At IPO prices, Icahn’s 2.7% stake would be $550 million. The price paid by Soros is not clear. According to a report from the Wall Street, billionaire investor Carl Icahn sold his nearly 2.7% of his stake in Lyft Inc to George Soros ahead of its initial public offering. According to the report, Jonathan Christodoro,…
Following an investigation Singapore’s antitrust watchdog concluded that Grab’s purchase of Uber’s Southeast Asian business has harmed consumers in Singapore. It has suggested remedial measures. Following Uber Technologies Inc’s sale of its Southeast Asian business to its regional rival Grab in March 2018, Singapore’s anti-trust watchdog has levied a combined fine of $9.5 million on…
The development underscores Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s strategy of strengthening and expanding Uber’s footprint through partnerships. On Thursday, Uber Technologies announced, it would be launching an app for taxis operating in Nagoya, Japan. The development comes in the wake of the U.S. firm trying to expand and strengthen its foothold in the country. Incidentally, Japan…
Uber technologies’ peer Grab is set to raise $2 billion in its latest funding round, with $1 billion coming from Toyota Motor Corp. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported citing sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying, ride hailing firm Grab Inc is likely to raise around $2 billion in its latest…
Singapore’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has threatened Uber Technologies and Grab that it could potentially unwind their deal unless its proposed remedies, or any further remedies, have sufficiently been able to address competition concerns and are practically implementable. On Thursday, in a blow to the Grab-Uber deal, Singapore’s antitrust…
Although these negotiations are only exploratory in nature, according to sources, they are a pointer to Uber’s intention of expanding its market to the Middle-East. As per a Bloomberg report which cites 3 sources familiar with the matter at hand, Uber Technologies is in preliminary talks with its Middle Eastern ride-hailing services rival, Careem to…
This is the biggest investment to date by an automaker in the global ride-hailing sector. On Wednesday, Toyota Motor Corp stated it has agreed to invest $1 billion Grab, a Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm, as its lead investor in its current funding round which was launched after it bought Uber Technologies’ regional business. Toyota’s move…
The development marks a signs of thaw in what has been earlier a strained relationship. With Dara Khosrowshahi at its helm, Uber’s rough edges are getting more polish. In a development that marks the possibility of thaw in what was earlier a strained relationship, Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi stated, Uber Technologies Inc is in talks…
A ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has stripped Uber of its protections against undue national regulation that digital services enjoy in the Eurozone, under EU law. On Tuesday, in yet another setback to Silicon Valley startup, Uber Technologies Inc, a top EU court ruled that France is entitled to…
Uber Technologies’ deal to sell its Southeast Asian operations to rival Grab, announced earlier this week on Monday, is drawing flak from Singapore’s Competition Commission since it allegedly violates the country’s competition rules. On Friday, Singapore’s antitrust regulators said, it had grounds to believe that ride-services firm Uber Technologies Inc’s efforts to sell its Southeast…
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