Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. asked the UK Supreme Court to rule on its appeal over whether it has to pay drivers for overtime and during vacations. Lawyers for the company filed a permission to appeal application that would see the issues skip the Court of Appeal entirely, an Uber spokesman said. Uber has lost at two separate courts in the ...

Bloomberg A high-stakes legal clash is unfolding over President Trump’s temporary pick to run Elizabeth Warren’s favourite bank regulator, and the White House is holding its ground. Trump said he’s naming White House budget director Mick Mulvaney to be the temporary head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The announcement came hours after outgoing CFPB Director Richard Cordray said ...

Bloomberg Elon Musk knows how to make promises. Even by his own standards, the promises made while introducing two new Tesla vehicles—the heavy-duty Semi Truck and the speedy Roadster—are monuments of envelope pushing. To deliver, according to close observers of battery technology, Tesla would have to far exceed what is currently thought possible. Take the Tesla Semi: Musk vowed it ...