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Daily Report: Another Week of Uber News

Uber has had a headline-making year in 2017 — for the wrong kinds of reasons. The ride-hailing company has been in the news for problems such as sexual harassment claims, intellectual property fights and the use of tools to evade law enforcement personnel.

Now more Uber news is in the making this week.

Over the weekend, Uber’s board of directors met to discuss a proposed leave of absence for its chief executive, Travis Kalanick, who built the company into a behemoth, writes Mike Isaac, a technology reporter for The New York Times.

Uber’s board met ahead of the release of a report this week into Uber’s workplace culture, conducted by the former United States attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr. Among other things, Mr. Holder is said to have recommended the exit of a top Uber lieutenant, Emil Michael, who is a member of Mr. Kalanick’s inner circle. Mr. Michael left the company on Monday. A board representative said late Sunday that the board had decided to accept all of the report’s recommendations.

On Tuesday, Mr. Holder’s report will be discussed with Uber employees and made public — at least partially. Depending on what the details of the findings are, they may prompt another round of introspection on what Uber should, could or would have done differently.

No matter what the findings contain, one thing is for sure: There will be more Uber headlines this week, and perhaps not of the pretty kind.

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