Uber, Yandex To Acquire Russian Taxi Service Vezyot
Uber, Yandex To Acquire Russian Taxi Service Vezyot
July 15, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Yandex has announced that MLU B.V., its ride-sharing and food delivery joint venture with Uber, has agreed to acquire the IP and call-centers of Russia’s...

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NY Lawmaker Asks For Antitrust Probe Into Grubhub
NY Lawmaker Asks For Antitrust Probe Into Grubhub
July 15, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

A city council member in New York has asked the state’s attorney general to start investigating Grubhub on antitrust allegations, according to a report by...

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PayPal’s Xoom Goes Global And Door-to-Door
PayPal’s Xoom Goes Global And Door-to-Door
July 15, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Xoom, PayPal’s international digital money transfer service, is launching in the U.K. and 31 countries, allowing millions of users to remit in bytes and bits....

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Goldman, UK’s Lendable Strike £200M Deal
Goldman, UK’s Lendable Strike £200M Deal
July 15, 2019  |  Loans

Goldman Sachs and personal loan startup Lendable from the U.K. have reached a £200m deal, in a sign of Goldman’s confidence in the startup, according...

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Critics Say Apple Is Pro-Privacy In Word, Not Deed
Critics Say Apple Is Pro-Privacy In Word, Not Deed
July 15, 2019  |  Apple

Apple CEO Tim Cook has long supported privacy-related laws regarding user information, but according to a report by The Washington Post, the company rarely does...

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Marcus: Facebook’s Libra To Be Regulated By Swiss Gov’t
Marcus: Facebook’s Libra To Be Regulated By Swiss Gov’t
July 15, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

David Marcus, the head of Facebook’s blockchain department and the face of its proposed cryptocurrency Libra, has released his congressional testimony ahead of a scheduled...

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Prime Day Expected To Lift US eCommerce Spend Past $2B
Prime Day Expected To Lift US eCommerce Spend Past $2B
July 15, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon’s impact from Prime Day this year will again lift the U.S. eCommerce market, according to a report by TechCrunch.  Get the Full Story Complete...

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Amex Write-Off Rate Is Down; Delinquency Rate Holds 
Amex Write-Off Rate Is Down; Delinquency Rate Holds 
July 15, 2019  |  Payment Methods

American Express has reported that its American consumer card delinquency rate was 1.4 percent for June, the same number it was in May, according to...

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Postpartum Care App Lands $3M From Mark Cuban, Serena Williams
Postpartum Care App Lands $3M From Mark Cuban, Serena Williams
July 15, 2019  |  Investments

Data-driven maternal and infant health tech startup Mahmee has garnered $3 million from tech investor Mark Cuban, tennis icon and entrepreneur Serena Williams and others to build...

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