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...Robotaxis have gummed up the San Francisco’s fire department’s services 55 times in the past year, its chief Jeanine Nicholson told the California Public Utilities Commission....
...Many in finance believe that Mr Black’s credit operation is a vital part of the economy, supporting jobs, reducing mortgage costs and freeing large banks to focus on utility-like activities such as running...
...Trying to carve out the big tech platforms into standalone companies, however, would not be as simple as it sounds....
...In substance, it sounds like something else entirely: a routine of “weekly luncheon meetings” that comes with serious financial perks....
...This might sound familiar. If it does it is because it is exactly what is happening in the social media sector....
...Selling Westinghouse will not be easy but its technology is sound and does not carry the design and construction problems associated with EDF’s large scale EPR reactors, none of which has yet been commissioned...
...Kepco, the South Korean utility, is seen by industry experts as the most plausible acquirer, although the state-controlled company has been cautious in its statements so far....
...The Japanese Government has stepped in, belatedly offering help in a manner which make it sounds as if they have absolutely no confidence in the company....
...“Social distinctions can be based only on common utility.”...
...But property experts are doubtful the plan will happen, given the fraught disputes involving land rights and utility connections plaguing existing hotel projects....
...“We still see the Cooper 185p offer as too low but any increase currently sounds likely to be limited,” said Arden Partners....
...What is uncertain is whether he might prove more pragmatic than he sounds, as has been the case with Mr Woodley....
...The outlook for commodity prices remains very strong over the long term, domestic private investment will continue to fuel growth, we’re finally seeing positive effects from sound macroeconomic policies...
...This will involve the construction of four plants with France’s EDF electricity utility and the Areva nuclear engineering group co-operating with Italy’s Enel electricity utility and the Finmeccanica engineering...
...Sound familiar?...
...Yet for all these sound arguments, you probably still need to be a speculator to leap in and buy car shares – the overall situation remains pretty dire in the car industry....
...Rather than offering investors sound defences, utilities may soon find themselves under siege. Post and read comments on this Lex...
...In the last year Barclays, Sony Ericsson, United Utilities, Cooperative Group, McDonald’s and British Gas....
...TXU continued to sound out private equity groups and rival energy companies to gauge their interest in a bid to trump the KKR and TPG deal....
...I suggested buying junk electric utilities shares in January....
...Targets, Mr Knight says, are typically sound companies with poor management strategies, and the more complex, the better....
...When Opel took the wraps off its new Antara 4x4 in Frankfurt (pictured) this autumn, the small sport utility vehicle signified more than the return of General Motors to the European SUV market after a two-year...
...This has encouraged many companies and investors to prepare plans and sound out possible partners to form the huge consortia that would be required to bid on the work....
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