Warp speed
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Technology could completely transform financial services and transactions, but the unpredictability of consumer preferences make such a future uncertain. Past predictions of the paperless society have failed to come true.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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More cameras, less speed
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UK plans to increase the use of speed cameras have been condemned by many motorists, but they play a major role in accident prevention. In trials, the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit fell from 55% to 16%.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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Stealth at speed? Spy-planes
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Bill Sweetman of 'Jane's Defence Weekly' and others believe in the existence of Aurora, a secret spy plane that will the outgoing SR-71. Aurora is said to be able to fly at eight times the speed of sound.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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