Hints and tips:
...There, the exalted expanse of water and sky domes the frenetic city, with its aggressive dashes of taxicab yellow, black, mauve and crimson....
...They’ve made dresses out of sofa-sized Christmas present bows, giant Valentine’s chocolate boxes or hundreds of fake credit cards (that one was left in a taxicab the night before a show, and had to be entirely...
...Huge deposits of shale oil and gas from North Dakota to Texas are waiting to be tapped and pumped across the US. But not here in DC, and well beyond the range of my friendly city taxicab....
...After Lagerfeld’s passing, she assumed full control of the women’s line too....
...auto sales in Latin America’s second-biggest economy, where “vochos” were the official taxicab for three decades....
...umbrella as taxicabs....
...The majority of its loans appear to have been backed by taxi medallions, licences issued by the authorities to allow metered Yellow Cabs — the only cabs that can be hailed on the street — to operate....
...There’s a torrential downpour in New York, and billionaire J Tomilson Hill pulls up to a new tower in Chelsea not in a sleek, luxury SUV with a private driver but in a yellow taxicab....
...The parking lot of Planet Fitness, a gym, is also a popular spot, because drivers can easily take a shower in the morning. “It sucks....
...Celebrating the messiness of identity is one sure way to fight against the uglier aspects of nationalism — even if this message is hard to capture in a political slogan or taxicab ad....
...As authorities controlled how many of the medallions they issued, the value of this right to be a part of the lucrative yellow cab trade swelled....
...From taxicabs to hotels, some of the oldest areas of economic activity in the world have been upended by mobile apps like Uber and Airbnb....
...After months of debate and lobbying, the state legislature approved a bill in May that legalised on-demand transportation, with the bill leaving detailed regulations to be written by the transportation authority...
...That backlash mixes two complaints, elegantly exemplified when a group of taxicab owners and drivers sued Uber in Atlanta a year ago....
...Sir, David Graeber, in his excellent article “Follow the paper trail” (Life & Arts, March 7), speculates that the terms “taxicabs” and “taximeter” come from the Barons von Thurn und Taxis....
...taking one of Shanghai’s grubby and ageing, mostly seatbelt-less taxicabs....
...Barons von Thurn and Taxis (one later scion of this family, according to legend, was the inventor of the taximeter, which is why taxicabs ultimately came to bear his name)....
...campaign, funded by the Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association – the regulated portion of the US car transportation industry that has most to lose from the rise of such start-ups – routinely calls...
...The District of Columbia Taxicab Commission has drafted silly new rules, such as minimum weights for “digital dispatch” cars, while New York’s liveried taxi companies want to stop yellow cabs taking smartphone...
...Are the main reasons fees and the size of the manager and their funds? Not a chance, both criteria – as important as you could think they are – rated way down the bottom of a wish list....
...The financial viability of the leading manufacturer of London’s black taxi-cabs has been called into doubt by a product recall of 400 recently sold models and the suspension of further sales....
...They have done well, though alternative bets made in 2008, such as buying a New York City taxicab medallion, have done even better....
...Hibu, the telephone directories publisher formerly known as Yell, lost 45 per cent ahead of its second balance sheet restructuring of the year. Investors fear being wiped out by a debt-for-equity swap....
...The UK group had been using more Chinese supplies in its taxicabs as part of a cost-cutting programme. The company said last week it was in talks with Geely over funding....
...Altuzarra, the undersculpting of the dominatrix-chic suits was the most provocative part of a smart show....
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