Any better . Im annie yu and ill have all the details coming up. And later, a Sports Illustrated surprise. Beyonce making a special appearance at last nights sports person of the year awards to honor colin kardashian. Well have all the details coming up. Good day at 9a starts now. 9 01 is the time. No surprises here g day d. C. Good to see you. Good for to you see us hope hopefully. It is wednesday, december 6th. Allison seymour, Steve Chenevey welcome back. Hope youre feeling better. Im kind of surprised maureen is home getting better. We hope she feels better. Right. Its revolving door around here. A sickness once it gets inside the fresh air inside this building it kind of lingers for while. Its get trapped in petri dish. Also ahead this morning times person of the year honor this year goes to the silence breakers who helped launch the light decades of Sexual Harassment and abuse by powerful men a cross the nation. More thon decision coming up as well. First, though, transition day
Wednesday morning as a flames engulfed an area near the getty center in the brentwood area of los angeles. The fire broke out near the 405 freeway and mulholland drive just before 5 a. M. , Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said. The fire had burned about 6 acres, stewart said. A sigalert was issued for the closure of all northbound lanes on the 405 freeway just after 5 a. M. , according to the california highway patrols traffic incident log. Officials were considering closing the southbound lanes as well. The fire began as crews are spread across Southern California fighting several brush fires, including the thomas fire, the creek fire and the rye fire. Forecasters are calling for another afternoon of gusty winds, which will help fuel the fires on wednesday. Check back for updates on this developing story. darya good morning im darya folsom. james and im james fletcher. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. Major hot spot wb 4 at loveridge
Pyongyang attack. Pyongyang has dismissed those allegations. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Im emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. After a killer year for tech stocks, will the sector become a victim of its own success . Cryptocurrency is fueling record gains of littleknown companies. Victim of its own success . We will discuss. Amazon can outdo its own monster year. While americas ecommerce came could be on track to becoming the first u. S. Retailer to sell 1 trillion worth of products and services. First, u. S. Stocks finished with the tech heavy nasdaq having its worst day in two even as tax reform is pending. At one point, apple was one of the biggest point drives in all three of the major averages. Abigail doolittle joins us from new york. What is happening with apple . Abigail it really stood out. Apple down more than 1 on the day, on a rare downgrade. It was downgraded to b
Rodney has informed the gop leaders he opposes the bill. A u. S. Official tells the ap investigators are examining whether an amtrak engineer was distracted when the train derailed yesterday, killing three people and sending cars off an overpass. Investigators are looking into whether the engineer lost situational awareness. The Trump Administration is blaming north korean hackers of last years malware attack. Pyongyang has dismissed those allegations. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. This is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. Emily im emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. After a killer year for tech stocks, will the sector become a victim of its own success . Ares to cryptocurrency fueling record gains of littleknown companies. We will discuss. Amazon can outdo its own monster year. While americas ecommerce came could be on track to becoming the first u. S. Retailer to sell 1 trillion wo
Bitcoin. Lead and he bloomberg scoop. Bloomberg has a new number two. They had named Barney Hartford the chief operating officer. He is the former ceo of orbit. Worked for and competed the onlinewshahi in travel sector. The top court has ruled the service should be regulated as i we spoke with eric newcomer. With has a long history kaiser shockey. A trusted hand. That is part of it. Barney did a good job at orbit. It was a debt laden company. He was able to get a good exit of 1. 6 million. The experience at orbit and expedia, marketplace businesses, which is relevant to uber. It is relevant expertise, having a Good Relationship already, and he was doing this advisable role since october to feel the company a. To feel the company out. Emily he wrote a series of tweets. What is the higher of a former Industry Expert imply about the direction they want to take the company . It shows the global reach and businessss of ubers as an employer. His tweets speak to how he thinks about uber. That