Travis Kalanick

A coalition led by some of the world's biggest tech firms is taking on U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban, signaling the contentious relationship between the sector and the White House could be about to get worse.

Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick on Feb. 2 quit U.S. President Donald Trump's business advisory group, as a movement grew to dump the ride-sharing service because of his connection to the new administration. 

German auto giant Daimler on Jan. 31 said it had struck a partnership with Uber to supply self-driving cars for the U.S. ride-hailing company.

The tie-up comes as both carmakers and ridesharing firms are jockeying to establish themselves as leading players in the burgeoning world of autonomous driving, seen as the future of the auto industry.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be on the cover of Time Magazine as TIME's 2015 Person of the Year.

Second place went to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State group. The Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2016  elections, Donald Trump, is third.

The US magazine” Time” chose German Chancellor Angela Merkel to be the Person of the Year 2015 for her role on maintaining the stability in Europe during one of the most difficult periods.

Once more, the sale of Yemeksepeti.com to Delivery Hero took Turkish business society by storm. Everyone is talking about how a website can be sold for $589 million. A similar wave of awe struck this country when Pozitron was sold for 100 million dollars to Monitise. For many, the only viable investment in Turkey is construction.