Sentences with phrase «as shorter drivers»

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After a short stint at the company, it hit him: Credit card processing companies were missing out on a key revenue driver, as he saw it.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

«What that means in short is that he understands the back - end workings of the business well enough that he could rebuild them himself (well, almost), and he also cold calls customers and says things to journalists aimed to warm consumers» hearts, such as: «On Valentine's Day in Chicago, we had every driver give every woman who got in the car a rose.

The end result, investors say, is that the national team is unwittingly encouraging short - term trading patterns that amplify the detachment of stock markets, which have become less responsive to fundamental drivers such as earnings trends, domestic economic data and shifts in global markets.

Krafcik's optimism comes as automakers like Tesla market features like Autopilot, which allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel for short periods of time.

While valuations drive long - term returns, the primary driver of market returns over shorter portions of the market cycle is the attitude of investors toward risk, as indicated by the uniformity or divergence of market internals.

Valuations are the primary driver of long - term returns, and the risk - preferences of investors — as conveyed by the uniformity or divergence of market action across a broad range of individual stocks, industries, sectors and security types (including credit)-- drive returns over shorter portions of the market cycle.

The Bitcoin investor started off by disregarding mass user adoption as a short - term driver for the bull market.

According to Wired, the trucking industry is now short 50,000 drivers, and as current drivers retire that number could reach as high as 175,000 by 2024.

The yield curve has also steepened and may steepen even more, as the driver for short - term rates are influenced by Fed fund moves, while economic growth and the inflation outlook are influencing longer - term rates.

As the market's infatuation with short - term earnings targets subsides, investors will need to focus on the true drivers of valuation.

GM's Maven unit already rents vehicles to individual drivers, including customers looking for short - term wheels as they have through services such as Zipcar.

Investors cited a short squeeze, reduced selling pressure from tax liabilities and Bitcoin being deemed Sharia law compliant as key drivers behind the rally.

«And you know, it was real frustrating because I had thought of myself as a short - track driver, and I thought that I had honed these skills on these short tracks in the Southeast, and this should be where I excel the most.»

Ever since he arrived as a full - time driver in the Cup series in 2001, he has been something of a short - track specialist: 11 of his 22 career wins have been at tracks that are 1.1 miles or shorter.

Jenson Button slipped out of F1 at the end of 2016 as he got the short end of the stick in McLaren's «innovative three - driver strategy» and although he could theoretically return with McLaren in 2018, everyone has pretty much accepted that he's retired.

In his short career so far he's established himself not only as a fast driver but also a great racer, as you can see from his battle with Max Defourney at the Red Bull Ring in Formula Renault last year.

The dumpy little coachappears to grow shorter (if that's possible) as the practice progresses, as ifsome relentless pile driver labeled Doubt were sinking him into the artificialgrass.

It's a testament to an organization that's worked to shed its reputation as team that should be better, though too frequently fell short of the expected results and is now providing its driver with equipment matching his ability that's long drawn comparisons to Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.

Then in 1962, while he was right in his prime as a driver, his career was cut short following a nasty accident at Goodwood.

He was competitive throughout his tragically short Formula One career and not only rose from the ashes of a non-plussed junior formulae path and established himself not only as a promising F1 driver, but also as the man to drive for Ferrari one day.

As much as I love the track, there were only three entertaining moments: The DRS - free scrap between Alonso and Hülkenberg in the first two laps, the clash of the Force India drivers, and the short moment after the flying restart, where it looked like the final part of the race could be excitinAs much as I love the track, there were only three entertaining moments: The DRS - free scrap between Alonso and Hülkenberg in the first two laps, the clash of the Force India drivers, and the short moment after the flying restart, where it looked like the final part of the race could be excitinas I love the track, there were only three entertaining moments: The DRS - free scrap between Alonso and Hülkenberg in the first two laps, the clash of the Force India drivers, and the short moment after the flying restart, where it looked like the final part of the race could be exciting.

Steve: I am turning to page 74 actually, because there were a couple of things, I was just leafing through all of these shorter origins pieces, and I learned a couple of really interesting things such as, we have this half a page on the origins of insurance and the insurance industry's getting, they are getting batted around a bit during this whole healthcare reform discussion, but what's really interesting is that the advent for or the necessity for insurance wound up being a crucial driver to the advent of mathematics and probability.

Transfers of patients among these facilities — for example, from an LTACH or nursing to a hospital for short - term acute care, and then back again — was identified as a major driver of spread.

Growing interest in research using beams of short - lived radioactive ions led to another reconfiguration of the facility, with the ORIC serving as a driver accelerator to produce radioactive ion species that were then injected into and accelerated by the 25 - MV tandem.

Certainly, there is no reason to believe that CO2 as a climate driver has been undermined in any way, especially on shorter time scales.

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(For a short time starting in 2013, retail veteran Mike Tucci served as managing partner, but Wainwright and Neville were back in the driver's seat, becoming co-CEOs, in less than two years.)

Separated Nuyorican Jew (okay short explanation: I'm a Puerto Rican Jew originally from NYC) living in Baltimore as a part time illustrator, writer, substitute teacher and Uber driver seeking new friends in this brace new world.

That means no bs and im not your sugar daddy but i can be just as good i am a god fearing man but does not mean im not warming a church bench on sundays im a mechanic by trade have worked on hotrods motorcyles and joe blows daily drivers for over 30 years and this is a plus if you drive a beater ass car lol i can always keep it running i live in a modular home and on my own land all is bought and paid for so i am not trailer park trash i have long hair and a beard brown eyes short and stocky 5» 5.5 in small lol 150 lbs soaking wet but still built like i was in my 20's not stuck on my self but im not a bad looking dude for my age i still have 6pk abs and popeyes arms lol you do not maintain my build sitting on ur ass so i feel its a great accomplishment that i am proud of.

Also great in Midnight Special is Adam Driver who has a short but pivotal role as someone who has the opportunity to see what the kid can do, and then help the kid escape.

Short Cuts also benefits from memorable moments from a complicated, asshole cop played by Tim Robbins, a convincing drunk limo driver played by Tom Waits, and an amazing job from Julianne Moore as an unfaithful, artist wife.

Based on a short novel by James Sallis, it stars Gosling as an unnamed young man — called «The Driver» in the credits — whose skill at automobile stunt work and get - away driving blends into his attachment with a pretty young wife and mother (Carey Mulligan) with increasingly bloody consequences.

The plastic switches and metallic trim pieces don't feel as premium as the price point (or as those of the competition), the rear - view mirror doesn't rotate enough to be useful for shorter drivers, and the sun visors are small and feel hollow.

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

Short haul drivers will not need to use an ELD, as long as they do not operate outside the «short haul» limits more than 8 days within any 30 day peShort haul drivers will not need to use an ELD, as long as they do not operate outside the «short haul» limits more than 8 days within any 30 day peshort haul» limits more than 8 days within any 30 day period.

The sweeping exterior lines and short rear windows might look as if they'd limit driver sight lines, but forward, rear and over-shoulder views are very good.

As the clocks turn back this weekend on November 2, drivers and pedestrians should also be aware of the safety challenges that occur during the shorter days of fall and winter.

Interior Front - seat passengers can rejoice, because they now can have basically the same seat controls as the driver, including height adjustment, so those of short stature can see down the road better.

The driver's side door is long as in a traditional coupe, but on the passenger side are two shorter doors, with the rear one allowing easier access to the rear.

But the list of those vehicles that are as capable, comfortable and dynamically hot - wired to the driver as the 4 Gran Coupé — especially when the weather is less than delightful — is far shorter.

Power running boards are there as well, and we think shorter drivers will simply love them.

The 2009 Dodge Caliber SRT4 race - inspired interior offers customers a business - like cockpit with the performance features sport compact drivers expect such as a short - throw shifter and a turbo boost gauge.

It's almost a foot shorter, the driver sits lower (but higher than in a sedan), all - wheel - drive is not available, and the drivetrain is not as polished.

In addition, the roofline is shorter than the conventional GLC, and taller drivers should be aware that headroom, as well as ingress and egress, is not the best, or at least not as good as in the non-Coupe GLC.

As with other high - end cars we've tested, the GS 450h has three settings for this function (long, medium, and short) to allow drivers to tail cars at their chosen preset distance.

As you take the price walk from a $ 29,000 entry trim line up to just short of $ 50,000, you'll find most of the tech and advanced driver tech you'd expect in a desirable minivan or midsize SUV including radar cruise control (in Toyota parlance) with forward collision warning, blind spot detection with rear cross-traffic alert, and parking sonar.

[105] A short - wheelbase, two - seat 1971 AMX was not approved for production by the automaker, but Teague used this car as his daily driver.

An overboost function is at the driver's disposal to provide particularly powerful bursts of acceleration, increasing torque to as much as 260 Newton metres for a short time between 1,700 and 4,500 rpm.

An overboost function is at the driver's disposal to provide particularly powerful bursts of acceleration, increasing torque to as much as 260 Newton metres (192 lb - ft) for a short time between 1,700 and 4,500 rpm.