"We see consumers stretched, behaving cautiously, not spending a whole lot and being careful about what they borrow".
The big difference between driverless vehicles and humans, in these cases, is that the computer can be programmed to behave cautiously when stumped, while humans often plough ahead heedlessly.
For luxury brands seeking a discreet way to move unsold inventory — or even to find a new outlet at a time when department stores are behaving cautiously — the appeal is obvious.
Both parties have incentives to behave cautiously in advance of the 2008 elections.
Chief operating officer Michael A. Miles Jr. Michael A. Miles Jr. explained that customers are behaving cautiously, and are looking for deals before making purchases for large-ticket items..
It works somewhat, in that he behaves cautiously.
It worked: people buying sex behaved more cautiously, and the HIV infection rate began to fall.By one projection, Thailand's speedy intervention has saved some 200,000 lives to date.
Privacy won't survive the present trajectory of technology — and with the sense of being perpetually watched, humans will behave more cautiously, less subversively.
The same day, in the German-owned and -edited Financial Times Deutschland, Thomas Fricke plainly mocked Mrs. Merkel's policy: "Here's some great thinking — if investors have to fear for their money, they behave more cautiously, and don't lend any more to the sloppy states.
WikiLeaks, founded in 2006 on the principle that government and corporate secrets should be disclosed, behaved far more cautiously in subsequent releases.
