To operate a yellow cab and solicit passengers on the street you need a medallion.
Medallion and Bergeron also purchased the rights to Petty's name in perpetuity for Nascar-related deals.
To be fair to Beckham, though, he was much worse off than the medallion-men of yesteryear.
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The pilot allows electronic applications ("apps") to be used by medallion taxis to accept electronic hails ("e-hails").
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C. which would create an artificial scarcity of taxi drivers while siphoning off rents to medallion holders.
"It was incredible, to be honest, " said Steve Malito, a lobbyist for taxi medallion lenders who attended.
They do often fantasize about ducking their heads to have a necklace with a medallion draped around their necks.
She received the 2009 Medallion of Excellence for Leadership and Community Service Award from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
The coin is a souvenir medallion from former LAPD Chief William Bratton, of a type often given out as keepsakes.
The family that owned the rug shop, Medallion Rug Gallery, also had property and tech investments, which Mr. Nozad helped run.
Justice Engoron rejected the medallion owners' claims that the city had engaged in an improper "taking" of the value of their medallions.
C. is considering a bill that would require every cab driver in the city to own a special permit called a medallion.
"There's an abundance of practical take-aways, " she said, pointing out a carved wall medallion that could be translated into a great throw pillow.
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They also argued that the program impermissibly blurred the legal distinction between black cars and yellow medallion taxis that was deliberately established by the Legislature.
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In addition, they claimed that the pilot program would authorize medallion taxi owners to discriminate by impermissibly refusing service to passengers based on their appearance or location.
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The elaborate, gaudy jewelry was crafted by artisans with a medallion at the bottom and an 18-karat gold chain with more than 200 rubies, emeralds and diamonds.
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The lawsuit was the culmination of weeks of quiet discontent for yellow-cab medallion owners, who believed their investments had been undermined by a deal to broaden taxi access.
One edge of the penny-sized medallion was melted and misshapen.
Uber meanwhile, has sought to bring its tech-focused service to new cities, many of which have long histories of taxi medallion systems that are tightly controlled and regulated.
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The taxi medallion people, whom I discussed here won.
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After he left the Agency's clandestine service, he returned as a contractor to help with counterterrorism-related matters, earning the Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, its highest decoration for such non-employee personnel.
In addition to racking up Medallion qualifying miles or segments, passengers will have to spend a minimum dollar amount on tickets each year for each rung on the mileage ladder.
He writes songs at a remarkable rate, so instead of an album, he's put out a box set, complete with four CDs, a DVD, a wooden box and even a medallion.
Medallion owners said the city was illegally changing what was supposed to be an ironclad rule: Only drivers using a medallion could legally stop to accept a customer who hailed them on the street.
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Late in 2010 he reached out to Andrew Murstein, president of Medallion Financial, a provider of taxicab financing, and Douglas Bergeron, the chief executive of Verifone Systems, which handles electronic payments for banks and retailers.
"Adding a revenue component to the SkyMiles Medallion program ensures that our most valued customers receive the best program benefits and a more exclusive experience, " said Jeff Robertson, vice president of the SkyMiles program, in a statement.
Nearly two years later it was ripped down by the new Yugoslav authorities though strangely a large central medallion from the monument, bearing the image of Franz Ferdinand and his wife, survives to this day in the basement of another Sarajevo gallery.
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In Philippi, less than an hour's drive from Sago, members of the Malcolm family sat down on Friday morning over coffee at the Medallion Restaurant to talk about their community and their lives with a mix of resolve and holding back tears.
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