announces that the nsa director is retiring this spring. a expects trump to nominate successor in the senate will confirm his replacement. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i m alisa parenti and this is bloomberg. emily: i m emily chang. this is bloomberg technology. amazon taking another big hardware leap, virtual reality glasses will be shown next week at it convention in las vegas. uber ceo ise former selling some of his stake in the ridesharing startup. and a sensation over the last couple of weeks, can the company strike while the iron is hot with investors. the first ever pair of augmented reality glasses connected to alexa will be unveiled next week. pairing up with the glasses developer to manufacture the device. in a statement the tech giant says it is excited about the possibility of bringing services to customers in a new way. intel ceo sent me the first keynote and as we have been reporting a fl
mallorca way after someone saw an armed man beating another person. reporter: what a chaotic day here in the marina district. an armed suspect was shot by police. he is hospitalized in serious condition. it began in front of this atm at the bank of america. a fight between two people that quickly escalated. heard somebody from the second floor window yelling for help. i called the police. he heard the commotion from his apartment near this bank of america atm on pierce street. he was shocked to see a man give a gun, beating a man holding a backpack. he told the guy to drop the bag and he had a gun in the hand and pistol whiffed the guy in the head. and then the gun went off. several rounds were fired. it s not known if the man with the backpack was hit. he quickly left in a waiting car. but the armed suspect took off on foot, and police officers cornered him behind a bush, ordering him to come out. at some point in time the suspect fled the bush, and as he was proce
i m erik schatzker. i m scarlet fu in for stephanie ruhle. airlines,al, malaysia we will try to make you forget about some of that stuff. in the meantime, newsfeed stories, and around the world. consumer spending rose slightly in february. it again 0.3%. oft is the median forecast economists we polled at bloomberg. americans are slowly shaking off the effects of the coldest winter in four years. household spending on services including utilities rose 0.2% in the month. cbs s billboard business has gone public and will start trading any minute now. raising $560 million. it will still be 83% owned by cbs corporate but eventually cbs shareholders will own all. chris christie says he is still baffled by decisions his formal former aides made in the george washington bridge scandal. the new jersey governor made the comment in an interview with abc news anchor diane sawyer. when things were first reported i said, this can t possibly be true, because who would do something
million. the company losing in the gap earnings, down a lot, but once you strip that out, you see the company profitable when you stick out the stock conversation and as a result, the stock is going bonkers in after-hours trading. has twitter really fix the problems vexing their growth? twitter is a former director of platforming in san francisco and my friend david kirkpatrick joins us via skype him upstate new york. i lookedtoday hard for anything that looked negative and i can usually find something. i didn t see anything particularly bad here at all. this is a banner quarter for them and what everyone has been hoping to see. , incrediblerowth engagement and the revenue continues to beat everyone s expectations. a great quarter overall. your take? i m probably not quite as optimistic. user growth could be stronger. these guys are like the little engine that could. i think they re going to have more trouble than they do. koslow is doing a great job and it s wonderful
the company losing in the gap earnings, down a lot, but once you strip that out, you see the company profitable when you stick out the stock conversation and as a result, the stock is going bonkers in after-hours trading. has twitter really fixed the problems vexing their growth? my guess is a former twitter director of platforming in san francisco and my friend david kirkpatrick joins us via skype from upstate new york. the numbers today i looked hard for anything that looked negative and i can usually find something. i didn t see anything particularly bad here at all. i think this is a banner quarter for them and what everyone has been hoping to see. incredible growth, incredible engagement and the revenue continues to beat everyone s expectations. a great quarter overall. your take? i m probably not quite as optimistic. user growth could be stronger. these guys are like the little engine that could. i think they re going to have more trouble than they do. koslow is