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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Hornby , the legendary British maker of model cars and trains, is seeing renewed interest in one of the oldest mechanical amusements still in production: the model train set. To really be transported back to their childhoods, some people will find toy trains to be the ideal time machine. Does the name Hornby ring any bells?

Profit and Loss 137

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JULY 10, 2019

As the cash flew out across the highway on Tuesday (July 9) evening, more than 15 cars and trucks pulled over to grab the money, while others driving past pulled out their phones to video people as they jumped out of their vehicles to grab it.

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AUGUST 29, 2020

“The Jetsons,” after all, promised us a bright future of flying cars and Rosey the Robot to make our meals, clean our messes, do our laundry and offer up snappy comebacks throughout the whole experience. Cars are getting technologically impressive, but they don’t fly as of yet. The Robotic Dog That Helps Build Cars.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

The tag will allow for the money to be deducted while the car is in motion, using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. “The transactions in the NETC system can be performed without any Additional Factor of Authentication (AFA) and/or pre-transaction notification/alert,” RBI said.

Banking 52

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APRIL 28, 2017

Satellite radio broadcasting company SiriusXM just recently announced the acquisition of consumer and enterprise connected vehicle services company Automatic, which makes connected-car OBD-II ports, adapters and related apps for iOS and Android. Naturally, everyone’s gunning it in the race to get a piece of the connected car cash cow.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Putting traditional car manufacturers eyeing the ride-hailing space on notice, Uber has reached an agreement with Volvo , enabling customers in downtown Pittsburgh to order up a self-driving car from their mobile app starting later in August. Earlier this week, Ford said it is gearing up to launch a self-driving car in five years.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

It also redraws the global automotive supply chain some and signals that the race is on to control the car. Beyond the parts, Harman has also moved into software development and components for connected cars. But Samsung is relatively new to cars in the last few decades — just when everyone else seems to want a piece of that action.

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Technology Marketing 55

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JUNE 13, 2019

We are thrilled to welcome Scoot to the Bird ecosystem, and look forward to working with the Scoot team as we further scale our complementary missions — to replace car trips with micro-mobility options for all,” said Travis VanderZanden, founder and CEO of Bird, in a press release.

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JUNE 28, 2017

While everyone may not be ready for the high price tags that come with buying furniture, they do want their dwellings to look chic and stylish. Then their second biggest asset is the car and the third is renting furniture.” After college, people often move into their first “adult” apartment.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Ford, for one, recently partnered with Alibaba on a concept to sell the car company’s vehicles in massive vending machines. But customers wanted that license plate or tag immediately, so they came into the office. That takes up space and time, so we wanted to use a kiosk as a way to save [both].”.

Transportation 43

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app. iPhones can read a near-field communication (NFC) tag that is specially encoded to display an interface for an Apple Pay purchase when a user holds a device near it. And tech companies are already working with retailers on payments innovation.

Entertainment 44

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MAY 4, 2017

Another big week in the developing connected car space. One expanded partnership between a payment company and a vehicle manufacturer, along with a recent connected-car device company acquisition, looks to set the stage for further developments and greater interconnectivity. Leveraging Mastercard’s payment gateway, U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Even in an age when shoppers can order groceries online and have them delivered straight to their doors, the vast majority of consumers are still shopping the traditional way – hopping in their cars and heading to their local brick-and-mortar grocery store to shop the aisles or pick up an online order. percent make their purchases there.

Entertainment 54

Entertainment Advertising Retail Technology 54

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

A person could order a car on demand or have anything under the sun delivered in a few hours , but when it came time for fashion professionals and enthusiastic amateurs to build a look to love as their own? The problem? At the time, there really wasn’t a better way to do it. But she persisted, and that product today is called TAGWALK.

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MAY 23, 2018

Yagur explained that Sodyo’s codes leverage color-based tagging technology so scanners don’t have to read the whole code — just the connection points between colors. When a commercial plays for a local car dealership, the consumer could scan to schedule a test drive.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Consider that roughly 63 percent of millennials don’t have credit cards, and some have no plans anytime soon to embark on major life purchases, such as buying a home or car. This leaves many without the “creditworthy” data that makes “thin files” thick.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As is usually the case, there has been some fun speculation on that point, with the annual rumors about an Apple Car making the rounds. Going in, the world has a pretty good idea of what the morning will look like in broad strokes — analysts, Apple experts and market watchers have debated what we will see next out of Apple.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Or, Saraf noted, it can be used in the context of the rapidly revolutionizing transportation landscape, and the ways in which consumer and map data is feeding the evolution of self-driving cars. Or, he added, one can look at the operational and security buckets.

Investments 42

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Similar to the new iPhone X’s $999 price tag, the whole thing may seem like a bit much, but clearly not to the thousands of users uploading these part-cute, part-creepy videos to YouTube and social media. That’s on top of the recent expansion that increased the number of used cars for sale on the marketplace.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Recommerce market : Buying pre-owned items ain’t just for cars. The price tag, however didn’t scare off investors — who liked Founder and “hipster-vegan” Doug Evans’ pitch — and thought that selling “smart juice” had a future. Can you spell coopetition?

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OCTOBER 13, 2018

Don’t get us wrong: There are many, many smart connected devices – speakers, cars, appliances, watches – that are all very useful because they make buying something easier, houses more secure, financial management less tedious or commuting to work more productive. .” The less good news? They are not easy to buy.

Technology 64

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The usual answers — Elon Musk’s distraction(s), and the company’s high valuation – are certainly fair reasons, but I suspect the biggest challenge is competition from legacy car makers. The AMG version arrives in 2024, boasting 677 HP and a much larger price tag. Source: Electrek , Car and Driver.

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APRIL 8, 2016

Even the most casual of baseball fans are aware of the fact that venturing out to a live professional contest is going to come with a price tag. And maybe eat a meat popsicle (if they attend a Detroit Tigers game). Hot dogs and beer are hot dogs and beer. Let’s be honest with ourselves.

Math 43

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MAY 15, 2018

Data tagging is how ground truth is established. He added that there are myriad other use cases for online IDV: account opening, employee onboarding, the gig economy , car sharing, peer-to-peer shopping … the list goes on. But in the real world, this process isn’t all about fraud, he said – it’s all about conversions.

Auditing 51

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AUGUST 25, 2018

The average base price of a ticket is around $425, though there is some tiered pricing (with the top tier having a $1,200 price tag). Art, costume and car enthusiasts who attend often spend thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars each year preparing and transporting their creations to the playa.

Economics 40

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

While the cyberattack impacted Muni’s email and internal computer system, it did not impact the agency’s ability to run the city’s bus, light rail and street car systems. The system was back up and running again normally the following day. According a report to be released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S.

Transportation 53

Transportation Education Securities Planning 53

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

After the rest of his family got caught (but Johnson didn’t), he moved north to go to school (but not before faking a car accident to collect insurance money to finance his first marriage). He’d needed that helping hand years before. Nurture Beats Nature. When the funds ran out, Johnson relied on his old fraudulent ways. He discovered eBay.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. WENGER: Well, if you look at World War II, the government went to Ford and said, “We need you to build airplanes, not cars.” And actually, there’s a chart in my book that shows that output of cars dropped. Like, the air would be so much better.

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APRIL 28, 2017

The Payment Tag is directly integrated into the document itself, enabling the sender to request a specific dollar amount, which pops up when the receiver signs electronically. Let’s say, for example, a person gets into a car accident: their insurer would be able to send an agreement stating how much money they might receive to fix their car.

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MAY 8, 2018

That can lead to frustrating, lengthy games of phone tag, whereas texting can be more free flow. For example, say the business is a local car repair shop. Using text chat means that the mechanic can send a video or picture of the car while it’s up on the hoist, or show pictures of the old tires to explain why they need to be replaced.

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MAY 11, 2019

This is not to say there aren’t plenty of amazing gadgets we can buy in the same family as the robot butler: smart speakers, self-driving cars, self-operating vacuum cleaners. That device is still in the working prototype phase and is forecast to have a six-figure price tag when it hits the market.

Technology 75

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Cardi described mobile apps as “game changers” for the claims disbursement process, largely because they offer the ability to turn a friction-filled game of telephone tag with an agent into a self-service process.

Investments 40

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AUGUST 2, 2018

And as they are getting older, they are trying to recover from student loan payments while thinking about starting a family, and paying a mortgage and a car payment. They trust the banks to hold their money, but when the conversation about services comes up, most consumers start immediately feeling around for the catch or hidden price tag.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies. With Tesla, the story is more complicated, but this company has always revolved around Elon Musk.

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MARCH 13, 2019

.” For instance, if your spouse is unaware of the debt you have accumulated, he or she may suggest spending money on things your household can’t really afford, like a new car rather than a used one. Tags: money , personal budgets , personal finance , marriage , debt , relationships. Play Video. View All 9 Slides.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. One thing I’ve learned is that no one washes rental cars. Oh, you just do work with mathematics and intellectual activities. You don’t do any dirty work. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Economics 56

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Strategic Treasurer

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Welcome to The Treasury Update podcast presented by Strategic Treasurer, your source for interesting treasury news, analysis, and insights in your car, at the gym, or wherever you decide to tune in. Episode Transcription - Episode 181: Treasury Review of 2021. INTRO 0:09 . Almost always you can consider that that needs to be discounted.

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