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Uber has reportedly tapped Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to \u201clead it out of crisis,\u201d <\/strong>Bloomberg reported overnight<\/a>, just hours after former GE CEO Jeff Immelt said he had \u201cdecided not to pursue a leadership position at Uber\u201d \u2014 and less than eight hours after Bloomberg itself reported<\/a> that Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman was the leading candidate for the gig. Drama between Uber\u2019s shareholders has had the ride-hailing company on the hunt for a new CEO since ex-boss Travis Kalanick was forced to resign in June. Benchmark, which owns 20% of Uber, had filed a lawsuit against Kalanick on charges of fraud earlier this month. A group of the company\u2019s minority shareholders had then asked<\/a> Benchmark to divest at least 75% of its stake in the firm and step off the board. The FT also has the story<\/a> (paywall).<\/p>\n

Closer to home, Uber and Mansour Automotive have <\/strong>reportedly inked an agreement<\/strong><\/a> that will give Uber drivers price cuts<\/strong> on 2017 Chevrolet Optra Comfort vehicles and spare parts through December 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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