Uber said to study full takeover of European rival Delivery HeroThe ride-hailing giant this week disclosed it had boosted its stake in Frankfurt-listed Delivery Hero. It’s working with advisers to study ...
22 May, 2026, 10.22 PM IST
Trump’s more than 3,700 trades astonish Wall Street insiderPresident Trump's latest financial disclosures reveal over 3,700 trades totaling tens of millions of dollars in the first quarter. These tr...
17 May, 2026, 09.13 AM IST
Lyft to buy Gett’s UK taxi business, marking its third international acquisitionLyft is expanding its global reach by acquiring the UK business of London black cab app Gett. This move significantly boosts Lyft's driver ...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
Uber working on TaskRabbit-like service in potential expansionThe potential new service, codenamed “Chore,” was discovered inside of Uber’s iPhone app within hidden code strings. According to the code,...
09 Sep, 2023, 03.51 PM IST
New product, new business: Uber to sell softwareUber’s effort to re-purpose its software for others to use has been years in the making. Although the first deal is small, it could be the ...
18 Jun, 2020, 09.51 AM IST
Uber may temporarily suspend accounts of riders, drivers with coronavirusThe ride-hailing company had said on Saturday it would offer compensation to drivers and delivery people diagnosed with the coronavirus or ...
11 Mar, 2020, 12.43 PM IST
Airbnb’s path to 2020 stock listing imperiled by CoronavirusSome investors, including a handful of Airbnb backers and would-be buyers of the shares on the public markets, are concerned that the virus...
03 Mar, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
Travis Kalanick sells 20% of his stake in Uber after lockupKalanick, who was ousted as Uber’s chief executive officer in 2017, remains one of tech’s richest entrepreneurs. Even after the sale, he st...
12 Nov, 2019, 08.59 AM IST
WeWork’s startup party ends with some 2,000 jobs set to be cutThe job cuts will mean that some employees won’t be able to live out the company’s mantra of “do what you love.”
05 Oct, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
SpaceX's valuation climbs to $25 billion with new funding roundSpaceX is poised to become the third-most valuable venture-backed startup in the U.S., after Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc., PitchB...
13 Apr, 2018, 11.31 PM IST
Travis Kalanick needs to explain role in Uber's breachIf Kalanick knew both about the cyberattack and the failure to disclose it to those affected and to regulators, he needs to account for why...
22 Nov, 2017, 08.31 AM IST
Uber CEO holds ‘constructive’ talks with London officialsUber’s new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi flew into London for a Tuesday meeting with Transport for London to try to salvage the company’s business ...
04 Oct, 2017, 01.10 AM IST
Uber said to see financial growth, possible Waymo settlementIt was the first presentation to the privately held company’s shareholders since the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick...
12 Jul, 2017, 10.04 AM IST
Shares of a publicly traded Uber might be crashingUber is being sued by Alphabet (Google) in a high-stakes lawsuit over self-driving car technology, and the company is still suffering the f...
28 Jun, 2017, 09.31 AM IST
Uber faces significant setback in its driverless-car programmeAlsup wrote that Waymo, "has made a strong showing that Levandowski absconded with over 14,000 files" from the company when he left last ye...
16 May, 2017, 04.28 PM IST
Airbnb said to turn a profit, expects earnings this yearReaching profitability puts Airbnb on a very different footing than its fellow upstart, Uber Technologies Inc. The ride-hailing company los...
28 Jan, 2017, 10.10 AM IST
Uber's Kalanick starts India tour with cricket, bikesUber has expanded to 29 cities and, in August, handled about 5.5 million rides per week -- more than triple the amount at the start of the ...
15 Dec, 2016, 12.16 PM IST