, was created in 2009 with the goal of supporting small companies and start-ups, but recently it has poured more of its resources...
...by giant, uncaring corporations and shocking consumerism....
...The risk is that news will become slanted in the interests of corporations and the wealthy. So far, there isn’t much sign of that....
...a North Korean invasion of Japan, mixing the thrills of a spy novel with some national soul-searching....
...Asian markets extended gains with technology shares and exporters leading the rally, mirroring an advance for US stocks ahead of this week’s EU summit....
...The employee base is generally reflective of middle America – predominantly white, casually dressed and possessing a genial, if hard-working, disposition....
...Thus, Sharp, Panasonic and Sony, three pillars of the Japanese electronics sector, are fighting the rise of Samsung, Apple and many Chinese companies....
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