LAGOS (Reuters) - Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc is in talks with regulators over plans to expand into two West African countries and provide a boat service in Nigerian megacity Lagos, a company executive said on Thursday. In much of sub-Saharan Africa there are low levels of personal car ownership,
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FedEx to hire 700 flexible rural and residential drivers
FedEx driver - downtown Chicago FedEx Corp said it plans to hire about 700 flexible, part-time Express drivers in 160 U.S. residential and rural markets as customer-turned-competitor Amazon.com Inc puts pressure on established delivery firms. FedEx, like global rival United Parcel Service Inc, is investing billions of dollars to cope with the
Walmart relaunches service to deliver groceries to shoppers’ refrigerators
Walmart's groceries delivery to shoppers' refrigerators Walmart Inc. will restart a service that offers the delivery of groceries directly to shoppers’ refrigerators - part of its attempts to find unconventional ways to offer cheap and rapid delivery of online orders. Walmart had started testing the service in 2017 with smart security company August Home
Activities Pick Up At Lagos Airport, Abuja After Saturday’s Polls
Business Activities upbeat at border towns also Twenty four hours after the conclusion of Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos State, flights operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) are yet to fully normalize. At the private terminal (MMA2) yesterday, the departure halls was quiet with few passengers arriving and departing. Daily
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French-German rail merger blocked by Brussels
Alstom makes TGV high-speed trains Brussels has knocked down a proposed French-German rail merger, designed to help Europe compete with China. The EU's competition commission blocked the tie-up, saying uniting France's Alstom with the rail arm of Germany's Siemens would lead to higher prices. The firms had said the merger would create an
Panalpina’s largest shareholder rejects DSV takeover bid
On Monday, Panalpina’s largest shareholder, the Ernst Göhner Foundation, said it does not support the non-binding proposal from Denmark-based rival DSV to purchase the Swiss forwarding giant. About two weeks ago, Panalpina’s board said that “according to its fiduciary duties,” it would review the proposal with its professional advisers. The offer,