Taxi medallions have been the best investment in America for years. Now Uber may be changing that.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/20/taxi-medallions-have-been-the-best-investment-in-america-for-years-now-uber-may-be-changing-that/

In New York, taxi medallions have topped $1 million. In Boston, $700,000. In Philadelphia, $400,000. In Miami, $300,000. Where medallions exist, they have outperformed even the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index. In Chicago, their value has doubled since 2009.

Could These Start-Ups Become the Next Big Thing?

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/07/technology/start-ups-next-big-thing.html

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