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Re:Uber’s Losses Widen as SoftBank Launches Bid to Buy Shares by matt4077 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @05:29PM (#15820215)
> Uber seem, from the financial data I have seen, to be sticking to that playbook down to the 3rd decimal place

Except, if you check the linked article, you'll find that bookings grew 11%, revenue grew 21%, and losses grew 38%.

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Re:Uber’s Losses Widen as SoftBank Launches Bid to Buy Shares by microtherion on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:46AM (#15823467)
And YoY (backing out the Q4 numbers to Q3 numbers), bookings grew 80%, revenue grew 20%, and losses grew 56%. Assuming that "costs" are revenue+loss, costs grew 34%, still faster than revenue.
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