The first major tech ipo of 2017. First, a huge week for tech earnings. This of course in a week where the dow average marched beyond 20,000 for the first time. Lets kick things off with alphabet. Take a listen. You have to take a step back. Here is a company that has massive levels of growth and yet people are finding those little areas. The problem is always expectations. The ad click numbers are clearly a challenge for them. Whats good is we are seeing them spend money on some other pests that i think will pay off. In the short term, there is extra money being spent, but they have very interesting opportunities. Alphabet has to extend beyond the advertising business model. These bets will start to pay off. We are starting to see spending in those areas where we will see growth. Caroline im seeing cost per click falling 15 . They are still managing to lure in more people to buy those adverts. Conversion rates are still low on mobile devices, so therefore the advertisers that are mark
The first major tech ipo of 2017. First, a huge week for tech earnings. This of course in a week where the dow average marched beyond 20,000 for the first time. Lets kick things off with alphabet. Take a listen. You have to take a step back. Here is a company that has massive levels of growth and yet people are finding those little areas. The problem is always expectations. The ad click numbers are clearly a challenge for them. Whats good is we are seeing them spend money on some other pests that i think will pay off. In the short term, there is extra money being spent, but they have very interesting opportunities. Alphabet has to extend beyond the advertising business model. These bets will start to pay off. We are starting to see spending in those areas where we will see growth. Caroline im seeing cost per click falling 15 . They are still managing to lure in more people to buy those adverts. Conversion rates are still low on mobile devices, so therefore the advertisers that are mark
Billion acquisition terminates the first major tech ipo of 2017. First, a huge week for tech earnings. This of course in a week where the dow average marched beyond 20,000 for the first time. Lets kick things off with after that reporting on thursday. Take a listen. You have to take a step back. Here is a company that makes massive amounts of money, has massive levels of growth and yet people are finding those little areas. The problem is always about expectations. The ad click numbers are clearly a challenge for them. Whats good is we are seeing them spending money on other bets that i think will pay off. In the short term, there is extra money being spent, but they have very interesting opportunities. Google recognizes they have to extend alphabet has to extend beyond the advertising business model. These bets will start to pay off. We are starting to see spending in those areas where we will see growth later. Caroline im seeing cost per click falling 15 . But they are still managing
For those in the states to the banned nation. 2. 1 million vehicles were sold worldwide in 2016. In 2016 by toyota. Last time i checked, shares were under a bit of pressure. Unchanged at the moment. We have news coming to you all day, everyday. We have the world covered. Caroline i am caroline hyde. This is the best of Bloomberg Technology, where we bring you all our top interviews this week from tech. Coming up, the tech earnings season heats up, alphabet, microsoft and intel reporting this week. Cis the dow clarkson locks in above 20,000. Verizon targets charter communications, but will it help verizon keep pace with at t . And cisco swoops in. The ceo told us a 3. 7 billion acquisition terminates the first major tech ipo of 2017. First, to our lead, a huge week for tech earnings. Alphabet, microsoft, intel, qualcomm all reporting. This at a time when the dow jones was beyond the 20,000 level for the first time. Lets kick things off with alphabet reporting on thursday. Our conversati
But today, good oldfashioned numbers on profits, jobs and Interest Rates mattered more. Investors had to take into account earnings and whether they have been good enough to justify the lofty stock values. There was also the Federal Reserve which kept Interest Rates unchanged and decided to keep the markets guessing on when the next like will occur. And then there were jobs and a private company that showed it was a hiring spree. We are at the halfway marshall of earnings season. While the results have been positive, there were some hurdles ahead. Bob breaks it down. Were just about halfway through earnings season. The results have been encouraging with blended earnings up about 7 for the Fourth Quarter and revenues are up about 4 . Those are pretty good numbers overall. However, theres good news and bad news. The good news is the 2016 earnings recession is now over. Heres the bad news. Now the hard part starts tfrlt markets are anticipating double digits Earnings Growth in all the maj