What a year it is in between the bankruptcy, devastation by the hurricane. It is far from over. People cannot even find food to eat. Megan it is a true humanitarian crisis. When it was just the debt crisis and the bankruptcy of puerto rico or the electrical grid or the bankruptcy of what was going to happen with this mass exodus, now people are without water and food and electricity. For six months. And we are still having the kind of politicking we are seeing in the u. S. Over it. We are hopeful, both at businessweek and bloomberg that by calling attention to it that hopefully, perhaps for once in recent times we would wade through the washington quagmire and get help down there. Julia i mean the pictures hit you in the stomach and you get a sense of the real devastation of the country. Megan think about being out of power for six months. Think about being in the dark. What if you have medicine that is to be refrigerated . Your diabetes patient getting access to clean water in puerto
Grasso not bad better looking so nice at this time of the day . No one is better looking at this time of the day. I saw you in makeup need some ice packs you dont need makeup you need a surgeon more powerful than a brush dont we all. We will need something more powerful than water. You guys are Drinking Water hot water with lemon. U. S. Equity futures, markets closed at record highs again dow futures up by 24 points, nasdaq down by a half. I think the zp s p closed up 14t of the last 15 sessions. And picking up steam. The s p 2534 right and were not that far from 23,000 at this point who knows whether we get there 14 , 15 on the dow for the year its supposed to be mid Single Digits thats all we deserve. How long have people been saying the market is overvalued . 2200 you can say more than that it keeps rolling you cant short it. Dont chase this rally. Lets tell but news just out. Pepsico out with earnings. The company is in with much stronger than expected numbers core eps 1. 48 compar
Starbucks to hear how the company adapts in the age of technology. This week we took Bloomberg Technology to seattle for the geek wire summit. We spent time with the biggest names in the region including amazon, microsoft, and starbucks. Lets kick it off now with my exclusive interview with amazon Vice President of alexa devices. She tells us that they would not rule out partnerships with major rivals like apple and google if it means improving their voice activated technology. I am focused on trying to reduce friction for customers and drive towards what we call our Customer Experience north star. Really the idea there is that alexa is more humanlike. It is more conversational. Weekend shorten the path from where the customer is starting and where they want to be with less and less work on their part. Emily will alexa be responding uhhuhs like in the snl skit . Something like that, yes. Emily when it comes to understanding human language, whether it is an adult talking or a child talk
Voice activated virtual assistant. We will speak with the Vice President of alexa. A wideranging interview with the former ceo of microsoft, Steve Ballmer. And we will hear from the ceo of starbucks to hear how the company adapts in the age of technology. This week we took Bloomberg Technology to seattle for the geek wire summit. We spent time with the biggest names in the region including amazon, microsoft, and starbucks. Lets kick it off now with my exclusive interview with amazon Vice President of alexa devices. She told us that they would not rule out partnerships with major rivals like apple and google if it means improving their voice activated technology. I am focused on trying to reduce friction for customers and drive towards what we call our Customer Experience north star. Really the idea there is that alexa is more humanlike. So, it is conversational. So we can shorten the path from where the customer is starting and where they want to be with less and less work on their par
Steve ballmer. And we will hear from the ceo of starbucks to hear how the company adapts in the age of technology. This week we took Bloomberg Technology to seattle for the geek wire summit. We spent time with the biggest names in the region including amazon, microsoft, and starbucks. Lets kick it off now with my exclusive interview with amazon Vice President of alexa devices. She told us that they would not rule out partnerships with major rivals like apple and google if it means improving their voice activated technology. I am focused on trying to reduce friction for customers and drive towards what we call our Customer Experience north star. Really the idea there is that alexa is more humanlike. So, it is conversational. So we can shorten the path from where the customer is starting and where they want to be with less and less work on their part. Emily is alexa going be responding with the uhhuhs like in the snl skit . May be. I joke that that is Something Like a human would do. Emi