News Headlines - 24 April 2017
Police clashed with left-wing demonstrators in Paris on Sunday shortly after projections from the France's presidential elections showed far-right leader Marine Le Pen had made it to a runoff vote.
▽Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire - The New York Times
For months, Mr. Kalanick had pulled a fast one on Apple by directing his employees to help camouflage the ride-hailing app from Apple’s engineers. The reason? So Apple would not find out that Uber had been secretly identifying and tagging iPhones even after its app had been deleted and the devices erased — a fraud detection maneuver that violated Apple’s privacy guidelines.
▽Toshiba breaks up its core, affecting 19,000 workers- Nikkei Asian Review
Toshiba announced on Monday that it will split up its four main businesses into separate wholly owned subsidiaries. The spinoffs will begin in July and 19,000 employees will be transferred to the new companies.
▽Japan Post to record around 40 bln yen annual net loss - media | Reuters
Japan Post Holdings Co will book an annual loss of around 40 billion yen ($363.97 million) on the back of a 400 billion yen impairment charge on its Australian logistics unit, Toll Holdings Ltd, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.
▽Device in bomb scare at JR Akihabara Station proves harmless - The Mainichi
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) bomb disposal unit was called to JR Akihabara Station when a suspicious device was found in a restroom, which turned out to be a harmless motion sensor, it has been learned.
