Now roughly equal in value, Uber and Daimler trade gentle blows


epa05352019 Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (L-R), Bild goup Editor Kai Diekmann, and Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche during the internet conference NOAH in Berlin, Germany, 08 June 2016. The NOAH conference aims to be a platform for digital economy leaders. EPA/BRITTA PEDERSEN

BERLIN: A promised showdown between the chief executives of German luxury car maker Daimler and ride-sharing firm Uber, Silicon Valley's most valuable private company, turned into more of a wary courtship when the two met publicly on June 8. 

Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche and Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick were interviewed together on stage at Axel Springer NOAH, a two-day conference in Berlin of venture capitalists and technology companies. 

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