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Study Says by 2030 1/4th of Miles Driven will be Driverless

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A convergence of three trends – Ride Sharing, Autonomous Driving, and Vehicle Electrification—will offer big-city dwellers cheap, convenient transportation, transforming the automotive industry, says a report by the Boston Consulting group. million conventional autos sold in the US. per mile to around 50 cents per mile.

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How I Fell In Love With Business: Confessions of a Bain Consultant

Management Consulted

My best friend and traveling companion, Lawson, was sporting – she’d studied Spanish for 10 years and was confident, conversational and even funny in the language. We traveled to a mountain village in central Honduras and met people who changed our life. Our futures were diverging.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

An “outside-in” deep-dive review, using an external consultant, can help your Company obtain an objective and unvarnished truth. Other choices include courses from industry or institutional leaders in Government contracts pricing and estimating such as Defense Acquisition University (DAU). Let us cure this affliction!

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Caracas Chronicles: Riots in Venezuela Continue 19th Day; Best Wishes but a Sober Assessment

MishTalk

President Maduro has already announced they will pull the plug on CNN En Español , an important source of independent information. The exchange rate for foreign travelers was just set to 11.36 The only way Venezuela can import anything is from dwindling US dollar reserves. Bolivars per dollar. The idea is ridiculous.

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Driverless Cars and Trucks: Who Wants One? How Many Jobs Will Vanish?

MishTalk

Such was the case again yesterday when I wrote Driverless Cars in 30 US cities; Death of Cars? Driverless truck can travel in packs to reduce wind resistance and save on gas. And when it does happen, it will likely be en masse. This is the death of the paid driver industry. Convenience vs. Cost; Comfortable Predictions.

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Carl the Robot Bartender Mixes Drinks and Chats With Customers

MishTalk

Hes handy with a shot glass and customers travel from far and wide to admire him at work. He built Carl from the parts of disused industrial robots from the German firm KUKA. Carl-like robots are not about to replace human bartenders en masse just yet, but technology is certainly advancing at breakneck speed. Blog Archive.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: Sorry Bill.I'd rather kiss my new boss.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

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