Back in 2010, avionics manufacturer Rockwell Collins successfully demonstrated a fully autonomous landing system in a stock single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza.
He gained fame in 1986 for coauthoring a paper pointing out that asset allocation, not stock picking, is the engine of portfolio performance.
As far as Google, Android is not the engine driving the stock right now but it is obviously of immense importance to the company strategically.
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It became best known after the 426 Hemi, known as "the Elephant, " dazzled Daytona 500 fans in 1964 when stock cars equipped with the engine swept the race's first three spots.
The stock market has hardly been an engine of wealth creation this year.
For reference, go ahead and try a stock quote search on your favorite mobile search engine.
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He got a lucrative job on Wall Street, the financial engine of the country and the world, home of the New York Stock Exchange and all its member firms.
Financial stocks have the 30-stock index higher in 2012, but it was a housing play that proved to be the engine driving its advance.
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Then came Yahoo: Microsoft stock fell 15% in early February following the company's attempted hostile merger with the search engine giant.
In fact, high technology has been the principal engine of our economic growth over the past four years and the major stimulator of the stock market.
Then came Yahoo (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ): Microsoft stock fell 15% in early February following the company's attempted hostile merger with the search engine giant.
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