Month: March 2020

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UberPool Shut Down in California

No more cheap UberPool rides for now: Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday began suspending shared rides on its ride-hailing platform in the United States and Canada to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Reuters “Our goal is to help flatten the curve on community spread in the cities we serve” Andrew Macdonald, SVP Uber Rides […]

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Spain Bans Short Selling for a Month

Rodrigo Orihuela brings some much welcome good news from Spain: Spain’s securities regulator banned short selling for a month in an attempt to shield local stocks from the volatility caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Bloomberg Makes sense that they don’t want opportunists trying to make money off this emergency. When that happens, you have people […]