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What the smart money is saying about Tesla

9/28/2018, 2:23:39 PM
Analysts are wary about the car company's future after the SEC sued Elon Musk. ✔ The firm slashed Tesla's price target to $200 per share ✔ If a judge forces Musk to step aside, investors will focus back on the value of Tesla as a niche automaker, rather than a founder-led likely disrupter of multiple industries, Johnson wrote in a note aptly titled Lawsuit Secured to clients ✔ Citigroup downgraded Tesla's stock to a sell rating


Why you could be fined up to £5,000 for doing the Kiki Challenge - and you can even be penalised as a passenger

9/28/2018, 12:10:01 PM
WHAT’S the price you’d pay for your 15 minutes of fame? For some road users, that price could be a fine of up to £5,000 – or even a hefty road ban. Drivers caught up in the Kiki C… ✔ WHAT'S the price you'd pay for your 15 minutes of fame ✔ The passenger taking part in the challenge could also be penalised under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ✔ And one unlucky teenager was left with a fractured skull after she tripped and fell while attempting the challenge


Tesla's Musk pulled the plug on a settlement with the SEC at the last minute

9/28/2018, 1:32:43 PM
Under the terms of the deal, Musk and Tesla would have had to pay a nominal fine, and he would not have had to admit any guilt. However, the settlement would have barred Musk as chairman for two years, according to sources.  ✔ Musk called off his plans to take Tesla private on Aug. 24 ✔ At that level, the stock is more than 30 percent lower than its 52-week high of $387.46, which it hit on the day of Musk's Tweet ✔ On Friday, Citigroup downgraded Tesla's stock to a sell rating from neutral, citing the SEC's suit ✔ The settlement notably would have gone some way in eliminating some the overhang on the stock


Mercedes-AMG C43 Coupe 2019 Review | Price, features and performance

9/28/2018, 1:30:41 PM
We test drive the updated 2019 Mercedes-AMG C43 Coupe and assess it for value, space, features and performance ✔ The long doors make it simple to slide into the front seats, and the electric operation that slides the cushion forward when flipping the back rest is convenient for anyone hopping into the rear, even if it does require a bit of gynmastics to clamber through the aperture


Audi R8 V10 Plus: an addictive mix of excellence and excess

9/28/2018, 12:07:54 PM
A mix of a roller coaster and straddling a guided missile ✔ It’s a mix of being on the front row of a high-speed roller coaster and straddling a guided missile ✔ However, the sound you’re hearing can get even better ✔ From super-fast sports cars to tech-packed hatchbacks, he'll take you through a range of makes, models, power and price tags in his regular TR Drives column


Google Maps in CarPlay isn’t the dream you’ve been waiting for

9/28/2018, 3:22:06 PM
Google’s navigation apps in Apple’s CarPlay leave a lot to be desired ✔ One thing that Google Maps offers that Apple Maps lacks is a satellite view so you can see what the road and area you’re driving around actually looks like from above, as opposed to the standard map view ✔ Hopefully, both apps will improve over time after some updates, but there’s no fixing their lack of hands-free voice commands


More than a quarter of road deaths still needlessly caused by Brits not wearing seatbelts - when will YOU learn?

9/28/2018, 3:17:17 PM
BRITISH drivers are still failing to buckle up when out on the road, according to new figures. The shocking data revealed more than a quarter of people killed in road accidents last year weren̵… ✔ BRITISH drivers are still failing to buckle up when out on the road, according to new figures ✔ The number of deaths where people were not wearing a seatbelt is shocking ✔ Hunter Abbott, Managing Director of AlcoSense and Advisor to the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, said: Ten years ago, the Government invested over £3.5million in educating drivers about the dangers of drink driving


Cramer: Tesla bulls won't lose faith in Elon Musk as long as he doesn't go to jail

9/28/2018, 1:58:42 PM
"As long as he's there, and not in jail, they will not lose faith," Jim Cramer says. ✔ Cramer described the settlement as a deal of a lifetime, and said Musk made a huge mistake by not taking it ✔ Musk was also launching tweetstorm after tweetstorm all summer as he was dealing with production problems for the company's new, less-expensive sedan, the Model 3


Forza Horizon 4 Barn Finds: ALL Barn Find Locations, and How Seasonal Barn Finds work

9/28/2018, 1:14:23 PM
FORZA Horizon 4 will be released in the UK next week. Here we reveal all Barn Find Locations and How Seasonal Barn Finds work. ✔ Forza Horizon 4 was revealed during the Xbox E3 2018 Press Conference ✔ The game, which revolves around the fictitious Horizon street racing Festival, will be available on October 2 ✔ However, there is a twist in Forza Horizon 4 – some barns can only be accessed during a specific season


Teenage girl, 18, becomes Britain’s youngest bus driver

9/28/2018, 12:23:24 PM
TEENAGER Ellie Rose Houghton has become one of Britain’s youngest female bus drivers having just passed gruelling practical and theory tests. The 18-year-old is now behind the wheel of an ent… ✔ TEENAGER Ellie Rose Houghton has become one of Britain's youngest female bus drivers having just passed gruelling practical and theory tests ✔ I was really elated and over the moon to finally pass my bus test ✔ Shane, Ellie's dad who also passed his test at 18 and is now Director of Ellie Rose Travel, said: It's great Ellie will be driving buses for us - we are all delighted


Britain's most prolific areas for speeding - is YOUR region in the top 10?

9/28/2018, 2:49:59 PM
DRIVERS in the Avon and Somerset are the worst for speeding on UK roads, having racked up almost 390,000 offences over the past two years. Eight out of the 10 most ‘active’ cameras are … ✔ West Mercia, South Wales and Cheshire make up the top five list with 390,000 cases between them in the past couple of years ✔ To put that into perspective, the second-highest growth was recorded in Kent by only 21.4 per cent ✔ On the flip side, December recorded the least number of cases at around 144,000


SEC alleges Tesla’s Elon Musk lied to investors and seeks his removal as CEO

9/28/2018, 1:06:52 PM
Federal regulators allege Musk misled investors when he claimed that he had secured funding to take Tesla private. ✔ The SEC’s legal complaint depicts a time of chaos following Musk’s surprise tweets ✔ About 12 minutes after Musk’s funding secured tweet, Tesla’s head of investor relations sent a text message to Musk’s chief of staff asking, Was this text legit ✔ Christian Davenport and Elizabeth Dwoskin contributed to this report


BlackBerry's comeback continues -- sales and profits top forecasts

9/28/2018, 2:53:32 PM
BlackBerry is no longer making its own smartphones. And Wall Street is just fine with that. The company posted solid results thanks to its software and services business. CEO John Chen spoke to CNN about the turnaround. ✔ Chen said he's hopeful that BlackBerry's new Spark security platform, which is kind of like instant messaging on steroids, can make a bigger presence in the health care market ✔ That may also put to rest some of the rumors that Chen was only going to stick around long enough to sell BlackBerry to a larger rival


SEC fraud charges aren't the only legal woes Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing

9/28/2018, 12:42:01 PM
Tesla and its CEO are facing a variety of legal investigations and lawsuits from government agencies, former employees, and more. ✔ Joshua Lott | Getty Images Engineer and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk of The Boring Company talks about constructing a high speed transit tunnel at Block 37 during a news conference on June 14, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois ✔ Separately, Tesla fired and then sued Tripp on charges of leaking company data to the media and engaging in sabotage


'Death by selfie' is on the rise with 43 killed every year

9/28/2018, 3:12:40 PM
An average of 43 people per year have died while taking selfies since 2011, with drowning and falls among the biggest killers, say researchers at the India Institute of Medical Sciences. (Stock) ✔ 'No selfie zones' should be declared across many areas, especially near water bodies, mountain peaks, and over tall buildings, to decrease the incidence of selfie-related deaths.'  Researchers conducted the largest ever review of fatalities caused by posing for self-shot photographs


How NASA makes your airplane flights better than ever

9/28/2018, 12:10:11 PM
It's not just a space agency. NASA has missions closer to Earth, too. ✔ Now playing: Watch this: 5 future aeronautical technologies coming from NASA 3:48 Quieter aircraft Noise concerns don't afflict just supersonic aircraft ✔ Taking It to Extremes: Mix insane situations -- erupting volcanoes, nuclear meltdowns, 30-foot waves -- with everyday tech ✔ Fight the Power: Take a look at who's transforming the way we think about energy


As satellite constellations grow larger, NASA is worried about orbital debris

9/28/2018, 2:10:28 PM
The space agency argues that these probes need to be de-orbited — reliably ✔ An artistic rendering of OneWeb’s satellites in orbit ✔ Scientists at the European Space Agency suggested last year that large constellations would need to be disposed of at a rate of 95 percent ✔ Goff says that the collision issue is an extremely important thing to consider if we ever want to do more ambitious missions in low Earth orbit, such as launch private space stations


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