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Uber, GM, DuPont: Carless cities, self-driving semis and alt-fuels
On top of a resurgence in alt-fuels, a fundamental rethinking of trucking and corporate fleets is underway.
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Big email hack doesn’t exactly send the message Yahoo needed – U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World ReportBig email hack doesn't exactly send the message Yahoo neededU.S. News & World ReportFILE - In this June 5, 2014, file photo, people walk in front of a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yahoo says the personal information of 500 million accounts have been stolen in a massive security ...
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Uber Rival Grab Partners with Self-Driving Car Startup NuTonomy – Fortune
FortuneUber Rival Grab Partners with Self-Driving Car Startup NuTonomyFortuneNuTonomy hopes to have 100 driverless taxis in Singapore by 2018. Users of ride-hailing firm Grab will be able to book driverless cars from Friday as it partners with a start-up testing the technology in Singapore, just days after rival Uber debuted ...Grab Joins nuTonomy to Offer Self-Driving ...
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Marriott Reveals How the Starwood Merger Will Affect Loyalty Programs – Fortune
FortuneMarriott Reveals How the Starwood Merger Will Affect Loyalty ProgramsFortuneMarriott has finally answered the question that's been on the minds of the combined 78 million people who belong to the Marriott Rewards (which includes Ritz-Carlton Rewards) and Starwood Preferred Guest loyalty programs: What will happen to my points?Marriott, Starwood merger is complete, and loyal customers will ...
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Section of Great Wall of China marred in name of restoration – Business Insider
Business InsiderSection of Great Wall of China marred in name of restorationBusiness InsiderIn this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, photo, a villager walks across a restored section of the Great Wall in Suizhong County in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. Chinese officials are being pilloried over the smoothing-over of a crumbling but much ...Call It The Great Sidewalk: ...
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Airbnb files $555M round with the SEC led by Google Capital and TCV – TechCrunch
TechCrunchAirbnb files $555M round with the SEC led by Google Capital and TCVTechCrunchAirbnb formally filed a Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission this afternoon announcing that it had raised $555,462,180 in an equity deal. Last month, TechCrunch independently verified that Airbnb had filed a 28-page document with the ...Airbnb's Funding Round Led by Google ...
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Harvard’s endowment loses 2 pct as stock bets fueled decline – Business Insider
Wall Street JournalHarvard's endowment loses 2 pct as stock bets fueled declineBusiness InsiderBOSTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Harvard University's investment arm, which oversees America's largest endowment, on Thursday said its portfolio lost 2 percent during the 2016 fiscal year, marking the single largest yearly decline since the financial crisis.Harvard Endowment Loses 2% in Fiscal 2016Wall Street ...
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Japan’s Benchmark Bond Yield Falls as Investors Grapple With BOJ Policy Shift – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalJapan's Benchmark Bond Yield Falls as Investors Grapple With BOJ Policy ShiftWall Street JournalTOKYO—The yield on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond fell slightly Friday in light trading, as investors tried to interpret a major shift in the way the country's central bank conducts its bond-buying program. At midday in Tokyo, the 10-year ...Asia shares ...
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Erdogan to Turkey’s Central Bank: Nice Rate Cut, Do More Please – Bloomberg
BloombergErdogan to Turkey's Central Bank: Nice Rate Cut, Do More PleaseBloombergTurkey's central bank did the right thing by cutting interest rates this week and it should continue to do so, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “I believe it will be beneficial to continue this steadily,'' Erdogan said in an interview Thursday in ...Turkey's First Lady Asks ...
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U.S. jobless claims drop to two-month low as labor market firms – Business Insider
Business InsiderU.S. jobless claims drop to two-month low as labor market firmsBusiness InsiderWASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to a two-month low, pointing to labor market strength that could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by December.Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Match ...