Amid ongoing discussions with Uber on a potential deal, two food delivery platforms in Europe — Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway.com — have each noted interest in a merger with Grubhub, CNBC reported, citing unnamed sources. The sources told …
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Amazon UK has been forced to speak out again a “bad actor”, after racist messaging appeared on its website. For a short time over the weekend, racist abuse could be seen on its site when users searched for “Apple AirPods” and similar products.
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Atlas Venture has secured $400 million for a new biotechnology venture-capital fund, raising the total amount of investment capital the firm has collected since 2017 to $1 billion. Cambridge, Mass.-based Atlas set out in the early spring to raise $350 million for …
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Sycamore Partners, the New York private equity firm that specializes in distressed buyouts, is in preliminary talks to purchase JCPenney, sources told Reuters. The retailer, which employs 85,000 people, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month …
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WestJet has reversed course on its stance on refunding tickets of cancelled flights for some passengers, as the Calgary-based airline is now allowing passengers on certain international routes affected by COVID-19 and the related travel ban to get their …
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