1 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar Soft As Markets Pare Back Rate Bets
Dollar Soft As Markets Pare Back Rate Bets
1 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Didi Chuxing To Buy Uber Out In China
Didi Chuxing To Buy Uber Out In China
After a long, expensive and frustrating fight, it looks like Uber is officially ready to retire its efforts in China. Instead of operating and competing directly for Chinese riders, Uber is instead taking a minority stake in the firm that essentially out-competed them in China – Didi Chuxing.
1 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Investors Turn Their Noses Up At Online Lending
Investors Turn Their Noses Up At Online Lending
Online lending was all the rage even a few months ago, but funding going toward online lending platforms is on the decline.
1 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sweetgreen Says No To Cash At The POS
Sweetgreen Says No To Cash At The POS
Fast-casual restaurant chain Sweetgreen is experimenting with not accepting cash at several of its locations.
1 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Robot Retail Is Now A Real Thing
Robot Retail Is Now A Real Thing
Few harbingers of the future have managed to unsettle so many in retail as the advent of automation. To a pundit, it spawns examples of doomsday-esque predictions about the end of labor as we know it – but a new study could turn all that on its head.
1 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Uber Cofounder Aiming To Bring Transparency To The Real Estate Market
Uber Cofounder Aiming To Bring Transparency To The Real Estate Market
Buying and selling a home involves lots of parties and lots of time spent going back and forth on the negotiations. Uber Cofounder Garrett Camp is trying to streamline that process with his latest startup Haus.
Brought to the world from Camp’s Expa Studios, Haus digitizes the whole buying and selling of a home or property, creating a place for all the parties to communicate. For example, sellers will be able to list their home on the Haus platform, while buyers and their agents can post their offers, tweak them and see what other unnamed would-be buyers are offering.
1 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Uber Southeast Asia Services Focus Pays Off
Uber Southeast Asia Services Focus Pays Off
For a company the size of Uber, it can be tough to know when it’s time to keep the foot on the gas pedal of growth and when it makes sense to ease off the accelerator and focus on perfecting what they have. When it comes to Southeast Asia, Uber seems to have a clear idea of what it needs to do.