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Forbes Does Uber Economy Displace Jobs? Maybe Not, Says This Brookings Study Forbes The study looked at the growth of online platforms such as Uber and Airbnb in the 50 largest metro areas of the country and whether freelancing through such hubs has affected the growth of traditional jobs in the transportation sector, to which Uber ... Uber and other companies like it make up a surprisingly small share of the gig economyWashington Post The Cities Where the 'Uber Economy' Is Growing the FastestWall Street Journal (blog) Uber and Airbnb helped expand the gig economy. These researchers think they've measured how much.Chicago Tribune Inc.com -Business Insider -OPB News -Brookings Institution all 46 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Can Uber Conquer Latin America? Bloomberg Last month, 10 managers for Uber's Latin American operations huddled around a table in the company's Mexico City office and worried about the future. “Unlike everyone on this call, he hasn't been a GM,” one general manager groused. They were referring ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal Uber Rival Grab to Hire Deal Maker From SoftBank Wall Street Journal Uber's recent merger of its China operations with China's homegrown ride-hailing champion Didi Chuxing Technology Co. has given it more resources to direct to the region. Grab also faces competition in Indonesia from ride-hailing app PT Go-Jek ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal (blog) The Cities Where the 'Uber Economy' Is Growing the Fastest Wall Street Journal (blog) Look on the streets of any major American city, and you see the cars of Uber and Lyft. Finding accurate measures of the size of this gig economy, however, has been a major challenge for researchers. A new study from the Brookings Institution mines a ... Uber and Airbnb helped expand the gig economy. These researchers think they've measured how much.Washington Post Does Uber Economy Displace Jobs? Maybe Not, Says This Brookings StudyForbes Lyft Is Slowly Chipping Away at Uber's Market DominanceInc.com Business Insider -National Review Online -Minneapolis Star Tribune all 41 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Inc.com Lyft Is Slowly Chipping Away at Uber's Market Dominance Inc.com The results showed that Lyft isn't close to catching up to Uber just yet. The city with the tightest competition is Denver, where Uber has 62% of the market share and Lyft has 38%. In Houston, however, Uber is crushing Lyft: Uber has 97% of the market ... Uber and Lyft are demolishing New York City taxi driversBusiness Insider Why don't my Uber drivers like me?Minneapolis Star Tribune Uber gets a Lyft from think tankCrain's New York Business SFGate -Skift -Willamette Week all 31 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times State Rules 2 Former Uber Drivers Eligible for Jobless Payments ... New York Times The decision could raise costs and challenge the business model of Uber, Lyft and other companies in what is known as the gig economy. Victory for Uber drivers on jobless benefits | New York PostNew York Post all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Lightning partners with Uber for game day rides (Video) Tampa Bay Business Journal The Tampa Bay Lightning and Uber have struck a deal to provide rides for fans to and from home games. The multiyear agreement includes a lane exclusive for Uber pickups for use following any events at Amalie Arena, the ridesharing company announced ... Amalie designates Uber lanes for Lightning gamesFOX 13 News, Tampa Bay Uber partners with Tampa Bay Lightning ahead of first gameWFLA Lightning announces new partnership with Uber to improve transportationABC Action News WTSP.com -NHL.com all 107 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Lynn Haven welcomes ride service Uber The News Herald LYNN HAVEN — Lynn Haven is welcoming Uber to Bay County, making it the first city to publicly encourage the ride-sharing service since Spring Break 2015. City commissioners discussed bringing the service to the city at Tuesday's City Commission ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

KABC-TV SoCal Uber driver surprises passengers with adoptable puppies ... KABC-TV L.A. traffic got you down? Well, a local Uber driver has the answer - he's been surprising his passengers with puppies! (Do GOOD Jonathan via Storyful ... SoCal Uber driver surprises passengers with puppies while ...KGO-TV all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Minneapolis Star Tribune Uber and Lyft are demolishing New York City taxi drivers Business Insider taxi cab People push a stranded taxi cab out of a snow bank in Times Square in New York City, February 17, 2003 as a winter storm hit the northeast United States. The storm was expected to leave 18 to 22 inches of snow in New York City, which had 1,300 ... Uber gets a Lyft from think tankCrain's New York Business Why don't my Uber drivers like me?Minneapolis Star Tribune Uber dominates U.S. ride market, report says - SFGateSFGate Inc.com -Skift -Willamette Week all 31 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

WFLA Legal or not, Uber has a new partner: the Lightning Tampabay.com It's unclear if the PTC will conduct sting operations to catch Uber drivers outside Lightning games. Executive director Kyle Cockream said he was not contacted about the deal and said it would be up to the agency's governing board to decide if they ... Tampa Bay Lightning partners with Uber for game day rides (Video)Tampa Bay Business Journal Uber partners with Tampa Bay Lightning ahead of first gameWFLA Amalie designates Uber lanes for Lightning gamesFOX 13 News, Tampa Bay ABC Action News -WTSP.com all 114 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

USA TODAY I got taken for a ride by a fake Uber driver. Don't become the next victim USA TODAY Distraction and haste — two feelings that often accompany trips to the airport — made me the unwilling victim of a fake Uber scam. Unfortunately, they're all too common. Due to a family emergency, last week I booked a last-minute trip to New York ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Ringer (blog) An Etiquette Guide for Using Uber Pool and Lyft Line The Ringer (blog) But for most city dwellers on a budget, participating in the transit revolution isn't any more glamorous than ordering an Uber Pool or Lyft Line, waiting a very long time for it to arrive, and then sharing a four-door sedan with strangers. It's a ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

SFGate Uber dominates US ride market, report says SFGate In the startups' hometown of San Francisco, Uber has 71 percent of the market to Lyft's 29 percent, for instance. Lyft's biggest markets are Denver, where it has 38 percent of rides compared with Uber's 62 percent, and Portland, Ore., at 36 percent ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Verge After investing $1 billion, Apple takes a board seat at 'China's Uber' The Verge Didi — which is valued at around $35 billion — famously beat Uber out of China, forcing the American company to sell its local business. The two companies had been in a war of attrition, using investors' money to subsidize cheap rides for customers ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Willamette Week Uber and Lyft Ask Judge to Block Release of Ride-Hailing Data Willamette Week Uber and Lyft argue in court documents that the numbers The Oregonian seeks amount to trade secrets that aren't subject to disclosure under Oregon public records law. "Competitors would derive economic value if they obtained this information," an Uber ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Air & Space Magazine Uber Looks to the Skies Air & Space Magazine Uber is reportedly looking beyond driverless cars to an even faster, more futuristic way to ride: VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) drones for use in crowded cities. Such vehicles are still years away, but the news focuses attention on a technology ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CNNMoney Uber: Fast facts CNNMoney Founders Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp created ride-hailing app Uber in 2008. Their inspiration: They had trouble finding a taxi in Paris during a snowy evening. Initially delivering black cars to customers in a select U.S. cities, the company has ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Square Said to Have Discussed Caviar Sale With Uber, GrubHub Bloomberg Square discussed a potential sale of Caviar with Uber Technologies Inc., GrubHub Inc. and Yelp Inc. Other prospective buyers had more informal talks with the publicly traded payments company, the people said. Square received inbound interest which ... Square talked to Uber and Grubhub about selling its Caviar businessBusiness Insider all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

SFGate Evercar shuts down car rentals to Uber, Lyft drivers SFGate “Companies like Evercar face a lot of challenges because their rental costs to drivers are about the same if not higher than renting directly through Uber or Lyft and they don't have anywhere near the same brand recognition,” said Harry Campbell, who ... Another Car Rental Service for Uber and Lyft Drivers Suspends OperationsFortune all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Vanity Fair Uber's New Pitch: Uber, but for Pitching Investors Inside an Uber Vanity Fair In 10 years, when you can summon a chatbot via thought whose sole job is to hail an Uber for you, we will look back on 2016 and reflect on how we used to have to hail a mobile venture capitalist via Uber ourselves. For now, Uber users will have to rely ... This Thursday only, you can pitch your big idea to an investor by hailing them through the Uber appBusiness Insider all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Ars Technica Court says yes to regulating cabbies, no to governing Uber drivers Ars Technica A federal appeals court says Uber and taxis are not the same type of service, and, hence, it's OK to regulate them differently. In a blow to taxi drivers, the decision means cities like Chicago can have separate regulations for Uber and taxis—with the ... Judge Posner Smacks Around Cabbies For Thinking That Cities Allowing Uber Violates Their 'Property Rights'Techdirt all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

MTN Invests in Iran's Uber Amid Effort to Repatriate Profit Bloomberg The taxi-hailing service has gained about 500,000 subscribers and a fleet of 10,000 drivers since it started two years ago as Iran's answer to Uber Technologies Inc., according to Shahkar. The CEO declined to provide figures for Snapp's revenue and ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Quartz The Uber economy looks a lot like the pre-industrial economy Quartz A new study from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), finds that the “gig” economy model popularized by Uber has a lot in common with the economies of poor countries today, as well as the US and Europe before the Industrial Revolution. Uber and other ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

PC Magazine Uber Teams With Otto Radio to Make Your Ride Less Boring PC Magazine Here's how it works: The next time you request a ride using the Uber app, a playlist of news stories and podcasts, perfectly timed for your trip's duration, will be waiting for you in Otto Radio. Once your driver has arrived, you can sit back and enjoy ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber