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Uber Launching Taxi-Hailing Service In Nagoya

PYMNTS

Uber Technologies, the ride-hailing startup, announced on Thursday (Sept. 6) that it is launching a taxi-hailing app in Nagoya as it aims to expand in a country where its services aren’t in operation. Uber said it is working with Fuji Taxi Group, which has been in the region for more than 60 years.

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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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The restaurant business is: a) healthy for 2020 or b) apprehensive about technology. The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. All of the above.

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Nuro Raises $940M From SoftBank For Robotic Delivery

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Nuro, the robotics company operating in the commerce market, announced on Monday (Feb. This partnership gives us the opportunity to take the next step in realizing our vision for local commerce and the broad application of our technology.”. 11) that it has raised $940 million in financing from the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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The Bank Legacy Is Dead: Long Live the Fintech Collision

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It’s been a long two years since bankers and investment bankers nationwide made their annual pilgrimage to the Arizona desert for the Acquire or Be Acquired conference – and ohhh man, a completely different world has emerged since the January 2020 get-together! Let’s put COVID aside for a minute. price/book multiple.

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Alphabet Tracker: Waiting For Earnings, Waymo Grows Testing

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Rather, Waymo is offering households in the Phoenix, Arizona, area a chance to incorporate the company’s self-driving tech into their daily routines — a live test with live folks. Waymo has not disclosed how many total vehicles will be operating in the region during the expanded public tests. Been there, done that.)

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Android of the Auto Industry? How Baidu May Race Ahead Of Google, Tesla, And Others In Autonomous Vehicles

CB Insights

We’ll explore the growing number of mobility technologies that are set to transform the current transportation ecosystem. Baidu is also increasing investment in autonomous driving technology, ramping up R&D spending in 2017 and launching a $1.5B LIVE briefing: DISRUPTING THE CAR. Table of contents.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

Companies across industries from food delivery to mobile payments disintegrate for all kinds of reasons, from technology errors and logistical challenges to overspending and outright fraud. Powa Technologies. The problem, of course, is that Holmes’ technology was a sham. Table of Contents. Total disclosed equity funding : $500M.

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