Uber Eats, Postmates, Grubhub and DoorDash face proposed class action lawsuit over charging exorbitant fees midst coronavirus pandemic

In a proposed class action suit filed in Manhattan federal court, three customers have sued GrubHub, Postmates, DoorDash, and Uber Eats for allegedly exploiting their dominance in restaurant meal deliveries to impose fees that consumers ultimately bear through higher menu prices; this includes the current timeframe of the coronavirus pandemic when most U.S. cities are…

Collapse Of Value Of Major Tech Startups Force SoftBank To Warn Of Huge Loss

A collapse in the value of its flagship tech investments will cause a huge loss to be posted by SoftBank, the Japanese investment conglomerate warned on Monday. In the fiscal year through March 31, 2020, it expected an operating loss of 1.35 trillion yen ($12.5 billion), the Japanese company said. in the previous year, the…

Vietnam orders 44 Samsung Display employees be quarantined following COVID-19 case

Authorities in northern Vietnam have ordered people the employees of Samsung Display to be quarantined following a worker testing positive for the coronavirus. According to a statement released on Monday, a 25-year-old worker of the EQC-SI unit of Samsung Display factory in Bac Ninh province tested positive on Sunday. Confirming the case, Samsung Electronics Co…

Hackers manage to access voice mails at Italy’s state-owned Monte dei Paschi bank

In a notice sent to customers by Italy’s state-owned bank Monte dei Paschi, hackers have managed to access the mailboxes of some employees, with the bank informing clients in the notice that on March 30 some messages with voice mail attachments had been sent as a result of the cyber attack. Incidentally, the notice did…

Its Own Coronavirus Testing Lab For Its Staff Build By Amazon

Its own coronavirus testing lab will be made by the retail giant Amazon in order to effectively monitor the health of its staff, the largest e-commerce company of the world said. More than 50 facilities of Amazon throughout the United States have reported confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, with…

Nissan May Cut Sale Target By 1 Million Cars Annually As Part Of Restricting Efforts: Reports

The Japanese auto maker Nissan has come to a conclusion that to turn around its fortunes it is necessary for the company to become much smaller and the company will likely announce a reduction in its annual sale target of cars by 1 million, said reports quoting sources within the company. Nissan is due to…

Multiple U.S. government agencies back revoking China Telecom’s ability to operate in U.S.

In a significant development, several agencies from the U.S. government including the Justice Department called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke China Telecom (Americas) Corp’s ability to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States. China Telecom is the U.S. subsidiary of a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-owned telecommunications company.…

Some European Businesses Are Giving Pay Hikes For Frontline Staff Working Amid Pandemic

There are a number of companies that are rewarding their frontline workers with salary increases for working under trying circumstances amid the coronavirus pandemic even as many companies globally have been forced to slash payments and salaries of staff because of the economic impact of the pandemic. Almost two out of five workers around the…