Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses ( www.wsj.com )

Uber Technologies posted its first-ever operating profit in the second quarter, a milestone in its long-term efforts to stem losses in its businesses carrying people and delivering food.

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uphillbothways ,
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archive link (no paywall/nagware): https://archive.is/9D6yR

haxe11 OP ,

I had also put this in the OP for convenience 😉

uphillbothways , (edited )
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oops. my mistake. it's become a bit of a workflow to click>hit paywall>copy/paste into archive>paste back link for others. i just didn't see it. will delete. (edit: ... or not based upon author's request.)

haxe11 OP ,

No need! If you missed it, I’m sure others will also miss it.

haxe11 OP ,

Personally I avoid Uber Eats. It’s way too expensive. I haven’t used the ride share service much for several years. Without looking much into the prices, I feel like they’ve lost much of their edge over traditional taxi service, but I do still like the convenience of being able to use their app almost anywhere in the US, at least. I should probably give Lyft a look at some point.

UnfortunateTwist ,

I was planning to use rideshare to a place with possibly difficult parking, but the one way cost was $30-some. So that’s about $60 round trip. I decided to drive, with all-day parking costing $16…

deo ,

The only time I uber/lyft is when i’m travelling and won’t be able to take my car ($ uber < $ rental car), or when i’m gonna be drinking ($ uber <<< $ DUI). And even then I can often get a ride from a friend and/or DD…

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