Bitcoin. Emily but first to our lead and a bloomberg scoop. Uber has a new number two. The worlds most valuable startup has named Barney Harford its chief operating officer. Hartford is the former ceo of the Online Travel site orbitz. The second high profile hire by the uber ceo. He has worked for and competed with khosrowshahi in the Online Travel sector. And it is an interesting move considering the other uber news out wednesday, the european top court has officially rolled the service should be regulated as a Transportation Company rather than a digital company. The ruling is aimed at uberpop which allows people to pick up passengers, the equivalent of uberx. We spoke with the capital managing partner from london along with Bloomberg Technology s eric newcomer. Eric he has a long history with khosrowshahi. I think that is definitely helpful. This is sort of a loyalist you can bring in, a trusted hand. So i think that is part of it. Barney did a really good job at orbitz. It was a de
Emily but first to our lead and a bloomberg scoop. Uber has a new number two. The worlds most valuable startup has named Barney Harford its chief operating officer. Harford is the former ceo of the Online Travel site orbitz. He is the secondprofile hire by the uber ceo. He has worked for and competed with khosrowshahi in the Online Travel sector. And it is an interesting move considering the other uber news out wednesday, the european top court has officially rolled the service should be regulated as a Transportation Company rather than a digital company. The ruling is aimed at uberpop which allows people to pick up passengers, the equivalent of uberx. We spoke with the capital managing partner from london along with Bloomberg Technology partner eric newcomer. Eric he has a long history with khosrowshahi. I think that is definitely helpful. This is sort of a loyalist you can bring in, a trusted hand. So i think that is part of it. Barney did a really good job at orbitz. It was a debt l
Exchange to fail. Its not a Merry Christmas for apple. Analysts have lowered iphone x projections for the First Quarter citing weak demand. Say 10 million fewer units will be sold in the First Quarter of 2018 compared to the current quarter. Worn cs shipments falling by 5 million. They blame the high price and lack of innovation. Lets give you a feel of whats going on here. And a few other elements are playing out. Australia and hong kong are closed. We did see quite a bit of pressure on selective chinese companies. The nikkei was lower as well. Turkish stocks having an astounding rally. S p futures unchanged. U. S. 10 year, 2. 48. Across in the commodities space, some important moves for wti. Had u. S. Rigs not adding anymore. Is at 1000 children 78 an ounce. Its not a Dollar Strength story. A little bit of anxiety coming from the catalog election. We have a few other elements as well. Dollar yen up. Currently that level is still a sixweek low. Policy getting back into focus for inves
Firestorm, though. Hes been at the center of the Health Care Debate on the republican side at least since coming to congress in 2005. Represented georgias 6th district in the house since 2005 until just this year. Before that, you were a Georgia State legislator. And before that, for two decades and more, a practicing physician. An orthopedic surgeon, professor of orthopedic surgery at emory. You bring to bear what it takes to know about the Health Care Debate and thats what we want to talk about today. So we can hardly ask for a better guide to where things stand for a better guide to a sense of where the debate is. Everybody, i think, dr. Price, naturally would like to start with just whats going on with the bill, where does it stand, where are things on the hill . Maybe the place to start is really with the nature of the problem to be solved. How do we think about it before we get to what the legislation is, entering the position youre entering with the enormous experience that you
Half an hour. Joining us is dr. Tom price. Director of health and human services. [applause] he came to that job just a little more than a month ago. Having been thrown into the firestorm you are thrown into. He has been at the center of the Health Care Debate on the republican side at least since coming to congress in 2005. He represented georgias sixth district in the house since 2005. Before that, you were a state legislator. Before that, a practicing physician. Surgeon at emory. We want to talk about the Health Care Debate today. Etterulask for guide to talk to about a sense of where the debate is. We would like to start is what is going on with the bill . Where are things on the hill . Maybe the place to start is the nature of the problem. Before we get to the legislation entering the position youre entering with the enormous experience you bring to bear and thinking about what Health Care Policies for, what challenges it meets, how did you think about the problem to be solved as