Uber to Sell China Business to Rival Didi After Losing Billions

Re:Uber to Sell China Business to Rival Didi After Losing Bi... by sk5t on Monday August 01, 2016 @01:53AM (#12200442)

Suppose you spent $1B on a factory to make blenders + blender marketing + distribution channels, etc. Later, you invest $200MM in another blender concern for a 20% stake. How do you value / account for the first $1B in sunk costs?

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Re:Uber to Sell China Business to Rival Didi After Losing Bi... by argonaut on Monday August 01, 2016 @02:00AM (#12200468)

You answered your own question? You don't - it's sunk costs.

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Re:Uber to Sell China Business to Rival Didi After Losing Bi... by fgonzag on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @04:09PM (#12221086)

As a loss obviously, a sunk cost is exactly that: sunk

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