Silicon Valley Investors Flexed Their Muscles in Uber Fight The conventional wisdom in the world of Silicon Valley start-ups has been that the founders call the shots and that the investors are cheerleaders — and sometimes enablers — of the entrepreneurs they backed. But on Tuesday, when investors pressured Travis […]

Uber Weighs Leave of Absence for Chief Executive Facing accusations that Uber executives turned a blind eye to sexual harassment and other corporate misbehavior, the ride-hailing service’s board moved on Sunday to shake up the company’s leadership, ahead of the release this week of an investigation’s findings on its troubled […]