This week with a story in politics. You have this map that looks at europe and the ground that is gained by the populist radical right. We tried to dissect the myth from the reality of the strength of the far right in europe. Twice 17a feeling that has gotten lost in the u. S. Because the president and some of his agenda, but there was a time when Emmanuel Macron beat back the National Front and came to an election and also what we saw in the netherlands, which beat back the challenge in a far right leader. We have seen this summit in the far right europe. That has proven not to be the case. And a disparate coalition of the agendas across far right parties. They have stitched together support that is common in the issues that draw them, whether its immigration, law and order. But they are different in how they act in their separate parts of europe. But we have sound the support is the hyatts it has been highest it has been in 30 years. Is so much optimism in europe right now and that e
And the twins joined the ranks of the worlds billionaires. Thanks to bitcoin. They took a why chance on cryptocurrency. First, to our lead. Net neutrality is no more. The fcc voted to repeal the obama era internet protections designed to keep rock band providers from favoring content. Vote was 32 to end the protections. The book vote came amid protests from defenders of the rules, who say this will create have sent havenots when it comes to accessing content. The fcc chair held heralded the return to what he calls a freespeech market approach, saying it is time to restart internet freedom. Framework that has governed the internet for most of its existence. Joining us now, one of the people who voted to repeal it, brendan carr, who was nominated by president trump. Day,aid today is a great many say it is an awful day. What dont they understand . For the question. It is a great day for consumers, innovation and freedom. There is a lot of apocryphal reddick rhetoric out there. We are voti
Engineered a major turnaround with ea announcing record earnings in 2017. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, Electronic Arts ceo Andrew Wilson. So lets start at the beginning of your time at ea. In 2013, the company was struggling in many ways, financially. The consumerist named you the Worst Company of the year two years in a row, but today, it is different. You have reported record profits. What did you do differently . Andrew i have been in the Company Since 2000. In 2013, they made me ceo. Emily i dont think that is quite true. Andrew somewhere in there is some truth. And we had struggled. And it wasnt because we were a company or because we made bad games. Its because we had lost our focus. We said, what is the most important thing . Who facilitates us to do what we love . Thats make games. Thats the player. We started every conversation for the longest time and continuing today with, is this good for the player . The Worst Company in america vote feels like an age ago now
Studio 1. 0, tpg coceo jim coulter. So, tpg is an investor in uber, airbnb, vice, spotify. What do all these companies have in common and what does it tell us about your strategy . Jim i think they all have in common the fact that theyre driving disruptions in their industries. In some ways, if you look at the history of tpg, while we are often called a private equity firm, from the very beginning when we started with continental airlines, people began thinking we were airline investors, but really, that was a moment in time. We have not done much airline investing in 10 years, but since that founding 25 years ago, we have constantly specialized in finding where the economy is changing and how we can expose capital to it. Emily you and David Bonderman cofounded tpg in 1992. You were both working for the texas billionaire. What was it in those early days that set the stage for what tpg became . Jim we came to the industry from a different place. First of all, its a bit aggressive to cal