Good wednesday morning i am carl king with jon fortt. Dow is up 128. Tech sector leads the s p. For more on tech, bring in Victor Anthony and elly wheeler, partner. Welcome to you both. Welcome to tech resilience in the face of the selloff, even though we can parse, fang, talk about underperformance within that right i mean, there are certain names that are underperforming facebook and alphabet. Ironically, those are two names with multiple support but they have secular growth drivers. From all of them, market share gains across the board, ecommerce and advertising but in the case of netflix, subscriber growth that continues to be strong i am buying alphabet, a buy on facebook and amazon. Hold on netflix for now. But i am optimistic bought all these names. Facebook and alphabet, were talking later this hour about regulatory threats do you think thats effecting them, those two in particular . I think for alphabet, eu overhang has been an issue for several years. It will continue to be a
He writes in an oped at wired magazine online, im submitting to my colleagues the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the fcc. These enforceable rules will ban paid prioritization and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services. I propose to fully apply for the First Time Ever those bright line rules to mobile broad band. I spoke with chris lewis and doug break. Not a lot of big surprising news, but i must say that i think it is a disappointing move. It is largely an overblown response into a narrow question of what sort of Legal Authority that at the need to police the open internet. I am disappointed. You are disappointed because they are trying to change what disappoints you about it . Title two, there are all sorts of legal entities we crossed into. A big part of the open question is how the fcc will do the forbearance process . There are provisions of title two that just about everyone agrees are outdated and unnecessary. Give me one example. They w
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San francisco, welcome to bloomberg west, where we Cover Technology and the future of business. I am cory johnson. Oil prices on the rebound, brent crude continuing to bounce off the bottom, and brent crude rallied from their low last month, and the head of Capital Management on the impact of oil. Good news about the oil side is it is good for the economy. There are a lot of consumers who have more money in their pocket today than they had six months ago. And the economy even before the gas prices went down was doing pretty well. Cory gains across the board. And j. M. Smucker buying a pet brand company, a deal valued at 500 billion. The cash and stock deal boosting debt. They make kibbles and bits, meow mix, and other classic pet treats. . 4 billion in sales for fiscal year 2016. And apple has raised 6. 5 billion in its latest bond sales, taking advantage of lower interest rates, and the 30year deal has got a 3. 45 coupon. 158 billion of overseas cash without having to repatriate it an
Media companies that are reshaping our world. After months of speculation, nearly 4 million public comments. Fcc chairman tom wheeler has finally outlined his Net Neutrality program. The key takeaway, proteciton of an open internet and regulating the internet as utility. He writes in an oped at wired magazine online, im submitting not a lot of big surprising news, but i must say that i think it is a disappointing move. It is largely an overblown response into a narrow question of what sort of Legal Authority that at the need to police the open internet. I am disappointed. You are disappointed because they are trying to change what disappoints you about it . Title two, there are all sorts of legal entities we crossed into. A big part of the open question is how the fcc will do the forbearance process . There are provisions of title two that just about everyone agrees are outdated and unnecessary. Give me one example. They were written when people were using homing pigeons to communicate