Should toyota worry . Chevy, its volt . Lets go to apple. John leonard. You see technology for doing very precise localization in mapping. Some of the sort of parts of this whats involved in the google car. So its a different sort of set of techniques and skills than sort of the traditional detroit auto making industry. Tim higgins, i love i didnt think about this but then i saw it. Oh, yeah. Tim higgins came from detroit. You come here to cover apple. What are the similarities between these companies . For one thing apple is a Global Company with a lot of cash. Costs, about 1 billion for a new car to be created. It costs 1 billion to build a new car . Generally speaking. Its an expensive timeconsuming process. So apple has a lot of money, 178 billion. So not short of cash. Theyve got Global Operations used to doing supply Chain Management around the world, used to doing industrial design. Used to dealing with retail network. So they have a lot of things in place. That said, designing
Despite the cease fire. That provides crucial transportation between rebel strongholds. Snapchat seeking a new funding round, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who says they want to raise 500 million. At that valuation, the photo disappearing app would be the third highest in the world behind google. A meeting billed to be about advances in health care devices, between apple and mexican authorities. Website zillow completed acquisition of trulia. Its now resamed zillow group. They cut 50 jobs as a result of the acquisition. Tech Companies Just 2,500 miles away in Silicon Valley. Apple the latest tech giant, building a team of a few hundred people to work on the early stages of an electric car. Some of those workers have been poached from Car Companies to work on whats being called project titan. Apple, google, tess la and uber all involved, what role will the automakers play as they create Innovation Centers in Silicon Valley. Joining us now, tim hagen and john leonard
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. Again, the book is othe kurdish spring a new map of the middle east. And here with author david phillips. Please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applause] booktv is on twitter and f
Achievement award to Toni Morrison and announcement of winners in several categories including general nonfiction awarded to David Ryan Davis author of the Nonfiction Book the problem of slavery in the age of emancipation. [applause] thanks louise and good evening to all of you. Its my pleasure to welcome you here tonight to the book Critics Award ceremony for the publishing year 2014. Where id have you join us this evening is now the most outstanding work of the past year in six categories, fiction and nonfiction biography poetry autobiography and criticism. Like i said in a gratitude to the others whove joined us here tonight as well as the editors editors publishers agents and publicists to help bring their work her attention to the National Book critics circle awards were founded in 1974 out of a conversation that took place at the out walk when hotel by grupo critters who want to establish a set of awards granted given by critics and sell them like other Literary Works are books t
Agree that its the unofficial history of National Review as it includes some Memorable Events in the magazines history that wont necessarily get mentioned in the official histories. Priscillas brother william f. Buckley writes in the forward to her book that after he founded National Review he reached out for an experienced editorial hand dragging priscilla from an exotic life as a reporter and editor ipparis into the indiggant billet of a struggling to be born venture in opinion journalism. Priscilla returned from paris in 1956 to work on brother bills brand new weekly magazine National Review. But first priscilla took a month off to do what she loved best, quail hunting in the morning golfing in the afternoon, and partying with good friends at night. Priscilla buckley graduated from Smith College in 1953 and worked for a year as a copy girl and Sports Writer for united pres. She spent four years as a radio rewrite staffer next she lived in paris france where she was a United Press Co