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...The company blamed in part softer demand in the Latin American region compared with the same period last year. However, Uber said demand remained “robust” across its delivery and mobility businesses....
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...Pilot, which also operates the Flying J brand, sells fuel, food and merchandise to truckers and provides showers among other services....
...Early April 2020 was a grim time for many companies. But American Express chief executive Steve Squeri found himself facing particularly worrying circumstances....
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...They include Olson and Kenneth Chenault, the former head of American Express, which Berkshire has invested in for years....
...This was particularly strange given that in the past they had tended to switch towards services as they got richer....
...Proskauer chair Steven Ellis will step down in April for health-related reasons. The firm will hold an election for a new leader in January....
...TikTok provides a slick short-form video service used by 170mn Americans and 7mn businesses, much to the annoyance of US rivals such as Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, which have doubtless been dripping...
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...But among the biggest contributors to Berkshire’s performance are stakes in a stable of blue-chip companies including Apple, Coca-Cola and American Express....
...“The biggest barrier is insurance companies,” said Lawrence Honig, a neurologist at New York’s Columbia University Irving Medical Center....
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