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Uber, Santander Partnership On Car Loans Is Over

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A partnership between Uber Technologies and Banco Santander SA’s U.S. auto loan unit is over, Uber told Reuters, removing one of the country’s most prominent car lenders from a program trumpeted by the app-based ride service....

Ontario taxi owner files $410-million class-action suit against Uber Canada

A Toronto taxi owner has filed a $410-million lawsuit against Uber on behalf of the cab industry – even as the ride-sharing company continues its relentless expansion across the country and around the world. Dominik Konjevic, the plaintiff in a class-action suit filed...

Hillary Clinton Plans To Cite Uber’s Contractor Economy For Dampening Wages

As if Uber needed more enemies. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will blast contractor-fueled companies for repressing middle-class wage growth in a speech tomorrow laying out her economic policies, according to an outline of the talk attained by Politico’s...

Another Indian Taxi Driver Allegedly Caught Masturbating in Front of a Female Customer

       And this one worked for Uber A driver for ride-sharing app Uber was arrested Monday night for allegedly masturbating while ferrying a 25-year-old woman through the eastern Indian city of Kolkata earlier this month. News of the incident comes weeks after a...

How Uber Drivers Could Trip Up CEO Travis Kalanick

Uber may not be as invincible as it seems. The behemoth ride-sharing service Uber has jolted city after city like a mighty earthquake. It has gained a momentum that seems almost unstoppable. Some say it portends the future of the U.S. economy. At the least, taxi...

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Could New Hybrid Taxi From Toyota, Rival LTI’s TX5?

  If you've ever set foot in Tokyo, you know the ubiquitous, straight-laced Toyota Crown Comfort three-box sedans that are as archetypal of Japanese taxis as their drivers' officious hats and dainty white gloves. But Tokyo's streetscape is about to get a big...

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