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...Berkshire has warned its ultimate payouts may be far higher; plaintiffs in Oregon alone have sought $8bn in damages....
...V, E, S, P, A: five letters with the power to summon a tourist-brochure-perfect Italy....
...Building a business Even once companies have achieved certification, the ultimate challenge will be to build a sustainable supply chain that enables manufacturing at scale that generates revenue....
...More seriously, John Thornhill says such a high-profile space jaunt counts as the ultimate vanity project and one that also damages the environment....
...(FT) Fire up the jet As commercial airlines tick by on life support, the private aircraft industry is taking off....
...Mr Kulkarni said the sector would become more like “Apple v Samsung”, where biotechs competed on adding generation after generation of features....
...But technology will have to advance a long way before autonomous flying taxi fleets, which is Uber’s ultimate aim, are safe. Meanwhile, there is the everyday problem of noise....
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...In December, Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Take-Two’s Red Dead Redemption 2 and Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII outsold Battlefield V, according to NPD....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...Take rubbish collection in the US, which over time became concentrated under the most efficient operator, the late Wayne Huizenga’s Waste Management Inc....
...ordering a pre-flight coffee at Schiphol airport and, with his KLM cap (complete with crown logo) pulled well down, eavesdropping on Dutch citizens’ everyday hopes and concerns — like Shakespeare’s Henry V,...
...In the space of just 12 months, Chinese airline-to-finance conglomerate HNA has morphed from a symbol of the ambition and wealth of China Inc into a cautionary tale of corporate indebtedness....
...Alas, attempting to be both the ultimate superhero clash and the prelude to a new series does not make for a happy marriage....
...“While the plaintiff bears the ultimate burden of establishing the infringer’s total profit, the defendant, as the manufacturer or seller of the product in question, should bear the burden of identifying...
...Yet the ultimate problem for the industry’s profitability may be that not all airlines have an incentive to rein in capacity to support ticket prices....
...By flying balloons, unmanned aircraft and satellites over the remoter parts of the world, Google and Facebook are also planning to connect everyone on the planet to the internet, creating the possibility...
...Design is critical, and there are multiple solutions to the 3D jigsaw puzzle of business class: yin-yang; staggered herringbone; “stacked-V”. Jamco’s DoveTail seat has a layout like parquet flooring....
...BAE Systems, the defence group, last year printed 2,500 parts for its military aircraft....
...WhatsApp argues that people will welcome direct interaction with companies for things such as fraud alerts or notifications when an aircraft is delayed....
...Yet while Mr Sprecher has been one of the most opportunistic and active consolidators in the exchange industry, the 61-year old native of Wisconsin has always been the ultimate industry outsider....
...Also: AR v VR Do you like your reality augmented or completely virtual? Augmented reality has seen little progress with no sign yet of Google bringing out the next generation of Google Glass....
...In a networked world where speed, immediacy and interactivity are given, scale — global scale — is the ultimate prize. But first a little detour....
...However, Bombardier’s description of the market bemused its leading competitor and a senior analyst, who both predict continued strong demand from the rich to fly around in the ultimate in luxury....
...It is the ultimate expression of superhuman freedom....
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