Travis Kalanick

Amazon’s Deliveroo deal another sign tech platforms are facing a loss of control

Net Results: Platforms used to dictate terms to content providers but now rush to secure assets

Thu May 23 2019 - 05:30

Uber’s IPO is faltering, so who is to blame?

Bankers, market, investors and business plan all in the frame

Sun May 12 2019 - 19:14

Uber drives up investor value, for some

Cantillon: Ride-hailing app clocked $82bn and made many people very rich

Sat May 11 2019 - 06:05

Uber shares sink 8% on market debut

Ride-hailing app valued at $70bn at close, much below expectations

Fri May 10 2019 - 21:18

Uber IPO: The rich who will get even richer now the company is going public

Who are the big winners as shares in the ride-hailing company hit the market in biggest US tech listing since Facebook

Fri May 10 2019 - 16:35

Uber IPO said to be oversubscribed by day two of roadshow

Ride-hailing company looking to raise as much as $9 bn next week

Wed May 01 2019 - 07:07

Uber unveils IPO with warning it may never make profit

Company on track to begin trading on New York Stock Exchange in May

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 07:59

Uber losses top $1bn as pressure mounts in run-up to IPO

Ride-sharing company, valued at $76bn, has seen growth in bookings continue to slow

Thu Nov 15 2018 - 18:21

Uber under investigation in US for gender discrimination

Firm’s culture back under spotlight despite reform efforts under new chief executive

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 20:58

Uber developing technology that could tell if you are drunk

New system to examine user’s walking speed, unusual typos and if the phone is swaying

Tue Jun 12 2018 - 11:06

Has ride-sharing firm Uber met its match in Barcelona?

Regulatory restrictions and incensed taxi drivers make city a challenge for company

Mon Mar 26 2018 - 01:00

Losses balloon at Uber but profitability nearer

Ride-sharing giant recorded $4.5bn in losses for 2017

Wed Feb 14 2018 - 15:22

Uber apologises as company settles Waymo trade secrets lawsuit

New chief executive agrees to pay $245m to settle case brought by Google subsidiary

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 18:43

Waymo-Uber trial: What’s at stake?

Case to start amid allegations of theft, encrypted texts and secret meetings

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 14:17

SoftBank tells Uber to focus on US and Europe as deal closes

Uber still locked in expensive wars of attrition in India and in southeast Asia

Fri Jan 19 2018 - 16:22

To weather reputational storms, get caught doing the right thing

Powerful companies fall from grace all the time, as Ryanair and Uber have shown

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 07:00

SoftBank succeeds in tender offer for Uber shares

Deal that values the ride-services firm at $48bn will close early next year

Fri Dec 29 2017 - 15:41

Uber’s terrible year, ‘engagement bait’ and the real cost of ‘Santa Baby’

Planet Business: Marzipan pigs and unworthy Jedis star in this week’s round-up

Fri Dec 22 2017 - 07:15

Governments begin inquiries into Uber hack cover-up

Britain, US, Australia, Philippines to inquire into company’s response to data breach

Wed Nov 22 2017 - 20:37

Uber paid $100,000 to hackers to delete the data and keep the breach quiet

Ride-hailing company kept details of the 2016 crime under wraps for over a year

Tue Nov 21 2017 - 23:24