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Market Instability Prompts Lyft to Ease Spending, Hiring
Market Instability Prompts Lyft to Ease Spending, Hiring
May 25, 2022  |  Economy

Lyft isn’t planning layoffs but is slowing hiring, reeling in spending and concentrating on profitable growth as market instability continues and its share price hovers...

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Lyft Logs More Active Riders YoY, Talks Up Maps, AVs and More as Omicron Stifles Recovery
Lyft Logs More Active Riders YoY, Talks Up Maps, AVs and More as Omicron Stifles...
February 08, 2022  |  Earnings

Mobility is moving again, evidenced by generally positive Q4 and fiscal 2021 results earnings on Tuesday (Feb. 8) from ride-hailing bellwether Lyft, even as other...

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Ride-Hailing Giant Didi Eyes IPO, Could Raise $9 Billion
Ride-Hailing Giant Didi Eyes IPO, Could Raise $9 Billion
March 19, 2021  |  News

Didi Chuxing Technology Co. is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported on Friday (March 19), citing people familiar with the plans. An...

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Lyft Highlights Improving July Figures After Q2 Ridership Plunges
Lyft Highlights Improving July Figures After Q2 Ridership Plunges
August 12, 2020  |  Earnings

Ride-hailing firm Lyft said Wednesday (Aug. 12) that its active ridership plunged 60 percent year over year during Q2 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but...

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Is There A ‘Third Way’ For Uber and Other Gig-Economy Firms To Classify Workers?
Is There A ‘Third Way’ For Uber and Other Gig-Economy Firms To Classify Workers?
August 11, 2020  |  Gig Economy

For gig-economy companies, is it time to make way for the third way? As reported Monday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote in a New York Times op/ed...

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Despite Business Travel Lull, B2B Ride-Hailing Lands Big Funding
Despite Business Travel Lull, B2B Ride-Hailing Lands Big Funding
July 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Venture capital is no guarantee in times of market volatility, but this week’s B2B venture capital breakdown finds several companies managing to secure millions for...

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Uber To Provide US Health Agencies With Contact Tracing Data
Uber To Provide US Health Agencies With Contact Tracing Data
July 20, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to give public health agencies access to data on drivers and riders who may have come in contact with someone...

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Didi Chuxing To Accept Digital Yuan
Didi Chuxing To Accept Digital Yuan
July 08, 2020  |  Digital Payments

China’s push into the world of digital currency is poised to take another big step forward. Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is teaming up with China’s...

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Uber-Postmates Deal Shows Food Delivery Is Consolidating Like Pac-Man
Uber-Postmates Deal Shows Food Delivery Is Consolidating Like Pac-Man
July 06, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Call it a real-life version of Pac-Man. Word emerged on Monday (July 6) that Uber is buying Postmates for nearly $2.7 billion in stock – the latest...

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