Technology keeps marching on and with new advances – such as the Google/Fiat partnership to bring the driverless car to the mass market – Canadian officials are worried driverless cars will lead to a greater increase in sex while in those cars, according to experts at the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCE) and reported by Raw Story....
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A celestial event – so rare it happens just 13 times in a century – is going to have all eyes looking skyward beginning Monday, May 9, ABCNews reported Wednesday. Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, will begin to transit the sun beginning at 7.12 a.m. ET, the report said ... The astronomical event, where the planet will transit across the face of the sun, will take 71/2 hours ... ET, according to NASA....
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich will end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, making Donald Trump the party's presumptive nominee. Three campaign officials who spoke to The Associated Press said the Ohio governor plans to announce his decision in a statement from his home state later Wednesday. The officials spoke anonymously because they are not authorized to disclose Kasich's decision ... ---....
Army technology demonstration program, the company announced May 4 ... The V-280 builds on the Bell-BoeingV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor, which the U.S. MarineCorps and U.S ... A second JMR demonstrator aircraft, the SB-1 Defiant helicopter, is being developed by Sikorsky Aircraft and Boeing ... ....
-- This quarter, benchmark oil prices reached their lowest point since this commodity cycle downturn began in 2014, resulting in an operating netback of $11.29/boe, prior to commodity hedges, a 40% decrease from the previous quarter. Including realized gains on commodity hedging contracts, our netback was $13.74/boe... On a per-boe basis, production expenses were relatively unchanged from the first and fourth quarters of 2015....
(Source. MarqueeEnergyLtd). CALGARY, AB--(Marketwired - May 04, 2016) - Marquee Energy Ltd. ('Marquee' or the 'Company') (TSX VENTURE ... ABOUT MARQUEE. Marquee Energy Ltd ... FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION ... ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES. Boes are presented on the basis of one boe for six Mcf of natural gas. Disclosure provided herein in respect of boe may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of 6 Mcf ... (noodl....
CurtisCompton / ccompton@ajc.com ... “Why does (Pulte) want them out?” asked Jon Kraczon, a former Boeing manager, who has owned PulteGroup shares for decades. He didn’t get an answer Wednesday ... “We’re going to Huntsville tomorrow,” saidGloria Kraczon, to visit that Alabama city’s aerospace museum and re-live some of her husband’ memories from his early days working for Boeing, building Saturn rocket boosters for the NASA space program ... ....
A Virgin AustraliaBoeing737-800, registration VH-YIW performing flight VA-91 from Auckland to Apia , landed on Apia's runway 08 at 21.07L , the crew noticed a rather "firm" arrival with the right main gear touching down first. The aircraft rolled out without apparent incident and taxied to the apron ... ....
An evening at the theater can be fascinating. An evening at the theater when you've already peered into the cracks and crevices of the work onstage can be outright exhilarating ... In addition to its 7 p.m ... All are free. ... Participants also pointed out how script talks for Gulfshore's more physical plays, such as "BoeingBoeing," with door slamming that bordered on slapstick, benefit from bringing the stage manager to Script Club talks ... What....
The Manitowoc Company Reports First-Quarter Financial Results. Company reiterates 2016 sales and operating margin guidance. The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE. MTW) today reported first-quarter 2016 sales of $427.4 million, a five percent increase versus the comparable period in 2015... “We made great strides in the first quarter transitioning to a stand-alone Crane business ... Stockholders' equity 767.9 819.5 ....
Labinal Power Systems (Safran) has been recognized as a 'Supplier of the Year' by Boeing, in Production and Design category, for exceptional performance and contributions to Boeing's overall success in 2015. Additionally, four Labinal Power Systems sites received the 'BoeingPerformanceExcellenceSilver Award' ... These plants supply Boeing737, 747, 767, 777, 787 and KC46 Tanker programs....
ATSG to HostFirstQuarter 2016 Conference Call. Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ.ATSG) today announced that it will host an investor conference call to review its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time... ATSG, through its leasing and airline subsidiaries, is the world's largest owner and operator of converted Boeing767 freighter aircraft....
Three Republican congressmen from Illinois are urging the chief executive officer of Chicago-based Boeing to avoid doing business with Iran and not sell aircraft to upgrade its fleet. The lawmakers told Boeing chief Dennis Muilenburg in a letter sent Monday that commercial aviation sales to Iran would subsidize a country that continues to be a leading sponsor of terrorism....
The share subscription was completed on 28 April 2016 and BOE has become the controlling shareholder of Varitronix. The Baker & McKenzie team advising BOE was led by Shanghai and Hong Kong-based corporate partners, Lance Chen and Christina Lee, with assistance from special counsel BettyWong and associate Chris Tsao. BOE's three core businesses includedisplay device, smart system and healthcare service....
Three US Republican lawmakers are pushing the American aerospace giant, Boeing, to refrain from getting into any deal with Iran. In a letter to BoeingCEODennis Muilenburg, the IllinoisRepublican congressmen asked the company no to business with Tehran for any supply of planes and other services ... “We urge you not to be complicit in the likely conversion of Boeing aircraft to IRGC warplanes,” said the lawmakers....