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This spring, Uber moved into a cavernous brick building at San Francisco's Pier 70, along a postindustrial stretch of waterfront. Shipbuilders occupied the 130,000-square-foot facility in the late 1800s, but today Uber uses it to tinker with self-driving cars, flying taxis, and, most recently...

The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought Silicon Valley CEOs are supposed to be sacrosanct. So how did it all go wrong at Uber? By Eric Newcomer and Brad Stone...

Uber, Airbnb, Tech Companies Spend Big Bucks Lobbying in N.Y. Bloomberg BNA May 28, 2017 By Gerald B. Silverman Internet companies like Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc. are making their presence known in Albany, spending large amounts of money on lobbying and creating trade association...

Blablacar is a European-based (French-owned) company that offers a different model than Uber. Blablacar focuses on long-distance commuters who want to share the cost of their trips with others going in a similar direction and those planning long weekend trips. ZimRide, a precursor to Lyft and...

Love him or Hate him (most folks around here) you may be interested in this Bloomberg profile of Travis. And Colbert interview on the Late Show.

Do not expect anything like this for drivers :( Feb 16 2017, Uber has a strategy for appeasing disgruntled employees who want an IPO. It looks like Uber has found a way to keep its employees happy-without going public. In an effort to retain longtime staff members who want to cash out now, the...

Bill Gates has proposed this to "defray the societal cost that robots will create". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/02/20/robots-take-peoples-jobs-should-pay-taxes-says-bill-gates/ This is already a political issue in France...

Uber has NEVER made a profit, not since day one. Uber will NEVER make a profit with the current business model. Riders pay only 75% of the cost. This is from Bloomberg News and some very smart financial people, not me. Yet, very wealthy people keep pouring capital into Uber. Despite all of the...

Uber has NEVER made a profit, not since day one. Uber will NEVER make a profit with the current business model. Riders pay only 75% of the cost. This is from Bloomberg News and some very smart financial people, not me. Yet, very wealthy people keep pouring capital into Uber. Despite all of the...

The ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. is not a public company, but every three months, dozens of shareholders get on a conference call to hear the latest details on its business performance from its head of finance, Gautam Gupta. On Friday, Gupta told investors that Uber's losses...

Facing a Price War, Uber Bets on Volume http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/facing-a-price-war-uber-bets-on-volume The U.S. operation cuts fares while promising imminent profit. January 21, 2016 - 4:14 PM EST It's becoming a bit of a holiday tradition for Uber: ringing in the new...

The Road Ahead: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Speaks Bloomberg video June 2015 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-04/the-road-ahead-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-speaks