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reduce what it does through bankruptcy. greece has declared a national day of mourning after floods killed at least 15 people on wednesday. the flooding came after a severe overnight storm brought driving rain to the greek capital. roads turned into money rivers muddy rivers that carried away vehicles and tossed them into piles on roadsides. more torrential rain is expected tomorrow. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i m alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. bloomberg technology is next. emily: i m emily chang, and this is bloomberg technology. stocks slide, equity falls. tech stocks at record levels. is there a massive pullback to come? can blackberry make a comeback with software? we will hear from the ceo in an exclusive interview. tencent s blowout quarter. sales jump more than 60% in the last quarter. we will discuss the company s secret to continued success in asia and its u.s. ambitions ....
the last quarter. we will discuss the secret to the companies continued success in asia, and its u.s. ambitions. uber has set the stage for one of the biggest deals ever. the service has approved buy a $1s offer to billion stake. softbank and other firms will be allowed to invest up to $1 billion in uber, and can buy out the $9 million in shares. i caught up with cory johnson and eric newcomer. we have basically everything except the price, which is key. and who the sellers are, we don t know that for sure. therefore, we don t know the total amount that is up to be bought. but we have sort of a slate of governance reforms, and we have softbank and a number of other potential buyers. but the thing we have been negotiating for the last many weeks now if those governance reforms, and the process by which softbank would buy the shares. emily: so, talk to us about some of the governance reforms. there were some contentions over travis kalanick s role. they made some compro ....
tencent s blowout earnings. sales jumped more than 60% in the last quarter. we will discuss the secret to the companies continued success in asia, and its u.s. ambitions. uber has set the stage for one of the biggest private startup deals ever. the service has approved softbank s offer to buy a $1 billion stake. softbank and other firms will be allowed to invest up to $1 billion in uber, and can buy out up to $9 million in shares. i caught up with cory johnson and bloomberg technology s eric newcomer. we have basically everything except the price, which is key. and who the sellers are, we don t know that for sure. therefore, we don t know the total amount that is up to be bought. but we have sort of a slate of governance reforms, and we have softbank, dragon year and a , number of other potential buyers. but the thing we have been negotiating over for the last many weeks now if those governance reforms and also sort of the process by which softbank would buy the sha ....
we will discuss the secret to the companies continued success in asia, and its u.s. ambitions. uber has set the stage for one of the biggest deals ever. the service has approved softbank s offer to buy a $1 billion stake. softbank and other firms will be allowed to invest up to $1 billion in uber, and can buy out the $9 million in shares. i caught up with cory johnson and eric newcomer. we have basically everything except the price, which is key. and who the sellers are, we don t know that for sure. therefore, we don t know the total amount that is up to be bought. but we have sort of a slate of governance reforms, and we have softbank and a number of other potential buyers. but the thing we have been negotiating for the last many weeks now if those governance reforms, and the process by which softbank would buy the shares. emily: so, talk to us about some of the governance reforms. there were some contentions over travis kalanick s role. he made some compromises and ....
democrats said no. the house will have to vote on the deal again. it s a formality. biggest tax shake-up in generation. the winners, in my opinion, business, low-taxed states. wall street journal says it is a return of the politics of growth. democrats hate it, senator schumer says it s a disgrace, absolute disgrace. elizabeth warren calls it a tax heist and bernie sanders says it plays to the billionaire class, but it is a win for president trump, maybe that s what the left just can t stand and the president tweeting that he wants to hold a news conference this afternoon. today december 20th, 2017 historic, merry christmas, everyone. varney & company is about to begin. with further amendment, the tax cuts and job s act is passed. stuart: bit more applause confetti, why not? we added that. not that much applause and cheers from exhausted senate last night that. was the scene on capitol hill when the bill passed the senate. for technical reasons the house has to ....