The rich tilt global wealth their way

Time: Global income inequality is headed for a new milestone with the world’s richest 1 percent on track to control more wealth than everyone else on the planet by 2016, according to an Oxfam International report released today.

So far, ‘economic flu’ has missed the U.S.

MarketWatch: Is the U.S. showing the first symptoms of a spreading global economic flu? MarketWatch says “no,” based on a range of economic health checks.

Uber promises more jobs, fewer cars as its roadshow travels to Europe

VentureBeat: In a bid to repair a fractured relationship with European regulators, Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick said today that his company intends to add 50,000 jobs in the region and get 400,000 cars off the road.