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Uber CEO Kalanick Likely to Take Leave, SVP Michael Out
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Uber CEO Kalanick Likely to Take Leave, SVP Michael Out

Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Travis Kalanick is likely to take a leave of absence from the troubled ride-hailing company, but no final decision has yet been made, according to a source familiar with the outcome of a Sunday board meeting. Emil Michael, senior vice president and a close Kalanick ally, has left the company, the source said. At the Sunday meeting, the company's board adopted a series of recommendations from the law firm of former U.S Attorney General Eric Holder following a sprawling, multi-month investigation into Uber's culture and practices, according to a board representative. Uber will tell employees about the recommendations on Tuesday, said the representative, who declined to be identified. The company is also adding a new independent director, Nest...
Uber Fired Asia Pacific Head For Secretly Collecting Data of Rape Victim
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Uber Fired Asia Pacific Head For Secretly Collecting Data of Rape Victim

Ride-hailing company Uber has fired a top executive who had allegedly obtained medical records of a 26-year-old woman raped by an Uber driver in India in 2014, according to a media report. Eric Alexander, the president of business in the Asia Pacific, was fired on Tuesday, just as the company announced that it had fired 20 employees over the last few months for harassment, discrimination and inappropriate behaviour. Alexander had obtained the medical records of the woman, who was raped and assaulted by Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav in New Delhi in December 2014, a report in the technology news website Recode said. The report quoted sources as saying Alexander had showed the medical records to "Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Senior Vice-President Emil Michael". Further, numerous execut...