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NYC Uber drivers converting cars to yellow taxis

Photo: Inset: Reuters; Main: Committee For Taxi Safety If you can’t beat ’em — paint ’em yellow. Uber drivers are transforming their black cars into taxis as part of a Taxi and Limousine Commission pilot project, The Post has learned. So far, five hacks have gone...
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Mexican taxis promise to ‘hunt down’ Uber drivers

MEXICO CITY — Uber, beware: Mexican taxi drivers will hunt you down. A leader of Mexico State's taxi drivers said as much. "We are not going to leave (Uber cars) alone. We are tracking these colleagues and hunting them down," Esteban Meza, who represents about 13,000...
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How did my dad’s Uber account get hacked?

  Thousands of users of taxi app Uber have reported their accounts being hacked or hijacked. What's going on? "Bilaal, your Uber is arriving now," my dad was told. My dad's name is Ed. And he hadn't requested an Uber car. He's not alone. The US website...
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I was an undercover Uber driver

Two good-looking young strangers are having an amazing conversation in the backseat of my car. I'm eavesdropping so hard I nearly run a red light. Her: Then don't make me sign it. Ugh, it's like you're planning for this not to work. Him (stammering): No, I just think...
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Uber, Santander Partnership On Car Loans Is Over

Jul 24, 2015

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....

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