Uber Spends $100 Million to Save Its Business Model, But It May Have Just Doomed It

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<p>‘I’ve writte before at this a g st site abo t how Uber’s b si ess mo el is to arbitrage state a fe eral law a replace a mo opoly with a iffere t mo opoly. They obvio sly place a high val e o the arbitrage. How high? Abo t $100 millio :</p>
<p>Uber has s rvive a major threat to its b si ess mo el, settli g two legal s its bro ght by rivers who so ght to be classifie as employees i stea of i epe e t co tractors.</p>
<p>The ri e-haili g firm will pay p to $100 millio to the 385,000 rivers, b t their employme t stat s will ot cha ge.’</p>
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