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Shut up and get lost: advice for outgoing chief executives

The last thing a successor needs is CEO’s ghost hanging around to act as lightning rod for disaffected opponents of change

Cannes obsession, Amazon ambition and how to run a company ‘the Richer way’

Planet Business: Bumpier than an Uber IPO

Uber shares fall by up to 12% against backdrop of US-China tensions

Low of $36.58 values ride-hailing giant at about $14 billion less than IPO price of $45

Uber shares sink 8% on market debut

Ride-hailing app valued at $70bn at close, much below expectations

Big reputations: Why firms have to work harder to woo doubtful ‘fence-sitters’

A reputation expert explains how Netflix and Uber have improved theirs, while Facebook’s and Google’s have slid

Uber IPO said to be oversubscribed by day two of roadshow

Ride-hailing company looking to raise as much as $9 bn next week

Uber seeks $91.5bn valuation in highly anticipated IPO

Ride-hailing app could raise up to $9bn and will sell about $500m of stock to PayPal

Uber’s self-driving unit valued at $7.25bn in new investment

Estimate comes on $1bn investment from Toyota, SoftBank fund and Denso investment

Uber unveils IPO with warning it may never make profit

Company on track to begin trading on New York Stock Exchange in May

Uber buys Middle Eastern competitor for $3.1bn

Ride hailing company expected to file in April for initial public offering

Could another tech bubble be about to burst?

We are in the late stages of a credit cycle, with too much money chasing too little value

Uber to bring electric bikes to Ireland and UK

Firm’s ultimate goal is ‘to help people replace their car with their phone’

Uber losses top $1bn as pressure mounts in run-up to IPO

Ride-sharing company, valued at $76bn, has seen growth in bookings continue to slow

Hammond’s toilet break, ‘Uberoo’ and the ‘pleading face’ emoji we all need

Planet Business: The rise of a mini-Merkel and S&P’s no-deal Brexit forecasts

Top Uber executive quits after claims of sexual misconduct

Cameron Poetzscher said he was ‘rightfully disciplined’ after concerns raised in 2017

Ryanair chairman withdraws from Saudi investment conference

David Bonderman pulls out of ‘Davos in the Desert’ over Jamal Khashoggi disappearance

Uber looks to Deliveroo to expand food delivery to UK

Tie-up between rivals would put pressure on UK market leader Just Eat

Toyota to invest $500m in Uber for self-driving cars

Both firms are widely seen as lagging competition in developing self-driving cars

IAG goes to next LEVEL in France

Road Warrior: Delta 30 years in Ireland, Uber on probation, 1,000 for Intercontinental

Uber wins London licence but with conditions

Taxi hailing app persuades court its has reformed company structure sufficiently to meet regulator’s concerns

Uber developing technology that could tell if you are drunk

New system to examine user’s walking speed, unusual typos and if the phone is swaying

Uber gives Macron a lift with flying taxi investment

Ride-hailing app plans to invest €20m in France to develop aerial mobility

Uber seeks VMWare’s Zane Rowe for chief financial officer

Sources claim Rowe is top choice to lead preparation for transport firm’s IPO

Losses balloon at Uber but profitability nearer

Ride-sharing giant recorded $4.5bn in losses for 2017

Uber apologises as company settles Waymo trade secrets lawsuit

New chief executive agrees to pay $245m to settle case brought by Google subsidiary

SoftBank tells Uber to focus on US and Europe as deal closes

Uber still locked in expensive wars of attrition in India and in southeast Asia

SoftBank succeeds in tender offer for Uber shares

Deal that values the ride-services firm at $48bn will close early next year

Governments begin inquiries into Uber hack cover-up

Britain, US, Australia, Philippines to inquire into company’s response to data breach

Uber paid hackers to cover up massive data breach

Ride-service provider paid $100,000 to keep breach of 57 million accounts secret

Uber paid $100,000 to hackers to delete the data and keep the breach quiet

Ride-hailing company kept details of the 2016 crime under wraps for over a year

Planet Business: the weird and wonderful world of finance

From a butter shortage in France to a no-smoking holiday in Japan and the world’s highest-earning dead celebrities

Uber embarks on legal battle to retain London licence

Taxi app had licence withdrawn by Transport for London last month

Uber board truce paves way for SoftBank deal

Founding investors to sacrifice voting rights to support valuation ahead of IPO

Uber chief books diplomatic mission to London

Dara Khosrowshahi and transport authority to discuss deal to prevent loss of licence

Road Warrior: Norwegian UK gets US air carrier permit

More Yotels on the way, Netflix looks to boost in-flight wifi while Uber seeks forgiveness

FBI probes Uber over illegal tracking of Lyft drivers

‘Hell’ programme was used to access pricing and driver locations from the Lyft app

The ‘Amazon tax’, a panicky pound and a cotton catastrophe

Planet Business: Subprime lending to family members; and Uber’s new CEO

Uber appoints Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO

He faces the challenge of leading the ride-sharing company out of a year-long crisis

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