Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short. Short, tight, and light, TDS gathers the latest automotive ...

Some rental car companies charge an "airport concession fee" or "concession recovery fee" if you pick up a car at the airport ...

Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope ...

Rideshare companies Uber and Lyft are both partnering with Chinese tech company Baidu to bring self-driving cars to London. Britain is emerging as a frontline for the global rollout of self-driving ...

As investors worry that autonomous vehicles will come to seriously threaten Uber Technologies’ opportunity, the stock has become almost historically cheap. It trades at about 15.5 times its estimated ...

Firms agree deals with Beijing-based Baidu to take self-driving cabs to UK capital Chinese robotaxis are due to be on the streets of London next year after the US ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber ...

UBER drivers face losing their jobs after being told to accept between 3 and 49 per cent variable service fees, the App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU) said today. The warning came after the US ride ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

While as many as one in 10 American workers rely on the gig economy for their primary income, these jobs aren’t always sustainable. In fact, one young man is learning the hard way that the upfront ...

New laws will take effect in California on Jan. 1 that can change hiring practices and the way we shop for groceries, cars and food on online platforms. Many new laws will affect Californians daily, ...

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UPDATE: Greg Biffle, former NASCAR star and Portland-area native, among 7 that die in a plane crash A business jet with six people aboard crashed Thursday at a regional airport in North Carolina used ...