Minutes after a Reuters report came out, Uber released a definitive statement denying that it has raised any money that would value the transportation startup at $1 billion.
District cab drivers will be forced to start accepting credit cards soon, according to a new decree from the D.C. Taxicab Commission. But the change won't come in time for Obama's second inauguration.
While Uber is still facing a series of legal battles across the country, the future of hailing a taxi over your smartphone has gotten a lot easier recently — at least in the heavy cabbing grounds of New York and Washington, D.C.
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Uber, the little on-demand car service app that could, isn't catching any breaks from local regulators in cities where it's trying to grow its business. In fact, it never has.
After a little over a month on trial in New York City and squabbling with the Taxi and Limousine Commission, Uber is shutting down its taxi operations in the city.
Following recent legal snags in the Washington, D.C. and Cambridge, MA markets, Uber, the alternative-to-cabs car service app, is now facing the ire of New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission.
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The alternative car service, Uber, has gotten a cease and desist letter from the city of Cambridge just a month after Washington, D.C. tried to legislate the company out of its city.
On Friday Uber, the car service app that Washington, DC almost pushed out of the city, will offer an ice cream truck version of its service, which not only sounds dreamy but has us dreaming about other things we would like to Uber.
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