From cars to couture: Kering appoints Renault’s Luca De Meo to lead Gucci; French high-fashion brand hopes for revival – Times of India

From cars to couture: Kering appoints Renault’s Luca De Meo to lead Gucci; French high-fashion brand hopes for revival – Times of India

French high end fashion group Kering appointed Luca de Meo, the man behind rescuing carmaker Renault from crisis, as its new chief executive to steer the company’s struggling flagship brand Gucci back on course.De Meo, 58, will officially take over in September, after shareholders approve of a new governance structure that separates the roles of…

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Is Slate Auto’s Electric Truck the Answer to Expensive Cars?

Is Slate Auto’s Electric Truck the Answer to Expensive Cars?

When Slate Auto, a start-up, unveiled a roughly $25,000 electric pickup truck last month, social media lit up with comments. Many people saw the no-frills vehicle, with an easy-to-repair body and nostalgic hand crank windows, as a refreshing antidote to today’s overstuffed and increasingly unaffordable cars. How unaffordable? Average monthly payments on new cars have…

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No roof, no reform: California’s bold but bleak plan to let homeless students sleep in cars – The Times of India

No roof, no reform: California’s bold but bleak plan to let homeless students sleep in cars – The Times of India

California’s housing crisis has long been a political powder keg, but now it’s turning into an outright humanitarian emergency for the state’s college students. With one in four community college students experiencing homelessness in the past year, the question is no longer how bad the crisis is — but how shamefully long the state can…

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