Sentences with phrase «early drive of»

In a quiet, tucked - away corner on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Infiniti invited a few media members to a very early drive of the 2011 M37 and M56.

To see what the latest car is like, we've been to Korea for an early drive of Hyundai's global success story — before it arrives in the UK towards the end of this year.

OK, it's better than good and that shouldn't be surprising, considering how well the Boxster S performed during an early drive of it I did last year around Barber Motorsports Park.

While both S90 and V90, which we got an early drive of before its launch later this year, corner neutrally and steer with surprising precision, they're much better at holding an intended line with a stolid grace as they go over potholes and cracked asphalt.

Aside from that way - early drive of the E400, Mercedes slipped us into the four - cylinder 2014 E250 Bluetec diesel — sorry, wagonistas, it's sedan - only for the U.S. — that arrives in August.

Not exact matches

Facebook was faced with — and evaded — similar questions about its relationship with Thiel when Forbes revealed the early investor in the social media network and member of its board was bankrolling a lawsuit that ultimately drove Gawker Media into bankruptcy.

After Hogan launched his lawsuit against the company, it was revealed that PayPal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel had been bankrolling the former wrestler and others who were suing Gawker, in the hope of driving the company out of business.

Earlier this week, Mark Fields, who had overseen the company as its chief executive since 2014, was ousted in favor of his more self - driving car savvy subordinate, Jim Hackett.

Lyft announced a partnership earlier this year with GM to test a fleet of self - driving vehicles on public roads.

When former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said last fall that his earlier enthusiasm for corn - based ethanol production in the United States was a mistake, he was conceding something that had long been obvious: the practice of diverting food crops to biofuels has contributed to food shortages and driven up prices for staples across the globe.

One morning early on in Gerstner's tenure, Thomas Watson Jr. joined the new CEO in the back of the car that drove him to the office.

George Herman «Babe» Ruth was a star pitcher in his early career but achieved his fame as «The Sultan of Swat» by hitting 714 home runs and driving in 2,213 runs in 22 seasons between 1914 and 1935.

Chief executive from 1993 to 2002, and chairman from 2002 till early last year, Piëch, now 78, infused VW with an ambition and drive that made the most of its political heft, presiding over a culture that was, if not above the law, then not above stretching it, by many accounts.

However, investors are reacting positively to two other pieces of news: Tims» dividend hike — increased 23 %, or six cents a share to 32 cents — and a $ 440 million share buyback, driving the stock up 3 % in early trading.

Early bird promotions and preorders are becoming an increasingly effective means for e-commerce players to drive more traffic to their sites and lock in purchases, with over 90 percent of Nielsen's respondents intending to place items in their online carts before November 11th as to avoid products selling out.

CALIFORNIA UPDATES SELF - DRIVING REGULATIONS: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) released updated fully autonomous car regulations earlier this week, allowing fully autonomous cars with no driver on public roads.

Along with several other analysts on Friday, including Steve Milunovich at UBS, Sacconaghi also said it was becoming clear that the latest lineup of iPhones had not sparked a massive wave of consumers with older models upgrading their phones, a prediction dubbed the «super cycle,» which had helped drive Apple's stock price up 45 % since early 2017.

«As counterintuitive as it sounds, I hypothesize that an early startup guided primarily by gut decisions from a strong strategic vision will be more cohesive and deliver a stronger offering than a startup created from a random walk of data - driven decisions.»

And if that's not enough, he currently drives part - time for Chip Ganassi Racing, has competed in all three of Nascar's national series, and earlier this year won his first Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio.

Early on I wanted to drive high horsepower, fast cars, but those types of cars just weren't racing in competitive series where I lived.

Or rather he was not - driving more safely, while demonstrating the handiwork of his company, Cruise Automation, which in early 2015 will become the first company to sell technology that enables cars to drive themselves.

Early acquisitions, like Quebec's Mont Tremblant — which like Whistler offered the best mountain terrain within a three - hour drive of a big city — worked well.

«The CircleUp marketplace will enable us to quickly connect with mission - driven brands actively seeking early - stage funding support,» said John Haugen, vice president and general manager of 301 INC, in a statement announcing the investment fund.

In a tech - driven world, the development of communication technology has influenced the «Net Generation» (a.k.a. people born between 1982 and 1991), bringing them into a world where the possibilities come with immense responsibility, Steve Blank told graduates of Dalhousie University during his commencement speech earlier this week.

A big part of what's driving Opdivo's success is an early decision by BMS to chase a much wider share of the cancer patient population — a decision that has meant that doctors don't have to administer a time - consuming diagnostic test to check if patients have a protein called PD - L1 before prescribing Opdivo in certain cancers.

Early on, Bitcoin had attracted a following of ardent cryptoanarchists, libertarians, and curiosity - driven technologists drawn to the separatist framework.

Smoke on the Water is a prime example of the early 70s, guitar - driven sound that inspired countless bands for at least the next decade.

Chris Urmson, Google's director of self - driving cars, made the case for full autonomy — in vain — to California regulators earlier this year.

Building diversified private allocations that include early stage venture exposure, growth equity and operationally - focused buyouts is now necessary to drive returns by capturing growth across the corporate lifecycle and the full range of U.S. equities.

While the organization anticipates that Digital Cookie 2.0 will drive interest in the Girl Scout Cookie Program, the Girl Scouts of the USA spokesperson says «it is too early to speculate how many Girl Scouts will be selling cookies online this year.»

Telling quote: «I think what we made the mistake of doing early on was taking every opportunity alone to talk about the business, at dinner, driving the car, you know at home brushing your teeth, as you're getting into bed, as you're waking up, and I think we made a conscious effort to not do that because I think it was just, you know, it would burn us out,» Kate told CNN in 2002.

Today's Boomer Consumer Businesses need to understand today's boomers from three perspectives: 1) where they are in their heads in terms of what drives their behavior; 2) where they are in their lives in terms of lifestyle and life stage; and 3) how their shared generational experiences coming of age in the late»50s to early»70s shape their perceptions.

Earlier in her career, she worked at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, where she helped develop Ontario's Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program, but she was drawn to the application of psychology in management.

And here's a sign of how quickly things move in neuroscience: Earlier this year, another paraplegic man, Rodrigo Hübner Mendes, became the first person to drive a race car solely with his mind.

Cristina Perez Hesano, attorney with the firm of Bellah Perez in Glendale, Arizona, said «the matter has been resolved» between Uber and the daughter and husband of Elaine Herzberg, 49, who died after being hit by an Uber self - driving SUV in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe earlier this month.

Speculation of when it might get added to Coinbase drove up prices earlier this year.

In the early hours of May 29, Woods was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida.

A year earlier, non-adopters drove 68 percent of such conversations.

It is still early days for the new world of user - driven news and content, but it is not too soon to adapt your strategies.

Earlier Tuesday, Home Depot reported sales and earnings that topped analysts» expectations, driven by an increase in both the number of people who made purchases in its stores and the amount that shoppers spent.

By preparing early they will not only get an extended runway ahead of the traditional November - December holiday timeline, but will also benefit from an augmented timeframe to drive sales, increased brand visibility and, of course, happy profitable holidays.

Following similar innovation drives in the early days of Java and the App Store, Cloudflare has partnered with three VC investors — New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Venrock, and Pelion Venture Partners — who will fund $ 100 million in development projects, at their own discretion.

Since launching its early rider program in April, Waymo formed an alliance with ride - hailing company Lyft, issued a safety report outlining how it plans to navigate the risks of self - driving vehicles, and revealed more about its technology.

Earlier this year The IBM Institute for Business Value had found that 50 percent of online sales are driven by showrooming.

Spotify's early lead in music streaming has drawn comparisons to Netflix, which built upon its pioneering role in DVD - by - mail rentals and then video streaming to create a hugely successful, subscription - driven franchise that has produced spectacular investment returns and left the company with a market value of $ 122 billion.

Even the earliest results of Cosabella's A.I. efforts have indicated that automation has the ability to drive online - to - offline sales.

Gates and Allen were kindred spirits from the start, but if both were driven to get under the hood of the earliest computers, Gates was the more strategic thinker, while the title of this memoir best describes Allen's role in the partnership.

Uber likely does not want to IPO much after its competitor at the risk of driving up interest in Lyft among investors seeking to get an early jump in the expanding ride - hailing industry.

The site also outed PayPal (pypl) co-founder and early Facebook (fb) investor Peter Thiel, of course, a slight that the Silicon Valley billionaire later said helped convince him to finance Hulk Hogan's lawsuit in an ultimately successful attempt to drive the company into bankruptcy.

In Texas, it was not a sense of guilt over paying money to watch majestic orca whales prevented from swimming freely at sea because they're forced to perform tricks in comparatively small enclosures at the behest of misguided trainers who could very well be maimed when SeaWorld's whales are eventually driven insane by the hopelessness of their situation that kept audiences away earlier this year.