One attorney general has filed multiple lawsuits to keep them out of the hands of teenagers. But first, to our top story. Two years ago, ubers infamous Ceo Travis Kalanick was forced to resign after a series of scandals. Dara khosrowshahi was brought in to rebuild. He has brought in new management and pushed the Company Beyond ridesharing. It has not been entirely a smooth ride. A big ipo Spark Investment but investors were not impressed and has traded at a low price since. I sat down with ubers ceo and began by asking if he had made the right decision to join the company. Dara we have resolved the governance conflicts the company had. There are many issues the company was involved with. As a partnerank and you want them behind you. We have a great investor base. We have taken the company public. Revenue has grown 75 since i joined. We now have a path to profitability. So while we have had bumps on the road, i like the position we are in now for the next years. Emily there have been bu
War, and a former employee who forbeen federally charged stealing trade tickets from out for that. We also have another bloomberg exclusive. We will hear from a top huawei executive about what the u. S. Is losing out on as the Telecom Giant remains on the blacklist. First, shares of Tobacco Company altria dropping after the dow jones reported the u. S. Federal trade commission is investigating the marketing. Marketing practices of juul labs. It has invested 13 billion into the popular ecigarette maker. Regulators are investigating whether juul engaged in deceptive marketing. In addition, juul was named in documents by the u. S. Food and Drug Administration as it investigates whether ecigarettes can trigger seizures. Joining us to discuss, the coauthor of that scoop, our Bloomberg News Health Care Policy reporter and a reporter who covers juul. What exactly is the fda investigating . Anna they have gotten reports from people that this has happened to who say they have had seizures and t
We lost Kristen Gillibrand yesterday. How many more do we have to lose . Emma nine more will not make the debate stage out of the 20 candidates. That is what i wrote about today. David we are looking forward to the debate. Can people remain in this race if they do not make it onto the debate stage . They can but it will be hard. If they do not make it this debate in the october debate, it will be very difficult. Being on the debate stage is more than just debating off other candidates. It is about showing you are a viable candidate, expressing your platform and getting our message out. If you are not on their, it is going to be difficult for donors and primary voters who matter a lot at this stage to see you and feel like they should continue to support you. Vonnie you said the magic david you said the magic word, donors. When you have john delaney who has money in his own pocket and says he will stick it out and i will, who is best positioned and who is weakest on the money . Emma the
Our road map begins with the earnings deluge. The busiest day yet with 3m, comcast, dow crossing the tape plus, tesla shares tanking this morning despite record deliveries of its electric cars. The automaker did report a larger than expected loss. And max pressures southwest shares falling sharply ahead of the bell. Loves gary kelly will join us exclusively this hour. Stocks set to make new record highs with two big movers today. Tesla, a larger than expected loss for q2 margins down despite record deliveries of course, facebook beating on both the top and the bottom lines, but with that warning that growth will slow. Results include a 2 billion charge as part of the 5 billion settlement with the ftc as facebook resolves one probe, disclosing yet another, saying the ftc began an antitrust review in june, which is separate from the antitrust review of Big Tech Companies Just Launched by the doj theres plenty to choose from this morning, jim. Whats on your mind . I love the facebook call
Host so scott kupor, what does a Venture Capitalist do . Guest so basically what we do is we provide money to companies that are trying to grow and hopefully become very Big Companies like facebook or google or apple someday. If were doing our jobs correctly we are helping them grow the company so we dont work in the businesses but hopefully we can provide introductions, help navigate new challenges as they go through the business. We like to think of ourselves as a money provider and hopefully a supporter. Host why cant a company such as the ones you describe just go to a bank and go through traditional avenues . Guest its a good question. Most of the businesses we invest in our very risky businesses that will lose money for a long time as Investment Business and banks are not in the business of doing that or taking risk of losing their capital. We are willing to take that risk. About half of what we invest in we will lose all our money in. Any bank of you that idea to would not be to