A colossal transformation yes one of germanys top managers if its a threat to german automakers. And its role week in amsterdam we sent our reporter called the stand along for a closer with the latest and coolest groener. For business on the w im. The founders of google are stepping down as c. E. O. And president of its Parent Company out of it larry page answered grim famously said of the Search Engine and california back in 1908 since then theyve become 2 of the richest men in the world with a combined net worth of more than 100000000000. 00 the remain on the alphabet board google chief char will step up to also be the c. E. O. Of the Parent Company. Right lets find out more with the w. Financial correspondent here in new york its good to see you well the google stock went up on the news so walk us through what this actually means in terms of changes at google. It does sound a bit like the clocks are getting turned back in 2050 and the Holding Company alphabet got created and under t
Of peaceful protest same as pivotal in toppling the dictatorship in the form a stalemate on this day in 1989 some 70000 people turned out for marches in the city of lifes ish it was a decisive moment in a chain of events that led to the collapse of east german communism and the fall of the bone and more people held candles and pace fully demanded more freedom and democracy despite the threat of a heavy government crackdown the demonstrations my motto was the people. Well lymans from now german president frank volta on my is due to give a speech commemorating those events lets cross now to leipzig where ceremonies are already underway kate brady is standing by there for us i believe can we hear you kate. Ok 2. I have been listening to good stuff manas symphony number one that to mark the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the protests that really began the end of east germanys political regime and to tell us a bit more ive got simon young data correspondent with me in the studio s
Investigations for deceiving authorities, twice violations, bribery sexual harassment. Investors pushed out kalanick and Dara Khosrowshahi was brought in to fix it. Hes brought in new management, anded to rebuild trust reputation. It hasnt been an entirely smooth ride. Flashy i. P. O. Sparked excitement but ultimately impressed. Ere not the job is to prove them wrong. Joining me on bloomberg studio 1. 0 at uber headquarters in downtown san francisco, uber c. E. O. , Dara Khosrowshahi. Been a long two years. Two years ago it was announced that you would be replacing c. E. O. , travis kalanick. And even youve admitted you horse,e unlikely dark even accidental choice. Makeears later, did they the right choice and did you make the right choice . I made the right choice and i hope they made the right choice. Im confident that they did. You can never prepare yourself for a job like this and uber is onceinageneration company. But its been a great two years for us. Have resolved all of the gov
Regulators and taxi drivers protested ubers expansion on top of multiple investigations for deceiving authorities, Price Transparency violations, bribery and sexual harassment. Former uber ceo, dark Dara Khosrowshahi was brought in to fix it. Joining me today that uber headquarters in downtown san francisco, uber c. E. O. , Dara Khosrowshahi. Its been a long two years. Two years ago it was announced that you would be replacing former c. E. O. , travis kalanick. And even youve admitted you were the unlikely dark horse, even accidental choice. Two years later, did they make the right choice and did you make the right choice . Dara i know i made the right choice and i hope they made the right choice. Im confident that they did. You can never prepare yourself for a job like this and uber is a onceinageneration company. But its been a great two years for us. We have resolved all of the governance conflicts that the company had. There were many legal issues the company was involved with, as
Investigation and never informed of the drivers employment or unemployment. Reporter in their research the attorneys say they discovered nearly 100 Sexual Assault complaints against the company in an 18month period in california alone. Lyft has shown a total destain to making any changes that could increase the safety of passengers. Reporter the changes the lawsuit is calling for mandatory reporting of Sexual Assault complaints to the police. You have to cover up rape allegations and due to its own internal investigation instead of reporting these allegations to the police. Reporter in addition to installing cameras in cars, the lawsuit calls for lyft to add safety features to the app that would alert the company to any suspicious actions by drivers. Well, the lawsuit caused for fingerprint background checks, now you may remember orlando lazo, the socalled ride share rapist reportedly used a fake name when he applied to become a lyft driver. He would have never passed a fingerprint che