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While Spotify has closed its Russia office, Oracle and SAP have halted all operations. Meanwhile, Uber is offering free rides to refugees.

Out of the nearly one million refugees fleeing Ukraine, at least 505,500 have entered Poland, the United Nations'' refugee agency said.

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is in talks with cab aggregator Uber to use its app for booking the tickets in the city bus service (Gurugaman) as well as renting buses on an hourly basis for groups or events.

Uber says it intends to appeal a recent Ontario Ministry of Labour decision that found a Toronto courier was an employee, not an independent contractor as the company had argued. The Feb. 22 decision from Employment Standards Officer Katherine Haire found several violations of the Employment Standards Act — and employment lawyers and advocates say […]

Uber says it intends to appeal a recent Ontario Ministry of Labour decision that found a Toronto courier was an employee, not an independent contractor as the company had argued.

OTTAWA, ON , March 1, 2022 /CNW/ - The Ford government introduced legislation yesterday, Bill 88 or the Working for Workers Act , with sub-standard rights and conditions for app-based gig workers. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers sees this legislation as a setback for workers who are organizing to use collective strength to improve their work lives. CUPW supports Gig Workers United, app-based delivery workers who are organizing in Toronto and the GTA. Just last week, gig workers received a decision from a Ministry of Labour officer that confirms they are employees, and orders Uber to start complying with the Employment Standards Act with things including minimum wage – real minimum wage, for all time at work – breaks, vacation pay, and other basic rights of employees in this province. "This legislation comes … Full story available on Benzinga.com

Uber Technologies Inc''s (NYSE: UBER ) new "Explore" feature will allow users to book dinner reservations, concert tickets, and other events directly through the Uber app. This new feature, Uber Explore, will appear … Full story available on Benzinga.com

Lyft Inc. disclosed overnight that its 2021 workforce decreased by nearly 5% from a year ago, which compares with increases of almost 30% for rival ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. and a more-than doubling in the workforce of food-delivery company DoorDash Inc. . In Lyft''s 10-K annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday, the company said it had 4,453 employees in about 119 offices as of Dec. 31, 2021, down from 4,675 employees in about 100 offices in 2020. Meanwhile, DoorDash said it had 8,600 employees worldwide in 2021, up from 3,886 employees in 2021, and Uber''s workforce grew to 29,300 employees in about 10,500 cities from 22,800 employees in about 10,000 cities. Lyft''s stock had dropped 13.0% in 2021 and Uber shares slid 17.8%, while DoorDash''s stock gained 4.3% and the S&P 500 rallied 26.9%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

Ofek Lavian has spent years helping build and scale payments initiatives at tech giants such as Uber, Sonder and more recently, Instacart. The highlight of his career, he says unequivocally, was during his time at Instacart when he launched the ability for Americans that are on food stamps, or take part in the nation’s EBT […]

Ofek Lavian has spent years helping build and scale payments initiatives at tech giants such as Uber, Sonder and more recently, Instacart. The highlight of his career, he says unequivocally, was during his time at Instacart when he launched the ability for Americans that are on food stamps, or take part in the nation’s EBT […]

Uber Explore launches in 15 cities across U.S. & Mexico, allowing users to book experiences like dinner reservations or live events through the app

Uber is adding a new way to book restaurant reservations and buy concert tickets as part of a feature called Explore. The company is integrating Yelp and other third-party companies to enable it.

The Swedish-Kenyan company creating electric motorbikes, buses and 4x4s has attracted millions in investment from Africa to Silicon Valley, and attention from Uber.

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