Futures this morning after those gains, youll see there are still green arrows indicating a higher open, as well. Dow futures indicated up by about 44 points. S p futures indicated up by close to 5 points and the nasdaq is up close to 14 points. An rue, ill send it back over to you. Lets talk about the deal of the morning. Facebook is now getting into the wearables market. The social media giant acquired a Company Called oculus vr for about 2 billion. They make Virtual Reality headsets. Their main product called the oculus rift is primarily used for gaming. Mark zuckerberg posting a statement on facebook saying after games, were going to make oculus a platform for many other experiences. Imagine enjoying a courtside seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor or facetoface just by putting on goggles in your home. I know where i know. Youre waiting for the sound effects in the what has driven he ever what drives all of
Mapping out its next step after going dark. Facebook is under fire after conducting a study on users without telling them. Researchers manipulated the newsfeeds of some 689,000 users to determine whether positive or negative contact influenced them. One of the studys author says already apologized. Google will have to face a classaction lawsuit over its street view Data Collection. This after the Supreme Court refused to consider googles appeal of a lower courts ruling, allowing the privately privacy lawsuits to go forward. They accuse google of collecting passwords and usernames wall street in while shooting images for street view. Google says it was a mistake, but insist the images did not violate federal wiretapping laws. Cory johnson is with me in the studio, and joining us from washington is the electronic Privacy Institute director. What is googles liability here . How bad you think this is . I think it is a serious decision for google. Essentially, the Supreme Court left in plac
He wants to destroy the list that poverty and disease cannot be eradicated. The melinda and bill gates came out and wrote by 2035 there will be almost no poor nations left in the world. Gates sat down with our inner loop anchor betty lue and Mike Bloomberg, also the former mayor of new york, for an exclusive interest view interview and discussed how they view their charitable causes and whether gates will return at microsofts e. O. Im on the board and the board is doing some important work right now. Foundation is the biggest part of my time but then, you know, i put parttime work in to help as a board member. Are you involved at all or how involved are you with the search for the new chief executive . The board is working on that. Theres nothing new to say. But, you know, its a good board. Do you feel a sense of urgency at all . Does the board feel a sense of urgency on this front . Yeah, i think you always feel that way. Then, again, you want to pick the best person. So, you know, th
Find out where the industry is headed next. You are watching Market Makers everyone. So much to cover. Let sit to the news. The top business stories from around the world. More than a courtier billion sign up for insurance. That is more than twice as many as we saw in october when they struggled with technology problems. Has asked herius Inspector General to find out exactly what went wrong. Hilton worldwide hopes to raise ipo on2. 4 billion for record and it comes at a time when occupancy and room rates are continuing to kleiclimb. Named popene has francis its person of the year. Who is poisedtar to transform a place that measures changed by the century. Francis became the pope in march. Since then, he has elevated the Healing Mission of the Catholic Church and warned of the dangers of income inequality. Patty murray and paul ryan have a plan to fund the government for two years, restore spending cut under sequestration, and reduce the deficit. Have to sell it to their fellow lawmaker
We value that relationship. Win a judge on that set in some cases, the deportation hearing can take years. Presently, word of that has been making its way to the back of the country. Is that not undermining the president and Vice President , even two or three years . They are being welcomed in the United States. That meets a couple of things. It is one of the reasons again the president has directed the additional judges, officials, and attorneys be dedicated to deal with the back lots. The other thing that is important to understand is prioritizing people who are showing up in the next few weeks are likely to have their cases processed efficiently through the system. Due process will be respected. Humanitarian responsibilities dictated by the law to be respected, these children when they arrive will be housed in a facility maintained by hhs. The administration is committed to be enforcing the law. You will do a last in and laughed out . It is more competition than can be described in