German court imposes national ban on some Uber services

By Christoph Steitz and Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German regional court on Wednesday issued a nationwide ban on online taxi service Uber, barring it from operating commercial services and levelling stiff fines for any violations of the country's local transport laws. Each violation of the order against Uber and its uberPOP online service was subject to a 250,000 euro ($264,825) fine, a three-judge panel of the Frankfurt regional court ruled. "We regret today's decision