California Court Throws Out Caddie Lawsuit Against PGA Tour
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Caddies lost their class-action lawsuit against the PGA Tour when a federal judge in California ruled they signed a contract with the tour that requires them to wear bibs as part of their uniform and cannot claim that corporate sponsorship on the bibs makes them human billboards.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday night with prejudice, which typically means it cannot be refiled.
The decision came just over a year after caddies filed the lawsuit in northern California, the same federal court where former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon successfully sued the NCAA for keeping college players from selling their marketing rights.
(Golf.com)
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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Japan's Automakers Could Merge Into Three Groups Or Less By 2020: Report
The Japanese auto industry is crowded. Too crowded, according to Bloomberg’s industry expert, who thinks Japan’s seven automakers will have to merge into three or fewer groups in the next four years to keep up with rising development costs.
Last month, Toyota went from owning a majority stake in Daihatsu to owning the company entirely after a $3 billion sale. That move, according to Bloomberg’s source Takaki Nakanishi, an analyst at Jeffries Group LLC investment banking firm, marks beginning of a trend towards consolidation in Japan.
In the next four years, Nakanishi thinks Japan’s seven remaining automakers—Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Nissan, Fuji Heavy Industries, Mazda and Mitsubishi Motors— will merge into no more than three consolidated companies.
The industry expert says the move would come as a response to the rising cost associated with developing safer, more efficient and autonomous cars.
(Jalopnik.com)
The Japanese auto industry is crowded. Too crowded, according to Bloomberg’s industry expert, who thinks Japan’s seven automakers will have to merge into three or fewer groups in the next four years to keep up with rising development costs.
Last month, Toyota went from owning a majority stake in Daihatsu to owning the company entirely after a $3 billion sale. That move, according to Bloomberg’s source Takaki Nakanishi, an analyst at Jeffries Group LLC investment banking firm, marks beginning of a trend towards consolidation in Japan.
In the next four years, Nakanishi thinks Japan’s seven remaining automakers—Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Nissan, Fuji Heavy Industries, Mazda and Mitsubishi Motors— will merge into no more than three consolidated companies.
The industry expert says the move would come as a response to the rising cost associated with developing safer, more efficient and autonomous cars.
(Jalopnik.com)
There's Some Truth On This List
5 Reasons Why I Hate Driving Highly Modified Cars
Whenever I get behind the wheel of a heavily modified motor, I can't help but find a million things that bug me. I love the workmanship and the creativity that goes into builds, but I just don't enjoy driving them
2. They make you hyper aware
The great thing about manufacturers pumping millions of pounds, dollars and yen into research and development is that you can be pretty confident that everything’s going to just work. When you leave a car stock you’re never too worried about clanks and whirrs and groans from under the hood, but when you’ve invested time and money into modifying your car you’re constantly listening out for signs it’s about to die.
If you’re the kind of person who’s happy when stuff goes wrong because it means you get to fix it, that might be fine, but for the rest of humanity being permanently on edge while driving, it isn’t that appealing.
3. Everything you do is multiplied
Once you start going all in on modifying, all the occasional expenses you used to put into your car become a lot more frequent and a lot more expensive. If you currently top up your oil every few months, you’ll find that you’ll be checking it weekly once you fit that new turbo. And it’s not just oil - once you start adding performance, it begins to snowball to other parts of the car. More power? Now you need better brakes. Bigger brakes don’t fit inside your stock wheels? New set of alloys it is, then.
It might be fun seeing a project progress, but there’s rarely a final satisfaction where you know that you’ve finished.
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
Whenever I get behind the wheel of a heavily modified motor, I can't help but find a million things that bug me. I love the workmanship and the creativity that goes into builds, but I just don't enjoy driving them
2. They make you hyper aware
The great thing about manufacturers pumping millions of pounds, dollars and yen into research and development is that you can be pretty confident that everything’s going to just work. When you leave a car stock you’re never too worried about clanks and whirrs and groans from under the hood, but when you’ve invested time and money into modifying your car you’re constantly listening out for signs it’s about to die.
If you’re the kind of person who’s happy when stuff goes wrong because it means you get to fix it, that might be fine, but for the rest of humanity being permanently on edge while driving, it isn’t that appealing.
3. Everything you do is multiplied
Once you start going all in on modifying, all the occasional expenses you used to put into your car become a lot more frequent and a lot more expensive. If you currently top up your oil every few months, you’ll find that you’ll be checking it weekly once you fit that new turbo. And it’s not just oil - once you start adding performance, it begins to snowball to other parts of the car. More power? Now you need better brakes. Bigger brakes don’t fit inside your stock wheels? New set of alloys it is, then.
It might be fun seeing a project progress, but there’s rarely a final satisfaction where you know that you’ve finished.
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
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