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American taxi companies join Uber, Lyft in ride sharing

Bloomberg Taxi companies across the US waged a bitter, high-profile battle to keep Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. from bringing the sharing economy to cabs. They lost. Now the cabbies are adopting an if-you-can’t-beat-them, join-them-strategy. Pittsburgh Yellow Cab, for example, rebranded itself last year as zTrip. A century-old fixture in Steel City, it launched an app and offered a ...

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Trump calls on North Korea to make deal on nuclear program

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said that North Korea should “come to the table” and make a deal on its missile and nuclear programs. Speaking next to South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Seoul on Tuesday, Trump said he saw some progress in regards to North Korea, but declined to comment on holding direct talks with Pyongyang. He added that ...

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Trump, Xi joust for world economy crown with divergent plans

Bloomberg President Donald Trump touches down in Beijing on Wednesday seeking immediate wins for the world’s-biggest economy. His host, President Xi Jinping, is playing a longer game. Xi has mapped out a two stage blueprint: first, to entrench China’s manufacturing might by 2025 through a shift up the technology chain to high value-add products. Second, as laid out last month, ...

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