It’ll be a sad day when Toyota parts ways with the 4Runner SUV, but at the present moment there’s no plan to strike the long-running, body-on-frame model from the lineup. You will, however, pay more to get behind the wheel of the 2019 4Runner’s ballsiest variant. At the extreme opposite end of the size scale, […]
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Hong Kong defends its dollar peg in both directions
THE Hong Kong dollar is one of the most and least manipulated monies in the world. For over 34 years the territory’s monetary authority, the HKMA, has kept it pegged to America’s currency at around HK$ 7.80 to the dollar, resisting all temptations to let it fall or rise. In 2005 it refined the peg […]
Archos’ electric scooter taps Android for directions
It’s not just bicycle makers hoping Android will improve your two-wheeled transportation. Archos has unveiled a Citee Connect electric scooter with a 5-inch Android computer in between the handlebars. The hardware won’t rival your phone (it an uses unnamed quad-core chip, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage), but it does have 3G built-in for […]
Detroit Automakers Are Driving in Different Directions Toward the Tech-Filled Future
– The 20th century dominance of American car companies, thanks to corporate oligopoly and labor monopoly, started eroding with the Japanese invasion of the 1970s and 1980s. In this century, they have careened from vestigial dominance to historic bankruptcy (Ford alone escaped) to remarkable recovery and—recently—to frustration and humiliation at the hands of a Silicon […]
Golden Knights have options to build team in variety of directions
George McPhee can’t wait to fill the white board, the one in the Vegas Golden Knights’ expansion draft room. On Wednesday night, the staff will start adding the names of players who will become part of the expansion team for its first NHL season. “We’re going to put our team together and we’ll watch it […]