In India, start-ups are opening a new front in the global ride-hailing battles, just as Uber prepares to go public. Source: NYT > Business – VINDU GOEL
DealBook Special: Everything You Need to Know About the Uber I.P.O.
How much will the company be valued at? What can go wrong? Who stands to get rich? Let us answer all those questions and more. Source: NYT > Business –
With Interest: The Week in Business: Facebook Tamps Down Hate Speech, and Uber’s I.P.O. Is Here
Plus, Stephen Moore won’t be nominated for a Fed seat after all — but why? Source: NYT > Business – CHARLOTTE COWLES
Australian Taxi Drivers Sue Uber Over Wages They Say Its Arrival Cost Them
In their lawsuit, the drivers accuse the ride-hailing giant of operating illegally in the country and of destroying their livelihoods. Uber denied the allegations. Source: NYT > Business – VICKY XIUZHONG XU
With Uber’s I.P.O., Dara Khosrowshahi Is Taking Travis Kalanick’s Company Public
The C.E.O. wants to prove that the start-up has evolved past a raucous, and profligate, tech-bro culture. But Uber’s past is simply not that far gone. Source: NYT > Business – MIKE ISAAC
Labor Dept. Says Workers at a Gig Company Are Contractors
The department exempted an unnamed operation from pay and benefit standards applied to employees, marking a shift from the Obama administration view. Source: NYT > Business – NOAM SCHEIBER