'Just get out': Amazon buries expensive prestige project
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Pulling the rip cord on the 'Just walk out' project: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Photography: John Lusher (Keystone)
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The newest supermarket slogan from online retailer Amazon said it all: “Just Get Out” – just get out without waiting in line at the checkout. Cameras and sensors record purchases when the shopping cart is loaded, and Amazon charges the credit card. Fast, convenient and fully automated Jeff Bezos Computer vision based technology is everything to us. But now the specialized American portal “Information” reveals: It does not work completely automatically. About a thousand employees in India have to monitor purchases with cameras because the technology does not work reliably. Now Amazon has announced that it will end the project.
The head of US Deposit Insurance considers the CS bailout a mistake
We have known that the United States is skilled at providing ethical advice since the discussion of idle and untaxed assets. They also do not adhere to their own standards. But what now? Martin GruenbergPerhaps the head of the US deposit insurance company FDIC can only be described in the Financial Times with the English word “hypocrite”. Gruenberg claims that Credit Suisse's failure to terminate was a “missed opportunity”, but it was rescued by UBS with state assistance. Shareholders, creditors and managers must be reminded that they cannot rely on the state. True – but it was not mentioned at all that the US backed several regional banks with billions in guarantees at the same time and that the collapse of the CS was due to the US banking crisis in the spring of 2023.
Martin Gruenberg, Chairman of the US Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC.
Photography: Will Oliver (Keystone, EPA)
The Norwegian Minister of Transport talks with Rosti about the Swiss railway system
Minister of Transport Albert Rusti It has its Norwegian counterpart on Monday John Ivar Nygard Received in Bern. Stated goal: to explain to him how Swiss policy maintains the railway system, which is outstanding by international comparison. However, Rusti clearly did not get any information from his Norwegian colleague in return – at least nothing of the sort was communicated. Norway is the country with the highest percentage of electric cars. Switzerland can learn a lot about successful road transport electrification. Does Rusty's lack of interest have anything to do with the fact that he was an oil lobbyist before being elected to the Federal Council?
Norwegian Minister of Transport, John Ivar Nygaard (left), was in Bern on 8 April 2024 on a working visit and discussed the peculiarities of each country's railway system with Federal Chancellor Albert Rösti (right).
Photo: BD
The head of the Swiss booth is elected by lot in the Great Council of Thurgau
The Socialist Party won four seats in last Sunday's Grand Council elections in Torgau at the expense of the Greens and Green Liberals. One of them will Sandrine Nikolic Vos Operate. She received the same number of votes as her colleague in the Münchweilen district Monica BuhiThat is, 1370. Then the lottery decided in favor of Nikolic Vos. The Swiss airline's management, leading the company until mid-year, may also have been happy with its choice Dieter Frankx. Not only does Nikolic-Voss work there as a cabin manager, but she also heads the Capers' Union of Flight Attendants. In this role, she keeps airline bosses on their toes with her regular criticisms of working conditions. With the new political position, there is a possibility that she will now have less time for union work, at least sometimes.
Chances of the draw in the Thurgau High Council elections: Sandrine Nikolic-Voss takes a new seat for the Socialist Party.
Photo: BD
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