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Uber spent $200,000 a year on balloons for its employees The Telegraph Uber shares skid 7% to fresh all-time low Financial Times Uber's second quarter losses another red flag for the 'Amazon of transportation' NBC News Uber Drops to Record Low as ‘Frustrations’ Persist Over Outlook Bloomberg Are Uber and Lyft Driving in Different Directions? Yahoo Finance View full coverage on Google News https://www.google.com/news

Uber spent $200,000 a year on balloons for its employees The TelegraphUber has dropped a scheme which saw it spend more than $200000 (£165000) a year on balloons for its employees. https://www.google.com/news

DealBook Briefing: Global Economic Woes Shake the Markets The New York TimesThe world economy is under increasing stress as growth cools and trade tensions take a mounting toll. Yesterday, that became painfully apparent. View the full article

Dallas Agrees to Uber Incentives Dallas ObserverUndeterred by the Amazon farce, Dallas puts in for new corporate giveaway to Uber. https://www.google.com/news

Uber to Stop Buying Hundreds of Thousands of Balloons Every Year Gizmodo UKThings haven't been going so hot for Uber, which is burning through billions of dollars a year with no fleet of driverless taxis in sight to stop it. Now, the party is ... View the full article

Jailed British rapper got Uber driver friend to transport gun from London to Manchester | TaxiPoint Taxi News | UK | Black cabs TaxiPoint Taxi NewsA 32-year-old rapper, who goes by the stage name J Avalanche, arranged for a gun to be transported from London to Manchester by an Uber driver friend. https://www.google.com/news

How much Uber car owners earn in South Africa MyBroadbandIf you often chat to Uber drivers around Johannesburg and Cape Town, you would have learnt that many of these drivers do not own the vehicle they are using ... View the full article

I'm a driver for both Uber and Lyft — here are 7 reasons Uber is the clear winner for me Business InsiderAfter driving hundreds of passengers for Uber and Lyft, I've realized why Uber is the better company to drive for. https://www.google.com/news

Uber driver circles back to rider's work for surprise delivery GMAAfter taking a passenger to her job at Tim Hortons, this Uber driver went above and beyond once the trip was completed and circled back to deliver a special ... View the full article

Hedge funds are cozying up to Uber but snubbing Lyft INSIDERHedge funds sold about 35% of their shares in Lyft during the second quarter, according to regulatory filings, while some big names bought Uber. View the full article

Uber, Uber Eats team up with safe traffic assoc. to reduce accidents NL TimesTraffic safety association VVN agreed to cooperate with Uber and Uber Eats for three years in a joint goal to improve road safety. The cooperation will consist of ... https://www.google.com/news

This is the "Uber moment" for housebuilding SiftedInvestors are pouring money into startups that can build modular houses in factories that can subsequently assembled on-site, like Lego bricks. View the full article

Upstate New York Uber driver surprises fast-food worker with dress and gift card Fox NewsA generous Uber driver in upstate New York helped a fast-food employee who had been a passenger in her car, after learning she was waiting until Christmas to ... View the full article

Upstate New York Uber driver surprises fast-food worker with dress and gift card Fox NewsA generous Uber driver in upstate New York helped a fast-food employee who had been a passenger in her car, after learning she was waiting until Christmas to ... https://www.google.com/news

Pop! Goes the Uber GizmodoThings haven't been going so hot for Uber, which is burning through billions of dollars a year with no fleet of driverless taxis in sight to stop it. Now, the party is ... View the full article

Pop! Goes the Uber GizmodoThings haven't been going so hot for Uber, which is burning through billions of dollars a year with no fleet of driverless taxis in sight to stop it. Now, the party is ... https://www.google.com/news

Report: Uber spent $200K a year on balloons for staff anniversaries; stickers to be used instead USA TODAYTo cut back on costs, Uber is cutting helium balloons, which cost the company over $200000 a year, a report says. View the full article

Report: Uber spent $200K a year on balloons for staff anniversaries; stickers to be used instead USA TODAYTo cut back on costs, Uber is cutting helium balloons, which cost the company over $200000 a year, a report says. https://www.google.com/news

Uber launches its Jump electric bicycle rentals in Mexico City Mexico News DailyThe ride-hailing company Uber is introducing a new electric bicycle rental system in Mexico City through the Uber Jump application. https://www.google.com/news

From Influencer Manager To Uber Driver, These Are 6 Jobs Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago Yahoo FinanceNot so long ago, we could look back ten years and see a world with no Facebook, no smart phones, and no apps that help us organize our lives. Now, not so ... https://www.google.com/news

From Influencer Manager To Uber Driver, These Are 6 Jobs Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago Refinery29Haven't found your dream job? Perhaps that's just because it doesn't exist yet. View the full article

Uber's top lawyer reveals how the CEO convinced him to join the company he'd previously said he would avoid INSIDER"Man, I'm glad I'm not the GC of that company," Tony West said of Uber in 2017. Now he's the ride-hailing giant's top lawyer. https://www.google.com/news

Uber shares skid 7% to fresh all-time low Financial TimesUber shares have slipped to their weakest level since the ride-hailing company went public in May, amid a broad sell-off on Wall Street and lingering profit ... https://www.google.com/news

An 'Uber, but for Mental Health' App Is an Unsettling Therapist in 'Eliza' VICEEliza at first comes across as a near-future dystopia in the vein of Black Mirror: it's a visual novel where you play the part of a young “proxy” for a virtual ... View the full article

An 'Uber, but for Mental Health' App Is an Unsettling Therapist in 'Eliza' VICEEliza at first comes across as a near-future dystopia in the vein of Black Mirror: it's a visual novel where you play the part of a young “proxy” for a virtual ... https://www.google.com/news