ATA implores FMCSA to keep e-log rollout on schedule
Ride-hailing firm Grab to get $2.5 billion as firms pump funds into SE Asia startups
Ride-hailing firm Grab expects to raise $2.5 billion to spend extending its lead over Uber Technolgies Inc and expanding into financial services, in the latest injection of funds into Southeast Asia's burgeoning tech scene. Chinese peer Didi Chuxing and Japan's SoftBank Group Corp will contribute most of the money, which a person close to the Singapore-based firm said would value it at $6 billion. The investment would be the latest in a Southeast Asian tech startup as major companies seek growth in the region's huge developing economies with young, tech-savvy demographics.
China clamps down on the use of VPNs
China shuttered several VPN providers recently, but those operating overseas should be able to work around the crackdown, says Philip Molter of Golden Frog.
Driving Kenworths in the Dirt
Kenworth Truck Co. recently invited journalists to test drive five of its vocational trucks in Snoqualmie, WA, at the site of one of the most prestigious professional rally schools in the U.S.: a place known as "DirtFish" that is situated roughly 26 miles from Kenworth's headquarters in Kirkland, WA. A century ago, it was the site of the Snoqualmie Lumber Co., later renamed Weyerhaeuser. (Photos: Neil Abt/Fleet Owner)
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Legal New Jersey online poker pushes World Series champion
Scott Blumstein's path to winning more than $8.1 million as the World Series of Poker champion started in the online poker rooms of New Jersey. While internet gambling has helped Atlantic City's beleaguered ...
Southeast Asian ride-hailing app Grab raises $2.5 billion
Japan's Softbank and China's top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing are pouring $2 billion into the latest round of financing by cash-hungry Southeast Asian taxi app Grab. Grab said Monday that it expects ...
The Latest: Kabul suicide bombing death toll climbs to 24
The Latest on the suicide car attack in a western neighborhood of Kabul (all times local): 9:40 a.m. An Afghan government official says the death toll from a suicide car bombing in a western neighborhood ...