UPDATE 2-Uber's second-quarter results beat on ride-sharing demand Updates shares in paragraph 1; adds details on results in paragraph 4, analyst comment in paragraph 10 By Yuvraj Malik Aug 6 (Reuters) - Uber's UBER.N second-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates on the back of steady demand for its ride-sharing and food-delivery services, sending the company's shares up 5% on Tuesday.

Uber's second-quarter revenue beats on ride-sharing demand Aug 6 (Reuters) - Uber UBER.N beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue and core profit on Tuesday, helped by steady demand for its ride-sharing and food-delivery services. With more people returning to offices and stepping out of their homes, ride-sharing demand has got a boost over the past several months benefiting companies such as Uber and rival Lyft LYFT.O .

Avocado goldrush links US companies with Mexico's deforestation disaster By Cassandra Garrison URUAPAN, Mexico, Aug 6 (Reuters) - On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of Madero, located in central Mexico's Michoacan state. Drone footage recorded by Reuters captured the earth movers hollowing the ground, in what Mexican environmental group Guardian Forestal - which collaborates with the Mich

UPDATE 3-Walmart's low price promise in focus after Amazon's warning Adds investor comments in paragraph 6, 15 and 16, Walmart forecast in paragraph 7, updates stock move in last paragraph By Aishwarya Venugopal and Siddharth Cavale Aug 2 (Reuters) - Walmart's "Everyday Low Price" promise will be put to the test when it reports quarterly results, after rival Amazon.com's warning that customers had turned bargain hunters, pressuring the online shopping behemoth to forecast a weak current quarter.

US targets surging grocery prices in latest probe By Jody Godoy Aug 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will probe why grocery prices remain high even as costs for retailers fall, Chair Lina Khan said on Thursday, a key theme for the Biden -Harris administration as it heads towards the presidential election. Once the FTC votes to authorize the study, major grocery chains would be ordered to provide information on their costs and prices on common products.