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Some Uber, Lyft Drivers Sue Over California Ballot Measure
Drivers for app-based ride-hailing and delivery services filed a lawsuit to overturn a California ballot initiative that makes them independent contractors instead of employees eligible for benefits and job protections.
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How Tim Ferriss Uses Techniques From This Ancient Philosophy to Handle Covid-19 Stock Market Volatility, Emotions
Investor and author Tim Ferriss said that he’s struggled amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But there’s a Stoic practice called “premeditation malorum” that has helped him sit with decisions in difficult times. Here’s how to use it.
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This 23-Year-Old Earns $25,000 a Year—Here's Why He Still Invests as Much as He Can
Despite keeping a tight budget, Gillespie makes investing a priority because he views it as a path to financial security and future wealth.
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Uber to Offer 10 Million Free Rides to Vaccination Spots
San Francisco-based Uber announced on Friday that it will offer 10 million free or discounted rides to people who need to get to a COVID-19 vaccination site to get their shots.
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This 23-Year-Old Uber Driver Earns $25,000 a Year—Here's His Biggest Splurge
Although Jerone Gillespie sticks to a tight budget, he doesn’t hesitate to splurge on books. He believes investing in knowledge will pay off down the road.
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Amazon Vies for Its Workers to Get Priority Access to Covid Vaccine
A top Amazon executive wrote to a CDC panel asking that the company’s front-line employees “receive the Covid-19 vaccine at the earliest appropriate time.”
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Google Suffers Widespread Outage Taking YouTube, Gmail and Drive Apps Offline
Service has since been restored, with Google’s Workspace Status Dashboard showing all of its services are now back up and running as normal.
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Cramer Sees ‘Rabid Money' for Tech IPOs, But Warns Investors Not to Chase DoorDash Debut Blindly
“When people know the brand, the younger investors just say, ‘You know what, get me some,'” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said.
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Uber CEO: We're Not Giving Up on Self-Driving After Selling Off the Business
Uber announced Monday it was selling its self-driving unit, Advanced Technologies Group, to Aurora Innovation.
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DoorDash Settles With DC AG for $2.5 Million Over Claims It Misled Users on Driver Tips
The settlement comes less than two weeks after DoorDash filed its prospectus to go public.
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Restaurant Tech Start-Up Toast Soars to $8 Billion Valuation Seven Months After Cutting Half Its Staff
Toast expected a massive drop in business when the pandemic first hit, but the company has bounced back and is giving shareholders a chance to sell some stock.
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German Start-Up Lilium Snags Orlando Deal to Launch U.S. Hub for Flying Taxis
Lilium plans to build a so-called “vertiport” in Lake Nona, a planned futuristic smart city near Orlando International Airport.
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Kevin O'Leary: Why Young People Should Start a Side Hustle Right Now
According to investor Kevin O’Leary, you’re never too young to start a side hustle – and now, while social distancing, he says it’s the perfect time to do so.
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How the Passage of California's Prop 22 Can Affect You and the Future of Employment
Uber and Lyft scored a major win in California when voters passed a ballot measure to exempt them from classifying their drivers as employees. California Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez drafted the labor law that Prop 22 now partially repeals. She joined LX News to discuss how Prop 22 can affect independent workers nationwide, and potentially strip some of their key protections...
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Uber, Lyft Spend Big, Win in California Vote About Drivers
Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping drivers from becoming employees eligible for benefits and job protections.
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Uber, Lyft Spend Big, Win in California Vote About Drivers
Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping drivers from becoming employees eligible for benefits and job protections. Cierra Johnson reports.
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Why California's Proposition 22 Matters and What it Means for You if it Passes or Fails
Uber and Lyft together have spent nearly $100 million on the ballot initiative to overturn the state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees. That may sound like a lot, but the two ride-hailing companies would each face more than $392 million in annual payroll taxes and workers’ compensation costs even if they drastically cut the number...
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California Court Says Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Employees
A California appeals court has upheld an order requiring Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, less than two weeks before voters will be asked to exempt the ride-hailing giants from the state’s gig economy law.
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Uber, Lyft to Kill California Law on App-Based Drivers
Californians are being asked decide if Uber, Lyft and other app-based drivers should remain independent contractors or be eligible for the benefits that come with being company employees.
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Uber Driver Charged In Attempted Rape of Passenger
An Uber driver was charged Friday with sexually assaulting a customer in Santa Ana and a domestic-related attack in Garden Grove.