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...“Nasa is not a transportation company or a regulatory agency. They’re a science and research institution.”...
...Blade, a US helicopter shuttle company, offers a five-minute trip from Manhattan to John F Kennedy airport, starting at $195 per seat....
...His father was a foreman in the shipping department of a garment trade company....
...The writer is a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School One could be forgiven for wondering if economists and investors in the US are living on the same planet....
..."The point is that BP, at its retail sites, will be selling . . . a lot more than gasoline," said Roddy Kennedy, a BP spokesman....
...For Vevers, that meant youth fully optimistic shearling-trimmed bombers, V-neck sweaters and leather pencil skirts paired with colourful trainers and tube socks....
...Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, and Bill Anders, who took the famous “Earthrise” photo on the same mission, went on to head big US companies, respectively Eastern Air Lines and General Dynamics....
...Meanwhile, the 8th Earl embarked on a love affair with an American, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, sister of the future US president....
...Relying on private companies is no panacea. In search of innovation and lower costs, Nasa treats companies as partners rather than simple contractors....
...(FT) Dockwork ers v robots Dockworkers in Los Angeles are making a last stand against the automation of lucrative port jobs....
...At once alien and familiar, the Moon now bewitches dreamers such as Elon Musk, the Tesla entrepreneur who founded and heads the private company SpaceX....
...Sales growth in North America will be in focus after the company reported negative growth in the region for three straight quarters....
...(FT) The day ahead The big blast-off SpaceX, Elon Musk’s private space company, hopes to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday....
...SpaceX, Elon Musk’s private space company, hopes to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...Mr Givenchy himself dressed Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy Onassis – pictures of classic elegance and refinement....
...Seeds and agrochemicals company Monsanto reports first-quarter earnings ahead of its expected takeover by Bayer AG and drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance is expected to report an increase in its first-quarter...
...Bombarded Day two of the Bombardier v Boeing tariff scandal and attention has turned on the British government’s motivation to fight back against proposed US action against the Canadian company....
...AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and Bayer’s purchase of Monsanto) that are still pending approval from the competition watchdog....
...Investors clamoured to buy Nutanix shares given the dearth of new offerings this year, said Lise Buyer, a former Google executive who worked on its IPO and is now an adviser at Class V Group....
...-Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Bush family friend, former Democratic lieutenant governor of Maryland and daughter of Robert F Kennedy, on the elder Bush’s presidential preference....
...In his 2011 book The Globalisation Paradox, Dani Rodrik, a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, offered what he called the “fundamental political ‘trilemma’ of the world economy: we cannot...
...(BBC) Video of the day Google v Apple, round 2 As Google again draws level with Apple as the world’s largest company, John Authers looks at the historic performance of companies once they have become the...
...The 17-storey limestone building includes views of Central Park and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir....
...Recently, their targets have included a growing number of Chinese companies....
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