Archive for the February 24, 2019
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A top Egyptian court on Saturday reversed a ban on ride-hailing companies including Uber and Careem, a judicial source said. The decision by the Supreme Administrative Court in Cairo overturns a lower court's ruling last
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Warren Buffett is hunting for "an elephant-sized acquisition," but he is not optimistic about getting it done. The billionaire investor wrote in an annual letter to shareholders on Saturday that the prospects of landing a
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Thousands of people marched on Saturday in Paris and other cities and dozens were arrested as France's "yellow vest" movement staged its 15th consecutive weekend of demonstrations against the government. Some 11,600 people joined the
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Twitter co-founder and one-time chief executive Evan Williams is stepping down from the board, leaving the one-to-many messaging service to focus on "other projects." Williams will depart the Twitter board at the end of this
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Several Microsoft Corp employees on Friday demanded that the company cancel a $480 million hardware contract with the US Army and stop developing "any and all weapons technologies." The organizing effort, described to Reuters by
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French banking group Societe Generale is planning to cut 1,500 positions in its BFI corporate and investment banking arm, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Saturday. Citing internal bank documents, the paper said the bank was
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A man died and two were injured in a bomb attack outside a telecom company office in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepali police said Saturday. The explosion occurred on Friday outside the office of private telecom
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An American man accused of leaking data of thousands of HIV-positive people in Singapore has been charged in the United States with possession and unlawful transfer of stolen documents, authorities said. Singapore announced last month
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Security forces arrested 41 people during angry protests that rocked Algeria's capital against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking a fifth term, authorities said Saturday. Police fired tear gas on Friday to block a protest march
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Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission on Saturday rejected accusations of corruption and human rights violations levelled by the US against three of its members. On Friday, the United States said it will refuse visa
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