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New York Post Cuomo says state, not cities, should dictate Uber policies New York Post The governor said there is a growing interest in bringing Uber to cities all over New York, so it makes sense that the state would establish a standard set of rules. “You can't do Uber city by city,” Cuomo said. “You can't say to an Uber, 'Well go to ... N.Y.'s Cuomo seeks statewide Uber policySalt Lake Tribune Cuomo hints at a new de Blasio fight, this time over UberCapital New York Cuomo backs NY law for Uber, LyftRochester Democrat and Chronicle New York Daily News -WSKG News all 86 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

89.3 KPCC Uber tips policy causing confusion, possibly lower passenger scores 89.3 KPCC Unlike competing rideshare company Lyft, Uber does not offer customers the option of adding a tip to the fare in its app. It's a sore point for drivers who participated in a nationwide strike last weekend and last year created a petition calling on the ... Uber drivers plan national weekend strike, but its impact remains to be seenMemphis Business Journal (blog) all 2 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal Uber's Rise Presses Taxi Lenders Wall Street Journal The ride-sharing revolution is causing a pileup in the banking business. As startups like Uber Technologies Inc. put more pressure on the taxi industry, big and small lenders are being pressed by a steep drop in the value of cab licenses, known as ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Chicago Tribune Aldermen want Uber drivers to register like cabbies to get O'Hare access Chicago Tribune Two aldermen on Wednesday tried again to crack down on ride-share drivers, introducing a plan to require anyone working for Uber or other such companies to get chauffeur's licenses like cabdrivers if they want to pick up passengers at Chicago's ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CNBC Senior executive in charge of expansion Niall Wass to leave Uber CNBC Uber remains the clear underdog in the Chinese market, where local rival Didi Kuaidi controls most of the private ride-hailing market. Didi also has better relations with regulators than its US counterpart, paving the way for its participation in legal ... Uber CEO: We're not going publicCNNMoney Uber CEO Travis Kalanick: 30% of Our Trips Take Place in ChinaWall Street Journal Uber Says China Now Accounts for About 30 Percent of RidesNBCNews.com Fortune -USA TODAY -Business Insider all 111 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

WGRZ-TV Uber pledges upstate jobs, but faces challenges WGRZ-TV Uber on Tuesday said it would undertake an ad campaign and tour to get a state law so it can expand to upstate and the New York City suburbs. But the company faces opposition from current livery companies and questions from state lawmakers about ... Uber turns to state lawmakers for changes to lawsAlbany Times Union Poll: Uber pushes to expand in New York stateNEWS10 ABC Uber petitions New York State to allow its ridesharing servicewivb.com Entrepreneur -Chicago Tribune all 124 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

SFGate Uber asks Pool users to push employers to subsidize commutes SFGate Uber says about 10,000 San Franciscans regularly use its UberPool shared-ride service during commute hours. Now it hopes some of them will convince their employers to subsidize those trips. “Do you want your employer to offer UberPool as an employee ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Will Fintech Upstarts Do To Banks What Uber Has Done To Taxis -- Or Will Banks ... Forbes For better or worse, the meteoric rise of ride-hailing giant Uber has become shorthand for startup success in America. Beyond the meme'ed and mocked “it's Uber for X” description of many a new business these days, Uber's $50 billion valuation — and ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

South Florida Business Journal Doing a victory lap, Uber throws party in Broward South Florida Business Journal The event comes just days after Uber scored a major win in a months-long lobbying battle against regulations the county had enacted on the company's service earlier this year. The company and competitor Lyft deactivated access to its app in July as a ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Re/code Uber Nabs Snapchat Communications Head Hazelbaker for Key Policy and PR Role Re/code Jill Hazelbaker, the high-profile Google communications and government relations exec poached just one year ago by Snapchat to be its PR and policy head, has now been nabbed by Uber. When she arrives next month, she will have the title of VP of ... Bits | Snapchat Loses Its Chief of Communications to UberNew York Times (blog) Snapchat loses its vice president of public policy and communications to UberLos Angeles Times Uber brings on Snapchat's Jill Hazelbaker for global comms rolePR Week all 4 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Grandmother is first person cited by police for driving Uber in Portsmouth Boston.com Uber may be all the rage in cities from San Francisco to Boston, but Portsmouth, New Hampshire isn't having it. This weekend, a 63-year-old grandmother was cited after picking up Uber passengers outside a Portsmouth restaurant and bar, according to ... Grandmother cited for being Uber driver in PortsmouthSeacoastonline.com all 2 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Huffington Post Uber Driver's Rape Sentencing Is Just The Latest Controversy For Company Huffington Post In another recent case, in South Carolina, a sixth-grade teacher, who was moonlighting as an Uber driver was arrested on charges of kidnapping and forcible rape. Patrick Aiello, 39, allegedly assaulted a 23-year-old woman in August. The woman managed ... In wake of Uber rape, women-only car services emerge in IndiaChristian Science Monitor Uber Drivers in India Outearn Some Bankers. But for How Long?Bloomberg Former Uber Driver Sentenced In Rape And Kidnapping Of CustomerMadame Noire Irish Times -Gizmodo Australia -Deccan Herald all 28 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Sun Sentinel Uber throwing welcome back party for Broward today in Hollywood: What's the catch? Sun Sentinel In July, Uber had pulled out of Broward in protest of tough regulations that had to do with background checks, driver's insurance and more. But, Uber drivers and fans couldn't leave it there, they jumped up and down, pouted and protested to the point ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Uber Driver in India Is Found Guilty of Rape New York Times The “Uber rape case,” as it became known in Delhi, elicited widespread concern over the dangers of ride-hailing services in a country like India, where there have been a number of prominent rape cases in recent years, and in cities like New Delhi ... Uber India Driver Found Guilty of Kidnapping and RapeNewsweek Indian Uber driver found guilty of raping passengerFox News Uber driver guilty in India rape caseCNNMoney NBCNews.com -The Verge all 402 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

BBC News India Uber driver guilty of rape BBC News An Indian court has found an Uber taxi driver guilty of raping a female passenger last year in Delhi. Shiv Kumar Yadav has also been convicted of criminal intimidation and kidnapping, the prosecution lawyer told the BBC. He had pleaded not guilty. Delhi Uber rape case: Shiv Kumar Yadav convicted, sentencing on FridayThe Indian Express Uber rape case: Delhi court holds Shiv Kumar Yadav guilty on all chargesFirstpost Uber Cab Driver Convicted for Raping Woman Passenger in DelhiNDTV Times of India -The Hindu -Hindustan Times all 45 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

USA TODAY UCLA's Ishmael Adams gets minor battery charge for Uber incident USA TODAY LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA cornerback Ishmael Adams has been charged with misdemeanor battery over a run-in he had with an Uber driver shortly before the start of the season. The Los Angeles city attorney's office filed the charge Monday. The office ... Ishmael Adams UCLA Football Star Charged with Battery ... Over Uber AssaultTMZ.com Report: UCLA CB Ishmael Adams charged with battery for alleged Uber assaultNBCSports.com Report: UCLA's Ishmael Adams charged with battery stemming from alleged Uber ...SportingNews.com all 32 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

KATU Uber opens support center in Northeast Portland KATU PORTLAND, Ore. -- Call it a sign of the times: Uber has opened its first brick and mortar support center in Northeast Portland. Uber launched in the Rose City five months ago, and says things are going so well, they wanted to open up a support center ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

BetaBoston How Uber Wins Reason (blog) Uber did its usual trick of trying to gin up public furor, which often works because the public really likes being able to use Uber. After that first year of operation in good ol' San Antone, Uber was facilitating tens of thousands of rides monthly. In ... Massachusetts approves first insurance policy specifically for Uber and Lyft ...BetaBoston Uber, Lyft, and the Employment BattleRegBlog (blog) all 3 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Photos And Details Of Uber's Map-Making Car TechCrunch Uber has a car with a bunch of cameras on it driving around collecting images to improve its maps, driving routes, and ETAs, TechCrunch has confirmed. And here are the first photos of it. When asked about an image dug up from a private Uber driver ... Uber is mapping streets to improve their routesTech Insider (blog) Uber starts rolling out its own mapmaking carsEngadget Uber is using special camera cars to make pick-up time estimates less annoyingBusiness Insider The Verge -Apple Insider -Ubergizmo all 13 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Hill Judge dismisses driver's lawsuit over Uber data breach The Hill One driver, Sasha Antman, filed a class action suit claiming that Uber had poor network security. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco ruled that Antman had not demonstrated that Uber's conduct regarding the breach had caused injury, ... Judge Tosses Drivers' Data Breach Suit Against UberThe Recorder US judge dismisses Uber driver lawsuit over data breachReuters all 15 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Tech Times BMW taps into Uber's marketing power to promote the new 7 Series Fortune However, Uber customers living in Miami, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles can take free rides in the 7 Series just by ordering it via the ride-hailing app. These free rides are one day only—Oct. 19—and will end by 8 p.m, just enough time to ... Uber Offering Free Rides In New BMW 7 Series Sedan MondayTech Times Call An Uber, Catch A Ride In A BMW 7 Series Like A BossForbes Canada Elections 2015: Uber Offering Free Rides To Polls For New CustomersInternational Business Times Next City -Automotive News -VatorNews all 68 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

USA TODAY Former Boston Uber driver sentenced up to 12 years on rape conviction USA TODAY BOSTON — A former Uber driver accused of raping a female passenger in 2014 and who is also linked to a series of assaults in Boston has been sentenced to 10 to 12 years in state prison, authorities said. Alejandro Done, a 47-year-old Boston man, was ... Boston Man Who, Posed as Uber Driver and Raped Passenger, SentencedThe Root Fake Uber driver sentenced to 10-12 years in prison for abducting and raping ...New York Daily News Former Uber Driver Gets 10 Years In Prison After Raping A WomanBuzzFeed News Boston Herald -Boston.com -The Boston Globe all 135 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg These Four Charts Show How Uber Steals Turf From Cabs and Spreads Throughout a ... Bloomberg Portland is a city that values its weird traditions, which is partly why it resisted overtures by Uber and other ride-hailing apps to operate there. Eventually, officials gave in. According to a report by the city, the apps swiftly changed Portland in ... Uber, Lyft see jump in fares, taxis take hit, report sayskgw.com Uber, Lyft now dominate Portland ride marketOregonLive.com Uber plans push for upstate NY expansionWGRZ-TV New York Daily News -GeekWire all 42 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Re/code The Flop of Uber Drivers' National Protest Shows How Hard It Is for Them to ... Re/code The failure of this weekend's nationwide protest planned by Uber drivers illustrates how hard it is for ride-hailing drivers to collectively organize and bargain for what they want. Drivers used social media — primarily Facebook and Twitter — to ... Uber swirls in local controversy, protestsSan Francisco Examiner Uber is not Uber secure - yetiTWire (press release) all 5 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes Blown Bubble Calls: Are Airbnb, Uber And DraftKings Really The Sign Of The Top? Forbes A flood of late-stage investments at eye-popping valuations have turned the Silicon Valley startup scene into a unicorn parade, prompting a symphony of bubble warnings from investors and observers who think a bust is imminent. But for investors, the ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber