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Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber's Background Checks Missed Murder And DUI Convictions, Prosecutors Say A recent amendment to a lawsuit filed against Uber last year indicates that the ride-hailing app's screening process for prospective drivers is far from foolproof.   |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
A Consulting Firm Hired By Uber Found That Its Drivers Are Very Happy Uber's survey seems to paint a selective picture of its drivers. Which is exactly what it's designed to do. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Uber's New Feature Makes Commuting Home A Little Sweeter For Drivers Uber drivers in the Bay Area now have access to a feature that lets them pick up only riders who wish to travel in the same general direction they are headed. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Mistakenly Exposed The Personal Data Of Hundreds Of Drivers The ride-hailing company accidentally released the personal information of hundreds of its drivers, allegedly leaking social security numbers, scans of drivers' licenses, taxi certification forms, and other private data. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
The Teamsters Of The 21st Century: How Uber, Lyft, And Facebook Drivers Are Organizing When you think of the Teamsters, you might still think Jimmy Hoffa. But you should also now think Uber, Lyft, and even Facebook. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
Uber Is Now Facing A Much Bigger Lawsuit A U.S. district judge granted Uber drivers class-action status in a lawsuit that claims they were incorrectly categorized as contract workers -- which may now apply to tens of thousands of drivers in California. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Lyft Teams Up With Hertz And Shell Lyft, the perennial Avis to Uber's Hertz, is introducing a number of perks for its team of drivers. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2005 |
Buying vs. Leasing a Car Ask yourself the right questions before you decide. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you deliberate. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Why The Insurance Industry Is Taking Aim At Uber and Lyft Two bills are now up for approval in California (where both companies are based) that could force an overhaul in their insurance models -- and result in higher fares for customers. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
John Rosevear |
Leasing a Car Foolishly Sometimes, leasing a car can be the smart thing to do. But read this first. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Debuts A Commuter Service In China [Updated] Now that China's leading ride-hailing company, Didi Kuaidi, has forged a partnership with Lyft, Uber is facing pressure to step up its game in the region. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Buying vs. Leasing a Car Which costs the most in the long run? |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
"Shave The Stache": Lyft And Uber Turn To Mobile Billboards To Recruit Drivers As Lyft and Uber scale their e-hailing operations, they're focusing much of their efforts on recruitment -- or, more accurately, poaching. |
Fast Company
Rebecca Greenfield |
UN Women Says It Has No Plans To Collaborate With Uber On Job Creation (Updated) Just 10 days after Uber announced a global program to get more women drivers, UN Women has backed away from its highly publicized partnership to create 1 million jobs for women. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Report: Cabbies Are Getting Nicer -- And We Have Uber To Thank Research from the Technology Policy Institute supports the theory that taxi drivers are becoming nicer -- and attributes it to the rise of the ride-hailing startup Uber. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2008
Rich Duprey |
U.S. Automakers Lose Lease on Life With Chrysler ending its auto leasing program, and Ford and General Motors cutting back on theirs, there remains little incentive for people to shop for American cars. |
Fast Company
Michael Grothaus |
Uber Will Pay $7.6 Million Fine For Failing To Share Data Uber has agreed to pay the state of California $7.6 million for failing to share enough data about the trips users have taken using the service |
Entrepreneur
February 2002
Mark Henricks |
To Say the Leased Ownership is overrated. Could leasing be the answer to the tough economy? During downturns, tightening credit standards at traditional lenders tend to steer small firms to seek financing from leasing companies. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Rosalind Resnick |
Building Blocks Leasing may be the solution to grow your business quickly. |
Fast Company
Mark Sullivan |
Uber Agrees To Encrypt All User Geodata To Close "God View" Investigation Uber has reached a settlement with the New York state attorney general requiring it to encrypt riders' geolocation information and implement other rider privacy protections. |
Fast Company
June 2014
Om Malik |
Uber Is the New Google Google may be more than 15 years old and a search-and-advertising behemoth, and Uber may be a five-year-old startup remaking urban transportation. But they think the same. |
CIO
December 1, 2002
Lafe Low |
A Lesson on Leasing Leasing IT equipment can be an attractive (and cost-effective) alternative to buying it -- if you study these lessons. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Relaxes Screening Requirements For California Drivers The company is intentionally easing up on its screening requirements, to give nonviolent criminals a chance to become Uber drivers. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Tim Beyers |
So You Blew It If you are leasing a car and you want out, you have only three choices, all of which will probably cost you money. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Driver Is Employee, California Regulators Rule [Updated] The California Labor Commission has ruled that former San Francisco-based Uber driver Barbara Ann Berwick was, in fact, an employee of Uber, not an independent contractor. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
Uber Partners With The University Of Arizona On Self-Driving Cars Uber is teaming up with the University of Arizona to continue its research into self-driving cars. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
Uber Has A Security Problem And This Facebook Vet Wants To Fix It Uber knows it has a security problem and is apparently very serious about addressing it. Today, they hired longtime Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan away from the social networking giant. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Detroit Needs Some New Ideas While American carmakers seem to have just about given up on leasing as a way to make money, other automakers want to make the most of it. |
Entrepreneur
May 2007
James Park |
New Lease on Life When he wanted out of his car lease, this entrepreneur didn't take no for an answer - he started a business instead. |
Entrepreneur
August 2006
Jill Amadio |
Bring the Bling Entrepreneurs are discovering that driving their dream car - an Aston Martin, Bentley, Lamborghini, Maserati, rare Mercedes-Benz or even a classic collector car - has more business advantages than mere status. |
CFO
March 15, 2004
Bob Violino |
What's the Deal? Leasing IT gear is more popular than ever, thanks to a host of new options. But more for lessees is not guaranteed. |
Fast Company
October 2015
Max Chafkin |
What Makes Uber Run Travis Kalanick, the head of Uber, has been presented in an almost cartoonish light, coming off as either a Randian Superman, a Snidely Whiplash -- style mustache-twirling villain, or both. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Fined $7.3 Million By California Regulators, Risks Suspension A California government agency has hit Uber with a $7.3 million fine for withholding information from regulators, the Associated Press reports. |
CFO
July 1, 2004
Karen Bannan |
It's a Rental After a long dry spell, businesses are finally beginning to invest in IT equipment. Many are choosing to lease rather than buy. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Managers In France Arrested Uber France CEO Thibaud Simphal and Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, the general manager of Uber's Western Europe division, were charged for "illegal taxi operations" and for "concealing digital documents." |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Uber Set To Pilot Same-Day Delivery Service For Retailers Uber is planning to harness its fleet of drivers and UberRush couriers for same-day delivery of merchant goods bought online. |
CFO
July 1, 2006
Linda Corman |
(Don't) Look Deep into My Lease Terms can be mesmerizing, but companies get a rude awakening when leasing's real cost is revealed. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Report: Uber Deems China Its "Number One Priority" Since making its way to China last year, Uber has grown exponentially in cities like Hangzhou and Chengdu. |
Entrepreneur
June 2007
Rosalind Resnick |
More or Lease Don't have the cash for big-ticket items? Look to leasing instead. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
An Uber Competitor Is Coming To New York's Taxi Fleet Creative Mobile Technologies, which provides the ubiquitous credit card readers and Taxi TV monitors to half of New York's cabs, has inked a partnership with Arro to hail yellow and green cabs via smartphone. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
As Uber Seeks Another $2 Billion, Its Rivals Form Alliance Competing ride-hailing apps Lyft, Didi Kuaidi, Ola, and GrabTaxi have formed a global alliance to share technology and strategy in order the take on Uber. |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
Uber Will Let Customers Know When Surge Pricing Has Ended Uber has taken plenty of heat for its surge-price policy during busy hours, but the e-hailing startup tried to assuage this backlash Monday by announcing a feature that will let customers know when surge pricing has ended. |
Fast Company
Jessica Hullinger |
GM Partners With Lyft To Build A Network Of Self-Driving Cars Lyft, the ride-hailing startup, announced today that it is partnering with General Motors to create a network of on-demand self-driving cars. |
Popular Mechanics
January 26, 2010
David Kiley |
Are New Lease Discounts Bad News for Automakers? Depending on where you live, you might be seeing lease offers for a Chevy Mailbu for as low as $179 per month, with $2,000 down, and a Honda Accord for $249 per month and $249 down. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
Carnegie Mellon "In A Crisis" After Uber Poached 40 Of Its Researchers The Wall Street Journal says that the robotics center at Carnegie Mellon is "scrambling to recover" after the ride-hailing company Uber hired 40 of its scientists. |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
Time For A Career Shift? New York City UberX Drivers Can Earn $90,766 A Year How much does an UberX driver make compared to a regular cabbie? |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Uber Updates Privacy Policies Ridesharing giant Uber has just revised its privacy policy to track riders' locations even when the app is not being used, and to send promotional discounts to friends and family members. |
CFO
August 1, 2005
Tim Reason |
Hidden in Plain Sight The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn't like lease accounting, and it's not going to take it any more. Leasing may soon have to be justified on economic terms alone. |
CFO
December 1, 2009
Sarah Johnson |
Balance-Sheet Blues Companies wait and wonder about the impact of changes to lease accounting. |
CFO
December 1, 2008
Robert Hertzberg |
Month In, Month Out Capital deprivation may make more companies turn to leasing for their IT equipment needs. |
