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Business Day Uber and Taxify drivers call for strike in solidarity with blocked colleagues Business Day "After submitting our memorandum on Tuesday‚ Uber responded by blocking several drivers‚ stating that their participation in a legally protected strike is a punishable action and refusing these drivers any right to appeal‚" said the task team‚ calling ... Striking Uber drivers go 'offline'Times LIVE Uber, Taxify drivers call for another complete shutdown on FridayCitizen all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Ride hailing app Uber has been granted a 15-month licence to continue operating in London. Westminster Magistrates Court ordered Transport for ... View the full article

Eyewitness News [LISTEN] New taxi app to take on Uber & Taxify Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG – With the ongoing battle between e-hailing services and metered taxi operators, a Zimbabwean-born IT entrepreneur has created an app-based service to help operators compete with popular services like Uber and Taxify. Prince Pirikisi ... [LISTEN] Uber driver describes horror ridesJacaranda FM all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Should Uber be forced to pay drivers better? After years of untamed growth, app-based for-hire services have brought New York's iconic yellow cabs ... View the full article

These metallic licenses are required for taxis to legally pick up fares in New York, but with the arrival of ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft, the taxi ... View the full article

TechCrunch Skedaddle has had acquisition talks with Uber and Lyft TechCrunch Uber and Lyft appear to be pursuing a crowdsourced bus startup called Skedaddle, the latest indication that the ride-hailing companies want to build businesses that cover every mode of transit from last-mile solutions like scooters and bikes to inter ... Uber and Lyft have held acquisition talks with crowdsourced bus startup SkedaddleSiliconANGLE (blog) General Motors' robo-taxis to take on Uber, Lyft in San FranciscoSan Francisco Business Times More than 2100 dockless bikes, scooters licensed in Austin with addition of Uber's JumpAustin Business Journal all 33 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Brazil's competition authority has ruled that taxi drivers did not bring sham litigation and coordinate threats against Uber drivers in an attempt to drive ... View the full article

Global Competition Review CADE dismisses Uber claims for lack of evidence Global Competition Review Brazil's competition authority has ruled that taxi drivers did not bring sham litigation and coordinate threats against Uber drivers in an attempt to drive them out of the market. Please log in. Username. Password. Stay logged in Lost Password? Export ... https://www.google.com/news

Global Competition Review Uber sale to Grab faces proposed remedies and fine Global Competition Review Singapore's competition enforcer has found Grab's acquisition of Uber's southeast Asia operation harmed competition and has proposed an €8 million fine on the two companies as well as behavioural and structural remedies. https://www.google.com/news

LONDON (Reuters) - Atomico, which runs Europe's largest independent venture fund, has hired former managers from Google and Uber to help drive ... View the full article

Singapore's competition enforcer has found Grab's acquisition of Uber's southeast Asia operation harmed competition and has proposed an €8 million ... View the full article

Financial Times Singapore regulator challenges Uber-Grab merger Financial Times SoftBank's strategy of merging ride-hailing competitors has been called into question by Singapore's antitrust watchdog, which said Uber's sale of its south-east Asian business in March to local rival Grab had reduced competition and may have to be ... Uber and Grab clash with Singapore watchdog as it threatens fines and a break-up of their mergerCNBC Singapore watchdog threatens to unwind Uber's Southeast Asia exit dealTechCrunch Singapore Says Grab-Uber Hurt Consumers, Proposes PenaltiesBloomberg Fortune -Reuters -Telegraph.co.uk all 76 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Travel+Leisure The Cities Where It's Cheaper to Uber Than Own a Car Travel+Leisure Services like Uber and Lyft have become popular options for people large urban centers like New York City and Los Angeles, especially for late trips home or commuting at odd hours. But many people treat these rides as once-in-a-while luxuries rather ... https://www.google.com/news

The Drive Uber is Back in Finland Thanks to Deregulation The Drive Uber is restarting ride-hailing operations in Finland after a one-year hiatus, thanks to changes in the country's transportation regulations, reports Reuters. It's a major victory for Uber, which has come under increased pressure from regulators and ... https://www.google.com/news

Singapore's antitrust watchdog says the Uber-Grab merger hurts competition and is considering a fine and other remedies. The remedies include ... View the full article

Describing the platform as “Uber for lawyers,” Gillespie told Legaltech News that Text A Lawyer functions via two apps, one for consumers and one for ... View the full article

The Spiaggina 58 is the latest special in a long line of bespoke 500s. The models appeal clearly isn't waining even in its 11th year in production. View the full article

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's anti-trust body proposed fines on ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber, provisionally finding that their merger had ... View the full article

Volkswagen has announced its plans to launch an all-electric car-sharing service next year. VW's 'We' platform is due to launch in Germany in 2019, ... View the full article

Singapore's competition watchdog on Thursday proposed fines on Uber and Grab and said they may have to unwind their merger because of ... View the full article

Reuters Singapore says Grab-Uber merger lessened competition, proposes penalties Reuters SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Competition and Consumer Commission said on Thursday the merger of Grab and Uber had substantially lessened competition in the ride-hailing business in the city-state and proposed to impose financial penalties on ... Competition watchdog provisionally finds that Grab-Uber merger has lessened competitionChannel NewsAsia Singapore's Regulator Considers Penalties Against Grab-Uber DealBloomberg Grab-Uber deal ruled anti-competitive; watchdog to impose corrective measures, slap finesThe Business Times all 10 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

WFMYNews2.com Uber Safety Policy: Woman Sexually Assaulted By Passenger Asking For Changes After Attack WFMYNews2.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The NBC Charlotte Defenders team is looking into Uber's safety policy after an Uber driver was sexually assaulted in the middle of a ride. Jonathan Neal, 22, has been arrested and charged with the sexual assaulting after he ordered a ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Complex Former 'Teen Vogue' EIC Elaine Welteroth Says Uber Driver Called 911 on Her Complex Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue, Elaine Welteroth, was taking an Uber to Flatbush in Brooklyn when her driver reportedly stopped in Park Slope—an entirely different neighborhood in the borough. The Cut reports Welteroth, who recorded the incident ... https://www.google.com/news

Financial Times Uber in talks with Careem Financial Times Uber is in early-stage talks about a deal with Middle Eastern ride-hailing rival Careem that could include taking a majority stake or acquiring the company outright, according to two people familiar with the matter. The discussions come as Careem is ... Uber - Home AloneForbes Uber said to be in Middle East merger talks with rival CareemProactive Investors UK “Everyone is talking to everyone” — rideshare investor bypasses Uber-Careem rumorTechCrunch Fortune -CNBC -Bloomberg all 57 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Global Ride Hailing Market Leading Players, Product Types and Applications by 2023: Denso Corporation, Intel Corporation, Tomtom NV, Uber ... View the full article