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Here Are the Internal Documents that Prove Uber Is a Money Loser
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How to Liquidate a Closing Business’s Assets
When you decide to close down your business, you'll need to "liquidate" the business's assets. In plain English, this means you'll want to turn your remaining business...
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City of London halts recycling bins tracking phones of passers-by
Recycling bins in the City of London are monitoring the phones of passers-by, so advertisers can target messages at people whom the bins recognize. Renew, the startup...
Sidewalk Labs, a Start-Up Created by Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living
Google’s ambitions and investments have increasingly broadened beyond its digital origins in Internet search and online advertising into the arena of physical objects: self-driving cars, Internet-connected eyeglasses,...