And other americans. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 27 hundred journalists and analysts in 120 countries. This is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. This is Bloomberg Technology. Hammering out details to grab a andive stake in uber seeking a discount to invest in the startup. Our conversation with meg whitman, as she prepares to leave the company. We talk about her political ambitions. 10,000 andoaches we discuss the true value of the currency. Is leading investors to buy a huge stake in uber. A billion direct investments in the start of. This would put the uber valuation at 40 billion. At the most recent valuations, it was 69 billion. Joining me now is a Management Capital partner who was the head of communications in the americas and also with us is someone who covers uber for us. Where do we stand right now . The am waiting for documents to get sent out in the next few hours. Today is the expectation and it is a little behind schedule, as has everything been in thi
Committee democrats late into colleagues for forcing the bill through. The committee voted along party lines to advance the bill and gop leaders are hoping to take up later this week. A suspected libyan a militant was found not guilty of the most serious charges of the benghazi attack. He was convicted of terrorism charges but acquitted of murder. The attack killed a u. S. Ambassador and three other americans. Two more americans died in a mortar attack at a nearby cia complex. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am alisa parenti, this is bloomberg and Bloomberg Technology is next. Emily i am emily chang and this is Bloomberg Technology. Softbank is hammering out details to grab a massive stake in uber and seeking a discount to invest in the startup. Plus, our exclusive conversation with with meg whitman, as she prepares to leave the company. Friday ofout a wide topics, including her political ambitions. 10itcoin a
Troubles are entirely manageable and they have been whipped up by social media hysteria. The selling pace for its new products very strong, if profits will be huge and apple remains king of cool. Added allah and the stock price below the one hundred dollars looks cheap to some. We have both sides of this one. Here is a friday morning bombshell, a revolution and the Biggest Bond Fund in the world. Varney and company is about to begin. Stuart it is friday, a busy morning. A lot going on. Here is what we are following. The bond king. Bill gross has quit his company after years of truly vicious internal fighting. This is where business gets personal. The battles were savage. Charlie gasparino brings his own special reporting later this hour. Bill gross is going to janice, that stock is soaring on that news, 30 as of right now. The final numbers in for the economys performance april through june, annual growth 4. 6 . Will it last . Something really serious. Airtran. New reports president ob
Virgin galactic in the private space race. Satellitear about new being watched launched into space. It is the three of the congress in barcelona. It is a crucial time for the world cost biggest Computer Services company. Ibm headcount dropped for the first time in a decade. Keynote, she spoke about three trends that are brees shaping the tech industry. David kirkpatrick asked what industries are adopting best to these trends . These three chefs, they are not three isolated shifts. Data, cloud, engagement, they are all one. Industry, but not every industry. Modeltion to the business is one of the most Significant Competitive advancements. It depends what side of the fence you are on. View is that it is particularly because i think data functions on a certain platform, you see some of the most aggressive industry here. You see with the carriers, telco, wireless riders. You see it with banking. How many clients are starting to put in place chief data officers who report to the ceo. I see
More gunshots as prosecutors punch what they believe are big holes in pistorius story. Oscar pistorius coffers his face in public now, arriving for a second day of his bond hearing. Today, comes stunning detail, the chief Police Investigator says they have witness statements from a woman who says she heard what sounded Like Fighting coming from the home for a full hour, between 2 00 and 3 00 that morning, then heard gunshots. The defense pointed out she lived nearly 2,000 feet away. Another witness who claims he heard gunshots, looked out his window to see lights on at pistorius home and heard a woman scream two or three times, he says, followed by another few gunshots. Police also say they found steroids, testosterone with needles for injection in pistorius bedroom. The defense countered that was an herbal remedy forcing police to concede it might not have been tess ter rone. They said he would have had to walk down a 23 foot hallway, go into the bathroom and shoot at an angle from th