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MADRID (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered the temporary suspension of ridesharing service Uber in Spain, saying it represents unfair competition. The Madrid mercantile court judge said in a preliminary ruling that Uber drivers…
December 10, 2014 -
By SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that warehouse workers who fill orders for retail giant Amazon don’t have to be paid for time spent waiting to pass through…
December 10, 2014 -
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California prosecutors sued Uber on Tuesday over the ride-booking company’s background checks of drivers and other allegations, adding to the popular startup’s worldwide legal woes. San…
December 10, 2014 -
By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle…
December 10, 2014 -
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling on the government to improve the way it serves the public, President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed top management prospects in the federal bureaucracy to develop…
December 09, 2014 -
By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Key lawmakers weighed legislation to permit a reduction of benefits for up to 1 million retirees at economically distressed multiemployer pension plans, officials said…
December 09, 2014 -
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court has ruled in a preliminary judgment that Uber, the ride-sharing service, must stop working with drivers who charge fares but do not possess a taxi license. The Commerical Appeals…
December 08, 2014 -
By BERNARD CONDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Can a company that didn’t exist five years ago, an upstart with a knack for angering regulators who could close it down,…
December 08, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) — More than three years after his death, legendary Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs held a federal courtroom transfixed on Friday as attorneys played a video…
December 08, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY and YOUKYUNG LEE Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Some cybersecurity experts say they’ve found striking similarities between the code used in the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and attacks blamed…
December 07, 2014 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Bookseller Barnes & Noble said Thursday it is ending its commercial agreement with Microsoft for its Nook e-book reader ahead of its planned Nook spinoff. The news came as the largest…
December 07, 2014 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are turning away from live TV on the tube and tuning in to streaming services, a Nielsen report says. That’s bad news for cable and satellite TV providers. Americans are…
December 05, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft shareholders gave a lukewarm vote of approval Wednesday for CEO Satya Nadella’s $84 million pay package, after an investor advisory group said the company…
December 05, 2014 -
By TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Uber, the San Francisco-based ride sharing company, has set up a mobile phone software development team in Amsterdam, its international headquarters. In a telephone interview Conrad Whelan…
December 04, 2014 -
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles city attorney filed a lawsuit Tuesday to shut down a mobile phone application that arranges medical marijuana home deliveries. The suit alleges that…
December 04, 2014