Transport company ComfortDelGro made its first foray into the lifestyle scene with the launch of a new app offering last week (March 9). Called Zig, it allows users to book a taxi, plan their journey, make dining or hotel reservations, place click-to-collect orders at food and beverage outlets, find deals, …
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How startups are scaling communication The pandemic is making startups take a close look at ramping up their communication solutions. Learn how Today, civil rights groups — including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund — filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on the grounds that a Trump executive order violates …
Read More »Trump Issues Expansive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday issued a far-reaching executive order aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, but the pharmaceutical industry immediately denounced it and experts said it was unclear whether the White House could carry it out. The order belatedly makes good on — and expands upon …
Read More »Samsung wins $6.6 billion Verizon 5G equipment order
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now (Reuters) — Samsung said today it had won a $ 6.64 billion order to provide wireless communication solutions to Verizon in the United States, a major win for the South Korean firm in the next-generation 5G network market. Samsung’s global …
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Here’s what you need to know: Governors say Trump’s order on pandemic relief would wreck state budgets. Trump considers a rule that would block Americans thought to have the virus from returning home. Britain’s push to open schools may force it to close pubs. Federal schools on Native American reservations, …
Read More »Trump signs executive order attacking Section 230 legal protections for Facebook and Twitter
(Reuters) — President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny. Trump signed an executive order on …
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As every significant historical moment has its own power plays, shift in business models and societal adaptation to a new norm, the same applies to the COVID-19 new world order. Much has been said that technology companies are the true winners, but is everyone in the tech space really winning? …
Read More »Powerful Meat Industry Holds More Sway After Trump’s Order
Ever since slaughterhouses became coronavirus hot spots, the meat industry has been asking the Trump administration for help. Hundreds of employees have been getting sick or not showing up for work for fear of contracting the virus. Labor unions, which had been largely quiet in their dealings with many of …
Read More »Saving Money Under a Stay-At-Home Order
Many of us are at home riding out the days of a stay-at-home order. If we’re lucky, we’re working from home; if not, we might be receiving unemployment and waiting for an opportunity to get back to work. In any case, it’s in the best interest of a lot of …
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