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Telegraph.co.uk Uber wants to be the Amazon of transport. That won't be easy Telegraph.co.uk Sharing economy apps, which provide a product or service on demand by someone else giving up their time or capital, exploded to the extent that “Uber for X” became a Silicon Valley in-joke. The website Product Hunt, an online archive of new ideas and ... https://www.google.com/news

San Francisco Chronicle Uber, Lyft drivers fear getting booted from work San Francisco Chronicle Josh Golden never found out why Lyft barred him from working as a driver for 10 days, but he thinks a passenger may have accused him of being drunk, even though he's a Mormon who never touches alcohol. Eleisha Redmond knew why Uber barred her ... VIDEO: Uber driver tackled during protest outside company headquartersWABC-TV How much Uber, Lyft drivers really makeYahoo Finance all 4 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Quartz Uber's secret weapon is its team of economists Quartz It's hard to explain just how much economists love Uber. Economists love Uber like a mother loves her child. They love it like the internet loves cats. They love it like tech bros love Elon Musk. Economists love Uber because it's the closest you can ... https://www.google.com/news

KGO-TV Video shows moment Uber driver was tackled to ground during San Francisco protest KGO-TV "Gig Workers Rising is supporting drivers who are fighting against Uber's unfair deactivation policies," said Thom Hoffman, the Uber driver with Gig Workers Rising who was tackled. "Uber drivers don't have a voice on the job, and live under constant ... Uber Driver Tackled by Security Guard After Attempting to Deliver Petition at Company HQThe Drive I Was In Shock! Uber Driver Talks About Security Guard Attack At Corporate HQCBS San Francisco all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

HuffPost Canada Uber And Lyft Have Promo Codes For Marijuana Legalization Day HuffPost Canada Uber And Lyft Have Promo Codes For Marijuana Legalization Day. Uber and Lyft are both giving users promo codes to use on Oct. 17 for discounts on rides so people are discouraged from driving while high. https://www.google.com/news

Fast Company Zum, an Uber-like service for kids, is expanding—and parents can't wait Fast Company Over the last three years, Zūm has safely driven more than 500,000 children over 3 million miles—no parents required. The Uber-like service ushers kids ages 5 and up to and from school or to after-school activities, making it easier for busy parents ... https://www.google.com/news

Forbes Uber Says It's Three Years From Turning A Profit As It Pitches Debut Bond Forbes Uber bought bike-sharing start-up JUMP Bikes earlier this year, invested in motorized scooter provider Lime and put money into developing flying cars. The company is expected to be a regular issuer in the high yield market after it goes public. “Once ... View the full article

Forbes Uber Says It's Three Years From Turning A Profit As It Pitches Debut Bond Forbes By Paula Seligson and Farhin Lilywala. Uber knows a lot about its users—where they travel, what they eat, how much riders spend, and how much drivers earn. But when it comes to its own finances, the company is keeping a tight leash on information ... https://www.google.com/news

Jezebel A Miami Uber Driver Raped a Passenger, Called It a Job 'Perk' Jezebel Uber has a long history of unregulated sexual violence—in 2016, the company dismissed thousands of rape customer support tickets by dubbing them typos. For years, women across the country have accused their Uber drivers of sexual abuse and rape, ... Miami Uber driver, 51, charged with raping a drunk female passenger 'boasted to police that sex with riders was a ...Daily Mail all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Gizmodo Uber CEO Backs Out of Saudi Conference After Suspected State-Sanctioned Murder of Washington Post Journalist Gizmodo “I would not be in favor of stopping a country from spending $110 billion—which is an all-time record—and letting Russia have that money and letting China have that money,” President Trump said, in reference to America's arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Recode Daily: Silicon Valley may have a Saudi Arabia problemRecode Silicon Valley's Saudi Arabia ProblemNew York Times Corporate America begins to distance itself from Saudi money due to Khashoggi affairMarketWatch all 5,517 news articles » View the full article

Mirror.co.uk Uber Eats will give you a free copy of Call of Duty when you buy fish and chips Mirror.co.uk If you were toying between treating yourself to the new Call of Duty game or getting fish and chips for dinner (it is Friday, after all), you can now do both, as Uber Eats have just announced the gamers paradise of giveaways. The food delivery app is ... and more » View the full article

Hometownlife.com Uber, Lyft ride-hailing services create traffic, parking issues in downtowns Hometownlife.com Over on Penniman, Uber and Lyft drivers have lined up and effectively choked off the avenue to through traffic. In downtown Northville, bar patrons who drank too much have contacted a ride-hailing service to get home, leaving their own cars in a city ... https://www.google.com/news

Hometownlife.com Uber, Lyft ride-hailing services create traffic, parking issues in downtowns Hometownlife.com It's Saturday night in downtown Plymouth and an Uber driver has stopped in the middle of Main Street to drop off bar-hopping friends, creating a traffic backup and raising safety concerns. Over on Penniman, Uber and Lyft drivers have lined up and ... View the full article

CNBC Uber CEO Khosrowshahi pulls out of Saudi conference over disappearance of journalist CNBC Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said he would withdraw from a high-profile investment conference in Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of a journalist. Khosrowshahi said in an official statement to CNBC Friday he would not be attending the ... Bite the Hand That Invests in You? Uber Is Facing a Major Dilemma After Saudi Journalist's DisappearanceFortune Uber CEO pulls out of Saudi conference after journalist's disappearanceCNN Uber CEO pulls out of Saudi Arabia conference over Khashoggi disappearanceThe Hill Gizmodo all 5,517 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Telegraph.co.uk Uber pushes for rule change to allow it to give drivers shares Telegraph.co.uk Uber has asked for a change to the SEC's "Rule 701", under which companies can issue shares to employees, to include so-called "gig economy" workers, who are not officially classed as employees but still work for a company. Currently the rules say that ... https://www.google.com/news

Daily Mail Furious restaurant owners claim a major loophole in Uber Eats App is costing them thousands of dollars Daily Mail An Uber Eats loophole which restaurants claim has sent them broke has been revealed. Delivery drivers in Queensland have been caught cheating the system by earning free meals for themselves. Drivers who were assigned to deliver a customers' meal are ... Uber Eats app loophole causing Queensland restaurants to lose customersCourier Mail all 5 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Courier Mail Uber Eats app loophole causing Queensland restaurants to lose customers Courier Mail QUEENSLANDERS may love to have their favourite dishes delivered to their doors, but a serious loophole in the Uber Eats App has some restaurants losing customers, money and patience. Shravan Gautam, 36, who owns Charboys Burgers on Edward St in ... Uber Eats now available in Port Elizabeth!RNews all 5 news articles » View the full article

Vanity Fair “Is Uber Still Secretly a Bad Company with a New, Nicer CEO?”: Dara Khosrowshahi's Biggest Challenge at Uber May ... Vanity Fair Over the past couple of weeks, leading up to my interview with Uber C.E.O. Dara Khosrowshahi onstage at Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit, I crowdsourced lines of inquiry and specific questions from virtually everyone I came across—not only ... Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's mother wouldn't buy a cup of coffee worth 15 centsEconomic Times all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune Exclusive: A Pair of Uber Executives Are Leaving to Join Electric Scooter Startup Bird Fortune The scooter talent wars are heating up. Two high-level Uber employees have left the tech giant to join electric scooter startup Bird. Dennis Cinelli, who was head of finance of global rides at Uber, will serve as Bird's vice president and head of finance. Bird hires Uber's former head of finance and director of corporate developmentTechCrunch Bird Hires Two Senior Uber ExecutivesPR Newswire (press release) all 4 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Fast Company Uber and Lyft are everything that's right and wrong with design today Fast Company The massive disruption that ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft have visited on the taxi industry stirs up so many conflicting feelings. I use these services all the time but the larger impact of my patronage has been weighing on my conscience more ... Lyft, Uber offers discounted or free rides to get to polls on Election DayWHYY Can I really ride Uber to my polling place for free on Election Day?Fort Worth Star Telegram Here's How To Get Free Uber Rides To Vote In The 2018 Midterms On Nov. 6Elite Daily all 13 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Sky News Why Uber is appealing against drivers' rights Sky News Tom Gillie, another barrister at Cloisters Chambers but one who is not active in the case, told Sky News: "Uber will argue... that the employment tribunal ought to have found in 2016 that Uber London Limited (the holder of the private hire vehicle ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Fast Company How a Middle East startup took on Uber—and won Fast Company Even in the Middle East, a part of the world not known for its startup prowess, Uber has failed to dominate. The leader there is Dubai-based Careem, a six-year-old startup founded by two ex-McKinsey & Company consultants. The amount of money it's ... View the full article

Fast Company How a Middle East startup took on Uber—and won Fast Company The factors driving Careem's success in the Middle East (and Uber's retreats elsewhere) are bringing into focus a key limitation of ride hailing—one that Silicon Valley, in its exuberance over this new sector, seems to have underestimated: Unlike ... https://www.google.com/news

CampaignLive Pitch update: Uber, McDonald's, Hammerson and Co-operative Bank CampaignLive Uber's search for a creative agency to handle its driver recruitment campaign in London has reached chemistry stage, with a shortlist of four agencies left to fight it out. The process is being run through Creativebrief, and is expected to conclude in ... https://www.google.com/news

Financial Times Uber seeks to raise $1.5bn from debt investors Financial Times Uber is looking to raise $1.5bn from debt investors in what would be the ride-hailing company's first foray into the junk bond market, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is working with Morgan Stanley on a private placement that ... Uber's Junk Bond Is an Entree to the Main EventBloomberg all 4 news articles » https://www.google.com/news