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CityMetric A Canadian town is paying Uber to give its citizens lifts because it can't be bothered to sort out a bus route CityMetric Uber is the gig economy's very own Marmite. For some, no salacious news item nor shocking anecdotal tale can shake their allegiance to its teasing ease-of-use, basement bargain prices, and door-to-door comfort. For those of us on the moral high ground, ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Citywire.co.uk Scottish Mortgage shunned Uber after company threatened journalist Citywire.co.uk Scottish Mortgage, the FTSE 100-listed investment trust and one of the UK's biggest investors in unquoted 'unicorn' technology companies, has revealed why it never put money into Uber, the $70 billion (£55 billion) taxi app operator fighting for ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Mirror.co.uk Supermarkets consider electronic prices that go up automatically ... The Sun If this comes into force it could forever change households shopping budgets as fixed prices are gone. Supermarkets could introduce Uber-style 'surge pricing' and put an ...Mirror.co.uk Here Comes Uber Inspired Surge Pricing in SupermarketsTheStreet.com British upermarkets set for Uber makeover with e-prices varying by ...Daily Star all 12 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch The Uber and the frog TechCrunch How the mighty are fallen. Travis Kalanick is out, and Uber has become something of a headless horseman, with no current CEO, COO, CFO, CMO, VP of Engineering, or general counsel. Its alleged valuation has fallen by $18 billion and counting. How did ... No, Uber's Business Model Is Not the ProblemFortune Uber board directors saw key documents on an acquisition as part of Alphabet's lawsuitRecode The hunting down of Uber's Travis KalanickCNBC Financial Times -Telegraph.co.uk -The Australian -Susan J. Fowler all 262 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Guardian Uber and the 'brogrammers' feel the consequences of changing the world The Guardian Uber has form in this regard: it faced multiple accusations around the world of breaching taxi regulations, and also over its tests of self-driving cars, which it did without the correct certification. It's hardly alone: Google's gigantic book-scanning ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fortune No, Uber's Business Model Is Not the Problem Fortune This article first appeared in Term Sheet, Fortune's newsletter on deals and dealmakers. Sign up here. After Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was fired, one of the (many, many) takes on the news was that Uber's business model is a bigger problem than its toxic ... How six months of mayhem at Uber brought down Travis KalanickTelegraph.co.uk Uber board directors saw key documents on an acquisition as part of Alphabet lawsuitRecode Travis Kalanick's departure leaves Uber at a crossroadsFinancial Times The New Yorker -Fast Company -Susan J. Fowler all 115 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: Uber Isn't Everything New York Times An Uber vehicle, right, in San Francisco's financial district. Credit Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times. Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week's news, offering analysis and ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Telegraph.co.uk How six months of mayhem at Uber brought down Travis Kalanick Telegraph.co.uk A week ago, it looked like the storm circling the world's most valuable technology start-up may have done its damage. Several days beforehand, Uber's board had unanimously accepted the recommendations of a damning report into the company's culture, ... Uber board directors saw key documents on an acquisition as part of Alphabet lawsuitRecode Travis Kalanick's departure leaves Uber at a crossroadsFinancial Times After Travis Kalanick's Resignation, Will Uber Really Change?The New Yorker Fast Company -Quartz -Susan J. Fowler all 109 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Quartz In the name of all that is holy, please don't let Sheryl Sandberg become the next CEO of Uber Quartz If anyone in this world deserves to be a CEO somewhere, it's Facebook chief operating officer and Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg. And if there's one place that needs someone like Sandberg in the CEO job, it's Uber. Big, bold, and troubled to a fault, ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Recode Uber board directors saw key documents on an acquisition as part of Alphabet lawsuit Recode Uber came under scrutiny after it acquired self-driving trucking startup Otto, a business founded by Anthony Levandowski, who previously led Alphabet's autonomous vehicle efforts. Alphabet claims Levandowski stole 14,000 proprietary files before ... Travis Kalanick's departure leaves Uber at a crossroadsFinancial Times After Travis Kalanick's Resignation, Will Uber Really Change?The New Yorker Uber Drivers Don't Think Travis Kalanick's Departure Will Improve Their Work ConditionsFast Company BBC News -Quartz -Susan J. Fowler all 107 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Uber has seen a sharp drop in new driver retention this year: Apptopia TechCrunch Uber has seen a sharp drop in retention rates for new drivers in the U.S., according to analysis of the Uber driver app provided to TechCrunch by app analytics firm Apptopia. In an analysis of app downloads and usage, Apptopia estimates that 30-day ... Amazon Should Buy Lyft. Here's What That Would Do to UberInc.com Judge Says San Francisco Can Subpoena Uber for Driver RecordsFortune How Much Should You Tip Your Uber Driver?Here And Now NBCNews.com -Reuters -SFGate -Money Magazine all 78 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The New Yorker After Travis Kalanick's Resignation, Will Uber Really Change? The New Yorker On Tuesday evening, Travis Kalanick, a co-founder of Uber, resigned from his post as chief executive, apparently under intense pressure from the company's major shareholders. Kalanick, whose public persona has been variously characterized as ... Travis Kalanick's departure leaves Uber at a crossroadsFinancial Times Tech Tent: Uber at a crossroadsBBC News Uber Drivers Don't Think Travis Kalanick's Departure Will Improve Their Work ConditionsFast Company Forbes -WIRED -Susan J. Fowler all 75 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Boing Boing This guy sued Uber and won after a driver stole $4k of his stuff Boing Boing Dane Wilcox is the proprietor of FYM Hot Sauce. In December he took an Uber in Boston. When he got out of his car at the end of the trip the driver took off with most of his stuff in the car. Wilcox filed a police report and contacted Uber. "Everything ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Financial Times Travis Kalanick's departure leaves Uber at a crossroads Financial Times When a group of Uber investors forced out chief executive Travis Kalanick this week, they said his departure was the only way to lance the company's toxic culture and put it on a path to a public listing. Mr Kalanick's hard-charging attitude and ... Tech Tent: Uber at a crossroadsBBC News Some Uber employees want Kalanick back in the CEO chairEngadget Steve Jobs biographer says a Travis Kalanick comeback at Uber is possible — 'I've seen this movie before'CNBC Business Insider -Chicago Tribune -Wall Street Journal (subscription) all 37 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Equity podcast: Too much damn Uber news and Jeff Bezos buys a grocery chain TechCrunch Hello and welcome back to Equity, a weekly podcast of high finance gossip and low GAAP intrigue. It's TechCrunch's show focused on all things venture capital. This week, Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and I — Alex Wilhelm — were joined by Cyan Banister, ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Equity podcast: Too much damn Uber news and Jeff Bezos buys a grocery chain TechCrunch Hello and welcome back to Equity, a weekly podcast of high finance gossip and low GAAP intrigue. It's TechCrunch's show focused on all things venture capital. This week, Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and I — Alex Wilhelm — were joined by Cyan Banister, ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Inc.com Amazon Should Buy Lyft. Here's What That Would Do to Uber Inc.com Afterall, Uber is the king of ride-sharing, has no way of going public any time soon, and their $60B valuation is likely ripe for a discounted deal with the right buyer that could promise the institutional shareholders a real path to growth and future ... Judge Says San Francisco Can Subpoena Uber for Driver RecordsFortune Vote: Can Uber get its act together?Seattle Times How Much Should You Tip Your Uber Driver?Here And Now SFGate -Washington Post -Reuters UK -Money Magazine all 72 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes Is There Any Hope For A Clean And Reinvented Uber? Forbes It has happened. The worst is over. The dark clouds of contempt and disgust that shadowed the company's luminous future have passed. Or so it would seem. After being confronted with a gloomy ultimatum by five of the company's biggest shareholders, Uber ... Uber's Stock Was Sinking Before Investors Ousted CEO Travis KalanickFortune Over 1000 Uber employees demand reinstatement of ex-CEO Travis KalanickThe Independent Uber employees petition for Kalanick's returnFinancial Times Quartz -Entrepreneur -Chicago Tribune -Susan J. Fowler all 232 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Daily Mail LA cabaret performer sues Uber after driver 'grabbed her by the hair and put his hand up her dress' Daily Mail A cabaret performer in Los Angeles is suing Uber for alleged sexual assault, after she claimed a driver shoved his hand up her skirt and violently grabbed her hair. Erica Holland claims she was on her way to a performance at the Pour Vous nightclub in ... Woman Sues Uber Over Alleged Sexual Assault on Ride to HollywoodKTLA all 9 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Independent Over 1000 Uber employees demand reinstatement of ex-CEO Travis Kalanick The Independent More than 1,000 Uber employees have signed a petition calling for the board to reinstate Travis Kalanick in an operational role after he resigned as chief executive of the embattled ride sharing company earlier this week. Mr Kalanick, who helped ... Uber employees petition for Kalanick's returnFinancial Times He Moved Fast and Broke UberSlate Magazine Kalanick's resignation a potential blow to Uber's Asia ambitions, report saysCNBC TechCrunch -Vox -Forbes -Susan J. Fowler all 169 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Financial Times Can Uber ever make money? Financial Times The upheaval at Uber will leave the next chief executive facing an even bigger challenge in how to solve one of the main conundrums about the company: how does the business of booking a car actually make money. Uber is the most lossmaking private ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Financial Times Uber et al are not entitled to 'own' anything Financial Times Sir, It's as well that you informed us (“Scandal-hit Uber faces leadership vacuum after Kalanick forced out, June 22) that Bradley Tusk is a shareholder in Uber, although we might have guessed from his comment that you cited: “Uber should be a $500bn ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Barcelona Cab Licenses Yielding 500% Boost Uber's Case in Spain Bloomberg Spain's best-performing investment over the last 30 years may be the black-and-yellow cab you hailed the last time you were in Barcelona. The secondary-market value of a license to operate a taxi in the Catalan capital rose 503 percent from 1987 to ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Financial Times Uber employees petition for Kalanick's return Financial Times A movement to bring back Travis Kalanick, Uber's former chief executive, has started to gather steam following his sudden resignation earlier this week, as more than 1,000 employees of the car-booking app signed a petition asking the board to reinstate ... Some Uber employees are reportedly petitioning for Travis Kalanick to stayTechCrunch He Moved Fast and Broke UberSlate Magazine Uber needs to stop trying to conquer the worldVox CNBC -Forbes -Recode -Susan J. Fowler all 136 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

KTLA Woman Sues Uber Over Alleged Sexual Assault on Ride to Hollywood KTLA A woman on Thursday announced she had filed a lawsuit against Uber and is speaking out to warn other women after she says she was sexually assaulted by a driver on her way to an event in Hollywood Kareen Wynter reports from Woodland Hills for the ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber