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CNBC Hate Uber surge prices? Rival wants your biz CNBC In a ride-sharing market dominated by Uber, and to a lesser extent by Lyft, Gett will be offering New Yorkers free ride credits equal to what they paid in surge fees to competitors. Beginning Nov. 10, riders can submit multiple receipts from either ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

VentureBeat Uber teams with CodeFights to create UberBot, a game to test coding skills of ... VentureBeat Simply put, UberBot is a coding game that challenges players to solve actual problems facing Uber's engineering team. UberBot was built-in collaboration with CodeFights, a San Francisco-based startup that launched earlier this year to create a gamified ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CBS News Man who attacked Uber driver: "It's not me in the video, it's not me" CBS News The Uber passenger caught on camera attacking his driver wants to meet him to apologize. Benjamin Golden is now facing legal action, not only from the Uber driver but also from the Orange County district attorney. He says he was drunk when he got into ... Ousted Taco Bell Exec Sorry for Uber Car Fracas: AttorneyNBCNews.com Uber passenger apologizes for drunkenly attacking driverFox News Uber driver's assailant apologizes after video goes viralLos Angeles Times ABC News -KABC-TV -NBC Southern California all 164 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Post Uber rallies supporters to push service across NY state New York Post Uber rallied supporters, including “Sopranos” actress Lorraine Bracco and Mothers Against Drunk Driving, on Wednesday to push for ride-sharing services across New York state. As of now, Uber operates in New York City under rules of the Taxi & Limousine ... Driving with the intoxicated: Uber caters to the bar crowd, but that can come ...OCRegister 'NY Needs Uber' coalition pushes ride sharing appNewsday NY supporters backing Uber serviceNEWS10 ABC WSYR -The Daily News Online all 6 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Airbnb and Uber Mobilize Vast User Base to Sway Policy New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Over the last few years, so-called sharing companies like Airbnb and Uber — online platforms that allow strangers to pay one another for a room or a ride — have established footholds in thousands of communities well before local ... San Francisco rejects Airbnb restrictions; Uber tailors message to DC; most ...Washington Post SFDOE Results - SFElections.orgSFElections.org A Victory for the Middle Class - The Airbnb Public Policy BlogThe Airbnb Public Policy Blog all 584 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

WPTV.com Travis Gordon: Uber driver attacked in suburban West Palm Beach; suspect arrested WPTV.com PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - A man is in custody after the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said an Uber driver was attacked by a passenger Wednesday morning. At about 6:06 a.m. PBSO received a call from an Uber driver, 36-year-old Dieuvenet Joseph ... Uber drivers evaluate safety after attacksWPBF West Palm Beach all 6 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Entrepreneur One of Uber's rivals is offering customers surge pricing refunds The Verge An Uber rival is literally giving away free rides to compete with Travis Kalanick's $51 billion behemoth. London-based Gett is offering New Yorkers free rides equal to what they pay Uber in surge pricing. Naturally, they call this promotional event ... Uber Competitor to Give Customers Up to $100 in Trip Credit for Surge PricingEntrepreneur This Other Taxi App Company Will Pay Back Your Uber Surge FeesObserver A startup that's going after Uber will pay back your surge-price receipts for youBusinessinsider India all 7 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Huffington Post Uber To Mandate Sexual Harassment Training For Cairo Drivers Huffington Post 8, HarassMap will give lessons on the causes and types of sexual harassment, laws against sexual harassment, and how to react as a witness or victim of sexual harassment, said Shaden Abdellatif, a spokeswoman for Uber's Middle East and North African ... Uber drivers in Egypt to be taught how not to sexually harass women passengersDaily Mail Uber will now teach drivers in Egypt how to not sexually harass womenInternational Business Times UK Uber drivers in Egypt to get anti-sexual harassment trainingAl-Arabiya all 4 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Economist Regulators Want To Make Uber Drivers Wait 5 Minutes Because They Are Too Efficient Daily Caller Uber drivers could be forced to wait five minutes before picking up passengers in one of its most successful cities if regulators pull the trigger on a host anti-competitive rules. Transport for London (TfL) has suggested that Uber drivers should be ... High rents and Uber drive London's biggest taxi-driver training centre out of ...The Economist We pitted Uber against a cab in a head-to-head test. Who came out ahead?Calgary Herald Cab companies anxious for City action on Uber regulation660 News KitGuru all 14 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Remember When Google Tried To Start Uber In May 2005? TechCrunch The internet is a wonderful thing. It's a place for new and fresh ideas, forums for people to discuss them. And well, ways to find ones that had been dropped. One idea that was dropped was Google's attempt to start what sounds a whole lot like Lyft and ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal Meet the Boston Lawyer Who's Putting Uber on Trial Wall Street Journal BOSTON—With a raft of lawsuits challenging Uber Technologies Inc. and other startups that summon workers at the touch of an app, attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan has become one of the most influential—and controversial—figures in Silicon Valley. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bernie Sanders Bashes Uber, Uses It For All His Taxi Rides Daily Caller Just a couple months ago, Bernie Sanders lambasted Uber as an “unregulated” company with “serious problems,” but financial disclosures by the Democratic presidential candidate reveal that whenever his campaign requires a taxi, they literally always ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Los Angeles Times Taco Bell executive charged in attack on Uber driver Los Angeles Times A former Taco Bell executive was charged Tuesday in connection with an assault on an Uber driver, who defended himself by dousing the suspect with pepper spray in Costa Mesa, authorities said. Benjamin Golden, 32, of Newport Beach, faces four counts of ... Suspect in Assault of Uber Driver Edward Caban Is Taco Bell ExecutiveNBCNews.com Video: Uber driver quits after attack by customerPalm Beach Post Taco Bell exec fired after beating Uber driver on videoUSA TODAY Chicago Tribune -NBC Southern California all 471 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Uber Tempts Commuters To Drop The Keys With Flat-Fee Out-Of-Town Carpools TechCrunch Why drive yourself when it might be cheaper to coast to work in the back of an Uber? Today Uber launched the beta of a new flat-fee long-distance uberPOOL option aimed at commuters. It offers pre-priced shared trips into bustling San Francisco from the ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber invests $250 million to expand in Middle East Chicago Tribune DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Uber Technologies Inc. is investing $250 million to expand in the Middle East and North Africa, which have some of the ride-sharing service's fastest-growing markets. Uber over the next several years will begin service in ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Uber Advisor David Plouffe: We're 'Not Driven by Greed' Inc.com About a year ago, Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick told Vanity Fair he had had an important realization: "What we maybe should've realized sooner was that we are running a political campaign and the candidate is Uber." It helped explain why a ... Plouffe returns to DC to defend UberThe Hill Uber Starts Speaking Washington's LanguageBloomberg all 7 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Plouffe returns to D.C. to argue for Uber The Hill David Plouffe, the Obama confidant turned top strategist and board member at Uber, delivered a lengthy defense of the company's role in the economy before an audience in Washington on Tuesday. Uber, he argued, was a boon to people still feeling the ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Quartz Uber is trying to lure new drivers by offering bank accounts Quartz One of the biggest challenges Uber faces as it aggressively expands and fends off competitors is attracting—and then retaining—drivers. As part of those efforts, the ride-share startup is planning to offer banking services to drivers, according to ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Uber Invests $250 Million to Expand in the Middle East Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. is investing $250 million to expand in the Middle East and North Africa, which have some of the ride-sharing service's fastest-growing markets. Uber over the next several years will begin service in new cities in Saudi Arabia and ... Uber outlines $250m investment in Menagulfnews.com all 3 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Newsweek Uber Driver in India Sentenced to Life in Prison for Raping Passenger Newsweek A former Uber taxi driver convicted of raping a female passenger in New Delhi, has been sentenced to life in prison. Driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, was convicted of rape, criminal intimidation, endangering a woman's life and kidnapping last month after ... Life Imprisonment for India Uber RapistWall Street Journal India Uber driver given life term for Delhi rapeBBC News India court gives Uber driver life for rapeSalt Lake Tribune New York Times -Los Angeles Times -TIME all 301 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Chicago Tribune Suspect in California Uber driver assault fired from position at Taco Bell Chicago Tribune A corporate Taco Bell executive was taken into custody - and then dismissed from his job with the fast-food giant - after viciously attacking an Uber driver in a confrontation that Southern California police said was captured on a dashboard camera ... Taco Bell brand manager identified as man arrested in Uber driver assault ...OCRegister Suspect in Assault of Uber Driver Edward Caban Is Taco Bell ExecutiveNBCNews.com Taco Bell fires executive accused of attacking an Uber driverBusiness Insider NBC Southern California -USA TODAY all 401 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Road Warrior Voices Study Claiming NY Uber Expansion Will Cost Jobs Slammed As Laughable Economics Daily Caller The latest report accusing Uber of being a jobs killer has been slammed as a “laughable attempt at economics” from a committee threatened by competition. The Committee for Taxi Safety released a report Monday claiming that should Uber expand ... Will Uber put taxis out of business in London?Road Warrior Voices Taxi industry: Uber expansion in NY would kill existing jobswivb.com Uber moves into MTMontana Kaimin New York Daily News -Albany Business Review -News 12 Westchester -Transport for London all 99 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

USA TODAY Taco Bell exec fired after beating Uber driver on video USA TODAY (NEWSER) – A Taco Bell executive has been fired for allegedly assaulting an Uber driver — with the whole thing caught on video. Identified by police as Benjamin Golden, 32, the passenger can be seen on a dashcam video riding in the car of Uber driver ... Suspect in Assault of Uber Driver Edward Caban Is Taco Bell ExecutiveNBCNews.com Taco Bell brand manager identified as man arrested in Uber driver assault ...OCRegister Taco Bell fires executive accused of attacking an Uber driverBusiness Insider NBC Southern California -Fox News all 377 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

KOAT Albuquerque Halloween Uber ride costs woman $500 KOAT Albuquerque RIO RANCHO, N.M. —A Rio Rancho woman's Halloween night out ended with a nightmare when she got her Uber bill. Suzi Siglock's 45-minute ride home from downtown Albuquerque cost $500.17. Saturday was her first time using the popular ride-sharing ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Road Warrior Voices Will Uber put taxis out of business in London? Road Warrior Voices The Knowledge Point — London's oldest training school for cab drivers — is closing, and its founder is blaming both Uber and the astronomically high rent prices in the capital. Malcolm Linskey, 70, says that ever since Uber arrived in the city, the ... Study Claiming NY Uber Expansion Will Cost Jobs Slammed As Laughable EconomicsDaily Caller Taxi industry: Uber expansion in NY would kill existing jobswivb.com Uber moves into MTMontana Kaimin New York Daily News -Albany Business Review -News 12 Westchester -Transport for London all 98 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber