The article mostly details the move by many legacy automakers to delay electrifying more of their fleet and touches on the aspect of gas stations and recharges. However, what it doesn't mention is that it appears that internal combustion engine vehicles cost about 40% more in service costs which obviously affects dealers.
Here's an article I remember from MotorTrend a few years ago https://www.motortrend.com/news/government-ev-ice-maintenanc...
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alphaomegacode commented on UK government can't kick consultancy habit despite promises theregister.com/2024/08/2... · Posted by u/rntn
Not just the UK govt but same with the US govt. Loss of domain-specific knowledge is a real problem is one problem. When project deadlines slip, government departments have no choice but to pay whatever the cost for extending the contract since the specific knowledge lies with the contracting company.
For MS to even think Recall was a good idea is quite worrisome.
Financial services, government departments (including things like criminal cases), healthcare - talk about a privacy and confidentiality nightmare.
It should be interesting to hear the inside story about how this was championed inside the company and how it got the greenlight from the higher ups.
alphaomegacode commented on What Chinese Outrage over '3 Body Problem' Says About China nytimes.com/2024/04/08/bu... · Posted by u/wslh
Well-written article and interesting series.
From my understanding, over 50% of inflation is due to corporations increasing prices to make more profits. https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-...
I think that is something that needs to be talked about much more. I'm not an economist so not sure how things like that are addressed. Anti-trust enforcement? I honestly don't know but I'm sure there are more informed readers in HN that can comment.
Excellent idea.
Let's start with lowering wages across the board at the Federal Reserve.
> Very little happened since then, and in particular no one has been held accountable.
Even crazier. The Post Office just recently lowered(!) the amount of money they allocated for compensations: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67784706
They basically allocated a pot of money to pay the people they have harmed off. But these people had to actively go out and request their conviction to be overturned. Which of course many people were reluctant to do, since it means they would be upturning their life again, and going to court and finding lawyers and etc. They understandably have very little trust in the system. So Post Office just shrugged and decided they don't need to keep that much money around.
Seems one of the former senior executives of Fujitsu now runs a gov't agency that handles contracts to digital services vendors like...Fujitsu.
Not sure how the legal authorities work in the UK but people have to be held accountable, regardless of political party. One would think the government's legal authorities have to act on behalf of the citizens not just in holding persons criminally responsible but also compensating victims.
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tory-donor-fujitsu-p...
I am definitely not a business expert but am I reading it correctly that Boeing has a -48% tax rate?
https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BA:NYSE?sa=X&ved=2ahUKE...
alphaomegacode commented on Real Wages Have Declined Under Joe Biden's Presidency jacobin.com/2023/12/real-... · Posted by u/wahnfrieden
Corporate decisions to increase prices have taken a lot out of paychecks.
Not sure what any President could do without control of Congress and passing legislation against millions in lobbying by corporations.
https://thehill.com/business/economy/4057722-greedflation-is...