British PM May calls Uber London ban disproportionate British PM May calls Uber London ban disproportionate: A decision by London’s transport regulator to strip Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] of its license to operate in the city was “disproportionate” and has put thousands of jobs at risk, British Prime Minister Theresa […]
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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 […]
Uber Fires Former Google Engineer at Heart of Self-Driving Dispute Uber said Tuesday that it had fired Anthony Levandowski, a star engineer brought in to lead the company’s self-driving automobile efforts who was accused of stealing trade secrets when he left a job at Google. What Mr. Levandowski did when […]
Tech Roundup: Improving Uber’s Diversity and Culture Uber released a report on Tuesday detailing the diversity of its work force. The numbers starkly show the lack of women and minorities at the ride-hailing company. About two thirds of Uber’s employees are men. Of the company’s technology jobs, 85 percent are […]
