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Uber shares slide after earnings miss: cheap rides squeeze margins as robotaxi bets grow

Uber shares slide after earnings miss: cheap rides squeeze margins as robotaxi bets grow

Uber Technologies on Wednesday missed fourth-quarter earnings estimates and projected first-quarter adjusted profit per share below Wall Street expectations. The company’s move to offer cheaper ride options squeezed margins. Shares dropped more than 8% in premarket trading. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/uber-forecasts-profit-below-estimates-cheaper-rides-boost-trips-hurt-margins-2026-02-04/
Crude oil prices today: Brent and WTI climb on U.S.-Iran tension as inventory report looms

Crude oil prices today: Brent and WTI climb on U.S.-Iran tension as inventory report looms

Oil prices climbed Wednesday after the U.S. downed an Iranian drone and Iranian gunboats neared a U.S.-flagged tanker, keeping tensions high in the Gulf. Brent crude futures added 46 cents, or 0.7%, reaching $67.79 a barrel by 1034 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 52 cents, or 0.8%, to $63.73. “Oil would be lower without Middle Eastern sabre-rattling,” said PVM analysts, as traders also digested a reported drop of over 11 million barrels in U.S. crude stocks last week from the American Petroleum Institute, ahead of official government figures due later Wednesday.
4 February 2026
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