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List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita. China became the world's largest new car market in 2009. Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows. Motor vehicles include cars, vans, buses, freight, and other trucks, but not two-wheelers. [citation needed]
The trijet Dassault Falcon 50 made its first flight on 7 November 1976. The 40,000 lb (18 t) MTOW airplane is powered by three 3,700 pounds-force (16 kN) TFE731 engines. With the cross-section of the Falcon 20, it is the basis of the larger Falcon 900. On 8 November 1978, the prototype Canadair Challenger took off.
Judge Robert W. Sweet sentenced him to 20 years in prison, plus a $1 million fine and $463 million in restitution. He settled a civil suit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $60 million. [35] [36] He briefly was the owner of the New York Post. At the time the SEC considered the fraud to be "one of the largest Ponzi schemes in ...
Nissan Motor Corporation ( 日産 自動車 株式会社, Nissan Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The company sells its vehicles under the Nissan and Infiniti brands, and formerly the Datsun brand, with in-house performance tuning products (including cars ...
A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonym for the amount of business a ...
The first production automobile from Honda was the T360 mini pick-up truck, which went on sale in August 1963. [19] Powered by a small 356 cc straight-4 gasoline engine, it was classified under the cheaper Kei car tax bracket. [20] The second production car from Honda was the S500 sports car, which followed the T360 into production in October ...
Knights of Columbus. The Knights of Columbus ( K of C) is a global [ 1] Catholic fraternal service order founded by Blessed Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. [ 2][ 3] Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. [ 4] It is led by Patrick E. Kelly, the order's 14th Supreme Knight. [ 4][ 5] The organization is named after the explorer ...
NBCUniversal is a part-owner of Hulu (along with majority owner The Walt Disney Company, owner of ABC), and has offered full-length episodes of most of NBC's programming through the streaming service (which are available for viewing on Hulu's website and mobile app) since Hulu launched in private beta testing on October 29, 2007. [24] [25] [26 ...