Uber shares sink on first day of trading

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The world's biggest ride-hailing company picks a tough week to make its New York Stock Exchange debut, ending its first day down 7.6 per cent.

Uber Technologies Inc's conservative initial public offering could not keep its shares from sinking in their trading debut on Friday, fuelling debate on Wall Street over whether the outcome of the most anticipated listing since Facebook Inc would weigh on other Silicon Valley unicorns.

Yet the ride-hailing company picked a rough week for its IPO — plagued by market turbulence fuelled by US-China trade worries. Uber was the biggest of a group of Silicon Valley start-ups that have spent years raising money in private rounds at record prices.Some, like Uber and Lyft, are unprofitable.

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People should not go to work for Uber, speaking of low pay, terrible working conditions and no injury protection for workers if things go wrong. I can't understand how could the government allows those types of business ever exist in Australia!

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Uber is unprofitable. With mounting losses. Who treat their drivers badly.

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