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A price war has broken [up / out] across the world among taxi companies. There is increasing competition [by / for] passengers because of the different apps that can [order / orderly] taxis. Some taxi companies are cutting their fares [by / for] more than half to beat [competes / competitor] companies. The world's biggest taxi-booking app is [called / calling] Uber. It was founded in 2009 and now [operates / operations] in over 200 cities across the globe. Many drivers of London's traditional black taxis are [unhappily / unhappy] with taxi apps. They argue that drivers of app cabs are too [inexperienced / experienced] to drive taxis in London. Black cab drivers must pass a difficult test on their knowledge of London's streets to get their taxi-driving license. They have [slashed / sliced] some of their fares from $45 to $7.50.

The U.K. boss of Uber said the price war would [beneficial / benefit] his company and result in higher [profitable / profits] , saying: "There's a lot of competition [over / under] the app makers and, [for / to] a certain degree, you need to think of things that you can do to [sit / stand] out from the crowd." London black cab driver Anthony Street says business [remains / remaining] good despite the app companies. He said: "There are lots of technologies that are changing things for us, but it's [up / in] to drivers." One of New York's biggest taxi companies has called [at / for] Uber to have its license suspended. It says Uber is illegally [using / uses] data collected from passengers. In Singapore, the government has just announced that it would start [regulating / regulate] taxi app companies.