On Monday, December 7, Uber and startup Aurora Technologies announced an agreement under which Aurora will take over Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, which has been developing self-governing cars. Under the terms of the agreement, Uber will receive $ 400 million, 26% of Aurora shares, and the general director of the taxi service, Dara Khosrowshahi, will receive a seat on the board of directors of Aurora.
The deal actually means that Uber has given up its efforts to develop its own self-governing car. Although initially the company significantly overtook its main competitors Google and Tesla in the development of such technologies, it faced serious problems. It was the Uber car that killed a pedestrian in Arizona, after which the company suspended its test program for such cars. In addition, Uber investors have become increasingly demanding that the company focus its efforts on making its core business, a taxi service, profitable.
Aurora Technologies was established in 2017 and is supported by Amazon and Sequoia. After another round of financing last July, the company was valued at $ 2.5 billion. According to Aurora, its value has quadrupled to $ 10 billion as a result of the agreement with Uber.
Shares of Lyft, which fell 16.2% since the beginning of the year but jumped 37.4% over the past week, rose 5.8% amid investor reaction to the company’s quarterly report. Lyft reported a loss for the third quarter (ended September 30) at $ 1.46, which is worse than analysts’ forecasts at – $ 0.91 loss per […]
Taxi service Uber Technologies Inc. wants to sell the part of its stake in the Chinese taxi ordering service Didi Chuxing worth $ 6.3 billion, writes Bloomberg agency. According to sources, Uber is negotiating the sale of shares in Didi with Japanese company SoftBank Group, which is the major shareholder in both companies. “Although various […]
Uber has already tried to give drivers more autonomy so that they are considered contractors rather than employees. A California court has issued a preliminary order ordering Uber and Lyft to immediately retrain drivers from contractors to company employees. The order will take effect in 10 days. As independent contractors, Uber and Lyft drivers do […]
Shares of Uber, which rose on 16.7% since the beginning of the year, fell 2.65% after the close of trading on Thursday, in response to the results of the second quarter. Uber management called the quarter “the hardest in history”, given the sharp drop in passenger traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same […]
On Thursday, January 19 it was a press conference with the top management of the company WOG. As we have noted in the previous news, its top management discussed topical issues on the development and expansion of its business in the current year. One of the points of the plan for the improvement of the […]
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Within 10 months of last year, Ukraine had supplied toy glass products (90.6%) in 25 countries, including most EU countries, amounting to $ 4,5mln. It is reported on the Facebook page of Natalia Mykolska – Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. On the EU market it has sold 62.3% of Christmas decorations. […]
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According to information provided by the consulting firm M & A Ukraine, last year was quite successful for the national business in terms of number of deals. Foreign investors have renewed their interest in the Ukrainian market and are willing to invest in its development. The apparent leader of the 2016 year in terms of […]
NextIf the promissory note is not specified by the time when the borrower is obliged to return the money, the court may grant derogation from the obligations under this document. In order to get money for the receipt, it is necessary to properly arrange it, Vesti reported. Do not give money on the receipt, in […]
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyi submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law on assistance to private individuals through lockdown. The press service of the parliament announced this on Wednesday, March 24. There is no text of the bill yet, but the document is defined as urgent. It was submitted to the leadership of the Council. In […]
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Boeing has recommended suspending flights of 777 aircraft after the incident in the American city of Broomfield, where large wreckage of the aircraft engine during the flight covered the streets. You can read it in a statement published on the company’s website. This applies to aircraft with Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112 engines. The company said […]
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Agricultural company Mriya paid 192.4 million UAH of tax deductions and provided assistance to local communities of 22 million UAH. Since the affiliation under the control of creditors in February 2015, “Mriya” Agro Holding paid 192.4 million UAH of tax payments to budgets of all levels. In addition, last year the company provided social assistance […]
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The current management of the state company Ukrzaliznytsia does not intend to implement the initiative of the previous management to involve representatives of the German company Deutsche Bahn in the management of the Ukrainian railways. This was stated by the head of the board of the UZ Volodymyr Zhmak in the interview with the edition […]
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According to UNIAN news agency, yesterday the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NACBU) opened three criminal cases concerning the facts of officials illegal enrichment. On the basis of information, specified in electronic declarations, 3 criminal proceedings are opened: 2 concern People’s Deputies of Ukraine, 1 concerns the representative of judicial authority. For the time being, […]
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The financial conglomerate BNP Paribas (headquartered in Paris) acquired indirectly 11.42% of the British JKX Oil&Gas, which owns the Poltava Petroleum Company. This is stated in the message of the JKX Oil&Gas reported on the London Stock Exchange. The owner of the package of the JKX at a rate of 11,42% became the British company […]
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The Nord Stream-2 project is already 95% built. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said so. Novak is confident that the pipeline will be completed, despite US actions. “This project is fully compliant with European law. It is just a competition from American partners. They want to supply their liquefied natural gas to Europe. That […]
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International Company – manufacturer of optical equipment and lenses Essilor International S.A. will buy the Italian company – the manufacturer of glasses Luxottica Group S.p.A., which owns the brand Ray Ban. The acquisition price is $ 24 billion. About the transaction has informed agency Bloomberg L. P. in the early part of the week on […]
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Ukraine begins 2018 with a fairly stable economic and political platform. In comparison with the catastrophic economic downturn in 2014 and the subsequent recession that lasted until the end of 2015, the economic growth of 2.2% in 2017 looks encouraging. The first step towards the exit from the permanent crisis is made, but the main […]
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What is the current situation with investment in the pharmaceutical and medical sector of Ukraine? Can we expect the prosperity? If yes, then when? If no, then why? What may attract, and what may prevent? Investments background Investments in the medical sector of Ukraine are considered to be one of the most promising according to […]
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Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, down 24.3% over the past six months, fell 3.2% at the start of trading on Thursday after the company released its report for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 ended in March. The good news for Alibaba investors was a 64% increase in quarterly revenue compared to the same […]
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French entrepreneur plans to open the first Ukrainian truffle farm in Kharkiv region. Edouard Henon,the owner of the oldest in Bordeaux truffle plantation, plans to organise a truffle farm in the territory of the regional Kharkiv park landscape .He is sure that all conditions, necessary for the cultivation of a delicacy, are in the Kharkiv […]
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