Uber 🤝 London’s black cabs

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Uber climbs 4% as it strikes a deal with black cabs 🚖

Once rivals, now partners: After decades of battling for road supremacy, Uber and London’s iconic black cab taxis are now teaming up. 

• Luring cabbies in: Black cab drivers will now be able to find passengers via Uber’s app and for the first 6 months, Uber won’t take any commission. 

• Crunching the numbers: There are around 15,000 black cab drivers in London, with 300,000 trips happening in the capital each day, so it’s a serious market for Uber to tap into. 

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Amazon up 3% as it wins the battle of the brown boxes 📦

Number 1: Amazon has surpassed UPS and FedEx to become the US’ biggest package delivery firm. 

• Meeting demand: In 2022, Amazon delivered 4.8 billion (yes, billion) packages in the US. This year, it’s set to deliver an additional 700 million more. 

• UPS? More like USP: Amazon’s greatest strength is that it doesn’t rely on other delivery services like UPS. It can control its speed and reduce costs using its own network.

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iRobot soars 22% amidst Amazon takeover 🤖

Cleaning up: The maker of Roomba vacuums surged 39% after a report said the European Union is set to approve Amazon’s acquisition of the company.

• Crossed wires: But at the start of this week, the EU’s antitrust watchdog raised issues with the deal relating to ‘competition concerns’. Is Amazon monopolising the market?

• Still in the green: The news caused shares to fall 17%, but still left the stock in the green by 22%. Takeover or not, the company is attracting serious attention from the top dogs.

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What have we learned this week? 🤓

• Uber’s got a foot in the door: By giving black cab drivers 6 months of commission-free trips, Uber is strategically incentivising drivers to sign up to its app.

• Amazon is self sustainable: What separates Amazon from most ecommerce companies is its delivery network. It’s perhaps the most important part of its business.

• Monopolistic behaviour is a problem for Amazon: Amazon’s strategy to buy out companies is one that’s worked well. But is it going one step too far? Time will tell.

Stock announcements 👀

• Tesla: Its ‘Cyber Thursday’ event streamed live on X last night, where the first set of Cybertruck deliveries were finally made. Will the long awaited vehicle boost Tesla sales?

• Berkshire Hathaway: Vice President Charlie Munger sadly passed away on Tuesday. Investors will be keeping an eye on who Warren Buffett picks to be his new right-hand.

• Gamestop: This quarter, the video game company released its long anticipated film Dumb Money. Investors will be keen to see its helped earnings on December 6th.

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*Figures and ratings correct as of November 29th 2023.

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