Like harvard, where we are now. One Company Betting Big on boston is General Electric. Multinational broke ground on a new World Headquarters right here in the city. The ceo talked about the collaboration between the company and the city of boston. Jeff one of the Oldest Companies has moved its headquarters to one of the countrys oldest cities for the purpose of creating this huge, whether its in Renewable Energy or Life Sciences or technology or aviation, these the things we want to bring to the city. These of the things we think we can do together. Caroline it is a year when they won the bid for ge. It cost the city on property relief on top of a incentive package from the state. I sat down with the cfo to discuss why boston was the topic. Top pick. Jeff i think boston is unique. You start with a place where there is more research spent in any other place in the world. It is a bed of ideas in a sea of ideas. There is such an entrepreneurial irit and so many startups in a deep technol
Violence has increased in recent weeks. Syrian opposition monitoring groups set a wave of air on rebel held parts of aleppo , killed 15 civilians and wounded several others. More parishes have an attitude louisianas federal disaster declaration after days of catastrophic flooding. 11 deaths have been confirmed. Floodwaters are receiving in the southern part of the state with communities in lowlying areas still threatened by swelling rivers and backwaters. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. Bloomerg west is next. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomerg west. Ford ceo mark fields tells us why he is focusing on a driverless car and doubling down in silicon valley. Tim cook spending for survival in china. The apple chief vows to invest even more in one of its most challenging markets. Google fires a shot at apple, and facebook in the mobile messaging wars. Is it too late to catch u
An additional 25 trapped mosquitoes have tested negative since the three in miami beach were found. Global news, 24 hours a day. Im mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. Bloomberg west is next. Emily im emily chang, this is bloomberg west. Another blow for elon musk, the second spacex rocket explodes in just over a year this time also a blow for facebooks mark zuckerberg, well tell you why. Facebook continues its expansion of live video onto its messenger platform. Well hear if the cocreator turned competitor of Facebook Live. And could pairing up with centex with an answer to better profits. But first our lead. 5 Spacex Falcon 9 rocket xploded on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral today. It occurred in routine preparations for an upcoming launch this saturday. In a statement they said there was an anomaly on the pad and the pad was clear and there were no injury. The falcon 9 in this accident was supposed to carry an Israeli Communications satellite into orbit that, too, was lost in the bla
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