It is slower than 6. 3 growth in the previous quarter. Also in the Third Quarter, revenue was up 114 year over year, but the net loss widened more than 175 million. I spoke with c. E. O. Dick costolo and asked him what wall street is getting wrong about twitter . We take the long view about the business and trying to build a lasting enterprise. When we think about our aspirational goal to build the largest daily audience in the world, it is all about, certainly at its core, that audience is composed of our monthly active users that we reported last night. Beyond that, there is also the hundreds of millions of people who come to twitter and do not log in and beyond that, there is the world of the syndicated audience. That audience we reach across the entirety of the web and in our mobile Software Development kit fabric we reach into the mobile application ecosystem. It is the combination of the core, our monthly active users who create a content we use across the entire system. The logg
R was shot down with a russianmade surfacetoair missile. Russia has a lot of covert personnel. Wouldnt the russians have to know about it . You have just stated the obvious that the surfacetoair missile had to come from russia. The Training Provided to operate the surfacetoair Missile System most likely came from russia. Whether the russians knew specifically about this incident or not, i dont know. The International Investigation that the United Nations responded to our call for on friday with a resolution that was passed and the russians voted for it, we will find out. We will track this all the way back. If the russians were complicit, john mccain said there should be hell to pay. What would that be . They will come out the losers but we should wait for the facts. The russians have been instigating this trouble in Eastern Ukraine for months. They have been encouraging the separatist, providing the separatists with sophisticated military equipment. They probably have 12,000 Russian T
Was shot down with a surfacetoair missile. Russia has a lot of covert personnel. Wouldnt the russians have to know about it . You have just stated the obvious that the surfacetoair missile had to come from russia. The Training Provided to operate the surfacetoair Missile System most likely came from russia. Whether that russia knew specifically about this incident or not, i dont know. The International Investigation that the United Nations responded to our call for on friday with a resolution that was passed and the russians voted for it, we will find out. We will track this all the way back. If the russians were complicit, john mccain said there should be hell to pay. What would that be . They will come out the losers but we should wait for the facts. The russians have been instigating this trouble in Eastern Ukraine for months. They have been encouraging the separatist, providing the separatists with sophisticated military equipment. They probably have 12,000 Russian Troops on the bo
So many crises in the world. Lets start with ukraine. After the Malaysian Airline tragedy, putin seems to be doubling down on his aggression. Firing across the border, sending personnel in. Russian sympathizers downed two more planes. What can we do to stop him . I think one thing that might stop him is if the International Community all way in. The question is if we can get europe and the International Community to go along. I think we might get the point where we can. Second, having been in Eastern Ukraine not too long ago, when i talked to russian speaking ukrainians, they have had about enough of the kinds of people that he is bringing into the conflict. On social media, the russians are recruiting every malcontent and skinhead who will pick up arms and bring them in two into Eastern Ukraine. You think sector wide sanctions may be imminent, and the europeans might go along . The dutch were dragging their feet before, now they are leading the charge. Now, with the russians opening u
Are going to have to grow at 4 , isnt that achievable . The First Quarter revision was driven by bad weather, one of the worst winters on record. Such are volatile numbers as inventory numbers. We really view the First Quarter in the rearview mirror. We looked at more current indicators manufacturing, auto, consumer confidence, housing. We agree with the forecast that there will be a rebound and we are going to have a solid quarter the rest of the year. 4 . It is hard to project. We are not forecasters per se. Would we talk to businesses about their hiring and of back they aretheir sales, pretty decent. There is more to do. The long termered growth of the United States to 2 and cited an aging workforce and mediocre productivity. Lot we said, theres a could do to celebrate. We believe theres a lot to do given our position in the global economy. We are really well position the global economy. We have 15 of the 25 top universities and more most productive workforce. Multiple times more pr