Tesla electric vehicles can feel more computer than car with software updates, that sleek touchscreen, and a memory drive that can fill up in the blink of an eye. That last one is a big issue, since the car’s computing system relies on a flash memory device…
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Month: October 2019
China’s Auto Sales Still in Free Fall: Any Recovery in Sight?
The auto sales slump in China, which is the worlds largest car market, refuses to die down. In more than two decades, vehicle sales slid for the first time in China in 2018 and the countrys car sales are likely to fall again this year amid macro-economic head…
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Kiplinger’s Economic Outlook for All 50 States, 2020
Getty Images Low jobless rates and rising incomes are helping to fatten state coffers across the U.S. Revenue from sales, personal and corporate taxes is on the rise –the best growth since before the Great Recession. States can expect healthy tax revenues …
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Flash Memory On Some Tesla Cars Is Reportedly Burning Out, Causing Major Issues
Displays on older models of Tesla electric vehicles are bricking because of shoddy flash memory, according to reports in Inside EVs and Motherboard. The specific problem is with an onboard NAND-based flash storage chip, the eMMC, which is embedded in some mo…
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‘Big Short’ star Steve Eisman made his name betting against companies. But now he’s bullish on a little-known communications company in Illinois.
Reuters/ Jessica Rinaldi The investor Steve Eisman rose to fame by shorting mortgage securities ahead of the 2008 housing meltdown.His wager was heavily featured in Michael Lewis’ bestselling book “The Big Short,” and Steve Carell portrayed …
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