Sentences with phrase «growing ride services»

Uber Technologies has launched its own auto leasing subsidiary in an effort to sign up more drivers, injecting the fast - growing ride services company directly into the financial services sector for the first time.

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Instead, I rode the coattails of my four short years of service, only to realize later that I wasn't nearly as mature or grown up as I thought.

A single $ 24 movie ticket equals three months of Netflix, and cars are growing obsolete to younger people thanks to ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft.

As automakers grow their mobility services, those services will come into more direct competition with those ride - hailing companies, which have millions of monthly active users.

Uber Technologies Chief Executive Travis Kalanick on Tuesday said it was time for him to «grow up» and get help after a video was published showing him getting into an argument with a driver for the ride service who complained about pay rates.

Since that launch, Daimler has grown the Moovel app's utility by incorporating an increasing variety of transportation options, including public transportation, ride - hailing, and car - and bike - sharing services.

At the time of the investment, SoftBank said it wanted Uber to focus on growing in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Australia - not Asia, which has been among the most costly and competitive regions for the ride - services firm, a source had told Reuters.

In a ruling that fuels a long - simmering debate over some of Silicon Valley's fastest - growing technology companies and the work they are creating, the California Labor Commissioner's Office said that a driver for the ride - hailing service Uber should be classified as an employee, not an independent contractor.

Uber launched in Nevada on Oct. 24, adding Las Vegas and Carson City to its growing list of American metropolitan areas that have access to the company's ride - sharing services.

The proposed transfer will provide the fast - growing ride - service firms access to the Vision Fund's resources.

Finally, we believe that management's significant investments in new businesses, such as online - to - offline services (e.g., food delivery, ride sharing, etc.), are masking the strength of the core search business, which continues to grow at a healthy rate and generates significant profits.

New York State Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville) and his Senate colleagues today took a major step forward in helping grow Upstate New York's economy by passing new legislation to bring popular ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft to the 49th Senate District and across Upstate New York.

But as the paper notes, the growing presence of ride - sharing services such as UberPool, ZipCar, and Car2Go all indicate that ride - sharing may become a larger part of the urban transportation mix.

Written By: Cal Burgess, Retirement Servicing Group PLLC In the latter part of March 2012, despite the growing concerns of a debt - ridden Euro, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was able to creep above the 13,000 mark for the first time in 2012.

These public transportation options have increased as the city's population has grown steadily, with hundreds of thousands of commuters and residents riding Utah Transit Authority buses (including the popular MAX rapid transit service), TRAX light rail lines, «S» streetcar line and «Frontrunner» commuter rail each week.

Furthermore, with a growing number of people foregoing car ownership in favor of ride sharing services such as Uber or Lyft, there may be fewer cars on the road and therefore less insurance customers.