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In San Francisco, Tech Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness The New YorkerAnna Wiener writes about the conflicts facing the city of San Francisco as a wave of new tech I.P.O.s crashes over the city. View the full article

Ride-hailing startup treats drivers as employees, unlike Uber and Lyft Business InsiderAn upstart ride-hailing firm hopes it can lure drivers by classifying them as employees — not contractors. https://www.google.com/news

Ride-hailing startup treats drivers as employees, unlike Uber and Lyft Business InsiderAn upstart ride-hailing firm hopes it can lure drivers by classifying them as employees — not contractors. View the full article

Uber's stock may be in reverse, some think it may have bottomed Yahoo FinanceWhen it comes to Uber's (UBER) stock, traders should keep $36.08 top of mind. That's the all-time low the stock hit during the May 13 session, the second day of ... View the full article

Uber's stock may be in reverse, some think it may have bottomed Yahoo FinanceWhen it comes to Uber's (UBER) stock, traders should keep $36.08 top of mind. That's the all-time low the stock hit during the May 13 session, the second day of ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber and Lyft start advising drivers and passengers to use the Dutch Reach road.ccRide-hailing firms Uber and Lyft have begun encouraging US users to employ the Dutch Reach method of opening car doors to reduce the chances they might ... https://www.google.com/news

Amazon Gives Uber Eats A Run For Its Money With $575 Million Investment In Deliveroo WBURAmazon has ramped up the competition with the popular food-delivery app Uber Eats after buying a partial stake in Deliveroo this week. Meanwhile, American ... View the full article

Uber Eats is facing a price war — just like Uber Vox.comThe company's customers aren't very loyal, so Uber is slashing prices. View the full article

Uber Eats is facing a price war — just like Uber Vox.comThe company's customers aren't very loyal, so Uber is slashing prices. https://www.google.com/news

Amazon-Deliveroo Alliance Would Eat Uber For Dinner BloombergThe e-commerce behemoth has picked a worthy partner to compete with the ride-share giant for customers and deliverers. https://www.google.com/news

Amazon targets Uber Eats with Deliveroo investment The VergeAmazon lead a $575 million funding round in the UK-based food delivery company Deliveroo, continuing its efforts to diversify into the takeaway market. https://www.google.com/news

Amazon to inject £450million into Deliveroo as it ramps up Uber Eats competition Mirror OnlineThe money - provided for by the world's largest online company - will go towards experimenting with new concepts such as delivery-only kitchens and potentially ... View the full article

Inside the Battle Between Uber and Buenos Aires CityLabWhile Uber and Argentine officials argue over whether the company is an app or a transportation company, drivers suffer fines, violence, and instability. View the full article

Silicon Valley’s ‘kingpin banker’ takes an Uber hit Financial TimesWhen Greg Ballard started thinking of listing his gaming company, Michael Grimes, the star tech banker at the centre of Uber's tumultuous listing, was top of his ... https://www.google.com/news

'Burn baby burn': Some drivers happy to see Uber and Lyft shares fall after IPOs NBC NewsSome drivers who accuse Lyft and Uber of mistreatment and low pay are finding a small measure of satisfaction at the market's tepid reaction to investing in the ... View the full article

Uber offers chastening lesson for platform businesses of the future Financial TimesIt has become accepted wisdom in the tech world that the easiest path to a fortune is to set up a digital platform. Bringing together different sets of customers with ... https://www.google.com/news

Zoom and PagerDuty Continue to Outpace Uber and Lyft Among Latest Tech IPOs TheStreet.comInvestors are strongly favoring enterprise software names over the consumer-facing companies that have recently gone public....UBER. View the full article

The Three-Way Banana Split Was Bad BloombergProgramming note: Money Stuff will be off tomorrow and Monday, back on Tuesday. FX cartel. It's been a while since we had one of these: Citigroup Inc., Royal ... View the full article

NOIPO? Uber’s listing and a new stock exchange may herald change The EconomistON MAY 10TH Uber, the world's biggest ride-hailing firm, listed on the New York Stock Exchange—and promptly tanked. As The Economist went to press it was ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber ridesharing now available in the Queen City Global NewsUber officially launches in Regina on Wednesday, three months after the bylaw for ridesharing services was introduced in the city. View the full article

Uber, Lyft drivers manipulate fares at Reagan National causing artificial price surges WJLAEvery night, several times a night, Uber and Lyft drivers at Reagan National Airport simultaneously turn off their ride share apps for a minute or two to trick the ... View the full article

A Cheaper Rival To Uber Has Just Launched In London... And It Pays Its VAT LondonistA new private-hire vehicle *service* has launched in London, calling out its rival, Uber, for avoiding paying local taxes. Kapten claims it's about to make the biggest ... https://www.google.com/news

DealBook Briefing: How Uber Bombed The New York TimesThe story of Uber's disappointing I.P.O. is a tale of mismanaged expectations with plenty of blame to go around. https://www.google.com/news

Did Beyonce make $300m from Uber's IPO? Financial TimesCareering around the internet yesterday, in typical viral fashion, was a story that Beyoncé earned $300m from Uber's so far disastrous IPO last Friday. https://www.google.com/news

Did Beyonce make $300m from Uber's IPO? Financial TimesCareering around the internet yesterday, in typical viral fashion, was a story that Beyoncé earned $300m from Uber's so far disastrous IPO last Friday. View the full article