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Treating Uber and Lyft drivers in California as company employees is not going to work The Washington PostCalifornians, say hello to AB5, soon to be your newest labor law when Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs the bill he backed. You probably know it better as the law ... View the full article

Treating Uber and Lyft drivers in California as company employees is not going to work The Washington PostCalifornians, say hello to AB5, soon to be your newest labor law when Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs the bill he backed. You probably know it better as the law ... View the full article

Uber cuts ties with Ontario International Airport over fee increase. But there are other options The Desert SunUber is no longer a transportation option for Palm Springs area residents looking for rides to and from Ontario International Airport. The popular ride-sharing ... View the full article

Has the US flotation bubble burst? BBC NewsAs the market awaits a WeWork listing, what has happened to the other firms which have debuted? View the full article

Uber hit with new lawsuit on whether its drivers are employees CNETThe lawsuits against Uber over whether its drivers are employees or independent contractors have already begun. On the heels of California legislators passing ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber moving to 3 World Trade Center in New York, report says Business InsiderUber is reportedly close to signing a lease at 3 World Trade Center for seven floors in a move to consolidate its NYC offices. https://www.google.com/news

The IPO market is heating up but investors are shunning unprofitable companies CNNMoney losing unicorns are falling out of favor with investors. The dismal performances of Uber, Lyft and Slack after they debuted on Wall Street earlier this year ... View the full article

Necessary Upgrade A Driver Tricked Uber's Algorithm, Sexually Assaulted a Passenger FuturismAfter a horrifying case where an unauthorized Uber driver raped his passenger, the company says its inroducing human oversight to its driver-verifying tech. https://www.google.com/news

How Tech Firms Like Uber Hide Behind the ‘Platform Defense’ WIREDThe state of California is set to pounce, so—big surprise!—Uber is playing Silicon Valley's favorite get out of jail card: the "platform defense.” As in, “Judge, I ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber wants to hire 2,000 more employees in Chicago. Here’s what that means for the tech industry. Chicago TribuneUber Technologies plans to hire 2000 new employees in Chicago, many of them tech workers focused on Uber Freight. Some say such an investment could ... https://www.google.com/news

Tech platforms have a problem: People CNBCTech entrepreneurs and investors love platforms because their value grows exponentially with the number of people using them, while the expense of creating ... https://www.google.com/news

Tech platforms have a problem: People CNBCTech entrepreneurs and investors love platforms because their value grows exponentially with the number of people using them, while the expense of creating ... View the full article

Was Uber’s CEO a Sociopath? Vanity FairTravis Kalanick did unspeakable things to grow his company. But is the rest of Silicon Valley any better? Mike Isaac, a tech reporter at the New York Times, joins ... https://www.google.com/news

XXImo offers 'Uber for Business' Fleet EuropeMobility specialist XXImo has integrated 'Uber for Business' in its own mobil. https://www.google.com/news

Uber to be told: 'Get a proper licence or get out of our town!' EchoUBER is set to be told to leave Basildon for good... or apply for a specific licence to operate within the borough. https://www.google.com/news

Austin’s fight with Uber and Lyft foreshadowed today’s ride-hailing controversies Vox.comHow will the companies react to California's new regulations? Ask Austin. View the full article

Austin’s fight with Uber and Lyft foreshadowed today’s ride-hailing controversies Vox.comHow will the companies react to California's new regulations? Ask Austin. https://www.google.com/news

'Uber has lost its mojo': early investor Yahoo FinanceUber's stock (UBER) is stinking up the joint. And what is tantamount to a post IPO crash isn't lost on one early investor. “Uber has lost its mojo,” early Uber ... https://www.google.com/news

She built China's Uber. She's coming for Australia The Australian Financial ReviewJean Liu is the president of Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing giant that took on Uber and won. The single mother of three now has her sights set on Australia. View the full article

An Uber Anomaly Seeking AlphaUber priced $1.2B of B3/CCC+ rated debt at a coupon of 7.5% this week. This article highlights how unusual it is for a CCC-rated company to have such a large ... View the full article

China's 'Uber-for-Trucks' Breaks Even Pre-IPO Transport Topics OnlineChina's Uber-for-trucks startup Full Truck Alliance said it's weighing an IPO after breaking even from May, defying a sectorwide downturn. View the full article

An Uber Anomlay Seeking AlphaUber priced $1.2B of B3/CCC+ rated debt at a coupon of 7.5% this week. This article highlights how unusual it is for a CCC rated company to have such a large ... View the full article

China's 'Uber-for-Trucks' Breaks Even Pre-IPO Transport Topics OnlineChina's Uber-for-trucks startup Full Truck Alliance said it's weighing an IPO after breaking even from May, defying a sectorwide downturn. View the full article

Uber to issue $750m bonds to fund purchase of Dubai's Careem Gulf NewsNew York: Uber Technologies Inc is selling bonds with ratings in the lowest tier of junk to help finance its acquisition of Careem Inc, its first debt offering as a ... https://www.google.com/news

WeWork and Uber are proof valuations are meaningless TechCrunchHello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Kate and ... View the full article