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San Francisco joins the fight to make Uber and Lyft drivers employees CNETThe debate over how to classify gig workers heats up in California as state mulls new law. https://www.google.com/news

Options Bulls Active as Uber Stock Hits New High Yahoo FinanceIt's been a a big week for Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER), which closed above its initial public offering (IPO) price of $45 per share for the first time ever ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Eats Restaurant Delivery Stung by BBC With Fake Burger Restaurant Eater LondonThe BBC successfully set up an Uber Eats restaurant without passing Food Standards hygiene checks. https://www.google.com/news

Uber, Lyft, and Beyond Meat Stocks Will Join the Russell 1000 Next Week Barron'sThe Russell 1000 will be welcoming some high-profile new members next week. The annual reconstitution of the FTSE Russell indexes will take place on Friday ... https://www.google.com/news

Polish payment system Blik to be available on Netflix, Uber: PPS CEO Reuters UKNetflix, Uber and other companies will soon accept payments using Poland's Blik, said the chief executive of Polish Payment Standard (PPS), the company ... View the full article

'I didn't invest in Uber'—and 5 other millionaires on their biggest money regrets CNBCEven the world's wealthiest people make poor financial decisions. Gary Vaynerchuk and five other self-made millionaires reveal what they learned from their ... View the full article

Recode Daily: Some Uber and Lyft drivers say they accidentally petitioned against their own rights Vox.comPlus: An attempt to solve conflict in the Middle East with the blockchain, Jony Ive will leave Apple, and Twitter tries to regulate world leaders' rule-breaking ... https://www.google.com/news

Ola, Uber told to withdraw ride-sharing services in Bengaluru Economic TimesBENGALURU: The Karnataka Transport Department on Friday directed popular cab aggregators Ola and Uber to withdraw car pooling feature from their mobile ... View the full article

Gig economy: 'It was the only way we could afford a house' BBC NewsMore and more people are working in the gig economy to "make ends meet", a union body says. View the full article

Indian-origin Uber driver sentenced to three years on kidnapping charges India TodayAn Indian-origin Uber driver has been sentenced to three years in prison, ordered to pay over 3,000 dollars as a penalty for kidnapping one of his female ... https://www.google.com/news

Fake restaurant manages to sell burgers on Uber Eats by cooking food in GARDEN Mirror OnlineThe BBC investigation revealed how a reporter was able to set up a fake takeaway business, "Best Burger Corporation", without any food hygiene checks. https://www.google.com/news

HotSpotMe Is Uber For The Internet - Connect Anywhere And Earn Money Android HeadlinesGetting online is like a human's need for oxygen. If the internet had existed when Maslow created his pyramid of needs, it would have been somewhere between ... View the full article

Women sexually abused 'by Uber driver' receive 'significant damages' in UK first Metro.co.ukTwo young women have been paid significant damages by Uber bosses in the first case of its kind in the UK after claiming a driver sexually assaulted them. https://www.google.com/news

Another Uber-For-Women Concept Is Growing, This One With A Social Mission ForbesBoston-based Safr adds a second city to its lady boss-themed ride-hail *service* with its Orlando launch. https://www.google.com/news

Uber driver carjacked at gunpoint, loses source of summer income WISN MilwaukeeA Milwaukee Public Schools worker and part-time Uber driver was robbed at gunpoint and had her car stolen. View the full article

Uber Says Driverless Cars Can Only Happen in Lockstep With Regulators SkiftEric Meyhofer, the head of Uber's advanced technology group, dispelled any notion on Thursday that driverless cars are a pipe dream or laughable relics The ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber food service's dirty little secret | News The TimesFor years Uber was criticised for letting any Tom, or Harry carry passengers for money. Now it turns out it has been letting anyone set up a takeaway.A BBC ... View the full article

Uber food service's dirty little secret | News The TimesFor years Uber was criticised for letting any Tom, or Harry carry passengers for money. Now it turns out it has been letting anyone set up a takeaway.A BBC ... https://www.google.com/news

Hundreds of Toronto Uber Drivers Have Announced Plans to Unionize Pacific StandardAmid a growing wave of discontent among rideshare drivers and gig economy workers, hundreds of Toronto Uber drivers announced plans to unionize with the ... View the full article

Uber, Pinterest help drive best quarter for IPO proceeds in five years MarketWatchThe initial-public-offering market just saw its best quarter in five years by one key metric, as high-profile tech giants like Uber Technologies Inc. and... https://www.google.com/news

AB5 messaging from Uber and Lyft was misleading, say some drivers Vox.comSeveral California drivers told Recode they signed messages from Lyft and Ubers asking politicians to support their job flexibility, without realizing they were ... https://www.google.com/news

'Is someone trying to bury Uber's law breaking?' Angry taxi drivers confront council YorkMixTaxi drivers have demanded action from City of York Council over what they say is repeated law-breaking by Uber. In March the gambling, licensing and ... https://www.google.com/news

'Is someone trying to bury Uber's law breaking?' Angry taxi drivers confront council YorkMixTaxi drivers have demanded action from City of York Council over what they say is repeated law-breaking by Uber. In March the gambling, licensing and ... View the full article

Barclays boss turned fintech pioneer hails his ‘Uber moment’ Financial TimesWhy is the arrival of a quantum leap in technology called an “Uber moment”? For all the ride-hailing app's whizzy interface, all it arguably does is contact a ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Plans to Launch Boat Taxis in Nigeria’s Biggest City BloombergUber Technology Inc. is planning to launch its boat business in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and biggest city, to beat traffic congestion. https://www.google.com/news