The Irish Times

Trump pardons former Google self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski

Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months for stealing trade secret

Wed Jan 20 2021 - 08:13

Uber and Lyft shares jump as California set to pass gig-worker ballot measure

Voters endorse proposal for drivers to remain independent contractors

Wed Nov 04 2020 - 17:14

Anthony Levandowski gets 18 months in prison for stealing Google files

Engineer transferred more than 14,000 files to personal laptop while negotiating a deal with Uber

Wed Aug 05 2020 - 08:32

Google planning new move into banking services

Tech giant will partner with Citigroup to roll out current account service, reports claim

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 08:06

Softbank weighs cost of WeWork’s cancelled IPO

Japanese investment house also struggling with poor performance at Uber and Sack

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 11:31

Airbnb long-awaited Wall Street debut earmarked for 2020

San Francisco-based company is thought to be laying the groundwork for a direct listing rather than an IPO of shares

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 18:02

WeWork is considering slashing the valuation it will seek in IPO

Shared office company is looking to a value of $20bn, less than half its valuation during a private fundraising round in January

Fri Sept 06 2019 - 14:53

Why Budweiser's Asian IPO went sour

It was meant to be this year’s biggest stock market listing - surpassing Uber: so what went wrong at AB Inbev?

Mon Jul 15 2019 - 15:35

Bitcoin trades above $11,000 for the first time in 15 months

Bounce-back of cryptocurrency has been ‘extraordinary’; but hedge fund manager warns it’s a ‘dead cat bounce’

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 06:42

Uber loses $1bn in quarter as costs grow for drivers, food delivery

Revenue of $3.1 bn matched the high end of the range Uber forecast for the quarter

Fri May 31 2019 - 09:35

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

Fri Apr 26 2019 - 12:53

Uber unveils IPO with warning it may never make profit

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

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 07:59

Levi Strauss aims to raise as much as $587m in IPO

Company share price gives it a market value of $6.17bn as it returns to markets

Mon Mar 11 2019 - 15:33

SoftBank’s record IPO reaches €20.6bn after extra share sale

Group, which controls world’s biggest tech private equity fund at nearly €88bn, will use proceeds to invest in start-ups

Mon Dec 10 2018 - 14:23

WeWork gets $3bn in new funding from SoftBank

Shared office space company has four locations in Dublin

Tue Nov 13 2018 - 16:45

Top Uber executive quits after claims of sexual misconduct

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

Mon Oct 22 2018 - 23:11

Deliveroo’s Irish arm delivered a first profit last year

Online food delivery company will be moving into Taiwan in the coming weeks

Mon Oct 01 2018 - 15:29

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

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

Tue Aug 28 2018 - 07:17

Google owner reports sales and profits that top analysts’ estimates

Alphabet sees better pricing on ads and unrealised income from start-up investments

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 22:05

Silicon Valley, Wall Street taking notes on Spotify debut

Music streaming company to debut on market with direct listing rather than typical IPO

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 09:22

SoftBank succeeds in tender offer for Uber shares

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

Fri Dec 29 2017 - 15:41

Governments begin inquiries into Uber hack cover-up

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

Wed Nov 22 2017 - 20:37

Uber appoints Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO

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

Mon Aug 28 2017 - 06:36

Uber wins court appeal to push price-fixing case to arbitration

US appeal court decides that Uber can not be sued in court over passenger’s claim

Thu Aug 17 2017 - 21:07

Uber chief quits Donald Trump’s business advisory group

Travis Kalanick had come under pressure over his role in the US administration

Thu Feb 02 2017 - 23:38

Uber backs down from self-driving standoff with California

Tech firm flinches as state revokes registrations for 16 vehicles

Thu Dec 22 2016 - 09:18

Uber tries to clean up image with electric car fleet in Madrid

Ride-hailing service was driven off Spanish streets in 2014 but returned in April

Thu Dec 22 2016 - 08:11

Uber set to increase security staff to 100 people

Firm reported to be adding 25 people to boost defences against data breaches, hackers

Mon Aug 17 2015 - 07:53

Yahoo prepares to invest in Snapchat and buy MessageMe

Internet giant is lead investor in funding round valuing Snapchat at $10bn

Mon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00

Berlin bans car service Uber over licensing issues

German city ban follows similar moves in Paris and Hamburg

Thu Aug 14 2014 - 18:31