yes, your uber account.oday, our special assignment unit shows you how they're doing it, and how to protect yourself. here's selective reporter, whitney wild. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the internet has shrunk our 7.4 billion person world into the size of a smartphone. our friends are closer than ever. our families as close as we want them, hackers closer than you might think. >> it was definitely annoying. i felt really annoyed and frustrated. >> reporter: on the morning she was supposed to leave for a trip from college park, maryland, her e in russia. >> this is the first thing that i see, that my uber is on the way. not you, exactly. >> reporter: while she was asleep in college park, someone in russia ordered an uber on her account. she actually studies cyber security in the context of u.s./russia relations. >> the funny thing is, when you work on an issue so much, i do sometimes dream of missile defense systems. so i'm thinking, what is wrong with me? am i dreaming? then i show multiple text messages from

♪ ♪ emily: what game is massa playing by approaching uber to invest in uber after investing in all uberound the world? what's going on there? nikesh: that's a great question for massa. you should have them on and asking that question. emily: what do you make of the moves he is making? they are very bold moves. nikesh: massa is one amazing thing -- one thing he has that i haven't seen anywhere else in the world is as we get older, as we get more successful, our risk appetite changes. as hard as you try not to change it, it does change. but masa has zero change in his risk appetite, he wants bigger and bolder things. and he's an amazing optimist. he looks at a 300-year vision or a 50-year vision. he doesn't do things in three months, six months, nine months, thought processes. he's found some partners who he is working with to give him access to a huge amount of capital, and he's out there busy sowing the seeds for creating this cohesive information revolution. that's what i can see from where i stand. emily: you were the heir apparent. you were supposed to succeed him. nikesh: yes. emily

♪ emily: what game is massa playing by approaching uber to invest in uber after investing in all ubers? what's going on? nikesh: that's a great question massa. you should have them on and asking that question. emily: what do you make of the moves he is making? they are very bold moves. nikesh: massa is one amazing thing -- one thing he has that i haven't seen anywhere else in the world is as we get older, as we get more successful, our risk appetite changes. as hard as you try not to change it, it does change. but masa has zero change in his risk appetite, he wants bigger and bolder things. he's an amazing optimist. he looks at a 300-year vision or a 50-year vision. he doesn't do things in three months, six months, nine months, thought processes. he's found some partners who he is working with to give him access to a huge amount of capital, and he is sowing the seeds for creating this cohesive information revolution. that's what i can see from where i stand. emily: you were the heir apparent. you were supposed to succeed him. what happened? nikesh: i think when he and i got together,

my question on uber and lyft is, can you get into uber on a lower valuation? most valuable company startup in the world, essentially. what week heard, they might come in at a lower valuation than they are already in. part of the vision fund is from saudi investors that already have a piece of uber at a higher valuation. do you want to have your partner come in and undercut your existing investments at a lower valuation? that could be a little complicated, a little tricky. definitely you will see the vision fund across many more industries and many more geographies. caroline: fascinating, making some big bets in europe. this is worldwide. bloomberg technology's executive editor tom giles, great to get , your take on all of it. coming up, users have been flocking to videos on facebook. now the social media giant , working on more eyeballs on the platform. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: the amount of videos on facebook has exploded over the past few years, giving the social media giant a new way to bring in ad dollars. now the company is attempting to gain even m

get out of your uber. >> reporter: uber say drivers who submit a fraudulent cleaning fee will lose their ability to drive for the company. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> uber says that cleaning fees include not only the cost of cleaning up a mess, but also lost time for the drivers. >>> let's take a look at the big board right now. with roberta gonzales... thanks, roberta what's cool about your >> let's see if temperatures are up with roberta. >> they are up compared to yesterday. but certainly not as height as this weekend. wait until you see the seven- day forecast that's coming up. this is our live weather camera. looking past lake curry the visibility is hazy. we have a touch of humidity in the atmosphere. 77 in san jose. it's now 80 in livermore. another view this time around looking towards the port of oakland. we have finally cleared. we have clear skies so says bill in orinda, jerry in antioch. charlie in vallejo. and robert in redwood city all reporting clear skies and highs in the mid- to upper 70s. you can see the clouds have dialed back to the immediate seashore hangin

the attention is where it should have been all along, canada uber --can uber survive in a self-drivinga does not necessarily come with the tech chops to lead the company into this inevitable age of driverless cars. can he do a better job than controversiale a acquisition with a lawsuit? can dara do a better job of preparing uber for that inevitable future? emily: thanks so much. we will see a year from now. that to breaking news out of asia. japanese prime minister shinzo abe speaking to reporters in tokyo saying a single missile appears to have passed over airspace and the government was urgently collecting intelligence on the incident and doing everything to ensure the safety of its citizens according to remarks made on the broadcast nhk. south korea will be holding a national security meeting. the missile was launched from north korea we believe before 6:00 a.m. local time landing off the coast. we will have more details next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: we are continuing to monitor breaking news out of japan where the japanese government says a north korean missile has been fired o

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>>> hackers are selling uber accounts online, is yours on the list? >>> we are verifying more questions about traffic laws. >>> a massive power outage at a vacation hotspot, what you need to know. >>> investigators are having trouble finding victims of an accused child abuser and he is out of here. anthony scaramucci's short gig city record. news at 11 o'clock starts now. >>> we begin with breaking news , sheriff deputies believe they found the bodies of the mother and two children reported missing. they found them in the mother's car reported missing over the weekend in a creek near evergreen mills road. stephanie ramirez has the story for us live tonight >>>reporter: i still have all the extreme floodsÃweather and flash flood alerts that were sent out on friday, the county sheriff says there is a possibility at the-- that this was a tragic accident on that day in severe weather conditions. >> i have a daughter that's missing and i have a grandson, and a little cousin that is missing, and they are very close. just come home to us, we love you. >> thi

from uber, lyft, to fanatix, they are eager to invest.ight it was reported they will find $2.5 billion into india's on line retailer, flipcart. but if they are going to do that, not all of them are going to be successful. why are not all of these japanese investments successful? some acquisitions are successful, some are not. i want to highlight two cases. first of all, japan post. the company went public just cases. first of all, japan post. the company went publicjust over two yea rs company went publicjust over two years ago in what was the biggest share sale in japan years ago in what was the biggest share sale injapan for three decades. the company just share sale injapan for three decades. the companyjust reported its latest results after the bell yesterday. while it finally started to make some money, the spotlight is still on this massive write down because of its acquisition of australia's tall holdings. they bought them in february, 2015, just ahead of the ipo, and it paid $6.5 billion for it, but it had to write down 3.5 billio

emily: uber is now extending tipping options for drivers.rs are saying it is just uber trying to brush up its image and reputation. what is the latest? caroline: the year of the driver, happening here in the u.k. as well. some olive branches going to drivers. you get tips back as soon as today, and getting potentially paid for waiting for customers. also, easier cancellations, better destinations. the cynics say that the timing is everything. we understand drivers have been quite forceful, and many cases in the u.k. saying, you don't make it easy enough to boost earnings. some drivers took this to an employment tribunal last year and won, saying they should get holiday pay, rest breaks. now it is up for appeal in the next month. some say the timing of this olive branch is a little bit too obvious. but it is the year of the driver. emily: keith, i always have to couch the fact that you are a lyft investor when we talk about uber. what do you make of benchmark travis kalanick? prettyit is unprecedented. obviously, you're asking the easy questi

he was just talking to uber -- about uber. be getting $12 billion in four investors including dragoneer, and the general atlantic. but the deal hangs on a battle between two board members. apple is making a push into original programming. we detail the steps taken to compete with the likes of netflix and amazon. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: more now from bloomberg studio 1.0 in my conversation with former softbank director nikesh arora. in part three of our interview i asked him about why he left softbank, and mashayoshi son's bold investment strategy. nikesh: he wants to do bigger, bolder things. he is an amazing optimist. he has a 300 year vision, or a 50 year vision. he doesn't do things in three months, six month, nine-month thought processes. he has found some partners who he is working with who give him access to huge amounts of capital. g the out there, busy sowin seeds for this cohesive information revolution. emily: you were the heir apparent, you were supposed to succeed him, what happened? nikesh: when he and i got t

at uber headquarters in san francisco, 11:00 here on wall street. "squawk alley's" live. i'm jon fortt. welcome to "squawk alley." with me, sara eisen and mike santoli. >> carl has the morning off. we begin with our coverage of hurricane harvey, which continues to wreak havoc on texas and louisiana. the houston area alone receiving 20 inches of rain already with more to come the president is set to travel to texas tomorrow. we have team coverage for you. jackie deangelis is live in corpus christi, angie lasman monitoring the storm track at hq jackie, over to you first for an update. >> reporter: hi, there, sara it appears, at least for the moment, that the weather has calmed here and some of the dust is settling, but now there are a lot of questions with houston under water how corpus christi is going to get back on its feet, get power restored, get the plumbing going again some of these coastal towns were really hard hit over the weekend. we were in rockport. we spoke to some folks who were speaking to the solidarity of the texans and praying for those in houston, but we

take a video every time you get out of your uber. >> reporter: uber says drivers who commit a fraudulentn lose their ability to drive for the company. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> on cbs this morning, nora owe danl catches up with rory mcilroy as they hit golf balls at yankee stadium. i'm ann marie green. this is "the cbs morning news." of more than 15 key nutrients. one a day 50+. bmilk and fresh cream,a. and only sustainably farmed vanilla. what is this? a vanilla bean? mmm! breyers the good vanilla. we use non-gmo sourced ingredients in some of america's favorite flavors. mmm! ♪i'm gonna get ya', get ya', get ya', get ya'♪ ♪one day maybe next week, ♪i'm gonna meet ya' ♪i'm gonna meet ya', i'll meet ya'♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. >>> our top stories this morning, protesters clashed with police outside president trump's rally in phoenix last night. police say a small number of the tens of thousands who demonstrated caused problems. the president blamed t

drama in uber continues to unfold.enchmark capital, which has a 13% stake in uber, filed a lawsuit to remove former ceo, travis kalanick, from the board. they say he engaged in fraud by misleading investors about his -- allies willing to keep him a director. a representative for kalanick said, the lawsuit is without merit and riddled with lies and false allegations. actinghowing benchmark in its own best interest, contrary to uber, its employees, and shareholders. is stepping down from his current managerial role in the company. let's go to brad stone in san francisco who wrote about uber in his book "the upstart." the continuation of this come this bitter rivalry, seems to be a point between benchmark capital and travis kalanick. tell us about this unfolding. doesn't mean travis will be removed from the board, do you think? brad: we will have to see how it plays out. a bitteright, it is rivalry between one-time allies, benchmark, capital investors in uber. and travis kalanick, one of the founders and second ceo to rai

like perhaps, free uber ride for expedia customers.ked a long time about possible ways that we could work with uber. integrating their service into hotels.com app or app or home away app. directeful we got a connection. emily: dora is walking into situation by all accounts. lawsuits and difficult dynamics. we've heard about you can deal with big personalities. us more about why you think to take on it takes these personnel exactlies? highesthas one of the levels of emotional intelligence that i've ever seen. knows people. he is humble. he listens. think above all, dara makes the people around him better. people want to be around him. think like he does. he's a great role model. integrity.of high he values diversity. he values gender balance. ofreally stands for a lot lackingt things maybe at uberer. i have 100% confidence a uber be a much better company. emily: the information retracted a report that you were going uber.ara to they were wrong. there's a point there that dara of executive positions to fill. of you concerned a number exe

only 9% bought a car to fill the void left by the lack of uber and lyft. >> speaking of uber, you feele free ice cream today? uber celebrating free cone friday in san francisco by offering to deliver free ice cream to you. there's a catch. you have to open the uber app and tap to request ice cream. not much of a catch. if you're selected, uber will send ice cream to you and up to four friends. uber saying it's also giving away limited edition collectible cones which you can take to mcdonald's every friday for free refills. hoping those are -- >> made out of plastic or something. you never know. >> 24 weeks and they're ready to go. next, the new police officers about to hit the streets of san jose. >> and a cloud over google. the company's ceo taking the stage and delivering a strong message to young girls who want to break in to silicon valley. >> a husband and wife just days ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatev

the uber relationship is for stores to -- for uber to partner with walmart for online pickup of groceriesthe percentage of sales coming online for groceries and essentials is much lower than, say, apparel. it's an opportunity for walmart to make a play and drive growth in this specific category that hasn't gone online as much as other categories. arun: and, in many ways, this is sort of the central point. companies like uber, amazon, postmates, they are indexing physical world stores now and making them searchable. but it's going to be that device, that home that is ai-powered, that's going to be matching my "i want toilet paper, i want toothpaste, socks" with the appropriate retailer. for walmart to be inside that device, so to speak, is central to their future. amazon has the lead because they have the store and the device. emily: a lot of commerce hasn't gone online. that's a big opportunity. how much commerce won't go online? i do a lot of online grocery shopping, but i went back to going back to the store. i got what i wanted. arun: i think we will hit a double-digit percentage this

>>reporter: the green lining institute started a note uber campaign because it veered uber would add never the topo negative effects. two of the police oh my god -->> they said a percentage would be for nonprofit usage and they would hire local minority businesses. we are wondering what happened to the commitments.>>reporter: there were signs of trouble, last year the only tenant backed out of the deal when uber hired a new york city designer instead of someone from the bay . in march, uber announced it was decreasing the number of employees moving in from 3000 two just a couple hundred. uber wants to cut losses and keep employees together in one place. who would move in? real estate agencies declined to talk about the market. a skyline study found oakland is leading the bay area with just 4.9% building vacancies. lack of space is making oakland's office space rent among the highest in the country.>> whoever occupies the building, the community will make the same demands and say we want to know who will work there and make sure it's a diverse workforce.>>reporter: lee martinis ktvu f

kpix 5's anne makovec is live outside uber's had had quarters with the details. >> reporter: and uberot yet made it official, they haven't sent it out a press release but widely reported that after meetings all weekend long, uber's board has finally come up with a new ceo. man who was considered a bit of a dark horse in the race. >> dara khosrowshahi, expedia. >> reporter: now he has been the president and ceo of expedia since 2005. dara khosrowshahi. he is a graduate of brown university with an engineering degree and been a critic of president trump. his family immigrated to the u.s. from iran in the late '70s and he is a fair boss who tends to listen more than he speaks. uber has been without a leader since travis kalanick stepped down in june. the company hit with scandals including sexual harassment accusations and a department of justice criminal investigation. uber also losing millions of dollars every quarter as it continues to grow and invest in self-driving cars. so this guy is quite a job in front of him. oh people who were once in the running for the ceo position was hewlet

the incoming uber ceo met with uber employees wednesday and says he thinks the company should go public in the next 18 to 36 months. he also outlined some of his top priorities on the job, including coming up with a new set of values and bringing a new chairman to help drive the agenda. uber's communications team tweeted some of his remarks after a staff meeting, saying this company has to change, what got us here is not what is going to get us to the next level. in addition to talking to employees, the ceo will likely get a seat on the board opposite over former ceo and cofounder travis kalanick. meantime, kalanick has expressed interest in returning to a more active role of the company, creating a potentially more awkward dynamic that dara khosrowshahi will need to manage. arianna huffington shared this selfie showing the changing of the guard. joining us now in the studio, eric newcomer, who covers all things uber and brad stone, who wrote the upstarts, a book about uber's humble beginnings. he spoke to employees today. what did he have to say? >> sort of jokes, celebrating travis ro

an update on the uber's ongoing search for a new chief executive.lt is said to be the front runner for the vacant ceo spot at the ride hailing company . that is according to recode. he stepped down as g.e. c.e.o. at the beginning of the month. uber's board of director may vote within two weeks on travis kalanick's successor. joining us from new york, michael wolf, who served on the board of multiple companies, including yahoo!. with me here in the studio is bloomberg tech reporter eric newcomer. you were the first report jeff immelt was in contention. >> right, right. that was back when meg whitman was seen as a serious candidate. she dropped out soon after that report. jeff has been the only solid candidate since the report surfaced. he seemed like the frontrunner the whole time. there is this continued fight between benchmark and travis kalanick and some of the other board members. it is hard to know exactly if someone is a frontrunner given the great divide on the board. given he is the only public candidate, he would be the frontrunner. emily: w

uber faced several scandals including harassment suits. top investors demanded former ceo step down earlier this summer. uber is expect to name his replacement by labor day. >>> bart has playfully respond to a tweet by one rider disturbed by another. chris waters tweeted a picture of a man shaving on the train and was eating a sloppy bowl of oatmeal. >> it is watery.

but what about uber. >> it sound like unlukely love connection. >> could uber pool be the next dating service. how it helps some people find soul mates and what drivers think about it. >> taste of two towns in tonight's taste with torey. vittoria woodill has avalon and stone harbor. thought to be two popular ea eaterys for the food and something not on your plate. >> also it's hot and you're washinging outside you take a driching of water from the garden hose. why experts say you may want garden hose. why experts say you may want to stop that habit in the age of social media there's to many different ways to find lover. what about finding your soul nate uber. could it be the new match making. >> it's not quite there yet and it works for one philadelphia couple. they pulled out phones last december and offered uber for a ride home and ebbed up in same car hit it off and are now planning their wedding. >> you use a ride sharing app to get picked up and you have ever thought about using it to pick someone up. this philly couple sharing an uber hit it off and plan top get married next yea

it is never a dull day in the world of uber.hink this is the second justice department related inquiry. we also have the effort to hide uber drivers from law enforcement officials. here, we do not know exactly the focus of the inquiry. we know that uber is cooperating and we will be getting more details as soon as i get off the tv. working on it. caroline: certainly. justice department, they are not giving any statements either. eric: right. caroline: we will see how that unfolds. they have had many a challenge. a silver lining that a new ceo has been announced. well, has not been announced, but certainly was on the table. we hear from the ceo of expedia who is likely to be coming to uber as ceo, dara khosrowshahi, and it looks like he is up for the challenge, but not unaware of some of the challenges that do indeed face him. eric: right. he has the opportunity of a lifetime. at this point, barry diller acknowledged he will accept the offer. our services have been saying that. uber is just dotting the i's and crossing the t's. t

landon dowdy has more on the ongoing uber debate. >> uber's biggest investor has not given up on meg whitman to take the helm of the ride hailing company. two sources familiar with the search says benchmark has had recent conversations with whitman and she's the preferred candidate. benchmark is denying rumors that it will reintroduce her name for consideration. last month whitman took herself out of the running she said we have a lot of work to do still at hp. the next uber ceo will not be meg whitman. travis kalanick stepped down in june back over to you >>> the "new york times" has a big takeout today on apple's bet on self-driving cars the times says the tech giant is scaling back its ambitions to build a fully apple-branded car. instead it is working on the underlying technology in autonomous vehicles. this "new york times" report was based on five people familiar with apple's car project code named tighten. the paper also revealed apple is testing the self-driving vehicles on its palo alto campus a lot of fun >> exactly >>> turning to the wall street agenda one piece of economi

one of the uber cofounders, the first ceo, introduced the proceedings.ravis was there shedding tears introducing dara. arianna and other board members were there. perhaps out of everyone on a very contentious board. there was a message sent to employees, probably drivers, and definitely the media and customers that they are trying to send, which is the dark days are over. they want to hit the reset button, get out of the headlines and repair some of the damage to the brand. emily: he says he is looking for a chairman. travis says he wants a more active role, obviously very emotional about the way this has unfolded. do you think that person could be travis? eric: for now i would say no. the board approved an independent chairperson, which would be someone outside the company. they would have to reverse themselves. emily: what kind of role could travis take on? eric: i think advisor could be the role for now. it is not clear if you will get anything more than that. brad: remember, this is still tied up in litigation. the other news today is that the lawsui

if the judge finds uber guilty, uber will have to fork over another $15 million to the county. reporting live in san francisco, i am sharon katsuda. nbc bay area news. >> thank you. hunting for suspects at dolores park. the letters police are handing out to the neighborhood. >>> also stranded in the sinking boat. >>> live in fremont where we are gearing up for the largest festival west of the mississippi. there is food, wine, and art. coming up in a few minutes with all the details and what you need to know. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. >>> stepped up patrols that is what is happening at dolores park in the waeke of a triple shooting. we have confirmed that the shooting was gang related and a man out for his daily walk was caught in th

a leadership position at uber.ave immense respect for the company and founders." not sure what happened there, but there was speculation that jeff did not like the chemistry of the board. took herselfwho out of the running, she seems to be back in the running and may be voted in as the next ceo of this company. with all the diversity problems we have in hearing, having a woman lead uber is not the worst thing for the board. >> it could be a boost to the image of uber after the tumultuous time we have seen. saying ieen on twitter am not interested in joining uber, so it will be interesting what she has to say after jeffrey immelt dropped out. that is the big question. >> it might be one of those dating things, right? all right, let's look at how markets traded friday, not so much for the bulls, a mixed session after janet yellen, no surprise to some that front. the markets were on tender hooks wondering what she would say, but she stuck to the script. kind of a mixed session for you in asia. >> a lot to look ahead t

expedia has confirmed its ceo top job atfered the uber. he has been asked to lead uber. is saying nothing has been finalized. the ceo'sy believes intention is to accept that role. he beat out competition from meg whitman and jeff immelt. he succeeds co-founder travis kalanick, who left the global startup in june amid investor pressure. eric newcomer has covered this ceo search from the beginning, and joins us from san francisco. eric, is this a good fit? eric: of the candidates, it seems at least the company he was running is the most logical fit. expedia -- we are talking travel, general electric, hewlett-packard. there is some logic there. the ceo of expedia is a dealmaker. that is very important. the logic behind this is there. at the same time, uber faced a lot of problems for its perceived closeness to the trump administration. --has certainly been probably one of the most outspoken tech leaders against trump's presidency so far. vonnie: this is coming at the same time we are seeing over co-founder travis kalanick argue that vc firms are challenging his right to app

after complaining to uber, winkler received a refund. so did drake. >> my advice for other people would be to take a video every time you get out of your uber. >> reporter: cleaning fees including not only the cost of cleaning up messes like these but also lost time for the driver. uber says drivers who submit a fraudulent cleaning fee could lose their ability to drive for the company. michelle griego, kpix 5. >>> 25 years ago kristi yamaguchi won olympic gold. kpix 5's maria medina on how she is celebrating that win by going back on the ice for a cause. >> reporter: those ice skating lessons my mom paid for when i was a little girl. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: definitely didn't do me any good. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but what if your mom is olympic gold medalist kristi yamaguchi? >> it's really fun just to be able to share something i love so much with my daughter. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: in fact, in less than two weeks, her 11-year-old daughter emma will perform on the ice with her mom. >> it's a world class show. >> report

this is just the latest in a long line of scandals that uber has been facing this year so that uber has may be a case of uber expanding too fast, too quickly without putting proper systems in place. amazon's entry into singapore's tiny market last week has shone a spotlight on the island nation's driving e—commerce sector. we have been finding out more about this market. we just we have been finding out more about this market. wejust found out we have been finding out more about this market. we just found out the location of the first australian warehouse. amazon seems to be investing a lot of money in the region, putting a lot of pressure on local competitors. this is a potential market in southeast asia of 600 million customers across the asean area and even though these countries are a different economic stages, the prize is getting into these big markets, indonesia, thailand, millions of people who are getting on to their mobile phones and shopping away not nobody‘s business. i went on a bit of a shopping trip to find out for myself. traditionally this is how most singaporeans have

uber that the cancellation period has been shortened.ive minutes that you could cancel if you changed your mind. that is now down to two minutes. if you cancel after now down to two minutes. if you ca ncel after two now down to two minutes. if you cancel after two minutes you pay a fee. i can see why they do that, because if the driver has started moving towards you and then you cancel it is not really fair. now, on to silencing bend. big ben. not ben bland. there has been a big backlash over the fact that big ben, we will not hear its chimes for four yea rs. we will not hear its chimes for four years. iam we will not hear its chimes for four years. i am quite surprised byjust how angry some people are. yes, because as this article points out, 457 -- because as this article points out, 457 —— for because as this article points out, 457 -- for 157 because as this article points out, 457 —— for 157 years, big ben has not been silenced. even in the second world war. the reason they have introduced this is for the health and safety of the wo

. >> it's a mixed bag, uber is a big -- some people are happy and some are not. with respect to them it would have been nice to be able to have 2500 extra people in the area and it would've made business better. >>reporter: there was a campaign against uber because it feared it would have negative effects on the affordability. today they say they aren't surprised uber backed out, it feels they never took oakland seriously. >> they made a lot of commitments and they said a percentage would be for nonprofit use and they would hire local minority businesses. we are wondering what happens to those commitments.>>reporter: there were signs of trouble, last year the only other tenant backed out of the deal when uber hired a designer instead of someone from the bay area. in march, uber announced it was decreasing the number of employees moving into oakland from 3002 just a couple hundred. uber wants to cut losses and keep its employees together in one place . who would move in? corporate real estate agency declined to comment. a study found oakland is leading the city wi

how are you different from uber and how will you stay ahead of uber?w we operate. we believe in what we want, not what we have, in terms of plugging in things which have worked elsewhere. you need to build it from the ground up. it's about the connection you make. it's not just about the transaction. part of that connection is offering centres like this. here, drivers can talk face—to—face with 0la, for example, when theyjoin the service for training or if they have a problem, an issue with their wages, for example. but 0la doesn't actually employ any of these people. 0la calls everybody here a partner. in reality, they're self—employed. that means they don't get things like holiday pay and they are responsible for maintaining their car and paying for fuel. the flip side is that drivers can, in theory, set their own schedule and work when they please. it's a controversial system that 0la, uber, and other transport and delivery companies around the world have used to keep costs down. despite this, 0la really, really wants drivers to drive... a lot. so m

i wanted to be a next uber and the next uber. i want this trend to continue group we were talking about waging public relations battles in the political space it's important to note a few things. first of all that there are some significant benefits that accrue to people who are working in these fields that were simply unavailable to them in the old regime but there are significant benefits to consumers as well. the data exist. we know that fares have been reduced in the russian context. we know there are several hundred thousand people driving for these platforms that certainly did not have jobs as tax drives before. we can see based on the uptake rates that consumers are shifting their loyalties from traditional taxis to uber and lyft. they are always going to be concentrated interests, specifically folks like medallion holders in cities that have medallion systems and regulators that were quite frankly losing their ability to regulate the industry had are going to try to push back on this. i'd like to point out the irony of su

seen by early uber investors as a very qualified and respected choice. >> i love it. i think he's great. we've been following his career for a while. we're super bullish. >> everything i heard abe t work he's done at expedia, seems like a very good choice for the company. presided over expedia's expansion to more than 60 countries and made deals to bring in other brands like travelosity and orbitz and homeaway into expedia's fold. he has his work cut out. if and how much he'll work and talk to former ceo is a big question. and alphabet's wamos over technology. plenty of positions to be filled. boosting morale and fixing culture at a company that's just gone through the wringer. >> i think all the distractions associated with the company have been unfortunate. seems to me from what i've read and what i've seen from other people covering this, he's the type of person that's going to come in and institute a culture that's going to kind of ta some of those distractions and probably put them on a more professional business path. >> reporter: and perhaps put uber on the pat

ride-sharing company uber. next. * *update: each promo needsa banner, 19 characters max. >>> what we're learning tonight about the new ceo just hired by uber next. now at eleven. ta against anti >>> live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5 news on kbcw. . >>> there are some deal discussions that need to happen in our community about providing space for antifa. >> now at 11:00 taking a different tone against antifa, how the chief of berkeley police is reacting tonight to the tensions that erupted in violence. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm juliette goodrich. the police chief is concerned about the influx of protesters. >> reporter: the barricades are still up, but this battle at berkeley is over. what we saw today was a very large group of counter demonstrators chase a small contingents of their opponents out of the park. >> you have been a neo-nazi. >> reporter: tensions grew throughout the day from loud shouting -- >> no trump, no kkk, no fascist usa. >> reporter: to punching. >> hey, hey, hey!

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