BELLEVUE, Wash.—In his first public comments since Uber Technologies Inc. selected him as its new chief executive, Expedia Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi praised the ride-hailing giant’s controversial co-founder and said he would plan to focus first on tending to its employees after taking the helm. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal at Expedia’s headquarters here, Mr. Khosrowshahi said his contract with Uber still needs to be finalized. But he indicated he will take the job replacing Travis Kalanick, the Uber co-founder...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 29, 2017 19:08 UTC