We will examine techs role in the responsibility eliminating terror from social media. Softbank announce the first round of Capital Commitments for a tech investment fund. With more than 93 billion in the coffers. The vision fund is asked to top 100 million in six months time and will focus on startups in the united states. Peter l joint us from tokyo with all the details. Peter it took a long time. Softbank originally announced this in october of last year. It came from the meeting with the deputy crown prince of saudi arabia. After many months of waiting that it would close, it did they did not get the full 100 billion dollars, but they got to 93 billion. A record for a tech fund. The core investors are softbank and the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund. Abu dhabi has also put in moneys as well as qualcomm, apple, and some others. One name that did not show up in the press release was Larry Ellison of oracle. It is not clear whether he is going to come in at a later round or not pa
This is a little maybe maybe just a little bit off topic, but i want to run it by you anyway is the president aware probably good if we mix it up a little bit. Is the president aware of the story of the i. T. Staff of congressional staffer who most recently worked for florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz who was recently arrested attempting to leave the country, though he shade he was not trying to flee the country is the president aware of that particular circumstance, and is he satisfied with the pace of the investigation . I havent had a conversation with him specifically about that, but i do think it is something that we should fully look into, and there should be a thorough investigation on that kristen. Since we only have one question, im going to ask you about the boy scouts. Make it count. The chief wrote this to family members who were at the president s events earlier this event are. I want to extend my sincere apologies for those who are scouting families offend by
This point the nikkei ended flat. Hang seng was off just over 1 shanghai composite down as well. And in europe youre going to see at this point it looks like things are also in the red there. The ftse is the biggest decliner down by just over 1 you can see the dax down by 0. 75 if you want to check out crude oil prices, at this point youll see crude oil is up 36 cents 49. 92 facebook it is making a big bet on video. The social media site launching what its calling watch. Redesigned version of its video platform its going to be rolling out to facebook users over the next couple of weeks. It will include a mix of original content as well as live sports recommendations of what to watch will be personalized based on your interests and what your friends are talking about. This is facebooks latest push for tv ad dollars. Mark zuckerberg said video will be the largest driver over the next two to three years. A big push some people wont get it if youre on facebook now and go to look for it tod
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