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The ride-hailing company said Thursday it has settled two closely watched class-action labor disputes covering 385,000 drivers in California and Massachusetts that will let Uber continue classifying drivers as contractors.

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The U.K. government said Thursday that it was willing to take an equity stake of up to 25% to help rescue Tata Steel Ltd.’s U.K. operations, taking a step toward partially nationalizing the business decades after it was privatized by Margaret Thatcher.

Mexico's state oil company says 11 more bodies have been found in a petrochemical plant rocked by an explosion, raising the death toll to 24.

The FT looks at how the Leave camp’s vision of ‘free trade and friendly co-operation’ might be realised

The FT looks at the Leave camp’s vision of ‘free trade and friendly co-operation’ might be realised

A powerful earthquake struck off Ecuador's disaster-stricken coast, as survivors of an earlier deadly quake clamored for aid.

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Yonhap) -- Time magazine named North Korean leader Kim Jong-un one of the 100 most influential people in the world on Thursday, calling the young dictator an "exploiter of fears." "Kim Jong-un is the 30-something boss of a fam

Uber drivers will remain independent contractors and receive up to $100 million under a settlement announced late Thursday of class-action lawsuits pending in California and Massachusetts. The drivers had sought to be reclassified as employees — something that Uber said would devastate its business model and hurt drivers’ flexibility to set their own schedules. Uber is the most public face of the burgeoning new “gig economy” in which online marketplaces connect workers with customers for services such as rides, cleaning or errands. Читать дальше...

SA’s Reserve Bank is concerned that a sharp weakening of bonds could affect investor sentiment towards the country.

Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: To make the hay while the sun shine, Taxi operator Meru Cabs has cut down its fares by 25% in Delhi.

The canary in the coal mine is, of course, the metaphor for a warning of impending doom, the tiny yellow birds taken into mines stopping their songs and often dying because of gas that could then kill the miners.

Richard Linklater’s ‘80s collegiate baseball film “Everybody Wants Some!!” can only be described in the same way you might talk about college jocks — attractive, dumb and charming, against your better judgment. Linklater has described the film as a spiritual…

Knowing in advance that the new film “Elvis & Nixon” is only yea-big, and that it’s not intended to carry the usual biopic baggage, its particular charms are disarming nonetheless.

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FARGO — Jon Gruden knows from experience it can be difficult to evaluate quarterbacks who played for a FCS program.

The Century Patriots continued their perfect start to the 2016 season on Thursday at the Bismarck Community Bowl.

Samsung pay works toward universal acceptance

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Verifone announced that it was launching a software update for some of its point-of-sale (POS) terminals to ensure their ability to accept Samsung Pay.

Samsung is also partnering with several other POS terminal vendors, including Ingenico and First Data, to improve the Samsung Pay user experience at the POS. Читать дальше...

Uber agrees to pay up to $100m to settle a class action lawsuit over whether its California drivers are employees or independent contractors.

SecureWorks ended the drought of U.S. technology initial public offerings Thursday, but set a price for the shares that underscored continued weakness in the new-issue market.

United States President Barack Obama makes an impassioned appeal for Britain to remain in the European Union.

This year, Google is celebrating Earth Day, April 22, with five different Google Doodles illustrating the planet's major biomes: tundra, forest, grasslands, desert, and coral reefs. They're nifty and definitely worth checking out.

Google’s parent company misses Wall Street targets for Q1 profit and revenue as it spends more to build traffic for its mobile advertising services.