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Uber Faces Challenge with Driver Screening Internationally
Dec 18 2014 // Online taxi service Uber Technologies Inc., which had a driver was accused of rape in New Delhi, said it is exploring adding new methods to verify drivers’ credentials and make its service safer. Uber has started...
Uber Fights $2,000 Fine Handed Down by Oregon City
Dec 12 2014 // The online taxi business Uber, a company worth billions, is contesting a $2,000 fine issued by Eugene, Ore., which says Uber should get a license. The Register-Guard reported Thursday that city lawyers contend Uber fits...
Chicago App Would Help Taxis Compete with Ridesharing Services
Dec 11 2014 // Chicago has opened a new front in the war on ridesharing services like Uber, approving a plan to sponsor an app for riders to hail local cabs. The measure was part of a package including financial supports for taxis, such...
Uber Latest Legal Woe is California Lawsuit
Dec 11 2014 // California prosecutors sued Uber over the ride-booking company’s driver background checks and other allegations, adding to the popular startup’s legal woes in the U.S. and around the world. The lawsuits filed...
India Uber Driver’s Rape Charge Raises Doubts About Oversight
Dec 10 2014 // The Uber taxi driver held on suspicion of raping a passenger in India is a career criminal who was out on bail for sexually assaulting a woman, Indian police said, raising fresh concern about the safety of using the...
Uber Facing Roadblocks, Controversies in U.S. and Abroad
Dec 10 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. has hit an increasing pileup of regulatory and legal hurdles this week, with its mobile application challenged from India to California. The car-booking app yesterday was sued by the district...
Unlicensed Uber Drivers Ticketed by Plainclothes Officers in Missouri Town
Dec 9 2014 // Plainclothes Columbia, Mo., police officers have started issuing tickets to drivers with Internet ridesharing company Uber. City staff and Uber had been negotiating regulations that would have licensed rideshare drivers...
Uber Driver Who Struck and Killed Girl in San Francisco Crosswalk Charged
Dec 9 2014 // A driver for Uber Technologies Inc. whose car struck and killed a six-year-old girl crossing a San Francisco street last New Year’s eve was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a spokesman for the...
Uber Launches Sans Oregon City’s Approval
Dec 8 2014 // The ridesharing app Uber has launched in Portland, Ore. without city approval. The app began working Friday at 5 p.m., and drivers were able to immediately begin offering rides, regional manager Brooke Stever...
Uber Pays Fine Imposed on South Carolina Driver
Dec 8 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is a corrected version of this story. In a story Dec. 6 about a driver for the Internet ride-sharing company Uber being fined, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the driver had been...
James River Not Afraid to Take on Uber, Riskier Assets
Dec 8 2014 // The insurer that ridesharing service Uber Technologies Inc. uses to protect drivers and passengers is going public, promoting how it’s more willing than competitors to invest in junk-rated loans. James River Group...
Rideshare Companies Risk Defying Arizona Law
Dec 1 2014 // Ridesharing companies such as Uber are riding high in Arizona at the risk of defying state law, the Arizona Capitol Times reported. Companies such as Uber and Lyft have only revved up operations since Gov. Jan Brewer...
Ride, Home-Sharing Regulation Debate Reaches North Carolina
Dec 1 2014 // North Carolina lawmakers heard arguments recently for and against increasing regulation of digital services that allow people to sell car rides through a smartphone app or rent out rooms to travelers. Car services such as...
Uber Cannot Operate in Nevada Pending Regulator Case
Nov 26 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. was blocked from operating in Nevada by a judge in Reno after regulators succeeded in getting the case taken from a judge in Las Vegas who had refused the halt the mobile car-booking service. Nevada...
Oregon City fines Uber company For Failure to Get License
Nov 21 2014 // The city of Eugene, Ore. has fined the ridesharing company Uber $2,000 for failing to get a city license, and a city official says the fine could be repeated daily. But the Eugene Register-Guard reported that whether Uber...
North Carolina Lawmakers Hear Pros, Cons of Uber, Lyft, Airbnb
Nov 20 2014 // North Carolina lawmakers heard arguments this week for and against increasing regulation of digital services that allow people to sell car rides through a smartphone app or rent out rooms to travelers. Car services such as...
Ridesharing Rivalry: Lyft Sues Uber Claiming Documents Lifted
Nov 6 2014 // Lyft Inc. escalated the battle to crack the taxi and limousine market overseas with a lawsuit accusing a former executive of defecting to Uber Technologies Inc. with proprietary documents about Lyft’s international...
Oregon City Threatens to Fine Uber
Oct 31 2014 // The city of Eugene, Ore. has ordered the Uber ridesharing company to cease operations or be fined. The Register-Guard reported Uber has refused to apply for a taxi license since its drivers began operating in Eugene last...
Uber Ridesharing Serving Kids and Their Busy Parents
Oct 31 2014 // As the oldest of three kids, Baily Deeter was often the last to be picked up from school by his mother. Then Uber Technologies Inc. came along. When Baily started ninth grade in August, his parents gave him an account for...
Mississippi City Opposes Ridesharing Firm Uber
Oct 30 2014 // Officials in Oxford, Mississippi are trying to stop the ridesharing company Uber from operating in the city. Uber Technologies Inc. provides a smartphone app that allows people to order rides in privately driven cars...
