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...I wonder if the Apple case could be where the rubber meets the road on tech euphoria and financialisation....
...“I think it won’t be rubber stamping [Elon’s wishes] any more,” said Philippe Houchois, auto analyst at Jefferies....
...It doesn’t often come from the chief executive of a company we’ve written about....
...The tech billionaire is hiring hundreds of aerospace engineers in Silicon Valley and Akron, Ohio, at a site made famous by the Goodyear blimp, to build airships intended to run humanitarian missions to remote...
...Industry giants — such as razor brand Gillette, power company Southern California Edison, and tyremaker Goodyear Tire and Rubber — hired in-house doctors to ensure the health and productivity of employees...
...“It is too risky for the board to carry on as it is,” he said. “I think it won’t be rubber stamping [Elon’s wishes] any more.”...
...The rules bar companies from selling or exporting certain commodities within the European bloc — including palm oil, soy, coffee, cacao and rubber — that were grown on land deforested after 2020....
...During the 1980s, low interest rates and a stock market bubble fuelled a Japanese buying spree of trophy US assets like the Pebble Beach golf course, Columbia Records, Firestone Tire and InterContinental...
...Approaching the peak of Japan’s asset bubble in 1988, after Japanese companies had bagged Columbia Records, InterContinental Hotels and Firestone Tire, the government in Tokyo warned everyone to curb their...
...The company’s rugged Coniston Derby boots, Islay brogue boots and Chelsea 11s in Scotch Grain leather all feature thick rubber soles....
...Among the early adopters are IBM, Danone USA and Pirelli Tire North America....
...Coinbase and Basecamp triggered employee walkouts after trying something similar in the past two years, while Goodyear Tire and Rubber faced a backlash after banning workers from wearing Donald Trump’s Make...
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...We’ve also seen companies like Goodyear Tire & Rubber tell their workforce not to wear political clothing like a Trump-supporting Make America Great Again hat to the workplace....
...The shares and bonds of tyre manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber have also been punished....
...Yet the congressional rubber-stamping did little to improve public perception of the fund....
...Already, the rubber stamp for Japan Inc has diminished. Now, environmentalists are teaming up to play offence and use their ballots to fight global warming....
...The flip side is that buyout groups flush with cash are willing to put the rubber to the road to get hold of prized national assets....
...But markets will eventually tire of waiting. (Ethan Wu) One good read Ah, youth....
...It took an election to rid the US of Trump’s policies, an indignity that Xi will not have to suffer because the Chinese Communist party congress will rubber stamp an unprecedented third five-year term in...
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...The privately owned company has also invested in Freyr, the Norwegian battery cell maker....
...The strong data suggests “the full-year performance [of 2022] is likely to surpass pre-pandemic levels, which peaked in 2019”, the report noted. Still, the rubber hit the road this year....
...Part of gaming specialist Razer’s new office-focused line, the Pro Click Mini nestles in the palm of your hand and has comfy indented rubber grips on its sides....
...The website grew quickly, winning over younger audiences with stunt videos, such as exploding a watermelon with rubber bands, and viral posts like “The Dress”....
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