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Uber’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Surge Pricing. What If It’s Sexual Harassment by Drivers?

Private car services are popular among women who want to stay safe, but reports allege sexual harassment by drivers. Is it time to rethink services like Uber? One afternoon in late September, I opened the Uber app and requested a ride. For the unitiated, Uber is a...
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Victims of Chicago Uber attack speak out

CHICAGO -- An Uber driver is charged after an altercation with two female passengers. The women requested an Uber Tuesday night in Streeterville and when the driver Chieh Wang, 37, arrived, one of the women was not ready to be picked up. Wang became upset and left the...
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Vive la France, vive les chauffeurs de taxi de Paris…by Jim Thomas.

In future, Friday the 13th, will forever be associated with one of the worst atrocities inflicted on a civilian population by are small group of religious fanatics. As bombs exploded around the city, to the sound of automatic weapons, the city went into lockdown and...
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Uber suspends services in Bulgaria

Ride-sharing service Uber has suspended its activities in Bulgaria but says that it has not abandoned the market. The temporary suspension follows a September 28 ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court upholding large financial penalties imposed by the Competition...
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Why Uber Faces a Rough Road Ahead

Jan 14, 2016

Uber’s hostility to any regulation has backfired, and now it must engage in city-by-city combat By Lawrence Meyers • 01/13/16 9:00am Illustration by Carlos Zamora. Uber is nothing more than a dispatcher for gypsy cabs. That’s all it is. The company’s business model...

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Taxi app Hailo needs new funding after £22m losses in 2014

Jan 12, 2016

Cab hailing company needs a cash injection in the next three months to continue as a going concern, according to auditor’s report on latest accounts  A yellow London taxi cab operated by Hailo stands outside store in 2014. Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty...

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Uber hit with lawsuit over alleged sexual assaults

Jan 7, 2016

The ride-hailing company is being sued after two women allege they were sexually assaulted by Uber drivers. The plaintiffs say Uber needs to do more to keep passengers safe. A new lawsuit alleges that ride-hailing company Uber markets itself to young women who have...

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