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were expecting, up 15%, thanks to people taking more rides and also using its food delivery service, but the thing is the right hailing and food delivery company still disappointed investors and one thing that wall street was focused on was gross booking. that number came in lighter than forecast and its predictions for the coming three months also were disappointing. so, despite turning in higher revenue, uber posted an unexpected loss of around $651; million, up from 157 million this time last year. earlier, i was speaking to andrew hawkins, transportation editor at a new service covering the tech industry, and he told me what wall street was worried about. while uber s fundamental business model appears to be improving and gaining strength, it s still not completely out of the woods. and what i mean by that is that there are still a lot of regulatory issues, there s a lot of legal expenses that the company has been having to pay. it had to make a massive settlement b ....
brexit round one. as eu leaders gather in malta its prime minister calls for a fair deal for britain but warns it will pay a price for leaving. and following the announcement that snapchat will be listing on the us stock market, today we want to know would you buy shares in a company with a limited track record of turning a profit? in fact, it has not made a profit. the value of facebook has tripled since it went public in 2012, but will snapchat be a similar success? do you snapchat? in the last few hours the social networking company has filed documents to float its shares on the new york stock exchange. it s likely to be the biggest ipo in the technology world since facebook floated in 2012. for those of you who don t use it it s kind of the opposite of facebook instead of making a permanent record of your life it lets you send picture messages that then disappear. here are some figures. according to the company 158 million people use snapchat every d ....
player in the space race. and as always all the market action. it was another record setting day on wall street. stay with us, we ll tell you why? also in the programme, finding a diamond in the rough! we ll meet the woman whose company is turning waste into energy. lloyds of london is banning drinking during work hours. today we want to know, is the liquid lunch a thing of the past? is it ever acceptable to drink during the working day? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. the eu s top economist, pierre moscovici, is visiting greece today to talk about the country s debt problem. he s trying to break the deadlock over the release of a further bailout. athens and its international creditors have been wrangling for months over the issue, and failure to reach agreement has spooked the markets. yesterday it was revealed that the greek economy unexpectedly shrank in the last three months of 2016. so what options does the country have? greece is now und ....
Fleury covering that. much more on those stories on the website bbc.com/ business. you are watching bbc.com/ business. you are watching bbc news. those are your top business stories. matthew, back to you. thank you very much. the good friday agreement is a triumph of diplomacy and testimony to democracy, according to the former us secretary of state hillary clinton. she was speaking at a conference at queen s university in belfast to mark 25 years of the peace deal. she has been hosting the ceremony to honour women who have been involved in the northern ireland peace process. our ireland correspondent chris page has been hearing from some of them. as chancellor of queen s university ....