Australia Fines Uber 14 Mln For Misleading On Fares And...
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BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Belgium, Greece, Italy and Poland on Friday threatened to block a new set of European Union steps to alleviate an acute energy crunch because they are angry that a gas price cap is not among detailed proposals, VOLOS KOMOTINI TRANSFER diplomats said.
ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said in a statement that the fine "clearly signals to businesses that misleading consumers about the cost of a product or service is a serious matter which can attract substantial penalties".
Otherwise, they would not agree to a whole package of measures up for approval, VOLOS LARISA KTEL which also include launching joint gas purchases by the bloc and speeding up permitting procedures for renewable energy sources.
The judge had made clear that the lower penalty "should not be understood as any reduction in the court's resolve to impose penalties appropriate to ... deterring contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law", Cass-Gottlieb added.
The four countries cannot block an agreement on their own. But they could if they build a broader coalition among most of the EU states that have been calling for months for a gas cap to bring down high market prices.
Judge Michael Hugh O'Bryan said in a written ruling that by supplying inaccurate information on its smartphone app, Uber "would be expected to lead a proportion of consumers to alter their decision and not proceed with the cancellation and perhaps deter future cancellations", while distorting demand for its service.
Forty-five of the state's 67 counties were under a state of emergency, Governor Ron DeSantis said, while four counties were under mandatory evacuation orders, according to the state's Division of Emergency Management.
ATHENS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday that Athens would try to keep communication channels with Ankara open despite recent "unacceptable" comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
Nicole becomes the first hurricane to hit the US in November in nearly 40 years, and only the third in history to make landfall in Florida that month. The last storms to hit the panhandle at this time of the year were Hurricane Kate in 1985, and Hurricane Eloise in 1975.
The disagreement weakens the EU's response to an acute energy crunch, related to Russia's war against Ukraine and driving record-high inflation in the bloc, which now faces a new recession before it has had time to fully recover from the COVID pandemic.
After being caught red-handed without a mask, the Prime Minister's father admitted he was 'maybe not 100 per cent up to speed' with the rules having just returned from abroad and said he was 'extremely sorry'.
SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides.
We are all doing our best to stop the virus spreading, and we will be very hard on those who do not listen. A Greek police source told The Daily Star: 'It does not matter who you are, celebrity or no.
ride-sharing app broke consumer law by misleading customers with warnings they would be charged for cancelling some rides from 2017 to 2021 and how to get to Pelion by using an inaccurate software algorithm to estimate fares for CRUISESHIP VOLOS TAXI a taxi service it offered until August 2020, the Federal Court ruled.
Nicole was packing sustained maximum winds of up to 75 miles per hour - with even stronger gusts - and made landfall 'along the east coast of Florida just south of Vero Beach,' the US-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a statement Thursday at 0800 GMT.
Waves are expected to flood streets and batter coastal structures.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which brought the case against Uber, and VOLOS KOMOTINI TRANSFER the tech firm had already agreed on a fine of A$26 million, CRUISESHIP VOLOS TAXI but O'Bryan told the court the evidence provided by both sides was "grossly inadequate", leaving him to speculate on the harm to consumers.
Trump didn't mention Santis during his election night remarks, where he did mention Florida Sen. Ron DeSantis, who scored one of the most impressive electoral wins of the night on Tuesday.
24, according to four diplomatic sources. The four countries told a meeting of national envoys to the European Union that they wanted a comprehensive proposal on the cap from the EU's executive European Commission before Nov.
Hurricane Nicole made landfall on the Atlantic coast of Florida, meteorologists said Thursday, becoming the first hurricane to hit the United States in November for VOLOS ACHILLION TRANSFER 40 years - sparking mandatory evacuation orders.
