Micron, qualcomm, verizon. Tesla ceo elon musk cuts a rug after delivering the first customer cars from the shanghai factory. Shares touch a record high. This week brought increased tensions between the u. S. And iran. A military strike in baghdad and in baghdad took out one of irans top generals. They responded by launching missiles at u. S. Interests in iraq, roiling the markets and creating new fears of cyber warfare. Cybersecurity firms like cloudflare were up this week as a result. I was joined by the director of strategic threat at an ai security firm. There is a significant distinction between irans battlefield capabilities and where they are on the cyber front. They are never going to go toe to toe with the United States in this realm in a conventional battle. In the cyber realm, they have a greater chance of pushing back more dramatically and having a greater impact in the United States, so even though they have not gone that route in terms of immediate reprisal, it is not out
Please silence all electronic devices. Your completed speaker cards and documents you have to be submitted as part of the clerk should be submitted to the clerk. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Call item number one. An ordinance amendmenting the administrative code to require the Police Department to regularly report certain crime data, related to victims and other spi specified crimes. I wanted to ask deputy City Attorney pearson if we have the final sort of amendments, and were ready to move ahead with this item. No, i dont think you have the final amendments before you right now. My understanding is that my colleague is working to finalize them. And will let me and your aide know as soon as your ready to distribution. So you might want to hear the second item first. So since were still waiting for some lastminute final amendments from the deputy City Attorney, that has been working on this legislation, mr. Clerk, can we hold off on this one and move ahead to item two right now . I told the pe
Big offering at ces. Meg whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg in las vegas. First our top story, the threat of war brings profits for the defense industry, and a risk of Cyber Attacks from iran could shine a spotlight on assets. Take a look at how these firms performed, their shares gained about 8 the last few days. It is indicative that cyber volleys between the u. S. And iran are not going away anytime soon. To discuss what could be next, marcus is a director at an ai security firm. In studio, our reporter. Ingot the attacks from iran physical form. Does that mean we are clear from the cyber perspective . Definitely not. There is a significant distinction between irans conventional battlefield capabilities and where they are on the cyber front. They are never going to go toe to toe with the United States in this realm in a conventional battle. In the cyber realm, they have a greater chance of pushing back more dramatically and having a greater impact in the United States, so even though th
Our bloomberg voices are on the ground with this mornings top stories. We begin in asia. Chinas economy stabilized last quarter, showing greater than expected strength if december. Fourth quarter g. D. P. Rose from the year earlier. Joining us now on the phone from beijing is james, bloombergchina economy editor. Walk me through the details and where the question marks are still Going Forward . Reporter looking at the data that came out today, it really was a surprisingly strong finish for 2019, for chinas economy. I think if we look past the g. D. P. Numbers, chinas g. D. P. Is more a political target than a real indicator of whats going on. If you look at the retail sales, Industrial Production and fixed investment numbers, there was a bit of a rebound in december. Sort of ending the year on a high note. A part of that was, i think, the chinese numbers efforts to sort of support companies is working and also i think the optimism you may have seen in december from the signs that the t
The latest debate after the president was impeached. Some thought it might overshadow this debate. That was not the case. This was the Smallest Group weve seen on stage so far. And it made a difference. A chance for the hopefuls to make their points and case for why they should be the nominee. Andrew yang. Reporter seven president ial Democratic Candidates took the debate stage for the last time in 2019. The most corrupt president in american history. Its a question of right and wrong. Stopping obsessed over impeachment, which unfortunately strikes Many Americans like a ball game where you know what the score is going to be. And start digging in and solve the problems. Article 2 is adopted. Reporter while the historic vote kicked things off, it quickly moved to substantive issues where candidates views differ. Climate change, foreign relations, student loans, the economy. It is not going to stop outsourcing. It is not going to stop corporations. Reporter including ones spurred by crimp