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...But e-scooter rentals have struggled to reach consistent profitability, amid regulatory strictures, safety concerns, and high capital and operating costs....
...On Sunday Usher, the R&B star whose hits dominated in the 2000s, anchored a half-time show with appearances by collaborators including Alicia Keys, H.E.R. and Ludacris....
...Founded by former Uber and Lyft executive Travis VanderZanden in Los Angeles in 2017, Bird spawned dozens of copycat companies around the world....
...The threat in the Middle East now “encompasses significantly more vessels”, said Daniel Mueller, an analyst at Ambrey, a maritime security company....
...The World Anti-Doping Agency has added semaglutide — the generic name for Ozempic and similar drugs (i.e. Wegovy, Rybelsus) — to its monitoring list for 2024....
...“We have had to adapt quickly,” said Shane Torchiana, who replaced Bird founder Travis VanderZanden as chief executive in September....
...Amid the Travis Scotts and Bad Bunnies on the Discord hub is a Tom Waits voice....
...UK, judicial review begins to assess Octopus Energy’s acquisition of collapsed energy supplier Bulb after rivals British Gas, E. ON and Scottish Power challenged the takeover at London’s High Court....
...Old-school hitmaker 50 Cent makes an appearance alongside US rappers Travis Scott, Joey Bada$$ and Lil Uzi Vert. Also not to be missed are local girl group FLO....
...Travis VanderZanden, Bird founder, said at the time that the company’s top priority had changed from “growth to unit economics”, following reports about its financial losses....
...And last year the Delaware Court of Chancery issued its ruling, a record-setting 319 page opinion from Vice Chancellor Travis Laster....
...But Ms Travis stressed that local polling places use Plexiglas shields, social distancing and enhanced cleaning to guard against health risks....
...Amex, HSBC), retail (e.g. Tesco) and travel (e.g. booking.com, Airbnb)....
...We prefer LafargeHolcim, CRH and Kingspan, while we remain cautious on Heidelberg and Travis Perkins....
...Princeton’s Pam Mueller and Carnegie Mellon’s Daniel Oppenheimer found when people took notes using a computer, they often just transcribed the content....
...Before founding Bird, Travis VanderZanden created a car-wash app that was acquired by Lyft and later worked at Uber. Both Uber and Lyft have e-bike and scooter sidelines....
...Uber has abandoned a plan to run its own food delivery kitchens, taking itself out of competition with its ousted founder Travis Kalanick....
.../ From Gary Goodman, Hove, E Sussex, UK...
...Bird, the e-scooter company valued at $2.8bn, said it was “erroneously” listed as filing for a Paycheck Protection Program loan after the data showed it received between $5m and $10m, the maximum range available...
...(ii) The geographic mix (i.e. UK better, France poorer) helped as did Computacenter’s vertical market range (i.e. Public Sector spend better/Industrials weaker)....
...Here’s Barclays: The central thread to the [Bloomberg] article is the COVID-19 related overlap (i.e....
...Another client is the Mujahedin-e Khalq, an Iranian dissident group that was on the US state department’s terrorist list until a few years ago....
...E-commerce is more developed in the UK, where internet sales now account for a fifth of all retail sales, than elsewhere in continental Europe....
...from sale of premium cigar (likely completed byJuly 1) i.e. ex-FX EPS decline of 3-7% from FY19 EPS of 272p....
...A lesson for the Democrats, who were wrongfooted by the announcement that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation concluded the US president committed no crime....
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