🚗 Didi Global considers going private to placate China and compensate investors
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Didi Global considers going private to placate China and compensate investors. Ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. is considering going private in order to placate authorities in China and compensate investors for losses incurred since the company listed in the U.S. in late June. (Jing Yang via Wall Street Journal)
Facebook requiring U.S. employees to be vaccinated to return to work. Facebook will require U.S. workers returning to its offices to be vaccinated, the company said on Wednesday. “As our offices reopen, we will be requiring anyone coming to work at any of our US campuses to be vaccinated,” VP of People Lori Goler said in a statement. “How we implement this policy will depend on local conditions and regulations.” (Lauren Feiner via CNBC)
Twitter launches U.S. e-commerce pilot that lets users shop from profiles. Twitter this morning will launch a pilot in the U.S. aimed at testing the potential for e-commerce on its platform. The company is introducing a new “Shop Module” that offers brands, businesses and other retailers the ability to… (Sarah Perez via TechCrunch)
The New Moral Code of America's Elite. Every striver who ever slipped the rank of their birth to ascend to a higher order has shared the capacity to ingratiate themselves with their betters. What the truly exceptional ones have in common is the ability to connect not only with their… (Elizabeth Bruenig via The Atlantic)
Google begins showing what its new Play Store safety listings will look like. There's still half a year to go before you start seeing Google Play's new safety section, which will show you an Android app's privacy information, in listings within the store. Google announced the upcoming feature that's similar to the Apple App Store's nutrition labels back in May. In a new post on the Android Developer blog, though, Google has given us a glimpse of what that section may look like. (Mariella Moon via Engadget)
The Amazon Is Fast Approaching a Point of No Return. Brazil's rainforest is being stolen and cleared at an accelerating pace, and the Bolsonaro government is fanning the flames. In April, lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rondônia gathered for a hasty vote in a squat cube of a building that… (Jessica Brice via Bloomberg)
Wharton Is First Elite M.B.A. Program to Enroll More Women Than Men. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will mark a milestone this fall: A majority of incoming M.B.A. candidates will be women. The business school, one of the most highly ranked in the U.S., said that 52% of its new fall cohort will… (Patrick Thomas via Wall Street Journal)
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