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SpaceX’s Starlink Internet is already active in Ukraine. But will the company be able to maintain it online?

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine continue to take lives and destroy infrastructure as the country invades. This infrastructure disruption disrupted Internet access in Ukraine, prompting a government official to publicly request Starlink satellite internet access for the country from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Musk committed, activated the Starlink service in Ukraine and sent additional hardware. But with ongoing attacks on infrastructure, how will Ukraine stay connected?

A JetBlue pilot was pulled from a plane in Buffalo, New York, after allegedly exceeding four times the legal limit for pilots in a breathalyzer test, according to Helen Tedras, public relations director of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.

The 52-year-old pilot hit 0.17 in a breathalyzer test, police said – well above the legal limit for pilots, which is 0.04.

According to the NFTA, an official from the Transport Security Administration noticed that the pilot was drunk and the authorities took him out of the cockpit just before takeoff.

NFTA airport police detained the man, who is from Orlando, Florida, and notified federal authorities, according to Tederous. He has been released from JetBlue security and could face federal charges, she said.

The pilot denied drinking in the morning on the flight, according to a police report, but said he had drunk 7-8 drinks the night before.

Tederus said the passengers on board were aware of what was happening.

“It was right there, everything was unfolding in front of them,” she said. “It must have been very worrying.”

The flight to Ft. Lauderdale was entertained for more than four hours.

In a statement, JetBlue said that the safety of customers and crew members “is our first priority”.

“We adhere to all DOT rules and requirements regarding alcohol at all times and have a very strict internal zero tolerance policy,” the statement said. “We are aware of the incident that took place this morning in Buffalo and are cooperating fully with law enforcement. We also conduct our own internal investigation. The participating crew member has been removed from his duties. “

Experts say these incidents are rare.

“It’s so rare, but when it happens, it’s the end of your career,” said aviation analyst at ABC News and former commercial pilot John Nance. “This could not be more serious – the idea of ​​having someone even slightly injured in the trade cockpit was all these lives behind you. And all these lives on the ground below you.

Google announced on Wednesday that employees at its offices in the Bay Area and several other locations in the United States will officially return to the office on April 4. From that date, the company will begin its previously announced hybrid work approach, which expects most employees to be in the office approximately three days a week.

In December, Google postponed the planned return to the office on January 10 until sometime in 2022, and now we know when that return will be. The company will use the month of March to help move to the new hybrid model, according to Google spokeswoman Laura Lee Erickson.

Depending on their job, some employees may need to be on site more than three days a week. Workers who want more time before returning to the office may request an extension. And some employees will be out full-time – nearly 14,000 Google employees worldwide have moved to a new location or moved to a completely remote job after the company launched a new location tool in June, Erickson said.

Anyone who visits a Google site will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have approved accommodation. Unvaccinated staff with approved accommodation will need to be tested regularly and wear a mask. However, U.S.-based remote employees who do not visit Google’s office are not required to be vaccinated.

Snowflake’s profit on Wednesday showed less than the expected loss for the quarter for January, while revenue exceeded forecasts. But the company’s revenue forecast for fiscal 2023 simply rose from expectations, leading to a fall in SNOW shares.

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snowflake (SNOW) released the profit for the fourth quarter after the market closed. In long-term stock market trading today, the software maker’s shares fell 27% to nearly 193.55.

While SNOW shares are offering stellar revenue growth, they are trading at a high rate, despite the recent adjustment in software stocks.

Snowflake said fourth-quarter revenue jumped 101 percent to $ 384 million a year earlier, slowing from a 110 percent increase in the October quarter. Analysts estimated Snowflake’s revenue at $ 373 million.

Snowflake reduces its losses

Shares of Snowflake reported a loss of 43 cents per share, using generally accepted accounting principles or GAAP, compared to a loss of 70 cents per share a year earlier. Analysts expected the company to report a loss of 50 cents per share.

Snowflake shares do not reflect adjusted earnings in their earnings publications. Analysts estimated a profit of 3 cents on an adjusted basis.

Snowflake also announced the acquisition of Streamlit. The conditions were not disclosed.

Shares of Snowflake withdrew 22% in 2022, heading for the earnings report.

SNOW Stocks: Great customer growth continues

In addition, Snowflake said it now has 184 customers with “retained 12-month revenue from products in excess of $ 1 million,” compared to 148 such customers as of Oct. 31.

For the full fiscal year 2023, which ends in January, Snowflake forecasts product revenues of $ 1.89 billion in the middle of its forecast, exceeding analysts’ estimates of $ 1.87 billion.

In September 2020, Snowflake made the largest initial public offering ever made by a software company. Snowflake’s IPO raised $ 3.4 billion.

The software vendor has a relative strength rating of 38 of the top 99, according to IBD Stock Checkup.

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Ford announced today that it will split its electric and fossil fuel business into two separate divisions. The announcement attracted investors to the shares, but left many unanswered questions about the future of the 118-year-old company.

The reorganization limits weeks of speculation that the carmaker could split into two separate companies. Ford said its future is in electric vehicles, but so far most of its profits come from cars and fossil fuel trucks.

“We’re entering everything, creating separate but complementary businesses that give us start-up speed and unbridled innovation in the Ford Model e, along with Ford Blue’s industrial know-how, volume and iconic brands like Bronco that startups can only dream of “Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a statement.

The new electrical division, to be called the Ford Model e, will report directly to Farley. Meanwhile, Fossil Fuels, Ford Blue, will report to Kumar Galhotra, who is currently president of Ford’s group for America and International Markets.

The two drive modes are not necessarily in conflict, but have different requirements for engineering, development and marketing. Investors and analysts tend to believe that EV-only companies can move faster to capture more of the growing EV market than those burdened with legacy technologies.

Investors and analysts are pushing Ford to separate its EV business from its legacy vehicles, but the Ford family is unlikely to completely divest one business or another. And yet, as capital markets have flooded electric electric car companies with money, Ford is clearly asking for some of that money. Tesla, for example, has a market capitalization of more than four times Ford, GM and Stellantis combined, although it sells far fewer vehicles.

It remains to be seen whether this move is the best of both worlds. The structure can just as easily turn Ford into a carmaker’s futon – somehow good in electric cars, somehow good in internal combustion, but not in either.

In a sense, the move makes sense. Specialized platforms for electric vehicles are different enough from fossil fuel equivalents to benefit individual engineering teams. Without having to have internal combustion engines, the process of designing and developing a special EV can move faster and allow more innovation. Meanwhile, the fossil fuel country may operate more as a legacy business with a focus on cost reduction to squeeze the most profit from products that rely on old technologies that aren’t improving nearly as fast.

In fact, “Ford Blue will be an engine of money and profitability for the whole company,” said Galhotra. In a way, this is the way Ford works today. Although his Mustang Mach-E is reported to be profitable, sales of the electric crossover almost certainly don’t waste as much money today as the gas-powered F-150. Maintaining the two divisions in the same company will allow the fossil fuel country to subsidize the development of new platforms and models for electric vehicles, while providing funds for the construction of new factories.

Still, the two divisions are expected to prepare separate profit and loss statements by 2023, Bank of America said in a note to investors today. If the EV country manages to generate profits on its own, investors may increase the pressure on Ford to separate every business, especially if these statements reveal a declining dependence on fossil fuel margins.

This move could also create internal struggles between the two divisions as they compete for resources. Based on Galhotra’s comments and Farley’s position as CEO, the Ford Model is clearly the company’s future, and the Ford Blue is a dairy cow that is designed for milking. Even in the laudatory language of press releases, Ford Blue doesn’t sound like it has a very bright or innovative future. One can only depict the reception that the message will receive from the inside. Jobs at Ford Blue, especially design and engineering positions, may be seen as less prestigious and the department may suffer from a brain drain.

And while investors seem to be in the news, Ford’s stock isn’t picking up as a pure electric car company. So while Ford’s access to capital markets may be a little easier, the carmaker won’t jump to Tesla-sized sets anytime soon.

“They see the share price of electricity-only companies relative to the share price of traditional producers and they want to participate,” a former Ford insider told Ars. “They’ll find out the rest later.”