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Didi lines up 2021 IPO in Hong Kong, targets more than $60 billion valuation
China’s leading ride-hailing business Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong to get a multibillion-dollar first public offering next year, falling previous aims to list in New...
Uber launches medicines delivery service in South Africa
Uber Eats’ South African unit has expanded its delivery offerings, launching an app-based over-the-counter medicines service as it seeks to claw market share in the fast-grow...
Uber and Lyft spend big in California to oppose gig-worker law
Uber and Lyft collectively are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as workers...
Judge to rule whether Uber deserves new London licence
A British judge is set to inform Uber today if it has won back its London operating licence after it was eliminated over security concerns, the most recent period of a long-running...
Uber says it is fit and proper in battle to win back London licence
Ride-hailing leader Uber Technologies have told a London court it had addressed concerns over safety as it struggles to win back its operating licence in a few of its main markets,...
Uber attempts to win back London licence in latest court battle
Ride-hailing app Uber will battle in court Tuesday to win back its licence to operate in London after the city’s transportation regulator eliminated it over safety issues.
Uber promises 100% electric vehicles by 2040 and commits money to help drivers switch
Uber has said every vehicle on its own global ride-hailing platform will probably be electrical by 2040, and it pledged to contribute $800 million through 2025 to assist drivers sw...
California court ruling gives voters last word over ride-sharing protections
A California appeals court avoided a shutdown of ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft in the state, effectively handing a decision over gig worker benefits and cover voters in a Nov...
Uber to operate food delivery even if ride-sharing business forced shut in California
Uber Technologies has said it would continue operating its revenue-generating food delivery company Uber Eats even if its ride-hail business should be pushed shut in California at ...
Judge blocks Uber and Lyft from classifying drivers as contractors
A California judge has granted the state’s petition for a preliminary injunction blocking Uber Technologies and Lyft from classifying their drivers as independent contractors...
Ride-hail drivers face tough choices as US aid expires
Uber driver Johan Nijman faces a challenging decision as unemployment aid expires: risk failing to pay for groceries and even lose his home, or resume driving and catch coronavirus...
Uber rides take pandemic hit but food-delivery business soars
Homebound clients of Uber Technologies more than doubled their orders from the company’s food-delivery service in the next quarter but need for ride-hailing trips only margin...
Uber Technologies halts move of its Asia headquarters to Hong Kong
Uber Technologies has halted a plan to move its Asian headquarters to Hong Kong in another business blow for the Chinese-ruled town, choosing to expand its stay at Singapore till a...
Uber offers contact tracing help in the US
Uber has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with coronav...