News Headlines - 19 September 2015

▽Uber Meets Its Match in France - WSJ

Days after taxi drivers burned tires and snarled traffic across France in late June to protest Uber Technologies Inc., two lobbyists for the car-hailing firm walked into the offices of France’s top cop.

▽BBC planning Netflix-style service for US - BBC News

BBC director general Tony Hall said he wanted to "try out businesses that go direct to the public" to boost the income of BBC Worldwide.
The new service, which could launch in 2016, will not affect agreements with other services such as Amazon and Hulu.

▽Japanese princess found secretly living in Leicester - The Independent

she has been living the life of a normal student in the East Midlands since last September, staying in halls of residence, walking freely around the university campus and completing a two-month work experience programme at Coventry Museum.

▽1961 Beatles recording contract sold for 90,000 dollars - BT

A New York auction house has sold the first recording contract ever signed by the Beatles for more than 90,000 dollars (￡58,000).
Heritage Auctions said the 1961 contract was for a recording of a rock and roll version of My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean.

▽Japan shocks South Africa at Rugby World Cup | The Seattle Times

A last-minute try by substitute Karne Hesketh gave Japan a 34-32 victory over South Africa in what some observers said was the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history. Japan was a 40-1 underdog.