Why are there no Ola or Uber cab services in Goa? IIM graduate decodes the simple mathGoa faces challenges in introducing national ride-hailing apps like Ola and Uber. Local taxi operators, a significant voting bloc, resist c...
20 Jun, 2025, 01.54 PM IST
Uber, facing sexual-assault litigation, pushes plan that may curb suitsUber is seeking to place a measure on Nevada's ballot that would drastically limit the amount of money that lawyers could collect when they...
12 Aug, 2024, 12.43 PM IST
Uber lobbied, used 'stealth' tech to block scrutiny: reportThe International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a nonprofit network of investigative reporters, scoured internal Uber texts, ema...
11 Jul, 2022, 07.48 AM IST
Uber, Lyft have a California playbook to fight proposed U.S. rules on workersThe looming fight over the status of gig-economy workers comes amid a wider debate over business regulation.
04 May, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
Apps win, labour frets after Uber-led 'gig worker' measure passesRideshare and delivery apps matching tasks with those willing to perform them as independent contractors sidestepped a labor law with the p...
08 Nov, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Uber, Lyft spend big, win in California vote about driversThe titans of the so-called gig economy bankrolled the most expensive ballot measure in state history, which was decided Tuesday with 58% o...
04 Nov, 2020, 06.14 PM IST
Uber CEO threatens shutdown in California over labour lawMany regular drivers are hoping to secure the same health and unemployment benefits afforded to other workers in the state.
13 Aug, 2020, 08.18 AM IST
Uber to boot riders from app if they repeatedly misbehaveStarting with the US and Canada, riders will see a summary of the guidelines and be asked to confirm that they understand them.
30 May, 2019, 03.52 PM IST
Ola, Uber strike: Trade unions see delivery boys, drivers as the new 'oppressed'Fadnavis promised to get the transport secretary and commissioner, unions and representatives from Ola and Uber at one table to thrash thin...
22 Nov, 2018, 09.56 AM IST
Uber defends its business model over UK worker rightsUBER-Uber defends its business model over UK worker rights
31 Oct, 2018, 12.35 PM IST
Uber’s CEO launched a charm offensive to win over LondonThe Tuesday ruling was a legal and public-relations victory for the newish CEO who took charge of the company last year as it was already r...
27 Jun, 2018, 10.16 AM IST
Uber CEO to visit UK after licence lossUber CEO is flying into London next week for a diplomatic mission with city regulators in hopes of negotiating a deal that prevents the rid...
29 Sep, 2017, 11.55 PM IST
London ban shows Uber is in a perpetual state of warLondon's regulator said it wouldn't renew Uber's license to operate in the city because the company's "approach and conduct demonstrate a l...
23 Sep, 2017, 10.18 AM IST
Uber should beware the DUD behind Indian expansionThe sharing-economy proposition doesn't work in India. The drivers working for ride-hailing apps like Uber and its main Indian rival, Ola, ...
07 Mar, 2017, 04.16 PM IST
Maharashtra may put curbs on app-based taxi aggregators Ola, UberThe BJP government in Maharashtra is apprehensive of the political cost of `offending' a large number of taxi and auto rickshaw drivers, sa...
27 Jul, 2016, 10.38 AM IST
Auto strike in Delhi against app-based taxi services, commuters hit hardIt's perhaps for the first time that the unions, which are affiliated to major political parties including BJP and Congress, in the city, h...
26 Jul, 2016, 11.06 AM IST
Mixed reaction on Centre's decision to stop Uber cab servicesCongress MPs Rajeev Shukla and Abhishek Manu Singhvi also said that banning the taxi services would not help unless a system and policy was...
09 Dec, 2014, 05.20 PM IST