Tag: Ranks

29 NOV

Toyota Overhauls Executive Ranks in Massive “Now or Never” Reorg

– Spring cleaning is coming early at Toyota, particularly among executives who may have felt a little too comfortable at the top. CEO Akio Toyoda is overhauling almost every division and reshuffling job responsibilities in the biggest corporate shakeup since the company’s unintended-acceleration debacle. – Toyota is preparing for “profound transformation” as automated driving, ride […]

05 OCT

AAA infotainment study ranks distracting tasks you shouldn't do while driving

If you frequently read car reviews, you’re almost guaranteed to find at least one in which the reviewer gripes about an infotainment system being hard to use and that it’s distracting. But exactly how distracting are some systems, and what about some of the tasks? That’s what the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety set out […]

04 OCT

20 Years Later, ‘L.A. Confidential’ Ranks as One of the Best Movies of the ’90s

Two years ago, the Library of Congress inducted L.A. Confidential, the 1997 neo-noir film directed by the late Curtis Hanson, into the National Film Registry. The movie hadn’t even reached its twentieth anniversary yet, but it did last month, even as word came that CBS is developing a television adaptation of James Ellroy’s original novel. Having […]

06 SEP

The US ranks nearly last in a list of rich countries that improve lives in the developing world — here’s the full ranking

Denmark ranks as the highest-performing wealthy country in a ranking of nations that improve lives in the developing world, according to this year’s Commitment to Development Index. The US placed 23rd out of 27 countries. Created by the Center for Global Development, the CDI ranks the 27 richest countries in terms of aid, finance, technology, environment, trade, […]

29 AUG

NFL QB Power Rankings: Where every QB ranks before the regular season

Rick Osentoski/AP With the 2017 NFL season nearly upon us, the vast majority of the league’s quarterback battles have been decided. With a few talented rookies waiting in the wings and several significant injuries around the league, there will surely be more signal caller drama as the season wears on, but as of now, all 32 teams have […]

16 JUN

Army announces plans to add thousands of soldiers to its ranks

Reuters On June 15, the U.S. Army announced that it will maintain an end strength of just over a million soldiers despite previous plans to reduce troop numbers to 980,000 by fiscal year 2018. “The end strength increase will augment deploying units, and units on high readiness status, with additional soldiers to increase Army readiness […]

09 MAR

ANZ joins the growing ranks who think the Fed will hike rates 3 times this year

Cliff Owen/AP In the wake of the stellar ADP National Employment report released in the US on Wednesday, a rate hike from the US Federal Reserve is now seen as a certainty. It’s a lock, baked in the cake, say markets. In the absence of a Black Swan event, they’re almost certainly correct. The question […]