Uber
Uber founder Travis Kalanick leaves board of directors
26 Dec 2019
Kalanick, who turned Uber into the world`s largest ride-services company and helped revolutionise the taxi industry worldwide, however, had to face investor ire following a series of setbacks
Uber Elevate to launch aerial taxi service in India
01 Sep 2018
Uber’s flying taxi can cruise at 240 to 320 km per hour, and soar up to 2,000 feet above, and may need to recharge after every 95 km, which may take five minutes to top up the batteries between flights
New York mulls limit on number of ride-hailing vehicles on streets
28 Jul 2018
In a path-breaking move, New York City may cap the number of Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing drivers operating on public streets in a step to counter worsening congestion and low driver wages
Uber to exit Southeast Asia, after quitting from China, Russia
26 Mar 2018
Embattled ride-hailing giant Uber, which has already backed out of China and Russia, is now all set to exit the Southeast Asian market by selling its operations to a Singapore-based rival
Uber’s driverless car fatally knocks pedestrian
20 Mar 2018
MNS resort to violence as Uber, Ola cabs go off roads
19 Mar 2018
As taxis of app-based firms Ola and Uber went off the roads in major cities protesting low fares that left them unable to repay their loans, an MNS worker was caught on camera threatening a driver and damaging his vehicle
Travis Kalanick launches new venture fund ‘10,100’, to focus on India, China
08 Mar 2018
Ousted from Uber last year, Travis Kalanick has launched a new venture investment fund called Ten one Hundred or 10100, a large part of which will be devoted to backing Indian startups
New study from MIT reveals 74 per cent of rideshare drivers making less than minimum wage
03 Mar 2018
SoftBank wants Uber to focus on US, Europe and LatAm: report
20 Jan 2018
Softbank has high stakes in all major ride-hailing companies, including Uber and its Chinese rival Didi and India’s Ola, and it wants all of them to make money
Kalanick to sell 29% of his stake in Uber amid SoftBank deal
05 Jan 2018
Former Uber Technologies Inc chief executive officer Travis Kalanick, who has long boasted that he has never sold any shares in the company he co-founded, plans to sell about 29 per cent of his stake in the ride-hailing company
Uber a transport provider, rules EU court
23 Dec 2017
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