Uber CEO apologizes after video of argument with driver over pay

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, in a memo to his staff: “To say that I am ashamed is an extreme understatement. My job as your leader is to lead … and that starts with behaving in a way that makes us all proud. That is not what I did, and it cannot be explained away."

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Eric Newcomer

March 01, 2017 05:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- When Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes an Uber, he prefers a black car, the high-end service his company introduced in 2010.

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