Both Uber and Lyft expressed their commitment to providing better benefits and protections for drivers
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Prince Alwaleed’s Kingdom said to hire Deutsche Bank’s Saudi CEO
Sources say Tamim Jabr will join Kingdom Holding later this year as head of international investments
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Kingdom Holding approves $225m investment in US ride-hailing firm Lyft
Chairman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal agrees to buy more than 4.7 million shares in US company
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Uber stock slides again following last week’s rocky debut
Valued at $82bn, Uber’s stock market debut Friday was a major disappointment, losing 7.6%
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Uber value slips below $70bn after rocky trading debut
Shares of the ride-hailing giant Uber closed at $41.57, well under their IPO price of $45, for a market capitalisation of $69.7bn
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IPO pricing said to value Uber at $82bn
San Francisco-based Uber is set to begin trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange
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Uber is said to seek about $10bn in year’s biggest IPO
Uber said in February that it generated $50 billion in gross bookings last year, up about 45 percent from 2017
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Uber said to file confidentially for IPO on Lyft’s heels
Prince Alwaleed-backed Lyft submitted its prospectus for an IPO on Thursday
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Alwaleed-backed Lyft said to start process for IPO
US ride-hailing company Lyft, in which Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed has an investment, could beat Uber to the public markets
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Video: Who is competing with Uber?
Uber faces fierce competition across the globe and given Softbank’s many investments in ride-sharing companies, the line between friend and foe is often blurred.
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Video: Why millennials are buying less and renting more
Millennials in many countries don’t have the purchasing power that their parents did, but they do want unique experiences and convenience – hence the value of Airbnb, Uber and Lyft is $106bn, which is more than the GDP of Morocco.
