Jun 13 Watch 5:49 How will Uber evolve without CEO Kalanick behind the wheel? By PBS News Hour Ride-service giant Uber is in the midst of major turmoil. After months of complaints about the company's culture, sexual assault and bias, chief executive Travis Kalanick will take an indefinite leave of absence. That comes as a new report conducted… Continue watching
Apr 16 Taxing the new economy, starting with Uber and Lyft By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline If any service best reflects the new economy, it may be hailing rides on demand from big companies like Uber and Lyft. Continue reading
Mar 26 Uber suspends self-driving vehicle program following Arizona accident By Michael D. Regan Uber halted a pilot program for self-driving vehicles following an accident on Saturday in Arizona. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 3:21 News Wrap: Deadly suicide car bomb explodes in Baghdad By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, at least 23 people were killed and nearly 50 more wounded by a suicide car bomb in a busy commercial district -- and mostly Shiite neighborhood -- of Baghdad. The violence erupted as Iraq's prime… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 6:50 Why Snapchat and Uber are under intense scrutiny over values By PBS News Hour Snapchat is about to sell its stock to the public for the first time. Is the app, used by 160 million people each day, really worth $24 billion? Meanwhile, popular transportation app Uber has been flung into the spotlight amid… Continue watching
Feb 07 Column: Should companies stay politically neutral? By Daniel Korschun Most people think it's bad for business when companies speak out. But Daniel Korschun says research shows otherwise. Continue reading
Feb 05 Boycotts, Trump’s tirades part of new business landscape By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press The Trump era is a perilous new landscape for corporate America. Companies are feeling political pressure like never before, squeezed on one side by consumers who are boycotting products with any ties to the administration and on the other by… Continue reading
Feb 02 Uber CEO quits Trump business council By News Desk and Associated Press "Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the President or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that," Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wrote in an internal memo. Continue reading
Nov 02 Airbnb discrimination case cannot be tried by jury, judge rules By Ryan Connelly Holmes The judge said the company’s Terms of Service require all disputes between user and owner be decided in arbitration, rather than in court. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 6:08 How Uber is helping steer the future of self-driving cars By PBS News Hour Uber released its first fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. For now, they are also equipped with a human technician. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Alex Davies of Wired Magazine -- a journalist who took a ride in one… Continue watching