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KOIN.com
Uber, Dress for Success help women find jobs
KOIN.com
Uber's involvement with Dress for Success doesn't end at the clothing drive. They have also donated ride credits to Dress for Success clients as part of its Community Impact Initiative. "We're proud of the role Uber and ride hailing play in helping ...
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Today.com
Beware of fake Uber drivers: Here's how to spot them
Today.com
Uber imposters have been kidnapping and assaulting unsuspecting passengers. TODAY national investigative correspondent poses as a fake Uber driver to show you how to avoid becoming a victim. More video. Video Will Begin In... 3. 4:09 Play. See how ...
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WIRED
Uber Makes Peace With a Data-Sharing Deal for Cities | WIRED
WIRED
The truce between two old foes—city governments and secretive private companies like Uber—began at the curb. If you think the curb seems an unlikely Appomattox, you haven't been pay attention. Today, the curb represents the most contested space in ...
Uber and Uber Eats bring in new leaders as global shake-up reaches AustraliaThe Australian Financial Review
Fake Uber drivers are out there: Here's how to avoid becoming their victimToday.com
Uber to end service in the Philippines on MondayNikkei Asian Review
Reuters -TechCrunch -CNBC
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BRIEF-Uber Says Its Latin America Leader Rodrigo Arevalo Appointed Uber Eats Regional General Manager For EMEA
Reuters
BRIEF-Uber Says Its Latin America Leader Rodrigo Arevalo Appointed Uber Eats Regional General Manager For EMEA. Reuters Staff. 1 Min Read. April 16 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc : * UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC SAYS ITS LATIN AMERICA LEADER RODRIGO ...
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Financial Times
Ola in electric vehicle push to gain edge over Uber
Financial Times
Indian ride-hailing company Ola has unveiled plans to deploy 1m electric vehicles across the country within three years in its latest attempt to gain a competitive edge in a struggle with US rival Uber. Founded in 2010 by the then 25-year-old computer ...
Ola, Uber's fiercest rival in India, wants a million electric vehicles on roads by 2021Financial Express
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Sky News
Uber Eats picks Latin America chief to lead fight against Deliveroo
Sky News
Mr Arevalo's key markets will include the UK, where Uber Eats is embroiled in a fierce turf war with other well-funded rivals. The restaurant delivery app recently announced plans to launch in 100 more cities across the EMEA region, with a presence in ...
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Toronto Star
Small Ontario town's Uber partnership could signal shift for Canadian public transit
Toronto Star
Uber has more than 35 partnerships with public transit agencies across the world, including in Boston, Massachusetts, and Pinellas County, Fla., according to the company. What differentiates Innisfil is its small size and the fact the ride-hailing ...
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NBCNews.com
Uber announces new safety measures to reassure critics, riders and drivers
NBCNews.com
Uber announces new safety measures to reassure critics, riders and drivers. Sun, Apr 15. The new safety measures launch this summer and include a “panic button” connecting passengers with emergency dispatchers and an option to share trip details with ...
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The Guardian
Experience: I gave birth in an Uber
The Guardian
We had to wait 20 painful minutes for the Uber to finish its previous trip and arrive. I was having contractions the whole time and Richard was tracking the car – it was frustrating, to say the least. The taxi finally arrived and Richard, our two-year ...
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Hurriyet Daily News
Uber is terrorist and its users are traitors: Istanbul Taxi Drivers Union
Hurriyet Daily News
Uber is a terrorist organization and users of the ridesharing app are traitors to the nation, Istanbul Taxi Drivers Union head İrfan Öztürk said on April 12, amid continued tension between Uber drivers and regular taxi drivers in Turkey's largest city ...
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CNBC
US judge says Uber drivers are not company's employees
CNBC
A U.S. judge in Philadelphia has ruled that limousine drivers for Uber Technologies Inc are independent contractors and not the company's employees under federal law, the first ruling of its kind on a crucial issue for the ride-hailing company. U.S ...
Uber expands FTC settlement in response to 2016 breachFinancial Times
Uber adds emergency button to its app to directly dial 911The Verge
Uber hid database hack from FTC while FTC probed Uber for an earlier database hackThe Register
Fortune -TechCrunch -Uber -Federal Trade Commission
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Reuters
Singapore watchdog sets interim terms for Uber-Grab deal
Reuters
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore said the measures include preventing Grab to take over operational data from Uber to enhance its market position, adding that Uber would continue to operate in Singapore until May 7 to smoothen the ...
Competition watchdog issues interim measures to stop Grab, Uber mergerThe Straits Times
Singapore's competition watchdog sets interim measures for Grab-Uber mergerChannel NewsAsia
Singapore's competition watchdog sets interim terms for Uber-Grab dealDEALSTREETASIA
The Business Times -TODAYonline
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BBC News
China's Uber has plans to take on the rest of the world
BBC News
You've probably already heard of China's Didi Chuxing. It's the ride-hailing firm best known for driving Uber off China's streets. It is now also the world's largest ride-hailing app, and with its worth currently at $56bn (£39.4bn), it is also the ...
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Financial Times
Uber to expand transport options with new deals
Financial Times
Uber is looking to strike more partnership deals to build out chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi's vision to expand the transport options in its app beyond car booking. At an event in Washington DC on Wednesday, Mr Khosrowshahi promised that Uber would ...
Coming soon to the Uber app: bikes, rental cars, and public transportationThe Verge
Uber Pivots to On-Demand EverythingCityLab
Uber users will be able to book e-bikes, buy public transit tickets and rent a car via the Uber app — and it's all ...Recode
USA TODAY -TechCrunch -Fortune -TechCrunch
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The Verge
Coming soon to the Uber app: bikes, rental cars, and public transportation
The Verge
Remember back in the day when you'd open the Uber app and just see cars? Well, that's all about to change. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is in Washington, DC today to make a wide-ranging announcement on Uber's plans to integrate a variety of new ...
Uber CEO outlines mobility plansTechCrunch
Uber to add more transportation options in its appReuters
Uber's New Bid for Dominance: Controlling Every Way You MoveWIRED
Recode -Quartz -Engadget
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The Intercept
Egypt's Repressive Government Could Soon Have Easy Access to Uber's Data for the Country
The Intercept
Cairo is Uber's ideal market: With its vast expanse of congested highways, few public transportation options, and highly subsidized fuel, Cairenes — who number nearly 20 million — spend a lot of time in cars. Uber launched in Egypt in late 2014, and ...
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South China Morning Post
Uber Hong Kong boss Kenneth She Chun-chi says it's business as usual despite regional upheaval
South China Morning Post
Uber's Hong Kong team says it is “working really hard” to prove to US senior management that the business has a future in the city, following the ride-hailing service's withdrawal in Southeast Asia. Kenneth She Chun-chi, general manager of the company ...
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Rappler
LTFRB: Uber can only operate until April 15
Rappler
When the PCC ordered Uber to continue running beyond April 8, Grab said it would shoulder the cost of the extension but only until April 15. Uber and Grab face a P50,000 to P2-million penalty per violation for failure or refusal to comply with the PCC ...
Uber SEA creative agency dropped and others left dangling following Grab mergerMumbrella Asia
LTFRB orders Uber TO resolve its issues by April 15Inquirer.net
LTFRB tells Uber to 'cease and desist' operations on April 16ABS-CBN News
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Marin Independent Journal
Marin rape suspect charged with Uber lewdness
Marin Independent Journal
A man awaiting trial in a Corte Madera rape investigation has been charged with exposing himself to an Uber driver in San Rafael. Izell Lewis, 26, of San Rafael, was free on bail in the rape case last month when he booked an Uber ride from a residence ...
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NPR
France Can Bring Criminal Charges Against Uber, Judges Rule
NPR
The EU's highest court ruled on Tuesday that France can bring criminal charges against Uber managers for running an illegal taxi service. France can do that without first notifying the European Commission, said the judges. The case concerns a French ...
Deadly Uber crash leaves injured passenger's mother with questionsAtlanta Journal Constitution
Medical emergency behind Uber driver's deadly crash, police sayWSB Atlanta
Uber price spikes on storm demandNew Zealand Herald
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Deadly Uber crash leaves injured passenger's mother with questions
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A deadly crash Sunday night involving an Uber driver has left the mother of an injured passenger with questions. About 11:30 p.m., the driver suffered a medical emergency, and the vehicle crossed into northbound traffic near Ivan Allen Boulevard and ...
Medical emergency behind Uber driver's deadly crash, police sayWSB Atlanta
Uber price spikes on storm demandNew Zealand Herald
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TechCrunch
Uber suffers further setback from Europe's top court
TechCrunch
This isn't really surprising if you've been following Uber's legal woes. But the Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed to Uber France that Uber is operating a transportation company. Member countries can prohibit or punish Uber in their ...
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CNBC
Bill Gurley, who invested in Uber and other tech giants, sees opportunities to fix health care's broken business model
CNBC
Bill Gurley, who invested in Uber and other tech giants, sees opportunities to fix health care's broken business model. Bill Gurley, general partner at venture capital fund Benchmark, has backed companies like OpenTable, Zillow, Grubhub and Uber ...
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Washington Post
Seth Meyers's wife gave birth in their lobby — and Uber charged them for a canceled ride
Washington Post
There are a lot of incredible elements to the story that Seth Meyers told Monday on NBC's “Late Night”: His wife, Alexi, went into labor so quickly on Sunday that she gave birth to their baby boy in the lobby of their apartment building. Neighbors ...
Seth Meyers' wife gives birth in their lobby — and Uber charges them for a canceled rideChicago Tribune
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Uber is sharing curbside data with cities - Engadget
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Engadget
This is more than travel distance data, which Uber started offering freely in January. Last week the company jumped on board the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) project SharedStreets, a data-sharing project that aims to ...
Uber says it's sorry for 'missteps' in Portland | OregonLive.comOregonLive.com
We're calling on fellow Uber drivers and users to log out for a day ...The Spinoff
Meet the CEO of JetSmarter, the Uber of Private Jets | Money - TimeMoney Magazine
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