China Blocks Pinterest
Image-curation website Pinterest has become the latest social media service blocked in China, checks on censorship monitoring websites indicated Friday. According to greatfire.org and...
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Millennial Love For Snapchat Extends To the Stock
For some millennial investors, loyalty to one of their favorite apps matters more than financial details in the case of Snap Inc (SNAP. N). The stock of Snapchat's parent company has been on a...
Travis Kalanick, the Force Behind Uber
Uber's rise to the top of the ride-sharing industry is due in large part to its hard-charging founder and chief executive, Travis Kalanick. But while Kalanick has steered Uber to a valuation in the...
Cousins Signs Franchise Deal With Redskins
Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins, who reportedly has been denied a requested trade, signed his one-season "franchise" contract on Friday for a guaranteed salary of nearly $24 million, his...
Uber Vows Not To Trick Regulators With ‘Greyball’ Tool
Uber on Wednesday promised not to use a recently uncovered "Greyball" software program to trick regulators trying to catch drivers breaking the law. The smartphone-summoned ride service last week...
Uber Seeks A Second-In-Command To Steady the Wheel
Uber on Tuesday began searching for a second-in-command to help embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick steady the wheel at the fast-growing on-demand ride service. "This morning I told the Uber...
Pressure Mounts On Uber and CEO After Missteps
After a series of embarrassing revelations, ridesharing giant Uber faces challenges in keeping growth on track, with top executive Travis Kalanick likely to face pressure to give up some control....
Uber Skids Have Lyft Steering For Passing Lane
As Uber's gets dented by controversies, on-demand ride rival Lyft is accelerating expansion and out to pick up converts by appearing a friendlier, more sympathic alternative. US-based Lyft lets...
Trump To Sign Revised Executive Order On Immigration Monday
US President Donald Trump is to sign a revised executive order on immigration Monday, after his first version was blocked by federal courts, senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway said. Conway told...
Air India Claims Record With All-Female Round-World Flight
India's national airline claimed Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women. Ai India said its Boeing 777 travelled from Delhi to San Francisco...
Merritt Among Olympic Stars To Win US Indoor Athletics Titles
Former Olympic 110m hurdles champion Aries Merritt signaled a return to form after a 2015 kidney transplant by winning the 60m hurdles crown on Sunday at the US Indoor Track and Field Championships....
In Day of Pro-Trump Rallies, California March Turns Violent
Supporters of Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters at a rally in the famously left-leaning city of Berkeley, California, on a day of mostly peaceful gatherings in support of the U. S....
Trump Expected To Sign Revised Travel Ban Monday
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his original decree sowed controversy across the United States and chaos at airports, US media...
Stowaway Mouse Grounds British Airways Heathrow Flight
A US-bound plane was unable to take off from Heathrow Airport after a mouse was spotted on board. Passengers on the 10:40 GMT British Airways flight to San Francisco were strapped in and waiting to...
Asiacell To Offer Free Access To Wikipedia In Iraq
The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, said Tuesday that telecoms operator Asiacell will offer free access to the website to its nearly 12 million mobile phone customers...
Harassment Complaint At Prior Job Ends Road For New Uber Exec
A new engineering executive at Uber has left after the ride-sharing titan learned he ended his career at Google after a sexual harassment complaint, according to US media reports. Amit Singhal has...
Waldorf Astoria, Legendary New York Hotel, Closes For Facelift
It's goodbye for now to the grand Art Deco lobby and celebrities crossing paths en route to "The Towers" at the Waldorf Astoria: one of the world's most luxurious hotels is closing for renovation....
Uber Image Battered By Company Culture Skids
Accusations of sexism, cut-throat management, and a toxic work environment have Uber trying to pull its image out of a skid as competition revs in the on-demand ride market. "Experienced managers...
A Viewpoint From Overseas; Demystifying the Free SHS Voodoo
After 60 years of independence, we’re still arguing about the pros and cons of a Free Senior High School education. An array of comments have been bundled around in the last few weeks since the...
Bushmeat Trade Tests Cameroon’s Ebola Prevention
The market in Ambam, a colonial town with brick-red cottages and rusty roofs, near the southern borders with Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, is a cluster of booth-sized shops and stalls. Under one...