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Los Angeles Times Uber's driver screening practices fuel political debate on rider safety Los Angeles Times The ride-hailing revolution holds the potential to radically change the way people get around. But the political battle over Uber and Lyft in California has focused on something more obscure: fingerprints. Uber is facing some of the fiercest challenges ... Sex offenders, convicted murderer find jobs at UberCNNMoney Uber background checks on drivers missed ex-convicts, prosecutors sayDigital Trends Why Uber Doesn't Want to Fingerprint DriversInc.com New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV -New York Times -TIME all 390 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Citic Fund Unit Said to Plan $100 Million Uber Investment Bloomberg A fund management unit of China's Citic Group Corp. plans to invest $100 million in Uber Technologies Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter. Citic-CP Asset Management, a joint venture between Citic Trust and Citic-Prudential Fund ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TechCrunch Uber Plans To Go Public In 18-24 Months, According To Leaked Presentation TechCrunch The news agency gained access to a presentation that Uber is showing to potential investors in China as part of a new funding round for its international business. (UberChina, the entity Uber created in the country, is separately reportedly seeking to ... Leaked Doc: Uber Nears $2 Billion in Revenue, Expects IPO in 18-24 MonthsRe/code Uber says its global ride bookings will more than double in 2016Fortune Uber's global bookings are expected to skyrocket to $26 billion in 2016Business Insider CNBC -Los Angeles Times all 51 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Pulse Uber Courts Riders by Playid Cupid on Chinese Valentine's Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc., competing in China with Didi Kuaidi for the ride-hailing market, is building its community of users by playing matchmaker on the nation's equivalent of Valentine's Day. Uber ran a promotion on Thursday in southern Guangzhou city ... Uber's Biggest Competition Is Not a Ride-Sharing Company (In 1 Chart)Pulse all 3 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal Uber to Offer India Passengers Free Wi-Fi Wall Street Journal Passengers who book a car through Uber will receive a password to access the Internet from the driver. The company says it is working on ways to prevent drivers offering the service to customers who book through rival apps and will track whether data ... Uber to Provide Free In-Car Wi-Fi in IndiaNew York Times Uber's Biggest India Challenge Is ItselfRe/code Uber-Bharti Airtel Partnership To Offer Free 4G Wi-Fi To Passengers In IndiaInternational Business Times Tnooz -Economic Times -NDTV all 79 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TIME Uber Drivers Would Earn $5500 Per Year in Benefits if Paid as Employees TIME Uber drivers in six major U.S. cities would receive paid holidays and health care benefits worth an average of $5,500 a year, plus thousands more in mileage reimbursement, if the company provided them with the same benefits as its full-time employees, ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Uber to Provide Free In-Car Wi-Fi in India New York Times HONG KONG — In India, a country notorious for city-snarling traffic jams, Uber is hoping free in-car Wi-Fi will lure customers who don't want long transit times to take them offline. On Friday, Uber, the ride-sharing company, said it had signed a ... Uber to Offer India Passengers Free Wi-FiWall Street Journal Uber's Biggest India Challenge Is ItselfRe/code Uber-Bharti Airtel Partnership To Offer Free 4G Wi-Fi To Passengers In IndiaInternational Business Times Tnooz -Economic Times -TechCrunch all 82 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fredericksburg.com High-tech rides come to Fredericksburg via Uber, Lyft Fredericksburg.com According to Brandy Brubaker, public relations and media liaison at the Virginia DMV, there are nearly 400 vehicles in the region registered with companies like Uber or its main competitor, Lyft. Many of these vehicles are registered in Fredericksburg, ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Australia's Cabcharge pins hopes on payment app amid Uber competition Reuters SYDNEY Taxi services firm Cabcharge Australia Ltd has hired software developers to rush a payment app to the market as its fights against the soaring popularity of ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL]. Cabcharge, which provides the ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CNNMoney Sex offenders, convicted murderer find jobs at Uber CNNMoney One Uber driver was convicted of second-degree murder in 1982. He spent 26 years in prison, was released in 2008 and applied to Uber. A background report turned up no records relating to his murder conviction. He gave rides to over 1,100 Uber customers ... Uber's driver screening practices fuel political debate on rider safetyLos Angeles Times Uber background checks on drivers missed ex-convicts, prosecutors sayDigital Trends Why Uber Doesn't Want to Fingerprint DriversInc.com New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV -New York Times -TIME all 384 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Racing to Stay Ahead of Uber Bloomberg Uber has 11 percent of the country's private car business and is raising $1 billion to claim more. In a June message to investors, Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick said expanding in China is Uber's top global priority and that he plans to put ... Asian Ride Startups Give Uber a Run for Its MoneyWall Street Journal The Chinese government is the latest member of the anti-Uber investor allianceQuartz GrabTaxi Lands $350M From China's Top Uber Rival Didi Kuaidi And OthersTechCrunch Fortune -Re/code -Mashable all 116 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Woman Tries To Get Uber Driver Blocked For Driving While Muslim Refinery29 Sonia Marcella Martinez's profile picture on Uber, where she's a driver, shows a grinning 32-year-old woman wearing big sunglasses and a headscarf. Martinez has been working as a part-time driver in Denver for the past five months, and has been loving ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

TBO.com Victor Crist has plan he says would make Uber and Lyft legal TBO.com Victor Crist, chairman of the transportation commission and a Hillsborough County commissioner, said he will propose creating a new regulatory category called ride-share for transportation networking companies. Crist said if Uber and Lyft accept three ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Uber Missed Criminal Records of Drivers, Prosecutors Assert New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year, regulators in various cities have questioned whether Uber, the ride-hailing service, vets its drivers for criminal backgrounds as carefully as traditional taxi companies. Now the district attorneys of San ... Uber's cheapest service significantly lowers drunken driving deaths in ...Fox News DA: major flaws in Uber background checks allow criminal driversSFGate Uber Failed to Screen Out Criminals Including a Murderer, Regulators SayWall Street Journal (blog) Fortune -Forbes -Business Insider all 32 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Re/code Airbnb's Clever Strategy in China May Outshine Uber's Re/code Airbnb and Uber are taking markedly different approaches to China. So far, Airbnb looks like the one to back. The apartment-sharing company stuck a bullseye on China yesterday and started the search for a CEO in the far East. For now, Airbnb will focus ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fox News Uber's cheapest service significantly lowers drunken driving deaths in ... Fox News Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have new ammunition in their fight to operate in cities around the world -- a study that concludes they could save thousands of lives. The upstart services have battled the organized taxi lobby and politicians ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber Debits $1537 From Passenger's Checking Account For 6-Day Ride That Didn't ... The Consumerist This story should teach two lessons to any Uber passenger: First, always check to make sure that your ride is concluded when you get out of the car. Second, don't do anything that directly links your checking account to Uber. It's a lesson learned the ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Hill Uber expanding 'UberEats' food delivery service The Hill Popular ride-hailing company Uber is expanding its food delivery service, UberEats, to San Francisco. The company tweeted that it is adding San Francisco, which is its hometown, to a list of six cities where users can order food using an app that is ... Uber brings food delivery to its hometown, San FranciscoCNET How Uber's latest update could pose a major threat to GrubHubBusiness Insider Food delivery is taking center stage in Uber's appFortune TechCrunch -San Jose Mercury News -NBC Bay Area all 76 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times (blog) Bits | Uber Raises $100 Million From Tata of India New York Times (blog) Uber already said that it had planned to invest $1 billion by early next year into its operations in India, where Uber competes with local rivals like Ola, a ride-booking service that recently raised $400 million. Uber offers its services in 18 Indian ... Uber India secures investment from major Indian companyUSA TODAY Fresh investment to help Uber boost India ridership to 1 million dailyCNET Uber raises $100 million from India's TataFortune Wall Street Journal -Bloomberg -Reuters all 104 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes Is Uber's No Tipping Culture Under Attack? Forbes Out of all the Uber passengers I've talked to, not one has ever said that they love Uber because they don't have to tip. Passengers may mention that fact later on, but most often you hear things like, 'The experience is awesome', 'The cars are cleaner ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal Asian Ride Startups Give Uber a Run for Money Wall Street Journal Investors have opened their checkbooks to rivals of Uber Technologies Inc. in Asia. Three Asian aspirants to the ride-hailing throne have attracted large sums of fresh capital in recent months, bringing their total fundraising to $5.8 billion, closing ... The Chinese government is the latest member of the anti-Uber investor allianceQuartz GrabTaxi Lands $350M From China's Top Uber Rival Didi Kuaidi And OthersTechCrunch Uber's biggest rival in China invests in an Uber rival in SingaporeFortune Re/code -Mashable -Financial Times all 61 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

KTLA Uber, Lyft Closer to Being Fully Operational at LAX After Narrow City Council Vote KTLA A driver with Uber and Lyft stickers on the car's windshield are seen at LAX's departures level in July 2015. A Los Angeles City Council panel on Aug. 18, 2015, narrowly backed a policy that would allow Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at LAX ... Plan for Uber, Lyft service at LAX clears key City Hall hurdleLos Angeles Times LA City Council committee votes 3-2 in favor of allowing Uber, Lyft at LAX89.3 KPCC Los Angeles seeks regulation of Uber, Lyft in exchange for LAX pickupsLA Daily News L.A. Weekly all 32 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

89.3 KPCC LA City Council committee votes 3-2 to still allow Uber, Lyft at LAX 89.3 KPCC A committee of the Los Angeles City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to affirm the Council's existing decision to allow rideshare services like Uber and Lyft to start picking up riders at LAX. The Council exercised its power to review the decision by the ... Los Angeles seeks regulation of Uber, Lyft in exchange for LAX pickupsLA Daily News Opening LAX to Uber Gains MomentumL.A. Weekly New hurdle for Uber, Lyft at LAXMyNewsLA.com all 9 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Another Uber driver sues, claiming unpaid wages PCWorld A California man who drives for Uber has sued the company in federal court, claiming he's owed unpaid wages under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Greg Fisher, a Los Angeles resident, says Uber should pay him unpaid minimum wage, unpaid ... and more »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Sun Sentinel Palm Beach County backtracks on new rules for Uber Sun Sentinel Uber had threatened to pull out of Palm Beach County over planned fingerprinting requirements and new insurance standards for the company's drivers. That triggered a flood of complaints from Uber riders who have filled county commissioners' email ... Rules to be loosened for limos & taxis in Palm Beach CountyWPTV.com Uber to Leave Palm Beach if Regulations Are Put in Place; Commissioners to ...New Times Broward-Palm Beach Palm Beach County backs off some Uber rules; fight not overPalm Beach Post (blog) MyPalmBeachPost (subscription) all 48 news articles »https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber