Grab taxi app sparks street brawl

The World

In Southeast Asian cities, so many people depend on this smartphone app for transportation that it’s hard to imagine life without it. But “Grab Taxi” is disrupting an established business model and creating some real-life clashes. The World’s Patrick Winn has the story from Bangkok. 

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