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and other americans. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 27 hundred journalists and analysts in 120 countries. this is bloomberg and bloomberg technology is next. this is bloomberg technology. hammering out details to grab a andive stake in uber seeking a discount to invest in the startup. our conversation with meg whitman, as she prepares to leave the company. we talk about her political ambitions. $10,000 andoaches we discuss the true value of the currency. is leading investors to buy a huge stake in uber. a billion direct investments in the start of. this would put the uber valuation at $40 billion. at the most recent valuations, it was $69 billion. joining me now is a management capital partner who was the head of communications in the americas and also with us is someone who covers uber for us. where do we stand right now? the am waiting for documents to get sent out in the next few hours. today is the expectation and it is a little behind schedule, as has ev ....
committee democrats late into colleagues for forcing the bill through. the committee voted along party lines to advance the bill and gop leaders are hoping to take up later this week. a suspected libyan a militant was found not guilty of the most serious charges of the benghazi attack. he was convicted of terrorism charges but acquitted of murder. the attack killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans. two more americans died in a mortar attack at a nearby cia complex. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti, this is bloomberg and bloomberg technology is next. emily: i am emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. softbank is hammering out details to grab a massive stake in uber and seeking a discount to invest in the startup. plus, our exclusive conversation with with meg whitman, as she prepares to leave the company. friday ofout a wide topics, including her political ....
pompeo,ia director mike but tillerson and president trump deny reports. emily: this is bloomberg technology. coming up, bitcoin s have to the mainstream. u.s. regulators have cleared the theto allow future specs on company. we will discuss legitimacy of cryptocurrency. plus, taking stock of uber. joining us now, poly chain capital cost ceo. ceo.ly chain capital s great to have you here on the show. what a week it was. i imagine it has been crazy for you as well. i imagine it has been a crazy week and here for everyone in the cryptocurrency space. massive. it gives access to anyone who wants to have access to bitcoin without actually having to hold bitcoins. it also means it opens new financial products so people can shorten it and that against the .rice for a first time i think there is an increasing understanding that this is a massive technology, perhaps larger than anything we ve seen since the creation of the internet itself, and it s important we create caref ....
alleging sexual harassment by congressman john conyers says her client is expected to testify next week before the house ethics committee. house democrats have called on the 88-year-old conyers to step down. s attorney says he will decide whether to resign within days. in a meeting with libya s prime minister, rex tillerson dismiss reports the white house plans to have him removed. is laughable. official said the plan is to replace him with cia director mike pompeo. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world.. this is bloomberg. emily: i am emily chang and this is bloomberg technology. coming up, bitcoin s have to the mainstream. u.s. regulators have cleared the way to allow future specs on the feature exchange operators. we will discuss legitimacy of cryptocurrency. plus, taking stock of uber. but will put the company s financials under the microscope after it burns through more than $1 billion in ....
continue in the markets, but a big story involves disney and 21st century fox, a story faber broke at the top of the nine and joins us once again. about one month after we reported on the talks between disney and fox, designed for disney to buy largely all the entertainment assets of 21st century fox, we can tell you now they are closing in on a deal that could be announced as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the situation. that is not to say it is done, but it is to say they have made a great deal of progress talking about a deal for which the consideration will be all disney stock and when you take in the assumption of debt and the equity that will be exchanged for the assets in question, it will amount to more than $60 billion, again according to people familiar with those negotiations. an exact price could not be determined at this point the assets in question include fox s studio, it s fx and nat geo cable networks, regional sports networks, m ....