Uber agrees to buy Careem for $3.1 billion in biggest ever tech deal for region

Careem to operate independently as wholly owned subsidiary of San Francisco rival with combined scale to support rapid expansion of both companies Uber Technologies has agreed to buy Careem in a $3.1 billion (Dh11.39bn) deal that will allow the Dubai ride-hailing technology platform to remain independent. This is the largest technology sector transaction in the […]

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Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong named world’s priciest cities, survey says

Paris has climbed to the top of the world’s priciest city for expatriates, tied first with Singapore and Hong Kong according to a survey Tuesday that named the capital of strife-torn Venezuela as the cheapest. The French capital was the only eurozone city in the top 10, rising from the second most expensive last year […]

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Women face greater threat from job automation than men: study

Women across the economic spectrum are more vulnerable than men to losing their jobs to technology, according to a study released on Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Among the positions with more than a 90 percent chance of becoming automated were administrative assistant, office clerk, bookkeeper and cashier, all fields dominated by […]

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8 Huge Mistakes Most Entrepreneurs Don’t Realize They’re Making

by: Jon Youshaei Almost all errors are unconscious until circumstances bring them to light — often through harsh consequences. Looking these missteps over now, ahead of time, will seem in the future like the height of wisdom. Would you rather hustle 24/seven or slave nine-to-five? An entrepreneur always chooses the former. But hustling harder doesn’t mean […]

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Feel Like an Impostor? Here’s How to Fix It

“Impostor syndrome” describes a pattern of thinking that leads people to disregard their accomplishments and constantly fear being outed as a fraud amongst their peers. It is not a true disorder; rather, it refers to a common pattern of thinking that afflicts many people, especially entrepreneurs. “As a serial entrepreneur who has managed several ventures at […]

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Trio of New iPhones Expected in September

Apple will release three new iPhones in September, according to Bloomberg — the latest media outlet to publish information from unnamed knowledgeable sources about the company’s plans. Although all the phones will have edge-to-edge displays, like the iPhone X, only two will have OLED screens, Bloomberg reported Monday. Some Apple insiders have been referring to 2018 as […]

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