Lyft, Uber poach key Twitter engineers, managers amid turmoil
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ride services Lyft and Uber have poached dozens of key Twitter Inc employees over the past year, including top engineering managers, to help personalize their apps.
BlackBerry to buy rival Good Technology for $425 million
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday it will buy rival mobile software provider Good Technology Corp for $425 million, to boost its ability to help corporate clients manage smartphones running on different operating systems.
Massachusetts regulator investigates BNY Mellon fund pricing snafu
BOSTON (Reuters) – The top securities regulator of Massachusetts said on Friday he is investigating the computer glitch at BNY Mellon Corp that last month disrupted pricing on more than $400 billion worth of mutual fund and exchange-traded fund assets….
Nissan to recall about 300,000 vehicles in U.S. to fix console panel
(Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co Ltd’s North America unit said it would recall about 300,000 vehicles in the United States and 28,000 vehicles in Canada to adjust a console panel.
Canada’s top court says Ecuadoreans can sue Chevron in Ontario
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s top court ruled on Friday that a group of Ecuadorean villagers could pursue a multi-billion pollution lawsuit against Chevron Corp in the Canadian province of Ontario.
GE set for cost cuts as EU decision on Alstom deal nears
(Reuters) – General Electric Co is expected to win regulatory approval next week for its purchase of the power equipment business of France’s Alstom, allowing the U.S. industrial conglomerate to finally carry out a major cost-cutting program 16 months …
Micro-distillers craft limited space in crowded market
LONDON (Reuters) – Small, independent distillers are popping up and taking market share but liquor giants like Diageo and Pernod Ricard say barriers to entry and the range of spirits already available will limit their impact.
Oil slips along with equities after U.S. jobs data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crude futures fell alongside stocks on Wall Street on Friday as the oil market awaited a weekly reading on the U.S. oil rig count, after jobs data from the world’s No. 1 economy failed to provide much direction.
Japanese banks among bidders for GE’s local finance unit: sources
(Reuters) – Japanese banks are among bidders for General Electric Co’s local commercial lending and leasing operation, sources told Reuters on Friday.
Fed’s Lacker says will go into September policy meeting ‘with an open mind’
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The head of the Richmond Federal Reserve said on Friday he would go into the Sept. 16-17 Fed policy meeting with an open mind over whether to raise interest rates this month.
