Bird Rides Inc. has reached a deal to buy rival electric scooter-rental startup Scoot Networks Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed, but sources told the Journal the price was around $25 million, significantly less than Bird's last valuation of $70 million in 2017. Scoot was reportedly having trouble raising enough funding to keep competitive. The deal will reopen the San Francisco market for Bird, after it was denied a permit to operate there last year following clashes with city regulators. Читать дальше...