Alison Griswold

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Alison Griswold is a Slate staff writer covering business and economics.

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Court Strikes Down Uber's Request to Appeal Class-Action Status of Driver Lawsuit

Oyster, 'The Netflix of E-Books,' Is Shutting Down

Uber's New Strategy for Its Employee Lawsuit

How Target Plans to Take on Amazon in Grocery Delivery

Uber Says There Is No 'Typical Driver', But Its Data Indicates Otherwise

Uber's New Service Sounds Suspiciously Like a Bus

Economic Outlook

Here's Why the Stock Market Tumbled Yesterday

Good News for Frequent Business Travelers: Airline Tickets Are Getting Cheaper

Why Airbnb's China Plans Won't Be Easy to Pull Off

McDonald's Franchise Owners See the Fast-Food Apocalypse

Airbnb Hasn't Killed the Hotel Industry

Uber's Going to War With New York City

Instacart Reclassifies Some of Its Contractors as Employees

In Search of Uber's Unicorn

Starbucks and McDonalds Raise The Heat On Coffee Wars

Why Uber and Lyft Are Not Interchangeable Services in New York

When It Comes to Diversity in Tech, Companies Find Safety in Numbers

Tax Credits Can Make Obamacare Dirt-Cheap

Expedia Will Take Your Hotel Payments in Bitcoin

Why is Pinterest Suddenly Worth $5 Billion?

How Alibaba Went From a Band of Thieves to a Huge E-Commerce Company

Cups: A Coffee Startup Taking on Starbucks

11 Things the Military Teaches You About Leadership