Ford CEO Jim Farley is sending a clear message to those on Capitol Hill who are tepid to support President Joe Biden’s investments in America’s electric vehicle infrastructure. Either sign-off on the funding, or risk America falling further behind in an EV race being won at the moment by China. “I think it’s time for us to be competitive [on electric vehicles]. We have got to be globally competitive in batteries. All the chip manufacturing, some of it has to come back to the U.S. This is a… Source link
Read More »Seven-Eleven Japan Selects Google Cloud to Advance Competitive Data Cloud Strategy
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and TOKYO, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Seven-Eleven Japan is advancing its digital transformation strategy with Seven Central, its data cloud platform built on Google Cloud that consolidates and analyzes data from its 21,000 stores across the country to drive real-time business decision making. At its core, Seven Central’s purpose is to enable real-time data views to enable faster business decision making. It brings siloed point of sale (POS) data from Seven-Eleven Japan… Source link
Read More »These are the most competitive housing markets in the US: LendingTree
With fewer available homes on the market, bidding wars are heating up. Two California cities top LendingTree’s list of 50 most competitive U.S. cities to buy a home — San Jose, followed by its neighbor to the north, San Francisco. The online lending marketplace ranked the 50 most competitive metro areas in the U.S. based on a buyer’s credit score, down payment amount and how much a buyer shopped around for a mortgage. “It has a lot to do with the amount of supply in the city,”… Source link
Read More »‘There is competitive fun going on with Apple’
Benzinga 4 Intel Analysts On ‘Unleashed’ Event, The Risks Of Chipmaker’s Foundry Plans At Intel Corporation’s (NASDAQ: INTC) “Intel Unleashed” event Tuesday, CEO Pat Gelsinger shared his vision for IDM 2.0, the company’s integrated device manufacturing model. Here’s what the Street has to say. The Intel Analysts: BofA Securities analyst Vivek Arya reiterated an Underperform rating on Intel with a $62 price target. Raymond James analyst Chris Caso analyst maintained a Market Perform rating…. Source link
Read More »Pub landlord defends lockdown competitive eating contest as ‘elite sport’
Craig Harker is the landlord of The George Pub and Grill in Stockton-on-Tees. (Reach) A pub landlord has defended describing a competitive eating contest that took place during lockdown as an “elite sport”. The George Pub and Grill in Stockton held an event that saw five “athletes” attempt to eat the world’s hottest chillies on Saturday – two days after national lockdown restrictions in England were imposed. Landlord Craig Harker was hit with a complaint that the event, that was… Source link
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