As its Irish operation expands Brian Halligan on why tech staff retention is about more than snacks and nap rooms

The last thing a successor needs is CEO’s ghost hanging around to act as lightning rod for disaffected opponents of change

Planet Business: Bumpier than an Uber IPO

Low of $36.58 values ride-hailing giant at about $14 billion less than IPO price of $45

Ride-hailing app valued at $70bn at close, much below expectations

A reputation expert explains how Netflix and Uber have improved theirs, while Facebook’s and Google’s have slid

Ride-hailing company looking to raise as much as $9 bn next week

Ride-hailing app could raise up to $9bn and will sell about $500m of stock to PayPal

Estimate comes on $1bn investment from Toyota, SoftBank fund and Denso investment

Company on track to begin trading on New York Stock Exchange in May

Ride hailing company expected to file in April for initial public offering

We are in the late stages of a credit cycle, with too much money chasing too little value

Firm’s ultimate goal is ‘to help people replace their car with their phone’

Ride-sharing company, valued at $76bn, has seen growth in bookings continue to slow

Planet Business: The rise of a mini-Merkel and S&P’s no-deal Brexit forecasts

Cameron Poetzscher said he was ‘rightfully disciplined’ after concerns raised in 2017

David Bonderman pulls out of ‘Davos in the Desert’ over Jamal Khashoggi disappearance

Tie-up between rivals would put pressure on UK market leader Just Eat

Both firms are widely seen as lagging competition in developing self-driving cars

Road Warrior: Delta 30 years in Ireland, Uber on probation, 1,000 for Intercontinental

Taxi hailing app persuades court its has reformed company structure sufficiently to meet regulator’s concerns

New system to examine user’s walking speed, unusual typos and if the phone is swaying

Ride-hailing app plans to invest €20m in France to develop aerial mobility

Sources claim Rowe is top choice to lead preparation for transport firm’s IPO

Ride-sharing giant recorded $4.5bn in losses for 2017

New chief executive agrees to pay $245m to settle case brought by Google subsidiary

Uber still locked in expensive wars of attrition in India and in southeast Asia

Deal that values the ride-services firm at $48bn will close early next year

Britain, US, Australia, Philippines to inquire into company’s response to data breach

Ride-service provider paid $100,000 to keep breach of 57 million accounts secret

Ride-hailing company kept details of the 2016 crime under wraps for over a year

From a butter shortage in France to a no-smoking holiday in Japan and the world’s highest-earning dead celebrities

Taxi app had licence withdrawn by Transport for London last month

Founding investors to sacrifice voting rights to support valuation ahead of IPO

Dara Khosrowshahi and transport authority to discuss deal to prevent loss of licence

More Yotels on the way, Netflix looks to boost in-flight wifi while Uber seeks forgiveness

‘Hell’ programme was used to access pricing and driver locations from the Lyft app

Planet Business: Subprime lending to family members; and Uber’s new CEO

He faces the challenge of leading the ride-sharing company out of a year-long crisis