SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has acquired a majority stake in the grocery delivery start-up Cornershop for an undisclosed sum, the company announced on Friday, as it seeks to build its food delivery business. The company has looked to expand beyond ride-hailing, particularly since its troubled debut on the public markets in May. Although the growth […]
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Winning Sweden’s biggest reality talent show has opened up plenty of opportunities in Kevin Walker’s burgeoning music career. He has worked with some of the country’s top songwriters, written and performed his own singles which have been played millions of times on Spotify, and would be a good bet to represent Sweden in the Eurovision
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President Trump drew an odd historical parallel this week as he defended his decision to pull American support from allied Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, leaving them vulnerable to a Turkish offensive that began on Wednesday. “They’re fighting for their land,” Mr. Trump said of the Kurds on Wednesday. “And as somebody wrote in a
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John Howe runs a small hedge fund in Connecticut. In the wake of the financial crisis, he took over a portfolio of underperforming loans, offering the debtors a choice: They could hand over their property, and he would release them from their personal guarantee. Or he would pursue them in court. But his attempt to
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Fall is finally upon us, but you wouldn’t know it based on the most outrageously dressed celebrities this week. We can’t exactly say the same of some of the others who made it onto the list, but we do give them props for throwing seasonality to the wind and continuing to live their best, minimally
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But his resemblance to a “Stranger Things” character stood out. Many Twitter users wrote that Holland’s new haircut makes him look just like Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven in her shorn-lock days. Holland’s altered look is for “Cherry,” a movie he’s filming about an Army medic with PTSD who becomes a bank robber, according to outlets. Check
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Image copyright PA Media Sterling surged on Friday to a three-month high amid investor optimism about a last-minute Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union. Against the dollar the pound rose 2% to $1.2685, and against the euro was up 1.4% at 87.2p. The currency has rallied more than 3% since Thursday, its biggest
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It is not clear if the rebellion was sparked by the clogged toilets or the canceled visit to Scotland, but passengers on the Norwegian Cruise Line ship had had enough. In recent days, travelers on the “mystical fjords” voyage in Europe have staged (and live tweeted) a veritable mutiny after inclement weather forced repeated changes
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The NBA has decided to stay silent for the remainder of its trip with the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets in China. The Lakers and Nets will play on Saturday in Shenzhen as planned, though no news conferences for either team are scheduled to be held before or after the game. Unlike Thursday, when
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LONDON — Britain’s faltering Brexit negotiations with the European Union got a lifeline on Thursday from an unexpectedly upbeat meeting between the leaders of Britain and Ireland, with both saying they could see “a pathway to a possible deal” to handle issues over Northern Ireland. Meeting at a hotel outside Liverpool, England, Prime Minister Boris
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