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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - May 7, 2019
May 7, 2019
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As of press time, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have not announced their little Prince's name... British betting sites say their favorites are Arthur, Alexander, Albert and James, in that order.
Everybody was talking about that Starbucks coffee cup which showed up in Sunday night's "Game of Thrones" episode. In their attempt to explain what happened, HBO did not say one of the assistants on the show completely missed it... they just issued a statement saying "The latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake. Daenerys had ordered an herbal tea." Right.
Uber and Lyft drivers are planning a two-hour strike on tomorrow (Wednesday) 7AM to 9AM that's timed to coincide with Uber's forthcoming IPO on Thursday morning. Right now, the drivers are not involved in every market --just some of the bigger ones including New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Los Angeles.
The 80-thousand drivers for both services say they want better pay and less mistreatment from the owners, who are Silicon Valley billionaires. And they say even with the minimum wage boost in February, they're still underpaid and feel they should get 80-85 percent of the fees. -
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