May 05, 2015
Is Technology The Taxi Industry’s Lifeline?
Across major U.S. cities — from the heart of the Big Apple, to the Windy City and out west to the Golden Gate City, ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft...
March 23, 2015
Ferguson Turns To Crowdsourcing To Rebuild Broken Business
In the months and weeks after the shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police, the waves of protests and riots that followed have left the small business owners in the...
February 05, 2015
Korea: Watchdog delays Uber service
South Korea rejected Thursday a proposal by the web-based taxi firm Uber to legalize its business by registering its drivers. Uber started in South Korea in 2013, sparking angry protests...
January 19, 2015
EU: Health concerns lead to protests against free trade agreement...
The various members of the European Union (EU) have no clear majority in the free trade agreement with the US. The agreement would be the world’s largest trade deal, but...
October 09, 2014
Hong Kong: Competition, Communications watchdogs outline new regulatory plans
Hong Kong’s Competition Commission and Communications Authority have reportedly released proposed guidelines on how the agencies will interpret the city’s new competition laws. According to reports, the regulators have proposed...
October 06, 2014
Hong Kong: Amid historic protests, experts say focus should be...
As protestors continue to call for the resignation of president Xi Jinping to step down, some experts say the demonstrators are focusing on the wrong issues, and should instead look...
September 17, 2014
Uber Ban Lifted By German Courts
Uber can now legally operate its ride-sharing service in Frankfurt, Germany, after a regional court reversed a temporary injunction on Tuesday (Sept. 16), VentureBeat reported. The ban officially went into...
September 10, 2014
Visa Europe Protests Being In U.S. Lawsuit
Having been dragged into a payment card interchange lawsuit, Visa Europe Limited and Visa Europe Services are pushing back, arguing that Walmart-led lawsuit “casts too wide a net, lumping them...
August 28, 2014
Micronesia Sets Procurement And Supply Deadline
Micronesia’s Division of Procurement and Supply announced this week that government agencies have until September 15 to sign contracts for projects, issue requests for proposals and requests for purchase of supplies...