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Uber Banned in Brazil

Uber has effectively been driven out of South America’s largest country, Brazil. The networked transportation app has been banned from the nation’s two largest cities: Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Politics

daniel June 28, 2015April 21, 2016 France bans Uber, France Declares War on Uber, France hates Uber, Uber Banned, Uber cars burned, Uber Go Home!!, Uber Illegal, Uber Riots, Uber Violence, Uber War, Violence against Uber

One interesting development here is the French taxi drivers’ highly effective use of old-fashioned real world tactics against Uber, including strikes, blocking streets and violence. Events in France show that digitally-based companies have no real defense against such methods, which is a disturbing revelation.

Market Insanity

daniel June 15, 2015 Uber, Uber around the World, Uber Bank, Uber Banned, Uber Beijing, Uber China, Uber Claims It Is Attracting One Million Riders a Day in China, Uber in China, Uber Investment, Uber Shanghai, Where does Uber Operate?, Where Uber Operates

Uber Claims It Is Attracting One Million Riders a Day in China

If China does not prove to be the bonanza that Kalanick boasts it is, Uber could quickly collapse as investors run away from it. China could be the proving ground where Uber shows whether it is the future of technology or simply a pyramid scam built on a mountain of debt.

Market Insanity

daniel May 21, 2015January 23, 2016 Auto Insurance, Income Ineqality, Lyft, Networked Transportation Companies, Ride Sharing, Sidecar, Ube, Uber, Uber Banned, Uber Cars Confiscated, Uber gouges Driver, Uber Sucks, Zipcar

Former Uber CFO Admitted the Only Way the Company Can Make Money Is to Gouge Drivers

Instead of being the cutting edge in transportation, Uber might go down in the history books as the Enron of the 2010s. Remember, Enron, like Uber, was supposed to be run by The Smartest Guys in the Room.

Market Insanity

daniel May 8, 2015March 11, 2016 Avis Budget, FlightCar, FlightCar is Dumb, Hertz, Lyft, Rental Cars, Sidecar, Uber, Uber Banned, Uber Cars Confiscated, Uber Cars Towed, Uber Future, Uber Illegal, Uber Technologies Inc., Zipcar

Uber Is Not a Threat to Car Rental Companies

News stories prove that the reports of the car rental industry’s demise are greatly exaggerated. It is Uber and its ilk that are fighting for survival, not Avis-Budget, Hertz and Enterprise.