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In a week when United Airlines should have hired Sean Spicer as its spokesman, this also happened:
A taxi company in Kyoto, Japan, came up with just the thing if small talk from taxi and Uber drivers drives you a bit crazy. RocketNews24 reports that Miyako Taxi has designated some cabs as silence taxis. Other than saying hello and confirming the destination, the driver won’t speak to the passengers unless the riders start the conversation.
Tesla became the most valuable U.S. automaker — until it wasn’t. The Palo Alto company’s market capitalization topped General Motors’ on Monday, but they shifted back and forth during the week. Stay tuned. (Or tuned up.)
Anybody who has started a business that has “Mc” or “Mac” in it has probably run into trademark trouble with McDonald’s, but things can be even worse in places like Ireland or Scotland. The Washington Post reported that the multimillion-dollar chain Supermac’s is asking the European Union’s Intellectual
Property Office to cancel the “Big Mac” trademark in Europe, saying that McDonald’s is participating in “trademark bullying.”
This might sound straight out of the 1950s, but it really just happened: British Columbia announced a ban on mandatory high heels in the workplace. “There is a risk of physical injury from slipping or falling,” the province posted on Facebook, “as well as possible damage to the feet, legs and back from prolonged wearing of high heels while at work.”
And yes, United updated its app during the week, but don’t believe everything you might have read on the Internet or Twitter. It didn’t include a drag and drop feature.