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...JH: I remember doing mobile maps on the generation of smartphones before the iPhone — [when] they were just starting to add GPS to mobile phones. And it didn’t work very well....
...While he is in favour of rolling out tracing apps, the commissioner has been vocal in his opposition to the introduction of apps that would track individuals’ movements in real time using GPS technology....
...For the likes of Dyal and its two chief competitors, Mr Brandmeyer’s Petershill fund at Goldman and the Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings fund, the attraction of GP ownership is the steady management...
...Its key features are a proprietary locking system and GPS navigation technology. GPS allows users to see which bikes are nearby and hold them for up to 15 minutes until they get there....
...“You don’t see many billionaires who became billionaires by being LPs – but plenty who did by becoming GPs,” Mr Morley said....
...After acquiring the chain in 2006 and buying out the Brazilian founders last year, GP hired JPMorgan Chase to sell the business....
...One issue involves a $113.2m loan Mr Falcone took from his Special Situations fund to cover personal tax obligations, at a time when he had barred investors from cashing out their holdings in the fund....
...LightSquared, funded mainly by Philip Falcone’s Harbinger Capital, is struggling to overcome GPS interference issues before it can launch its planned nationwide wholesale LTE network....
...He also co-wrote the Galileo Report for the French prime minister, François Fillon, on the €17bn European programme aimed at creating a satellite system that rivals GPS....
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