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Google-backed Kittyhawk is shutting down as questions, hurdles remain

Google-backed Kittyhawk is shutting down as questions, hurdles remain

The dream of flying cars zipping around in the air has suffered a major reality check. Last week, the secretive air-taxi start-up Kittyhawk, run by Google veteran Sebastian Thrun, announced on Twitter that it was going to “wind down.” It was one of a handful of companies working to bring a “Jetsons” like reality to the world, where electric-powered cars, planes and helicopters become commonplace and offer clean-burning modes of transportation to a world of clogged and polluted… Source link

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Zoom stock slashed by Citi amid ‘new hurdles to sustaining growth’

Zoom stock slashed by Citi amid ‘new hurdles to sustaining growth’

Citi doesn’t like what it sees ahead of Zoom’s Aug. 22 earnings report. The investment bank’s tech analyst Tyler Radke slashed his rating on Zoom stock to Sell from Neutral on Tuesday, adding the stock is “high risk.” The analyst sees the video-conferencing outfit’s shares falling about 20% from current price levels. “Zoom’s post-COVID growth trajectory has always been more challenging, given pull-forward dynamics, but we see new hurdles to sustaining growth including rising competition… Source link

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Sydney McLaughlin shatters her own world record in 400 hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin shatters her own world record in 400 hurdles

The beautiful thing about track and field is that your one true challenger is the clock or measuring tape. But in the case of Sydney McLaughlin, the clock really is her only challenger. The 22-year-old American lined up for the medal race in the women’s 400 meter hurdles on Friday night at the World Athletics Championships with the second- and third-fastest women in history also running — and she left them in her wake. Already the world record holder, McLaughlin didn’t just lower that time,… Source link

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Former Yahoo CEO’s plans to renovate property face hurdles from city ordinance

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s plan to demolish three of four townhomes on her residential property and build a swimming pool is facing hurdles from city and state law, according to reports.  Since July 2020, Mayer has twice applied for a permit to tear down three of the four townhomes she owns next to her family’s main dwelling on Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California, according to Palo Alto Online.  Marissa Mayer, President… Source link

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Karsten Warholm breaks 400m hurdles world record

Karsten Warholm made history on Thursday. (Photo by ANNIKA BYRDE/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) The men’s 400-meter hurdles officially has an Olympic favorite. And a new world record-holder. Karsten Warholm, a 25-year-old Norwegian hurdler, clocked a 46.70-second time in the 400m hurdles at a Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday to break a 29-year-world record, according to NBC Sports. The record was previously held by American Kevin Young, who ran a 46.78 at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The… Source link

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Google and Walmart face growth hurdles as India caps payments transactions – TechCrunch

Google and Walmart have a new challenge ahead of them as they race to expand the reach of their payments apps in India: They won’t be permitted to grow beyond a limit. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the body that operates the widely popular UPI payments infrastructure, said Thursday evening that it will enforce a cap to ensure that no single payments app processes more than 30% of UPI transactions in a month. The payments body said the move is… Source link

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Google and Walmart face growth hurdles as India caps payments transactions

GlobeNewswire Town and Country Financial Corporation Reports Record Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Town and Country Financial Corporation (the “Company”) (OTC Pink: TWCF) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2020. Key highlights included: * Record third quarter 2020 net income of $2.1 million, up slightly from third quarter 2019, and after a quarterly provision for loan losses of $1.5 million. * Record net… Source link

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