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...The Stanford University spinout is backed by a long list of luminaries, including Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and, crucially, Volkswagen....
...AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest health-care deal...
...The concept may appeal to singletons in dense urban areas, but it's simply not a long-term solution for the demographic that actually depends on low cost auto transportation....
...The reason to be wary in Uber’s case is the future of on-demand transportation is… quite uncertain....
...to which Uber has gone in order to compel agreement with its (perhaps we should say its lawyers’) description of itself and with its analysis of the legal relationships between the two companies [Uber B.V....
...Uber, the San Francisco based transportation company, scored a major legal victory on Wednesday when a court in its hometown ruled that Uber drivers could not pursue a class action challenge against the...
...Amazonfresh v Ocado Brooke Masters has been comparing Amazon’s Fresh grocery delivery service, launched in the UK this week, with her regular home deliveries from Ocado. Fresh had one key flaw....
...This is especially true for transportation apps....
...Recall the Quantity Theory of Money: MV = PY. Improvements in financial technology that allow people to evade the Gesell tax are increases in the velocity of money, V....
...If what the state of California now calls a Transportation Network Company – a technology platform such as Uber and Lyft that expands the market for minicabs and private hire – is prevented from operating...
...Kleiner Perkins, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, also participated in the funding round....
...Caterpillar, the world’s largest manufacturer of earth-moving equipment by revenue, said that its Perkins subsidiary in the UK had been visited by officials, as did Germany’s MAN....
...Even Harley has struggled in the financial crisis, laying off workers, shutting its Buell sports- and touring-bike subsidiary and putting the recently bought Italian sports-bike manufacturer MV Agusta up...
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...In other words, godly hot dogs while you watch the Saints v Angels Super Bowl....
...Traders cited rumours of interest from financier Joao V Azevedo, who has close links with Portuguese starch maker Copam....
...“There’s no doubt TJX has been one of the best performers throughout this downturn,’’ retail analyst Ken Perkins said this month after Meyrowitz said September sales were looking strong. 21 Name: Stine...
...This Rotax-built V-Twin unit is much more sophisticated and powerful than the Harley-based engines, but refined it is not....
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