The the communicators, youll see our visit here looking at some of the most recent technology as well as some interviews that weve done. [inaudible conversations] you are looking at the future of public transportation, and were happy [inaudible] to join us today. Thanks for being here, and on behalf of [inaudible] enjoy the weather, its vegas. And, again, let me know if you have any questions. So is this a drone . It is a, at its purest level, an upscale super drone, yes. Fully electric. Who would pilot this . Itd be fully autonomous. So this was built as, essentially, an urban air taxi. Okay. So you would request one of these to get in, it would take you to so air uber host we want to introduce you to a Company Named omron. Mike chen. Give us a quick overview of the company. Guest okay. Were a Global Corporation that specialize in technologies that are meant to improve lives and really involve societal changes. Host and now youve got robots galore out here. Guest thats right. Host wha
You are looking at the future of public transportation. Thanks for being here. Enjoy the weather, it is amazing. Drone . Is a an upscale super drunk. Fully electric. Who would pilot it . Fully economists. It was built as an urban air taxi. Theseuld request one of and it would take you it is fair over. Right now, 70 mile range. Less than two hours. We want to introduce you to mike chen. What is your role . Im the engineering manager. Give us an overview of the company. Technologyalize in that is meant to improve lives and changes. What is this . This is used in a factory environment. Visioneant to show the we have. When you look at this, im presuming this is relatively Old Technology or not question mark the technology itself is up to the user, but it can be applied into new applications. Robot, correct . Correct. Who is this question mark this is bill. He is a mobile robot. It allows for improved productivity at the factory level. What is its function question mark he is what is his fu
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Here the shares are down 8 right now. Thats not even the biggest point decliner in the dow. Which goes back to how low its share prices got. Exactly. At this hour the Senate Finance committee is beginning to mark up its tax reform bill well tell you whats at stake there and what could be the most contentious issues between the house and senate. Meanwhile, amazon is reportedly considering a freemium option for prime video. Wel n will netflix make a similar move lets get to our top story today, the big decline in ge shares Morgan Brennan has all the ugly details for us morgan reporter hey, bill, yeah, so ge cutting its dividend in half. Its only the third time since 1899 its cut that payout, this is the first time its done it notscenario. Thats only part of the story here big part of why these shares are falling 8 is the updated guidance new eps numbers for 2018 expected to be 1 to 1. 07 a share, reduced by half since the previous target and lower than consensus estimate 6 billion to 7 b