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Digital currency, the Airbnb and Uber killer
May 15th, 2017
Ride-sharing app Uber experienced a setback on Thursday (11 May), as a top EU lawyer of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) stated in an opinion that the company can be regulated as a transport business, instead of an ...
Uber is a transportation service and could need new licenses in Europe, top court advisor says
May 11th, 2017
Uber suffered a setback Thursday with an advisor to Europe’s top court stating that the ride-hailing app is providing transportation services, and not merely connecting drivers to passengers via technology which the U.S. firm which has previously argued. “The ...
The legal war between Uber and Waymo
May 4th, 2017
It promised to be an eye-opening battle royale between tech giants. So let’s check in with Uber and Waymo, the ride-hailing app maker and the Google self-driving car spinoff, which are duking it out in court. When autonomous vehicle ...
Italian judge banned Uber from Italy
April 14th, 2017
The ride-hailing company Uber is no stranger to controversy and regulatory issues. The latest of these roadblocks now comes from Italy, as the European country decided on April 7 to ban Uber’s service nationwide. The ban came as a ...
A redaction error just revealed the other Uber employee facing legal action from Google
April 4th, 2017
Uber had tried to keep the name of Lior Ron out of the spotlight in its case against Waymo. However, an error in court redactions revealed that Otto cofounder Lior Ron was the second employee facing legal action in ...
Uber faces court battle over VAT bill
April 1st, 2017
Tech giant Uber has been threatened with UK court action over its approach to VAT, which campaigners feel are taking the UK taxpayer for a ride. While firms providing transport services should charge the standard rate of VAT for ...
Uber just lost a crucial court ruling – which might push up the price of a fare
February 17th, 2017
So it turns out an Uber is actually a taxi – at least for tax purposes. That’s the upshot of a Federal Court judgment handed down on Friday. Uber had fought an 18-month battle to avoid GST, but will now ...
Uberima unveils social-conscious short-term loans
February 15th, 2016
Uberima, a FinTech company set up as a for-profit Social Enterprise, intends to transform how consumers are served by the financial services industry. Uberima’s first objective is to revolutionise the broken short-term and payday loan industry, by having a ...
Nasdaq nears all-time highs as exuberance yields to reason
February 20th, 2015
As the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closes in on the all-time high it reached in March 2000, investors are facing a market that barely resembles the go-go era of 15 years ago. Valuations, as measured by what investors are willing to ...
Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
February 3rd, 2015
The two companies are going to war over self-driving taxis. Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and somewell-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the app-based transportation company may be ...
