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Uber lobbies for regulations to kill smaller competitors

BY TIMOTHY P. CARNEY Uber is very good at raising piles of money from investors, but it is not very good at making profits. So the company is resorting to a tried and true tactic of businesses in industries with

Uber’s business model is so crooked, their insurance carrier may collapse

Critics of Uber Technologies — the tiny San Francisco company with the mammoth equity valuation that is threatening America’s local taxi companies — are calling the firm’s business model so ‘crooked’ and ‘off-tilt’ that it’s financially crushing its business partners.

Police plan a slew of DWI checkpoints targeting Bills fans, as Liberty Cab offers discounts

The days of lax enforcement of drinking and driving laws following Buffalo Bills home games are over — and local officials are planning for an ‘unprecedented level of enforcement’ this football season. In response to widespread rumors that the Town

Riders are getting raped by Uber drivers’ racketeering scam — will Taste of Country fans get bonked tonight?

An explosive report by WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington, indicates that racketeering practices are commonly being employed by Uber drivers to deliberately manipulate the technology’s ‘surge-pricing’ function. By cooperatively agreeing to turn-off the app at busy departure sites, the

Uber bets on artificial intelligence with acquisition and new lab

With the Geometric Intelligence deal, Uber wants to make major advances in how the computers behind self-driving vehicles think and make decisions on the road. via Uber Bets on Artificial Intelligence With Acquisition and New Lab — NYT > Home Page