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The Next WebAs on-demand drivers become scarce, Uber holds all the cards
The Next Web
Although people likely associate non-driver services with “surprise and delight” — offering free ice cream, kittens, and other goodies for limited time offers — Uber offers UberEATS in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto with ...
On-Demand Companies Consider Outsourcing Delivery With UberRe/code
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Sacramento BeeSacramento taxi drivers protest Uber airport services
Sacramento Bee
Sacramento International Airport's decision to allow Uber drivers to make passenger pickups has prompted angry complaints this week from traditional cabbies who are not allowed to await passengers curbside. “Why not give us permission?” said Kazman ...
How Uber Could Be Part of the Solution (Instead of Embroiled in Controversy)Huffington Post
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Uber summer: 26K trips to Asbury Park
Asbury Park Press
ASBURY PARK Uber drivers transported thousands of visitors to the boardwalk, attractions and small businesses in Asbury Park during the biggest summer month. Uber drivers made about 26,000 trips to and from Asbury Park from June 1 to August 1, ...https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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FortuneHere's how Uber is fighting its rival in China
Fortune
As Uber tries to expand its business in China, Didi seems to always be one step ahead. The Chinese company is available in over 80 cities as compared to Uber's 16, and it raised $2 billion this summer while Uber is just now reportedly closing in on a ...
Inside Uber's Fight With Its Chinese Nemesis, Didi KuaidiWall Street Journal
'You are my inspiration': China's Uber rival Didi to Uber CEO KalanickVentureBeat
Uber's Ride-Hailing War In China Is Getting UglyNewsy
Tech in Asia -Business Insider Australia
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WLWT CincinnatiCVG clears Uber to begin airport pick-ups
Cincinnati.com
Ride-sharing platform Uber has been cleared to pick-up passengers at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Uber Technologies is the latest company to secure an operating agreement under CVG's new ridesharing policy, CVG officials said ...
Uber cleared for pickups at Cincinnati, Kentucky airportWashington Times
Uber receives green light to operate at CVG under new ridesharing policyWLWT Cincinnati
Airport cabbies complain that Uber drivers have unfair advantageWCPO
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Las Vegas Review-JournalThe Uber vs. Lyft War Has Been Won in Silicon Valley
Vanity Fair
In recent years, Lyft has shed its quasi-socialist ethos—the one which encouraged passengers to sit up front and offer “donations” rather than fares—and basically begun adopting Uber's more aggressive model. Meanwhile, Travis Kalanick, Uber's co ...
Lyft looking at smaller Las Vegas presence than Uber with 2500 carsLas Vegas Review-Journal
Uber and Lyft: Driving for Dollars in MemphisMemphis Magazine
Why Lyft Should Go Public Before UberRe/code
Next City
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Mother JonesYour Cheap Uber Rides May Be Going Away. And That's a Good Thing.
Mother Jones
No company right now elicits a wider range of emotions than Uber. The on-demand ride service has grown in six short years from an idea hatched by a couple of San Francisco tech bros to a $50 billion juggernaut that serves millions of users in 290 cities.https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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KVVU Las VegasUber begins vehicle inspection process in Nevada
KVVU Las Vegas
Following a year of meetings and court hearings, Uber this week began allowing potential drivers to apply. The application process includes a vehicle inspection. Abraham Habtemichael hopes to be picking up passengers soon. On Wednesday, his Toyota ...
Uber driver vehicle inspections begin in Las VegasNews3LV
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Is Uber cutting down on drunken driving arrests?
KPRC Houston
“Since we launched in Houston, we've provided over 3.5 million safe rides for our customers here in Houston,” said Uber Houston General Manager Sarfraz Maredia. Janet Haworth, her husband Bob and their two grown children use Uber all the time, so they ...
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The GuardianUber increases unemployment and needs regulation, says Brazil's president
The Guardian
The chilly reception for Uber contrasts with Rio's embrace of another icon of the so-called “sharing economy”. Home rental marketplace Airbnb is an official accommodation provider for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, which has a paucity of affordable ...
UPDATE 1-Brazil's president says Uber costs jobs, needs regulationReuters
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Las Vegas Review-JournalLyft looking at smaller Las Vegas presence than Uber with 2500 cars
Las Vegas Review-Journal
The ride-hailing company Lyft will only be a fraction of the size of its rival Uber when it opens for business in Nevada, requesting a maximum of 2,500 cars for licensing its first two years of operation compared with the unlimited number sought by Uber.
Why Lyft Should Go Public Before UberRe/code
Uber? Taxi? Lyft? Finding the Cheapest RideNext City
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Uber sets goal of adding 5000 drivers
Houston Chronicle (subscription)
Uber leaders, staff of the nonprofit Change Happens and local NAACP leaders on Thursday are expected to announce a partnership aimed at recruiting drivers, especially in underserved areas where the new hires might fill a growing demand.https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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Wall Street JournalInside Uber's Fight With Its Chinese Nemesis, Didi Kuaidi
Wall Street Journal
As Uber Technologies Inc. chief Travis Kalanick was preparing for an all-out push into China, he visited the country's dominant ride-hailing company in July 2014. Mr. Kalanick suggested Uber invest in the company, the Beijing startup's chief executive ...
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UPDATE 1-Brazil's president says Uber costs jobs, needs regulation
Reuters
The chilly reception for Uber contrasts with Rio's embrace of another icon of the so-called "sharing economy." Home-rental marketplace Airbnb Inc is an official accommodation provider for the 2016 Olympic Games next year in Rio, which has a paucity of ...
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Government TechnologyWill Uber Drivers in Seattle Unionize?
Government Technology
City Councilmember Mike O'Brien will introduce legislation next week that would give taxi drivers, for-hire drivers and drivers for app-based transportation-network companies such as Uber and Lyft the right to collectively bargain with those companies ...https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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Brazil's president says Uber costs jobs, let cities decide
Reuters
Brazil's three major cities Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia have all moved to ban the mobile app developed by Uber Technologies Inc that enables users to hail Uber drivers for rides. None of the bans has yet taken effect, with mayors holding off ...
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KXAN.comUber voices concerns over city regulation recommendations
KXAN.com
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft have operated legally in Austin for over a year now. For months, the city has been working together with parties to create permanent regulations for the companies. Some of ...https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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NJ.comWant to work for Uber? Job fair in Gloucester Township to show you how
NJ.com
The company has made headlines in the state this year following legislative attempts to regulate the growing ridesharing industry, which has come under fire from the state's taxi industry for not holding Uber drivers to the same safety and insurance ...https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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NPRHow A Suit Against Uber Could Redefine The Sharing Economy
NPR
Updated at 12:08 p.m. ET: Uber Responds. Uber has been fighting challenges to its business model. But a federal judge in California has allowed some drivers to proceed with a class-action lawsuit against the ride-hailing service. The case could affect ...
Uber argued against itself in class action case, judge saysFortune
Uber Drivers' Labor Lawsuit Granted Class Action Status In CaliforniaHuffington Post
The court ruling that could blow up Uber's business modelLos Angeles Times
Wired -CNBC -Quartz
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Business InsiderPhiladelphia is the latest city to try to kneecap Uber
Business Insider
When Uber starts operating in new markets, it tends to act aggressively, often operating unauthorized. Uber asks for forgiveness from cities, not permission. Sometimes, this behavior gets the company in trouble. That's what's happening right now in ...
Philadelphia Sues, Fines Uber $300K Over Allegations Of Operating IllegallyThe Consumerist
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FortuneUber has signed up thousands of businesses for rides
Fortune
On Tuesday, the company said it has enrolled over 50,000 businesses into its Uber for Business program. The initiative, which premiered last year, is intended to help companies integrate corporate accounts into Uber's app so that workers can bill their ...https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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ForbesThe Growing Unreality Of The Uber Wealthy Tech Overlords
Forbes
Yesterday brought the news that the lawsuit brought against ride-sharing company Uber by some California drivers who did work for the company would proceed as a class action. That could mean the estimated 160,000 people in the state who drive for the ...https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber
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Los Angeles TimesUber's expansion prompts a taxi strike in Mumbai, India
Los Angeles Times
A taxi strike in India's second largest city spilled into a second day Wednesday as a powerful union protested the expansion of Uber and other mobile cab-hailing services. Many of Mumbai's familiar black-and-yellow taxis – known as kaali-peelis ...
Mumbai taxi drivers strike over Uber incursionFinancial Times
What's cheaper in your city: Cabs or ride shares?CNBC
City Cracks Down On Uber DriversAm980 London News
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CNETUber bends its business model to offer cash payments across all of India
Quartz
In another two weeks, India will become the first major international market where Uber will introduce cash payments across all cities, a spokesperson told Quartz. India is Uber's largest market, in terms of the number of cities it serves, outside the ...
Woman who sued Uber over alleged rape in India withdraws lawsuitCNET
Woman Who Sued Uber Over Alleged Rape in India Ends LawsuitNBCNews.com
Indian woman who sued Uber after alleged rape voluntarily ends lawsuitThe Verge
Re/code -CIO -Firstpost
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NYC Enlists Tech Types to Help Fix Its Uber Problem - WIRED
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WIRED
Uber and the City of New York have called a ceasefire in the battle they waged against each other earlier this summer over the city's plans to cap the expansion of the ride-hailing industry. Just months after all the name-calling and mudslinging came ...
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