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Uber Says It’s Bouncing Back From Omicron, Raises 1Q Guidance
Uber Says It’s Bouncing Back From Omicron, Raises 1Q Guidance
March 07, 2022  |  Transportation

Uber raised its first quarter guidance Monday (March 7) and said its ride-hailing business is bouncing back from the omicron variant’s disruptions, The Wall Street...

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China’s Post-IPO DiDi Crackdown Shows Power Still Trumps Pragmatism In Asia’s Largest Economy
China’s Post-IPO DiDi Crackdown Shows Power Still Trumps Pragmatism In Asia’s Largest Economy
July 06, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

In what appears to be an increasingly common show of might, Chinese government regulators have again clamped down domestically on a high-profile, publicly-traded company, despite...

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Didi Warns Of Revenue Drop
Didi Warns Of Revenue Drop
July 05, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

Didi, the ride-hailing giant, has said it might see a revenue drop as of a new regulatory order to remove its apps from app stores...

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Uber-Postmates Deal Shows Food Delivery Is Consolidating Like Pac-Man
Uber-Postmates Deal Shows Food Delivery Is Consolidating Like Pac-Man
July 06, 2020  |  Partnerships

Call it a real-life version of Pac-Man. Word emerged on Monday (July 6) that Uber is buying Postmates for nearly $2.7 billion in stock – the latest...

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Amazon Reportedly Adding Driverless Car Maker Zoox To Its Portfolio For $1.2B 
Amazon Reportedly Adding Driverless Car Maker Zoox To Its Portfolio For $1.2B 
June 26, 2020  |  Retail

Amazon will pay more than $1.2 billion to acquire Zoox, the Foster City, Calif., self-driving technology company, the Financial Times (FT) reported.  While the purchase could...

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Uber Taps Adomni For Vehicle Display Ads
Uber Taps Adomni For Vehicle Display Ads
February 25, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Uber patrons will start seeing ads on top of the cars coming to pick them up beginning April 1, according to Adweek on Monday (Feb.24)....

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Uber Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Stay In Colombia
Uber Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Stay In Colombia
January 21, 2020  |  Ridesharing

After a ruling by a location regulator that the firm wasn’t fairly engaged in competition, Uber Technologies Inc. is asking for the Colombian government to put emergency...

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Even With Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward
Even With Fair’s Job Cuts, Car-Sharing Keeps Racing Forward
October 28, 2019  |  Ridesharing

Every journey tends to have speedbumps, and that appears to be the case when it comes to the efforts to bring more digital commerce – and...

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Bringing Autonomous Smart Shuttles To the Masses
Bringing Autonomous Smart Shuttles To the Masses
October 16, 2019  |  Internet of Things

There will be 41.6 billion Internet of Things (IoT)-connected devices around the world by 2025. Consumers and businesses have increasingly employed the technology in a...

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