More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer program fundingMore than 20 states are suing the Trump administration over frozen funding for after-school and summer programs, impacting 1.4 million chil...
14 Jul, 2025, 11.38 PM IST
Diversity pullback: Tech giants lead US companies in discontinuing initiativesThe changes have come in response to a campaign by conservative activists to target workplace programs in the courts and social media, and ...
10 Mar, 2025, 11.22 AM IST
In Uber sexual assault lawsuits, a showdown over discoveryPlaintiffs' lawyers in the sprawling multidistrict litigation against Uber Technologies, involving over 1,400 sexual assault claims, are se...
25 Nov, 2024, 06.58 PM IST
Biden administration issues rule that could curb 'gig' work, contractingThe U.S. Department of Labor issued a rule compelling companies to treat certain workers as employees, not contractors, impacting industrie...
09 Jan, 2024, 09.30 PM IST
Uber, Lyft trade group questions Biden's labor nominee's gig workers stanceThe Department of Labor in October proposed a rule that would make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contract...
21 Mar, 2023, 10.40 AM IST
Uber whistleblower says current business model 'absolutely' unsustainableMark MacGann, who led Uber's lobbying efforts to win over governments, identified himself as the source who leaked the more than 124,000 co...
03 Nov, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
Elon Musk is definitely buying Twitter this time. MaybeThis week Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $44 billion or $54.20 a share – again. Don’t put the popcorn down just yet. Here’s the TL;DR...
09 Oct, 2022, 11.04 AM IST
DoorDash sues New York City over customer data law, second lawsuit in weekThe lawsuit was filed in federal court in Manhattan six days after DoorDash, Grubhub Inc and Uber Eats sued the United States' most populou...
16 Sep, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub sue New York City over legislation on commission capsThe New York City Council approved in August a legislation which limits the amount that food-delivery companies can charge restaurants to u...
10 Sep, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
Uber is reducing workforce by 14% and signals more cuts to comeUber instituted a hiring freeze in March, withdrew its financial forecast and wrote down some $2 billion worth of investments in April and ...
07 May, 2020, 09.04 AM IST
Uber-SoftBank deal ensures limits on Kalanick’s powerVenture capital firm Benchmark, which led Kalanick’s ouster in June, has sought a guarantee in writing from SoftBank that it would reject r...
29 Sep, 2017, 08.44 AM IST
Ten startup snags of 2016Startups being startups are always prone glitches but Indian startup scene was badly shaken by various factors in 2016.
26 Dec, 2016, 01.38 PM IST
10 startup snags of 2016Four markdowns by a mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley slashed Flipkart's value to $5.54 billion from $15.2 billion when it last raised ...
23 Dec, 2016, 12.45 PM IST
10 startup snags of 2016Four markdowns by a mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley slashed Flipkart's value to $5.54 billion from $15.2 billion when it last raised ...
21 Dec, 2016, 03.53 PM IST
What India can learn about dealing with Uber from these 5 countriesUber, the global cheerleader of the ride-sharing industry, is reportedly fighting over 170 legal cases, from the US to Canada, Germany to t...
28 Aug, 2016, 12.47 PM IST
Unicommerce, Paytm both claim victory in data, copyright caseUnicommerce and Paytm are both claiming initial victories in their legal tussle in which the latter has accused the former of data theft.
23 Apr, 2016, 04.38 PM IST
Uber Faces Protest from New York City DriversUber Technologies drivers in New York City protested against the mobile car-booking company's rising commissions and lower fares.
15 Sep, 2014, 12.25 PM IST