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Uber launches New Driver Features in the UK, Including Tipping
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From 22 August, if you take more than two minutes to turn up to your designated auto, you will be charged 20p per minute after the initial two minutes. Other new features Uber has lined up is the "No thanks" button which allows drivers to instantly reject a trip request in place of waiting 10-20 seconds, and driver destinations, which will match drivers going to a specific area to passengers on a ... [Full Article...]
Endo International plc - Ordina (ENDP) Ownership Increased by Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp
Vetr cut shares of Endo International PLC from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $11.34 target price on the stock.in a research note on Thursday, April 27th. If you are accessing this piece on another publication, it was stolen and republished in violation of global copyright and trademark legislation. The legal version of this story can be read at https://theolympiareport.co... [Full Article...]
Sri Lanka ready to play T20I in Pakistan
Annual General Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lankan board president Thilanga Sumathipala while speaking at a formal dinner said he is willing to send the team to Pakistan. "So likewise, we too must be as accommodating and understanding as possible with our members and extend our fullest support to them as the cricketing family of Asia", he said. [Full Article...]
Bitcoin surges through $4000 as Korean peninsular tensions rise
In today's trading, bitcoin price stood at $4,137.64, as of 10:07 BST. The total market cap of all cryptocurrencies has again reached previously unseen levels, and has now reached $138 billion - a billion higher than yesterday's all-time high. [Full Article...]
Sensex recovers over 250 points, Nifty reclaims 9800-mark
Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex was quoting higher by 190.65 points or 0.61 per cent at 31,404.24 in opening trade today. The S&P BSE mid-cap index rose by 2.49 per cent and the small-cap index by 2.48 per cent. In investments, provisional data with the exchanges showed that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold scrips worth Rs 1,638.83 crore, while domestic institutional investors (... [Full Article...]
Trump Attacks Merck Chief Kenneth Frazier for Quitting Advisory Panel
The head of drugs giant Merck has said he is resigning from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council following Charlottesville. Frazier said in statement that as a "matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism". [Full Article...]
Swiss Franc Consolidates After Rallying Hard on North Korea Tensions
Chinese bluechips lost 0.9 percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng was 1.6 percent lower. He added that in China, the USA and South Korea , stocks that are showing the biggest declines since the rise of tensions between the US and North Korea are the companies that have risen most since June. [Full Article...]
Big Ben's bongs to be silenced for four years from next week
The four year silence will be the longest in the bell's 157-year history. The bell will only be beaten for important occasions, such as the New Year. The bongs of the iconic bell will be stopped to protect workers during a four-year, £29m-conservation project that includes fix of the Queen Elizabeth Tower, which houses the Great Clock and its bell. [Full Article...]