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Brasile
Prefeito sanciona lei que proíbe Uber no Rio de Janeiro
O prefeito do Rio, Eduardo Paes (PMDB), sancionou nesta segunda-feira (28/11), uma lei que proíbe o aplicativo de transporte Uber na cidade. De acordo com o texto da lei municipal nº 6.106, é vedado o uso de carros particulares para o transporte remunerado de pessoas no ...
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Brasile
Justiça do Rio reitera liberação do Uber na cidade
A Justiça do Rio ratificou nesta segunda-feira (28/11) a decisão que proíbe a prefeitura do Rio de impedir a circulação dos motoristas do Uber na cidade. Poucas horas após o prefeito Eduardo Paes (PMDB) sancionar a lei que proíbe o transporte remunerado de passageiros em carros particulares por meio de ...
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USA Giappone Cuba
As Cuba mourns and Trump threat looms, Havana offers subdued welcome to first U.S. commercial flight
Passengers erupted into applause as the first commercial flight from the United States to Havana in more than 50 years landed in Cuba, arriving as the island begins week-long memorial services for revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Cubans saluted the packed American Airlines flight by spraying water from firetrucks above the ...
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Giappone
Let it snow: Hokkaido Domino’s outlet may tap reindeer to keep delivery deadlines
Santa Claus is outsourcing his reindeer this holiday season to help deliver pizza for a Domino’s outlet in snowy northern Japan. Employees at a branch in Hokkaido, where weather agencies have predicted an unusually cold snap ahead with severe snowfalls, are training reindeer to deliver pizza. “If it runs properly, ...
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Nigeria
Business: Kenyan ride-hailing app Little may expand into Nigeria or Uganda
Kenyan ride-hailing app Little, which is backed by telecoms operator Safaricom, is considering expansion into Nigeria or Uganda in the first quarter of 2017, the chief executive of its parent firm said.
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Kenya
Kenya: Firms in Kenya lay off thousands of workers
More than 10,000 employees may have lost their jobs in 2016 alone, as employers grapple with a tough business environment.
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Kenya
Kenya: Auditor blames western Kenya MCAs over irregular payments
The Auditor General has put county assemblies in Western on the spot over irregular payment of sitting allowances and foreign travels.
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Kenya
Kenya: Harakhe charged with abuse of office in NYS scam
Former National Youth Service deputy director general Adan Harakhe has been charged with abuse of office over a Sh47 million tender.
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Kenya
Business: How Gullet brought life to Red Cross
One month may be challenging enough to go without pay but for Abbas Gullet, 11-years as a volunteer at Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) was the best part of his life.
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Kenya
Business: SMEs: The golden key to a flourishing Kenyan economy
SMEs support our economic growth; whether through food agriculture like the pineapple farmers of Thika, horticulture as in the rose farmers of Naivasha, tea production in the fields of Limuru or fishing by the communities of Kisumu