Tag: Online service providers
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Lyft hires new CEO as founders step back amid competitive battle
Lyft Inc., LYFT -2.74% struggles with competition and a battered stock price, taps a board member as CEO, and the two co-founders will step down from managing the company, the ride-sharing company said Monday. David Risher, who held management positions at Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. before starting a non-profit children’s reading organization in 2009, […]
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Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year’s absence
Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The billionaire co-founder has returned to mainland China after spending about a year abroad, according to people familiar with the matter. The travels of Mr. Ma have been the subject of intense scrutiny as China’s leadership scrambles to regain entrepreneurial confidence after years of regulatory and pandemic Covid-19 measures […]
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Bill Gates says AI is the most revolutionary technology in decades
Bill Gates said he believes artificial intelligence is the most revolutionary technology he’s seen in decades, on par with computers, cell phones and the internet. “The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet and the mobile phone,” he wrote in a blog post Tuesday. “Entire […]
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From the sudden collapse of the SVB to the consequences of Credit Suisse: 8 charts show turbulence in the financial markets
A tumultuous week in US financial markets ended on an uncertain note Friday after a massive $30 billion injection of large bank deposits into First Republic Bank failed to appease investors. Last week, the sudden collapse of three US banks – Silvergate Capital, Signature Bank SBNY and Silicon Valley Bank – concerns about weakness in […]
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Uber, Lyft win as California court upholds right to treat drivers like contractors
Uber Technologies Inc., UBER -0.93% Lyft Inc. LYFT -2.87% and other companies won a California court ruling that maintains their model of independent contractors in the state and could boost their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere. A state appeals court said workers should continue to be treated as independent contractors under a California ballot […]