All the headlines from our Sharing Economy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 27 2017 // Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia.The rules, some...
Feb 24 2017 // Spacecraft use it to measure distance. Farmers use it to work out which fields need fertilizer. Archaeologists use it to map topography. And, crucially for Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo,...
Feb 23 2017 // As more and more Americans hold nontraditional jobs that don’t have benefits attached — think freelance graphic designers or Uber drivers — cities and states are exploring ways to ensure those workers still have...
Feb 22 2017 // The drive to allow rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in Alaska has hit speed bumps.The bill, from Sen. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, faces opposition from taxi companies worried the entrance of rideshare...
Feb 16 2017 // A Brazilian judge ruled that a driver using the Uber ride-hailing app is an employee of the San Francisco-based company and is entitled to workers’ benefits, adding to the global debate over labor rights for drivers...
Feb 13 2017 // It’s now legal for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft to operate in New Jersey.Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Friday signed off on a measure approved by lawmakers in December to regulate the services and...
Feb 13 2017 // A strike led by drivers’ unions in the Indian capital demanding better pay from Uber and Ola has paralyzed the ride-hailing services that have grabbed business from traditional taxi and rickshaw operators with their...
Feb 8 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. offered to guarantee revenue for its most financially strained French drivers, temporarily averting a new law that would force a minimum wage for all chauffeurs.The company proposed a 21 euro...
Feb 7 2017 // Anchorage, Alaska officials are set to consider a proposal that would allow ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate in the city this coming year.The ordinance has been drafted by Anchorage Assembly member...
Feb 2 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. said it will suspend its service in Taiwan from Feb. 10, firing the latest salvo in the ride-hailing service company’s long-running dispute with the island’s authorities.Uber’s move...
Jan 23 2017 // A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by taxi and limo companies against the city of Newark over what they claim is preferential treatment given to ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft.The judge ruled Thursday that...
Jan 23 2017 // Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ridesharing service.The assistance will come in the form of a free website, called...
Jan 23 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ridesharing service.The assistance will come in the form of...
Jan 17 2017 // A southern New Jersey man has filed a lawsuit against ride-sharing giant Uber that alleges he was assaulted by a driver who refused to take him home from a holiday party in Philadelphia.The federal lawsuit states that...
Jan 17 2017 // Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data.But in the rush to collect all manner of information about customers, tensions are rising in Silicon Valley over whether such practices amount to a form of...
Jan 10 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ride-hailing service.The assistance will come in the form of...
Jan 9 2017 // Conflicting insurance and business regulations passed by the South Dakota Legislature last year mean Sioux Falls won’t get Uber, Lyft or other ride-hailing services anytime soon, according to a state lawmaker.Rep....
Jan 6 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc. is starting off the year preparing for a new political fight. As New York City seeks more information about ride-hailing drivers’ activities, it’s shaping up to be Uber’s second...
Jan 5 2017 // An Uber driver is an employee for which the company must pay social security contributions, a Swiss insurance agency has ruled, dealing a blow to the U.S. ride-hailing platform that says drivers are independent...
Dec 27 2016 // In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and hoping for a hardening market; property/casualty insurance carriers reporting financial results...