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Uber’s in-car vending machines give out free chocolate Easter eggs MashableCargo's in-car vending box in Uber vehicles is offering free Reese's and Cadbury chocolate eggs for Easter and is selling chocolates in the car. https://www.google.com/news

What It's Really Like To Deliver Food For UberEats & Other Apps Refinery29Whether we're too exhausted to cook dinner or are just craving something specific like pineapple pizza or vegan ramen, apps like Deliveroo and UberEats ... View the full article

Uber's S-1: Mo' money, Waymo problems PitchBook News & AnalysisUber's recent S-1 filing validates much of PitchBook research analysts' previous conclusions, and ultimately supports the view that Uber should be valued at a ... View the full article

Which FI Dangers Lurk In Shadow Banking’s Shadows? pymnts.comShadow banking now has $52 trillion in assets under its belt. FinTech firms are crowding financial services' flanks, looking for customers who crave mobile ... View the full article

Uber IPO: Company Admits Pay Policy Makes Drivers Unhappy MONEYIn its IPO, Uber says it plans to cut back on driver incentives to save money. It will also continue to withhold employment protections. View the full article

Uber's Valuation Is More Challenging Than Lyft's FortuneUber is a more complex company than Lyft. Depending on the metric, Uber's valuation can vary by $80 billion. https://www.google.com/news

Increase in attacks on Uber, Bolt drivers on the Cape Flats | Cape Argus IOLForeign national drivers who work for e-hailing taxis are being attacked in red-flagged areas on the Cape Flats. https://www.google.com/news

Why Uber 'Depends Heavily' on Insurance Insurance JournalUber Technologies Inc., which is on its way to an initial public offering that it hopes will raise $10 billion, might not be in the position it is in without insurance. https://www.google.com/news

Alleged judicial bias in Uber case Law GazetteWas the senior district judge and chief magistrate (the judge) who granted Uber a licence to operate in London biased because of her husband's financial ... https://www.google.com/news

Fake Uber driver who ‘kidnapped and killed student’ linked to ANOTHER abduction five months earlier The SunA FAKE Uber driver accused of brutally kidnapping and murdering a college student has been linked to a separate kidnapping five months earlier. Nathaniel ... View the full article

Fake Uber driver who ‘kidnapped and killed student’ linked to ANOTHER abduction five months earlier The SunA FAKE Uber driver accused of brutally kidnapping and murdering a college student has been linked to a separate kidnapping five months earlier. Nathaniel ... https://www.google.com/news

Fake Uber driver charged in Samantha Josephson's murder was linked to kidnapping five months prior Daily MailNathaniel David Rowland, 24, who has been charged in the murder and kidnapping of Samantha Josephson, 21, was linked to another kidnapping in October ... View the full article

Uber Hails a Ride to Wall Street, and More Car News This Week WIREDThey're growing up now! Uber, once the enfant terrible of the tech industry, put on its big kid pants and publicly filed for IPO this week, attempting to prove, once ... View the full article

IPOs and Digital Dreams: Theme of the Week BloombergHere's what led Bloomberg Opinion coverage this week. View the full article

Uber driver refused to drive woman to abortion clinic and people are furious indy100As much as we all like chatting to and finding out more about the lives of our Uber drivers, there are some boundaries between driver and customer that need to ... https://www.google.com/news

Why investors are thinking twice about giant tech IPOs like Uber and Lyft Telegraph.co.uk Uber Hails a Ride to Wall Street, and More Car News This Week WIRED Here are the biggest differences between Uber and Lyft, the two biggest ride-hailing apps INSIDER Why Uber Lacks A Sustainable Competitive Advantage Forbes Who's getting richer from Uber’s massive IPO? Economic Times View full coverage on Google News https://www.google.com/news

10 big things: Uber's exercise in excess PitchBook News & AnalysisUber's supersized IPO is just around the corner. That joins Blackstone's political hires, an energy mega-merger and more in our recap of the week. View the full article

The problem with the tech IPO economy QuartzThe business strategy that will land Uber on the NYSE hinges on a key element: staggering sums of venture capital money. These investments let Uber and ... View the full article

Why Uber Lacks A Sustainable Competitive Advantage ForbesAs I wrote on April 11, Uber is unprofitable because it lacks a moat -- which I prefer to call a sustainable competitive advantage. What Is a Sustainable ... View the full article

Why Uber Lacks A Sustainable Competitive Advantage ForbesAs I wrote on April 11, Uber is unprofitable because it lacks a moat -- which I prefer to call a sustainable competitive advantage. What Is a Sustainable ... https://www.google.com/news

Equity transcribed: Digging into the Uber S-1 TechCrunchWelcome back to this week's transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. https://www.google.com/news

The Week in Business: Uber’s Bumpy Ride and Apple’s Star-Studded Trial The New York TimesYou're a busy person, so here's your quick and breezy catch-up on the latest in tech and business news, plus what to know for the week ahead. Your Monday ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber is way more complicated than Lyft, and investors shouldn't value them the same way CNBCUber and Lyft may be ride-hailing competitors, but they have fundamentally different ambitions. https://www.google.com/news

Uber driver accused of sexually battering female passenger Sun SentinelPolice arrested Uber driver Emilio Lazaro Victores, 45, on Thursday, charging him with sexually assaulting a woman who had hailed him for a ride on the night of ... https://www.google.com/news

The Uber IPO exposes how Saudi cash drives Silicon Valley innovation, and even the biggest tech companies can’t stop it Business InsiderSaudi Arabia has been criticized for repressive laws, so it's a problematic source of cash in Silicon Valley, which prides itself on changing the world. View the full article