{"id":180758,"date":"2010-01-14T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/segway-sold-to-undisclosed-buyer-old-ceo-is-out-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-14T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:49:00","slug":"segway-is-now-the-u-k-s-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/180758","title":{"rendered":"Segway Is Now The U.K.&#8217;s Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"float_right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b4f818a000000000070c4e9\/ap-segway1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AP Segway1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Segway Inc., maker of gyroscope-powered, balancing scooters, has been sold to a U.K. firm and CEO James Norrod is no longer with the company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2010\/01\/14\/segway-acquired\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>: The statement on Segway&rsquo;s website notes that a company backed by Jimi Heselden, a U.K. businessman and the chairman of Hesco Bastion, acquired Segway for an undisclosed amount on Dec. 24, 2009. Heselden is also an investor in the independent distributorship Segway U.K. <\/p>\n<p> The news first leaked via a posting on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.segwaychat.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=23716&amp;amp;page=3\" >Segway users forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2010\/01\/14\/segway-acquired\/\">More at TechCrunch &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/segway-sold-to-undisclosed-buyer-old-ceo-is-out-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-gm-segway-puma-pod-in-action-video-2009-4\">The GM-Segway PUMA Pod In Action (VIDEO)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/gm-and-segway-team-up-to-build-embarassing-pod-mobile-2009-4\">GM And Segway Team Up To Build Embarassing Pod-Mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pVu4rJ0ku5TIYqchhE65DPRtzDI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pVu4rJ0ku5TIYqchhE65DPRtzDI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pVu4rJ0ku5TIYqchhE65DPRtzDI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/pVu4rJ0ku5TIYqchhE65DPRtzDI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=Soj2FRMhsnU:rrmiXtnivKE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/Soj2FRMhsnU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Segway Inc., maker of gyroscope-powered, balancing scooters, has been sold to a U.K. firm and CEO James Norrod is no longer with the company. 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