A proposed class of 4,000 taxi drivers in California failed to show that alleged misrepresentations made by Uber Technologies Inc. about the availability of rides, the legality of airport pickups, and rider safety caused the taxi industry to lose ridership and income, a state appeals court said Tuesday.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is joining Uber in a campaign to educate drivers on human trafficking prevention, just ahead of Super Bowl LV in Tampa Bay. The pair have partnered to release an educational video for the thousands of drivers and passengers expected around the big game, which is less than two weeks away.
Ryan Munsie was working her second job delivering food in suburban Fort Worth on Saturday when she was killed Munsie was found with signs of trauma on her body in the breezeway of an apartment complex in Haltom City Police are not revealing her cause of death or a potential
Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. spent record amounts on Washington lobbying in 2020, a year in which the ride-hailing companies had the attention of the U.S. Labor Department. Uber paid out $2.5 million last year, topping its 2019 total of $2.4 million, while Lyft shelled out $2.2 million vs.
Uber is facing legal action from thousands of London taxi drivers, who have grouped together to accuse the ride-hailing company of operating unlawfully in the U.K. The drivers of London's distinctive black cabs are planning to sue for millions of pounds after alleging Uber allowed its drivers to accept bookings directly from passengers rather than through its central control, over a five-year period.
The company is partnering with The NOW Network to develop a digital fuel ordering platform for wholesalers.
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) - Philadelphia Police are looking for a man who fired at least 11 shots at a 19-year-old female delivery driver in West Philadelphia, in what investigators describe as an act of road rage.
It's been one year since the province started granting licences to ride-hailing companies in B.C., starting with Uber and Lyft, despite strong opposition and a legal challenge from the taxi industry. Since then, however, there's been a world-wide pandemic and demand for ride-hailing declined drastically just as they were lifting off.
We've seen Woolworths email scams this week, and now the same scammers are going after a different target: Uber users. There's a new scam target that appeared in our inboxes this week, and one that we've not seen before, as the scammers seemingly behind a recent Woolworths scam focus on Uber now, too.
LONDON Cabbies Plan To Sue Uber for damages A group reported being of as many as 4000 of London's black cab drivers are planning legal action against ride-hailing app firm Uber, to sue them for millions of pounds, for unlawful operation in the city over a period of six years, and hope to bring the case to court early in 2022.
Biotech isn't the only Bay Area industry with a big role to play in Covid-19 vaccines. The region's tech industry is also stepping up, applying new and existing technology tools to aid the vaccination effort. Giants such as Salesforce, Oracle, Uber, Lyft, Eventbrite and Cloudflare are among those leading or participating in projects to ramp up the distribution of vaccines to millions of Americans.
An Uber driver who took his passenger to a secluded area and raped her could be deported to New Zealand when he is released from jail. Sakaria Taufao, 51, was given a seven-year prison sentence for the rape, which happened in Ipswich, near Brisbane in 2015, ABC reported.
A legal challenge filed against Uber and Lyft by Richmond Cabs and eight other Metro Vancouver taxi companies has been dismissed by the BC Supreme Court. In January 2020, the taxi companies filed an application for judicial review of Uber and Lyft's licences, arguing that it was unfair for the Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) to not limit the ride sharing companies' fleet sizes.
Hood River, OR, based Investment company Northside Capital Management, LLC ( Current Portfolio) buys Uber Technologies Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Datadog Inc, Kohl's Corp, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, sells Vanguard Energy ETF, Amgen Inc, Intel Corp, PepsiCo Inc, Coca-Cola Co during the 3-months ended 2020Q4, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Northside Capital Management, LLC.
The report provides a detailed assessment of the 'Global Online Hyperlocal Service Market'. This includes enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, competitive, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, market size, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmaps, value chains, ecosystem player profiles, and strategies included.
A New Zealand-born Uber driver has been jailed for raping a teenage passenger in Australia, and will face deportation home when he is released from prison. Sakaria Taufao was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail for raping the 18-year-old on a secluded road in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, in 2015.
California succeeded in rolling back restrictions on independent contractors with the passing of Prop 22. Americans have long relied on freelance work, and deserve to have the flexibility required to do so. Austen Bannan is a senior policy analyst in employment at Americans for Prosperity. This is an opinion column.
New Brunswick experienced back to back years of serious flooding in 2019 and 2019 and some of it was documented for an episode of the Nature of Things airing on Friday. A film crew spent time with 'Uber Rob' in Darlings Island and in Sheffield/Maugerville area in April 2019.
Uber is facing legal action from thousands of London taxi drivers, who have grouped together to accuse the ride-hailing company of operating unlawfully in the U.K. The drivers of London's distinctive black cabs are planning to sue for millions of pounds after alleging Uber allowed its drivers to accept bookings directly from passengers rather than through its central control, over a five-year period.
DALLAS - In North Texas a family is grieving after the death of 33-year-old Uber driver Joshua Miller. On January 8,he was brutally attacked and killed by a passenger while driving in Dallas. This is the city's first case of its kind according to detectives with the Dallas Police Department.