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Uber's third quarter: $59.8 billion in gross bookings

Trips rose 16 percent to 4.1 billion. The company expects about 700 fully driverless vehicles on the platform by year-end.

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Uber Technologies, reporting from San Francisco, posted results for the quarter ended September 30. Gross bookings rose 20 percent to $59.8 billion, and 20 percent on a constant-currency basis. Trips rose 16 percent to 4.1 billion. Revenue rose 10 percent to $14.8 billion. GAAP income from operations was $1.4 billion. Non-GAAP operating income was $2.3 billion, up 38 percent, and GAAP diluted earnings were 25 cents a share. Non-GAAP earnings were 88 cents a share, up 35 percent.

Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said it was the fifth straight quarter of gross-bookings growth above 20 percent, and that Uber expects about 700 fully driverless vehicles on the platform by year-end and more than 2,000 in 2027. Chief financial officer Balaji Krishnamurthy said non-GAAP operating-income margin reached 3.9 percent of gross bookings.

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