The ride hailing firm uber has been in last ditch talks to extend its licence in london, after months of turmoil over its position in its largest european market. The companys full london licence was suspended in 2018, after concerns were raised about ubers policy on passenger protection and driver vetting. It also comes as uber battles huge losses and growing competition. In the us its biggest rival is lyft, though both firms are losing money. Latest results for lyft showed losses of 1i63m, compared to 1. 3 billion for uber. Thatis that is supposed to be 1 billion there at the bottom instead of1 million, so we will fix that graphic. Uber has also been investing in food delivery and autonomous cars, while lyft is concentrating on ride hailing. Meanwhile, French Company kapten was acquired by german car makers daimler and bmw. It now operates in the uk, france, portugal and switzerland, and plans to expand to 15 european cities by 2020. Estonian company bolt also has uber in its sights,
Forjust over 16bn. Pimp my ride. Well tell you about the ethiopian driver whos turned his truck into a three bedroom home. Well hear the remarkable story of the woman who says shes turning cannabis into a source of hope for those suffering illness and pain. Today we want to know is a job for life a thing of the past . New Research Shows the average millennial may have had six jobs by the age of 34. Is this a good thing . Whats your experience . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. Lets get started. We are focusing on uber. Uber will today discover whether it has received a new licence to operate in london, its largest market outside the us. The company lost its licence in 2017 over Public Safety concerns but has had a number of extensions that have kept it going until today. The stakes couldnt be higher for uber which made a loss of 1. 3billion in its latest set of results. Its also facing growing competition from the likes of kapten, a French Co
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To 30. Housing starts, Building Permits, they are expected to climb a little bit. Industrial production is supposed to be up. At 10 00 a. M. , the university of Michigan Confidence numbers. How my doing . These are important numbers today . If they are good, that can build on the idea that the jobs number was an aberration and that the economy is moving along. Looking backwards, not forwards, we will be getting earnings. Everybody watches ge as an economic oh other. At 7 15, they out last of the big angst. Senator big banks. Senator tom coburn of oklahoma will be leaving the senate. He is also on the Banking Committee overseeing the fed and on the intelligence committee. He is tied up in all of this nsa stuff. Bonds, currencies commodities, when you look at them today, up, up, we go. 10year yield continues to come coffee, delhi go. Your goes nowhere the snake euro goes nowhere this week. Sterling was weaker earlier on the Economic Data that mark the michael is talking about. The renmin