Uber’s next act is to take on Amazon. But does it risk spreading itself too thin?
The company is in expansionist mode again and wants to become consumers’ main portal for every aspect of their lives
Special ICIJ and Irish Times investigation: Leaked documents reveal how the San Francisco-based ride-sharing pioneer lobbied thousands of politicians and officials around the world in its mission to expand its controversial model
The company is in expansionist mode again and wants to become consumers’ main portal for every aspect of their lives
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Law, as well as smartphones acting as undercover news-gathering cameras, means firms have little control over what becomes public
Whistleblowing is not a regulatory strategy and influencing needs tighter controls
In Ireland’s case, we can see how lobbying can quickly morph into political ventriloquism.
Irishman exposed his former employer’s dirty tricks, so it’s reassuring that Uber lobbying in Ireland ultimately failed
Shane Sutherland was in the cabinet of then-commissioner Phil Hogan when top Uber figure suggested finding him ‘something amazing’
Revelations about Uber a ‘masterclass’ in lobbying that suggests need for standard EU rules on revolving doors, Irish watchdog chief says
Former minister and regulations introducer Brendan Howlin criticises Uber lobbyist John Moran’s notion company could avoid official records by dropping note into house of then minister for finance Michael Noonan
State’s official register points to intensive lobbying by US cab-hailing giant between 2014 and 2017 but does not show full extent of government contacts disclosed in private files
US firm’s former lobbyist John Moran, former Department of Finance secretary general, says he fully disclosed Uber role but will correct returns if required
Leaked records show firm tried to push FG-led government in 2015 and 2016 to loosen taxi regulations
Longford-born Mark MacGann says he is speaking out as firm knowingly flouted laws in some countries
Files reveal American cab-hailing company’s intensive efforts to sway FG ministers and top officials to back rule changes in face of opposition from State’s taxi regulator
Cab-hailing company operates in more than 70 countries and is valued at more than €41 billion
Between 2014 and 2017 the cab-hailing company engaged in intensive but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to seek regulatory change to permit it to operate in Ireland
Leaked company records show a prolonged lobbying campaign by the California-based cab-hailing company aimed at loosening rules that blocked its business model in Ireland
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