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Toronto cab drivers sue to halt Uber; seek C$400 million in damages

July 23, 2015 publisher 307-27-million, are-launching, chattanooga, economy, madrid, marines, most-successful, seeking-more, smartphone-over, taxi, taxi-drivers, technologies

By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto taxi drivers are launching a class-action lawsuit against ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], seeking more than C$400 million ($307.27 million) in damages and an injunction to stop it operating in the Canadian province of Ontario. Law firm Sutts, Strosberg LLP, which is representing the taxi drivers, said in a statement on Thursday that the named plaintiff, cab driver Dominik Konjevic, alleges that “Uber X and Uber XL have created an enormous marketplace for illegal transportation in Toronto”

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UberPOP halts service in France after clampdown, protests

July 3, 2015 admin fierce-protests, freedom, german, illegal-taxi, internet, state, taxi-drivers, traffic, web-companies

By Mark John PARIS (Reuters) – Uber Technologies will suspend its UberPOP ride-hailing service in France, the U.S. company said on Friday, after it faced sometimes-violent protests and local authorities denounced it as an illegal taxi service. After fierce protests last week by licensed French taxi drivers who argue it threatens their livelihood with unfair competition, France took two executives from California-based Uber into custody and said they will face trial in September

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Cuba, an Internet laggard, opens Wi-Fi hotspots across country

July 2, 2015 creative access-had, been-limited, fierce-protests, freedom, havana, internet, internet-via, jaime-hamre, online-access, signals-became, state, taxi-drivers, until-now, web-companies

By Jaime Hamre Havana (Reuters) – Cuba has opened 35 Wi-Fi access points nationwide, offering unprecedented online access in a country that until now has restricted use of the Internet to an elite few. Before the Wi-Fi signals became available on Wednesday, broadband Internet access had been limited to largely to desktops at state Internet parlors and pricey hotels