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[Misc] 2018 Reuters News - Mar 26 ~ Mar 30
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Dog dies on United Airlines flight
유나이티드 항공, 승객의 애완견 죽게 해
A little dog died on a United Airlines flight after an attendant forced the pet's owner to put it in an overhead bin. According to a fellow passenger, Maggie Gremminger, the owner wanted to keep the dog in a small bag under her seat during the 3-1/2 hour flight from Houston to New York. But the flight attendant insisted she puts it overhead. United called the incident tragic, saying pets should never be placed in the overhead bin. It refunded the family's plane tickets, including the $125 pet cabin fee, and it's investigating what happened. In 2017, United had more animal deaths than any U.S. carrier, according to the Department of Transportation, with 18 animals killed and 13 injured in transport. 

Toys 'R' Us will likely shut all U.S. stores
토이저러스, 미국 내 모든 매장 문 닫을 듯
The iconic store chain Toys 'R' Us will sell or close all of its U.S. stores in the coming months... in a move that could affect up to 33,000 jobs and more than 700 U.S. locations. The 70-year-old chain - and one of America's most recognized retailers – filed for bankruptcy six months ago after struggling to keep up with its online competition and handle a massive amount of debt. The company's closure will deal a blow to generations of consumers and hundreds of toymakers like Mattel, Hasbro and Lego that have sold their products to the chain over the years. The retailer is also likely to liquidate in other areas including England, France, Spain and Australia… and is working on a plan to sell its stronger Canadian business. 

Walmart expands home delivery service
월마트, 배달 서비스 확대
Walmart is expanding its home delivery service. It'll serve more than 100 metro areas, up from six cities now. By year end, the U.S.' largest retailer will expand that program to 40 percent of U.S. households. Customers will go online or to the app to fill their carts. They have to order at least $30 worth of goods. A personal shopper at a nearby store picks and scans the items. Then, delivery companies like Uber transport the goods to the home. Deliveries will cost $9.95. The move complements Walmart's curbside grocery pickup service, which will be expanded to more than 2200 stores this year. These new services get store shoppers to transact online, where they spend twice as much. The delivery drive steps up the battle with its rivals. Amazon.com expanded its delivery options from Whole Foods in six metro areas over the past year. Kroger and Target have invested in similar services. 

Larry Page-backed company unveils pilotless flying car
래리 페이지가 지원하는 회사, 조종사 없는 비행 차량 공개
This all-electric, two-person air taxi doesn't have a pilot. It takes off like a helicopter, flies at 90 miles an hour, and has a range of about 60 miles. It moves in a straight line and never has to stop at a traffic light. Its name is Cora. It was built by a start-up, Kitty Hawk, with backing from Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page. Cora was tested in New Zealand, where Kitty Hawk hopes to make it commercial. Atmosphere Research Group's Henry Harteveldt says air taxis could be in the market in five to six years. "There's, clearly, a lot of testing that has to take place to make sure that the aircraft are safe. We need to make sure that the batteries, and other fuel sources, will be reliable and that, of course, the economics of the product work out well, so that either airlines taxi operators or consumers, whoever the target audiences are, can afford to buy them." Other companies working on their own air taxis include Uber, Airbus and a Chinese company EHang. 

Museum features innovation that went nowhere fast
헐리우드에 문을 연 실패작을 전시하고 있는 박물관
Ahead of its time... Loser of a format war... A bad idea... And a game so bad that Atari reportedly buried thousands in the desert. These are some of the hundreds of famous product fiascos on display at the Museum of Failure, a new exhibition in Hollywood, a town known for its own share of flops. As innovation evolves into irrelevance, these items offer a glimpse back at how companies try to anticipate or catch up to rapidly changing consumer behaviors. "I really enjoy when I see people actually immerse themselves into the different objects here at the museum, and when they leave, saying 'I got a new perspective on failure, it's not that frightening." Many of these failed innovations precede great success. Take the Apple Newton. The first handheld smart device and predecessor of the Palm Pilot and eventually the smartphone. And then there's the laser disk, which came before the DVD frenzy. And perhaps some of the more recent failures might help predict the gadgets of the future.