Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for December 13, 2017
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December 13, 2017: Uber, the ridesharing company that reshaped the transportation landscape, reportedly lost $1.46 billion in the third quarter of 2017. That’s a significant increase from losses of just under a billion dollars a year earlier.[1]
Gross revenue for Uber reached nearly $10 billion from July to September of this year. However, the vast majority of the money goes to drivers. Uber itself received $2.0 billion in net revenue.
That means Uber spent about $3.5 billion in expenses to earn $2.0 billion in revenue.
Ballotpedia tracks ridesharing policies in the 100 largest cities by population in the U.S. Read more about ridesharing and local government responses to the sharing economy here.
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- December 12, 2017 – 6,243 D.C. lobbyists worked on tax issues this year
- December 11, 2017 – 11.1% of D.C. adults are heavy drinkers, top in nation
- December 8, 2017 – 5,370 children from other countries adopted by U.S. families in 2016
- December 7, 2017 – 76 years ago today, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt became first national figure to speak about attack on Pearl Harbor
- December 6, 2017 – 71 percent of Americans favor major changes to or repeal of Obamacare
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See also
- Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day
- Ridesharing
- Local government responses to the sharing economy (ridesharing/homesharing)
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