Countries planning to impose a digital tax saying it will defend all actions for American Business and intentions over big tech the pentagon moves 1,600 troops as protesters defy curfews and continue to take to the streets of america a warm welcome to strooinz pmi today. The euro area. We have got the individual companies. The final composite for may has come in at 31. 9. The Services Sector came in at 30. 5 ahead of the flash number of 28. 7. The down turn ease in may. Growth still some way off. We have bounced off the lows seen in april. The euro continually higher. Euro has been very strong of late investors getting excited about the Commission Recovery plan trading about 40 basis points higher than the dollar now weve also got fresh numbers crossing on italy and italian unemployment the jobless rate coming through. The jobless rate came in at 6 bot 32 better than the consensus of 9. 5 . March was revised previously better than the market had been expecting. A couple of comments aro
If my tie was fixed. All right. David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I begin to take on the life of an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . You have been the ceo of uber for how long now . Dara two years. David do you enjoy it . Dara i love it. David the company was not a public company. You have taken it public. You received a lot of publicity about the ipo. The company has a higher market capitalization, roughly 72 billion. Higher market capitalization than any company in american capitalism history except for facebook, this short a time after the ipo. Why are so many people criticizing you for having a 72 billion market cap . Dara i think there are many critics for a large company. That is a fact of life. What is different about some of the Technology Companies of our generation that are coming public, the socalled unicorns, w
Offers not just rides, but health care, payments, hotel booking, plane tickets and more. We met up with anthony tan in seattle, washington where they set up a new office to grab some of americas top tech talents. Joining me today on studio 1. 0, anthony tan and hoo ling tan, cofounders of grab. Lets start at the beginning. You met at Harvard Business school. How did you two find each other . The first year we were in Business School we were in different classes. The only times we met was when we were looking for asian food. It was only the second year we got to know each other because we both serendipitously took the same course called business at the base of the pyramid. Over that semester i discovered , this is the hardest working guy very and i was so glad he sat next to me because i was constantly looking at his notes. She did not do homework. She copied my homework. Emily are you ok with him saying that . It is the truth. Everyone knows that. [laughter] emily you came from a big a
Journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Let me go back to the beginning of golf. I am not a golfer. I have to be honest with you. I took it up when i was nine, i quit when i was 10. Jack im not one anymore either. David but you were pretty famous in golf. It was too frustrating and here is what i cannot understand. Why is it some new people are addicted to something that is so humiliating . And frustrating to so many people . It never goes where it supposed to go, why are people addicted to it . Jack that is a pretty good question. Its a neverending pursuit of an unattainable goal. [laughter] david right. Jack you could try all you want. Nobody has ever mastered the game. Most athletes love to play golf because its difficult. Its challenging for them. It challenges them at whatever
David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Let me go back to the beginning of golf and so forth. I am not a golfer, i have to be honest with you. I took it up when i was nine, i quit when i was 10. Jack im not one anymore either. David but you were pretty famous in golf. It was too frustrating and here is what i cannot understand. Why is it some new people are addicted to something that is so humiliating and frustrating to so many people all the time . The ball never goes where it is supposed to go. Why are people addicted to it . Jack that is a pretty good question. Its a neverending pursuit of an unattainable goal. [laughter] david right. Jack you could try all you want. Nobody has ever mastered the game. Most athletes in all their sports love to play