Topic: Uber

Uber Refutes Report of a $1 Billion Valuation

AP

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.

By David Wagner

Jan 18, 2013

D.C. Taxi Cabs Will Finally Have to Take Credit Cards

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.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 13, 2012

Uber's Plan to Dominate Cabs by Phone Is Starting to Work Again

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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By Esther Zuckerman

Dec 3, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Homeless Man Is Still Shoeless, the 'Walking Dead' Town, and Shania

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 3, 2012

Uber Faces Down Legal Trouble Pretty Much Everywhere

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.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 16, 2012

Uber Admits Defeat in the Yellow Cab Battle for New York

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.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Sep 5, 2012

Uber Runs Up Against Big Taxi in New York Now

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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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 5, 2012

Trimming the Times

Bill Clinton, Joe Frazier, and Joaquin Phoenix

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 14, 2012

Cambridge Wants Uber Out, Too

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. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 11, 2012

Other Things We Wish We Could Uber

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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