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Uber, Lyft shares surge after court decision to treat drivers as contractors
Shares of Uber Technologies and Lyft Inc. rose on Tuesday after a California court ruled that drivers can be treated…
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California court ruling allows Uber, Lyft to classify drivers as independent contractors
FOX Business’ Stuart Varney weighs in on President Biden tightening rules on independent contractors. Ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft…
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A California appeals court reverses a lower court ruling that found Prop 22 illegal, preserving the independent contractor model of companies like Uber and Lyft (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal)
Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: A California appeals court reverses a lower court ruling that found Prop 22 illegal,…
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Sources: Uber is exploring whether to spin off its Uber Freight logistics arm to focus on its growing ride hailing and food delivery units (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Uber is exploring whether to spin off its Uber Freight logistics arm to focus on its growing ride…
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A survey of 810 Uber and Lyft California drivers: ~66% have experienced deactivation, 30% of whom were never told why, and 43% were sexually harassed on the job (Asian Law Caucus)
Asian Law Caucus: A survey of 810 Uber and Lyft California drivers: ~66% have experienced deactivation, 30% of whom were…
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Uber and Lyft Are More Likely to Fire Drivers of Color
James Jordan had worked as an Uber driver in Los Angeles for five and a half years by the spring…
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Uber launches a redesigned version of its app globally, including adding a simpler homescreen, a Services tab, and live tracking on iOS 16 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Uber launches a redesigned version of its app globally, including adding a simpler homescreen, a Services…
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Uber strikes two seven-year deals with Google Cloud and Oracle to host its IT infrastructure; an Uber executive says 95% of its IT is hosted on its own servers (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Uber strikes two seven-year deals with Google Cloud and Oracle to host its IT…
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Uber reports Q4 revenue up 49% YoY to $8.6B, gross bookings rose 19% YOY to $30.7B, and a record 2.1B customer trips, up 19% YoY; UBER jumps 7%+ pre-market (Kellen Browning/New York Times)
Kellen Browning / New York Times: Uber reports Q4 revenue up 49% YoY to $8.6B, gross bookings rose 19% YOY…
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Indian gig economy workers for Uber, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, and others deal with blocked accounts for up to weeks, after speaking out on poor working conditions (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian gig economy workers for Uber, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, and others deal with blocked accounts for…
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