HAMBURG/FRANKFURT: Hamburg has told Uber, a US car service whose smartphone app summons rides at the touch of a button, to stop operating in the German city, adding to resistance the company has faced globally from local regulators and taxi drivers.
San Francisco-based Uber Technologies Inc, valued at US$18.2bil (RM57.65bil) in a fundraising last month just four years since its 2010 launch, has touched a raw nerve by threatening to open up a traditionally tightly controlled and licensed market.
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