The communicators. Congresswoman clarke, thanks for being here. I want to start with the smart cities caucus. First of all what is it and how do you envision smart cities . Guest we decided to establish a bipartisan smart cities caucus. Originally darrell issa was my cochair. Its now congresswoman from indiana susan brooks. We knew that already technology is a major part of our lives. Its the utility that we can use to make sure that we are economically feasible going into the future, that we are efficient in our use of energy, and it enables us as a society to be far more productive than our 20th century industrial age. We were looking at the fact so much of what already exists in society is connected, and what our smart cities caucus does is it looks at four different areas of how communities are connected. One is connectivity. The other principle being sustainability. The other being mobility. And then the workforce. And how all of those components Work Together to make sure that in
And, it is one year until the president ial election and states are struggling to update election systems. What it means for voter privacy and Election Security. Uber is out with earnings and it is not a pretty picture. Shares falling in afterhours trading on monday. Growth bookings missed estimates. Also light of estimates, uber eats and monthly active platform consumers. We want to bring in tom white, analyst with da davidson, who makes a market with uber and lyft. Someone said he is a little bit surprised by the reaction given that they are a little bit more positive than negative. Your take . I agree. When you look at the top line numbers, the revenue number was really strong. What the rates tell you is that uber is cutting down on subsidies and showing the improved take rates for both rides and eats. Rides growth, booking growth, Revenue Growth all in line is a sign that they are focused more on profitable Revenue Growth. Taylor tom, you can see the fullyear adjusted ebitda loss,
That already technology is a major part of our lives. Its a utility we can use to make sure that we are economically feasible going into the future and that we are deficient in our use of energy and it enables our society to be far more productive than our 20th century Industrial Age so we are looking at the fact that so much of what already exists in society is connected and what are smart cities caucus does is it looks at four different areas of how communities are connected. One is connectivity and the other principal being sustainability and the other being mobility and then the workforce. How all of those components Work Together to make sure that in the 21st century our Civil Society is given the opportunity to reach its full potential utilizing the technological advantages that we have had in this age. Your first to it as a utility and do you see it as a utility like plumbing or electricity and streets . Guest it is something we use but its more an infrastructure. I think for ma
President ial election and states are struggling to update election systems. What it means for voter privacy and Election Security. Uber is out with earnings and it is not a pretty picture. Shares falling in after hours training on monday after hours trading on monday. Growth bookings missed estimates. Also light of estimates, uber eats and platform consumers. In tom white,ng analyst with da davidson, who makes a market with uber and lyft. Someone said he is a little bit surprised by the reaction given that they are a little bit more positive than negative. When you look at the top line numbers, the revenue number was really strong. What the rates tell you is that uber is cutting down on subsidies and showing the improved take rates for both rides and eats. Rides growth, booking growth, Revenue Growth all in line is a sign that they are focused more on profitable Revenue Growth. Taylor tom, you can see the fullyear adjusted ebit are loss, how much is that an encouraging sign they are a
The hong kong listing. I think that asian markets wont direct were not directly hit by this news because i think the general consensus is that people understand why this landmark listing had to be delayed and they seem pretty optimistic also the ali baba will go through with it eventually infect the c. E. O. Of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was quoted as saying last week that hes confident companies will. Will come home to hong kong and that they will find a home in hong kong he just didnt know when and he sent this without alluding to ali baba because technically the listing is confidential all right but we wish to talk to a representative of german business in hong kong yesterday and he told us that despite the unrest there its more or less business as usual but on the bus move just now seems to tell a different story doesnt it. It does and you know what monica ali babas move to do this is actually a very smart move imagine if they had gone ahead with this thing this month its going t