VOLKSWAGEN doesn’t just make cars. Its enormous lending arm also helps customers to pay for them. With €164 billion ($184 billion) of assets, this is...
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Upwardly mobile
WHEN the bottom finally fell out of America’s housing market in 2006, it triggered the worst global recession since the 1930s. But rising house...
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Selling the farm
THE bare expanse of Anna Creek cattle station (as Australians call ranches) belies its strategic attraction to investors. Straddling the river plains...
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API Of The Week: The Dark Sky Forecast API
Guest author Kurt Collins is a developer evangelist for Built.io.I fell in love in 2012. With an app. And I'm not ashamed to admit it.I considered...
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Good in parts
MODERN cars are packed with safety features designed to withstand horrifying pile-ups. The emissions-cheating scandal at Volkswagen (VW) will show...
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Under the cosh
BEING an emerging-market fund manager used to be fun. They enjoyed trips to exotic locations, faced less competition than those managing American or...
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Money for everything
CASH has many enemies. Banks have added contactless technology to their credit and debit cards; apps like Uber use pre-stored details for...
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Not twilight, but sunrise
ESSEN is not one of Germany’s better-known cities. But for the world’s growing band of board-game devotees, it is paradise. Each October it plays...
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Nest Weave Arrives To Connect Smart Home
Google teased its smart home initiatives Weave and Brillo earlier this year at I/O, and now the tech giant's Nest division is pushing its own smart...