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Uber will proceed with SoftBank deal, limit Travis Kalanick’s power

Uber will move forward with a major investment deal from SoftBank and approved reforms that will limit the influence of co-founder Travis Kalanick and early backers

3 min read4 Oct 2017
Companies

Uber board is said to consider votes to cut former CEO Travis Kalanick’s power

Uber directors plan to vote Tuesday on board reforms and whether to pursue a major stock deal with SoftBank despite the surprise appointment of two new members by ousted CEO Travis Kalanick

4 min read2 Oct 2017
Companies

Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick named 2 directors without consulting board

Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has named two new directors without consulting the company's new leader Dara Khosrowshahi or other existing board members

2 min read30 Sep 2017
Companies

Uber’s Travis Kalanick isn’t following Steve Jobs’ blueprint

Travis Kalanick's version of Steve Jobs-ing it, as it's currently playing out, bears little resemblance to Jobs's legendary ouster and return to the helm of Apple Computer

3 min read14 Aug 2017
Companies

Uber shareholders said to discuss stock sale to SoftBank, others

Uber shareholders, board discuss selling some of their shares to SoftBank, other potential investors suggests that the scandals, other troubles at world's most-valuable startup have taken a toll

2 min read15 Jul 2017
Opinion

The underside of Uber

Even now that Uber has been forced to confront its failings, there are doubts about its commitment to change

4 min read27 Jun 2017
Companies

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg won’t run Uber, but she knows what it needs

Uber is looking to have someone like Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg as CEO, who says the company's bro culture is the fountainhead of crises at ride hailing giant

1 min read22 Jun 2017
Companies

Uber investor Bill Gurley to leave company’s board of directors

Uber investor Bill Gurley will hand the board seat to Matt Cohler, his partner at Benchmark

1 min read22 Jun 2017
Companies

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg may be appointed new Uber CEO: report

Uber board member Arianna Huffington has pushed for Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's appointment as the new Uber CEO after Travis Kalanick's resignation, the 'New York Post' has reported

1 min read21 Jun 2017
Companies

Uber recommendations show company was ‘out of control’

It's clear from Eric Holder's recommendations to Uber that the company grew huge without even the most basic procedures to prevent bad behaviour

4 min read14 Jun 2017
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