– If one has a tendency to follow the big international auto shows, one event in particular stands out when it comes to exotic or unconventional debuts: Geneva. And while Ford’s new GT would’ve been right at home in a venue that recently saw the global debuts of the LaFerrari and McLaren P1, in 1967, Dearborn took something a little more pedestrian to the Lake Geneva shoreline. And when we
– From the August 2015 issue – Trademark erosion may not impact the environment, but marketers have noted the lexicographical slide of some brand names into generic labels. Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox, and Zamboni (yes, other companies make ice-resurfacing equipment) all underwent the transformation, and Honda’s VTEC, or Variable Timing and lift Electronic Control, teeters on the edge of name interchangeability with other variable-valve-timing systems—including some of its own variations on
– From the August 2015 issue – Trademark erosion may not impact the environment, but marketers have noted the lexicographical slide of some brand names into generic labels. Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox, and Zamboni (yes, other companies make ice-resurfacing equipment) all underwent the transformation, and Honda’s VTEC, or Variable Timing and lift Electronic Control, teeters on the edge of name interchangeability with other variable-valve-timing systems—including some of its own variations on
– From the August 2015 issue – Trademark erosion may not impact the environment, but marketers have noted the lexicographical slide of some brand names into generic labels. Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox, and Zamboni (yes, other companies make ice-resurfacing equipment) all underwent the transformation, and Honda’s VTEC, or Variable Timing and lift Electronic Control, teeters on the edge of name interchangeability with other variable-valve-timing systems—including some of its own variations on
– From the August 2015 issue – Trademark erosion may not impact the environment, but marketers have noted the lexicographical slide of some brand names into generic labels. Kleenex, Band-Aid, Xerox, and Zamboni (yes, other companies make ice-resurfacing equipment) all underwent the transformation, and Honda’s VTEC, or Variable Timing and lift Electronic Control, teeters on the edge of name interchangeability with other variable-valve-timing systems—including some of its own variations on
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
