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“I think that restaurant patrons have unwittingly believed that they could, if they wanted to, use their tip to punish bad service, and/or to praise great service”, Meyer tells All Things Considered’s Kelly McEvers.

Transport for London (TfL), the local government body which regulated the operation of taxis and PHVs in London, had previously said it did not believe Uber’s use of smartphones was equivalent to a taximeter – but had deferred the final decision to the High Court.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index jumped over 2 percent to the highest level in almost two months.

While offering a bundle of road and highway projects to Rajasthan, the minister said that around 96,000 kilometers of roads are being constructed across India annually and this target would soon be improved to 1.5 lakhs kilometers per year.

By the end of 2016, enrollment in the exchanges – a key component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – is expected to range from 9.4 million to 11.4 million, up from an HHS-projected enrollment of 9.1 million at the end of 2015.

Nestle said it will fall short of its long-term growth target for a third consecutive year, highlighting the volatile conditions in emerging markets that continue to weigh on European consumer-product companies and retailers alike.

German transport authorities will order auto giant Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million diesel vehicles in Germany equipped with pollution-cheating software, a spokesman told AFP on Thursday.

China and Indonesia signed a joint-venture agreement Friday on the construction and operation of a high-speed railway from Jakarta to Bandung, a historical breakthrough for the overseas expansion of Chinese high-speed railway technology.

A poll of 50 economists conducted by Reuters is suggesting that China’s third quarter GDP is likely to slow to 6.8 percent, down from 7 percent in the second quarter. That was down of from August’s 2 percent increase.

StarWorld Macau reported quarterly revenue of HK$2.9 billion, down 48% as compared to what was posted for the same period a year ago.

The race victor was Joey Logano.

Mattel Inc posted third-quarter profit that trailed analysts’ estimates as Barbie sales continued their long decline, a sign that the turnaround plan at the world’s largest toymaker hasn’t gained enough traction.

The latest Hurun wealth rankings now has Wanda chair Wang Jianlin listed as China’s richest man. Wang, who founded conglomerate Wanda, saw his fortune jump more than 50 percent to US$34.4 billion (HK$268.3 billion). Elsewhere in the IT sector, Lei Jun, founder of...

Entergy cited “poor market conditions, reduced revenues and increased operational costs”.

Erik Hamren’s side finished third in Group G behind Austria and Russian Federation despite Ibrahimovic scoring eight goals in eight qualifiers.