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Uber has hired a new UK chief as its gears up to ask for another license renewal in London Business InsiderUber was denied a license renewal by London regulators in 2017, and was eventually granted a probationary one, which expires on September 25. View the full article

Uber's battle for Buenos Aires is shaking rule of law in Argentina CityMetricJust 12 hours after Uber's *service* became available in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, taxi industry representatives took the company – and the city's ... View the full article

Uber poaches new UK boss from Twitter founder Dorsey’s Square City A.M.CityAM - Uber has nabbed one of Twitter chief Jack Dorsey's right-hand staff as its new general manager for its operations in [...] View the full article

The Best Vegan Dishes on Uber Eats | The The ResidentVictoria Purcell on 18th August 2019. Facebook · Twitter · Pinterest. Looking for a great vegan delivery *service*? Try Uber Eats. The online food delivery ordering ... View the full article

The Rise of the Virtual Restaurant The New York TimesFood delivery apps are reshaping the restaurant industry — and how we eat — by inspiring digital-only establishments that don't need a dining room or waiters. View the full article

Uber customers paid more than $6 billion in cash last year, and accounting for it isn’t easy MarketWatchUber says it's a technology platform but the company accepts cash, a dangerous low-tech way to boost revenue in Brazil and some other foreign locations . View the full article

Tech’s Dog Days Financial TimesLondon CCTV cameras proliferate, WeWork IPO prospectus, OnePlus 5G handset. View the full article

The Best Way to Get from Heathrow Airport to London The Points Guy UKLooking for ways to get from the UK's busiest airport into London? TPG has all the bases covered. View the full article

Uber Gives Investors the Worst of Both Worlds ForbesUber's slowing growth and mounting losses reaffirms my belief that this stock has no viable path to justifying its valuation. Even after the stock's post-IPO decline, ... View the full article

Surprise! Uber and Lyft Do Not Like NYC’s New Ride-Hail Rules WIREDUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who took the helm of the controversial company back in 2017, is known for being pretty unflappable. He was even upbeat during ... View the full article

London council saves gay fetish club from redevelopment The GuardianThe UK's last remaining strict leather and rubber fetish gay club has been saved after a London council blocked plans to redevelop the East End site into a ... View the full article

Private jet used by ‘eco warriors’ Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for Ibiza holiday cost £20k from fleet dubb The SunTHE private plane used by “eco warriors” Harry and Meghan to jet back from their summer holiday is from a fleet let to billionaires. The royal couple flew on a ... View the full article

The Londoner: Broadcasters balk at 'sharing' Boris Evening StandardNational broadcasters are flummoxed over how to cover Boris Johnson's Facebook live videos, leading to internal rows. The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 all refused ... View the full article

Jailed British rapper got Uber driver friend to transport gun from London to Manchester | TaxiPoint Taxi News | UK | Black cabs TaxiPoint Taxi NewsA 32-year-old rapper, who goes by the stage name J Avalanche, arranged for a gun to be transported from London to Manchester by an Uber driver friend. View the full article

WeWork is about to make Uber's IPO look prudent The Australian Financial ReviewWho else but WeWork founder Adam Neumann could keep a straight face while describing the company's plan to elevate global consciousness? View the full article

Toronto ride-sharing startup Facedrive expands to London, Ont. BetaKitFacedrive, a Toronto-based peer-to-peer ridesharing *service* with a focus on C02 emissions reduction, has officially launched in the City of London, Ont. View the full article

Uber brings in global marketing VP weeks after raft of redundancies Prolific LondonCar-share giant Uber has hired a former Google marketing lead two weeks after it laid off around 400 in-house marketing staff, around a third of its total team. View the full article

The Rise of the Virtual Restaurant The New York TimesSAN FRANCISCO — At 9:30 on most weeknights, Ricky Lopez, the head chef and owner of Top Round Roast Beef in San Francisco, stacks up dozens of hot ... View the full article

Rapper got Uber driver to traffic GUN a month before he arranged 1kg Swindon cocaine transfer Swindon AdvertiserA MONTH before he arranged for a kilogramme of cocaine to be transported to London, rapper Nahkell Gordon got an Uber driver pal to take a revolver… View the full article

SunTrust: Internet Stocks Outperforming S&P 500 Yahoo FinanceInternet stocks are outperforming the broader market, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey said in a review of second-quarter earnings season. Top-Line Momentum ... View the full article

Savoir Just Released a $300,000 Rotating Bed Architectural DigestIt's a funny story, really. Savoir Beds' new $300,000 rotating bed—one of the most expensive models currently on the market—was generated by a quip said ... View the full article

Platform Power: Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the hidden forces driving the world’s top businesses GeekWireAmazon, Uber, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many other big companies have something in common. They're all platforms, providing underlying ... View the full article

Fayetteville babysitter charged after 3-year-old slips out at 1 a.m., walks to nightclub WCTI12.comA Fayetteville mom says she received a terrifying call from her babysitter telling her that her 3-year-old daughter was missing. "She walked out the house at ... View the full article

Market Morning: Hong Kong Chaos, Rates Plummet, Gold Soars, Hybrid Lull, Uber Bleeds Yahoo FinanceHong Kong Continues Its Slide Into Chaos With Chinese Troops On The Border Hong Kong stocks (NYSEARCA:EWH) are sliding again, down 15% in a month, ... View the full article

Inside Smooci, the Sex Work App Described as 'Uber for Escorts' VICEWe went to the launch of the self-described “next-generation escort booking platform” to see if it had sex workers' interests at heart. View the full article