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Uber driver dies of heart attack after saving child who was struck by a taxi in DC WJLA Manigan said she and her three daughters took an Uber home from a nearby Walmart on Saturday night. As they attempted to cross the street from the car and into the house, a passing taxi stopped for her and her baby, but apparently didn't see her other ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

From Uber/CNN KPRC Houston FRIENDSWOOD, Texas - A man was threatened after asking an Uber driver to show his credentials around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 27, police said. Friendswood police said the victim called for an Uber ride from Discount Tire in the 1500 block of South ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

BMW prepares to directly challenge Uber and Lyft with new ride-hailing service in Seattle GeekWire ReachNow will be operating under the same regulatory framework that all TNCs like Uber and Lyft must follow. The City of Seattle established those laws in 2014 for companies like Uber and Lyft that allow everyday people to use their own vehicle to ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Asbury Park Press Uber raises prices because of higher NJ gas tax Asbury Park Press Ride-sharing company Uber will increase its fares by 2 cents a mile to ease the burden of New Jersey's gas tax hike on its drivers, the company said Monday. It means a customer taking uberX – a car along the lines of a Toyota Prius or Honda Accord ... Uber increasing fares in N.J. due to gas tax hikeNJ.com New Jersey Gas Tax Hike Is Boosting Uber FaresCBS Local all 48 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Study Finds Some Uber and Lyft Drivers Racially Discriminate New York Times By tapping into new technologies and the ubiquitous use of smartphones, the likes of Uber and Lyft — rival ride-booking services — were supposed to solve many of the problems that litter the traditional economy. But it turns out some of those ... Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: StudyJalopnik Study: Some blacks and women pay more on UberUSA TODAY Uber and Lyft aren't immune to racial discrimination by driversEngadget The Verge -New York Daily News -TIME all 26 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Your 2 Cents: New Jersey Gas Tax Hike Is Boosting Uber Fares ABC News The ride-hailing company said Monday that it will raise fares by 2 cents per mile to help drivers pay for gas after the tax goes up by 23 cents per gallon Tuesday. Uber drivers use their own cars and are responsible for paying for their own gas. The ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Quartz Uber has a new problem in Nigeria—driver strikes in Abuja Quartz Partners signed up to Uber in Abuja, where the company launched in March, have announced a strike action to protest what they describe as shabby treatment by the ride hailing company. Among partners' concerns are low fare prices and driver security ... Uber drivers in Abuja are going on strike, starting todayTechCabal Reactions, regrets trail Uber Abuja drivers strike (photos, video)NAIJ.COM Uber drivers go on strike in NigeriaPremium Times Pulse Nigeria all 7 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Engadget Uber and Lyft aren't immune to racial discrimination by drivers Engadget Uber doesn't show drivers your photo when you request a ride, but Lyft does -- a bigoted Lyft driver could simply ignore your request instead of cancelling. The data shows signs of sexism, too. Women occasionally faced overly long rides with drivers ... Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft DriversBloomberg Study: Some blacks and women pay more on UberUSA TODAY The Ride-Share Startup That's Competing With Uber And Lyft By Charging $1Fast Company New York Magazine -Mic -International Business Times all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Reporter's Notebook: What My Uber Drivers Say About the Presidential Candidates ABC News Over the past 17 months covering Hillary Clinton's campaign, I've met lots of fascinating people, but some of the most interesting have been the men and women who take me to and from campaign events. My Uber drivers. The men and women who work for ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fast Company Study: Uber and Lyft drivers discriminate Fast Company Uber drivers in Boston canceled trips with passengers who had African American-sounding names more than twice as often as they canceled trips with passengers who had white-sounding names, a study published on Monday found. The study, conducted by ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

USA TODAY Blacks and women can pay slightly more on Uber USA TODAY A possible explanation given by Christopher Knittel, a professor of economics at MIT and one of the study authors, was that drivers and black passengers did not recognize one another as quickly at the pickup points, as Uber shares names, but not photos ... Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: StudyJalopnik Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft DriversBloomberg The Ride-Share Startup That's Competing With Uber And Lyft By Charging $1Fast Company International Business Times -New York Magazine -Mic all 11 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Ars Technica Court: Uber drivers are company employees not self-employed contractors Ars Technica Uber drivers have the same employment rights as other full-time employees in Britain, a court has ruled in a landmark decision which looks likely to send shockwaves through the nation's so-called "gig economy." ... In landmark decision, British court rules Uber drivers should get minimum wageChicago Tribune London tribunal strikes at the heart of the Uber peer-to-peer modelNew Europe Leaked Uber email insists minimum wage ruling only applies to two of its driversBusiness Insider The Boston Globe -The Guardian -Insurance Journal all 55 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Jalopnik Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: Study Jalopnik The National Bureau of Economic Research, a respected non-profit and non-partisan research organization, has released the findings of a two-year study that tracked discrimination of riders using Uber, Lyft, and Flywheel in Seattle and Boston. The study ... Blacks and women can pay slightly more on UberUSA TODAY Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft DriversBloomberg The Ride-Share Startup That's Competing With Uber And Lyft By Charging $1Fast Company Engadget -International Business Times -New York Magazine all 12 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

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Chicago Tribune In landmark decision, British court rules Uber drivers should get minimum wage Chicago Tribune In a landmark ruling Friday that could impact Britain's wider "gig" economy, a London employment tribunal ruled that taxi drivers using the Uber ride-hailing app are "workers" and entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay. The ruling is a major blow to ... London tribunal strikes at the heart of the Uber peer-to-peer modelNew Europe The UK tribunal ruling against Uber is unworkable. Here's why.Diginomica Leaked Uber email insists minimum wage ruling only applies to two of its driversBusiness Insider The Guardian -Insurance Journal -Financial Times all 53 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

UPI.com Police: D.C. Uber driver kidnapped, assaulted female passenger UPI.com PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Police in Washington, D.C., said they arrested an Uber driver accused of kidnapping and assaulting a female passenger who had blacked out at a bar. Detectives with the Prince George's County police in ... Uber Driver Released On $250 Bond After Charges Of Kidnapping, Assault Of PassengerJalopnik Md. Uber driver accused of abducting intoxicated passengerNew York Daily News Uber driver kidnapped, assaulted passenger who passed out at DC bar, police sayFox News fox2now.com -KGO-TV -Washington Post all 52 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

PYMNTS.com Uber Raising Delivery Fees For Some UberEATS Cities PYMNTS.com In a blog post last week, Uber said, in order to maintain the speed of delivery for its UberEATS service, customers in certain cities will have to pay more for delivery when they order from a restaurant in areas of high demand but where delivery ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fast Company The Ride-Share Startup That's Competing With Uber And Lyft By Charging $1 Fast Company Uber and Lyft have recruited thousands of drivers in hundreds of cities to use their personal cars to drive strangers around for money. The service provided is between the driver and the rider, but Uber, currently valued at over $60 billion, takes a ... Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft DriversBloomberg all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Uber and Lyft Drivers Bloomberg Drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. in Boston canceled rides for men with black-sounding names more than twice as often as for other men. Black people in Seattle faced notably longer wait times for a car using Uber and Lyft Inc. than white customers. The Ride-Share Startup That's Competing With Uber And Lyft By Charging $1Fast Company Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: StudyJalopnik all 5 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New Europe London tribunal strikes at the heart of the Uber peer-to-peer model New Europe Drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam successfully argued that since their actions were controlled by Uber, they were employees and entitled to basic workers' rights, such as the minimum wage, breaks, sick and holiday pay. That is without taking into ... Leaked Uber email insists minimum wage ruling only applies to two of its driversBusiness Insider Uber is misleading drivers about its legal defeat, claims unionThe Guardian Uber ruling in London echoes around the worldFinancial Times Diginomica -The Merkle -IT PRO all 32 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Insurance Journal Uber Aims High: On-Demand, Unmanned Small Commuter Aircraft in 10 Years Insurance Journal Uber Technologies Inc. released a white paper on Thursday envisioning a future in which commuters hop onto a small aircraft, take off vertically and within minutes arrive at their destinations. The flyers would eventually be unmanned, according to the ... Uber Planning to Roll Out Flying Car Transport ServiceHybrid Cars News Uber says get ready for fleets of semi-self-driving flying carsSiliconANGLE (blog) Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's … Uber?Digital Trends CBS Local -The National -Drive all 20 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Hybrid Cars News Uber Planning to Roll Out Flying Car Transport Service Hybrid Cars News Uber is planning to add another vehicle of the future to its fleet: flying cars. Ride-hailing company Uber is well known for disrupting the taxi industry, and more recently for launching its self-driving car project in Pittsburgh and acquiring Otto ... Uber Aims High: On-Demand, Unmanned Small Commuter Aircraft in 10 YearsInsurance Journal Uber says get ready for fleets of semi-self-driving flying carsSiliconANGLE (blog) Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's … Uber?Digital Trends CBS Local -The National -Drive all 19 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

fox6now.com Great news! Uber driver badly hurt in crash that killed 3 women released from the hospital fox6now.com MILWAUKEE — Timothy Snyder, the Uber driver seriously hurt in a crash that left three women dead near 2nd and Clybourn on Sunday, October 23rd was released from the hospital Saturday, October 29th — less than one week after the crash. This ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Singularity Hub Uber's self-driving Volvos hit Pittsburgh streets Tribune-Review Uber said it is “actively testing” the Volvos as part of its self-driving pilot in Pittsburgh. The company would not say how many Volvos are on the road here or how long they have been testing them. In September, Uber debuted a fleet of self-driving ... An Uber Self-Driving Truck Just Took Off With 50000 BeersSingularity Hub Uber's self-driving truck makes successful Budweiser deliveryFox 59 Despite Uber's Self-Driving Truck Delivery, Truck Drivers Won't Be Losing Their Jobs Anytime SoonMotley Fool Power Retail -CarAdvice all 66 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

WPXI Pittsburgh Missing Uber, Lyft driver found safe, unharmed | Local News - WTAE ... WTAE Pittsburgh State police say the missing Westmoreland County woman who drives for Uber and Lyft has turned up safe and sound at home. Avonmore woman who drives for Uber, Lyft in Pittsburgh missing ...WPXI Pittsburgh Uber driver reported missing - - October 30, 2016 - Indiana GazetteIndiana Gazette all 5 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber