Executives will be prosecuted. Too big to jail . We will speak to a woman whose 16yearold daughter died in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch, as well as longime consumer advocate ralph nader. 50 years ago he wrote the Ground Breaking book, unsafe at any speed the designedin dangers of the american automobile. Motors knew about the defect in 2004. They kept getting feedback of fatalities, crashes, airbags not going off, engines being shut off. They covered it up. Amy and we will speak to university of Maryland School of law professor Rena Steinzor, author of, why not jail . industrial catastrophes, corporate malfeasance, and government inaction. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal investigation into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Under the deal General Motors , agreed to pay 900 million as
Amy federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal probe into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Gm will pay 900 million but no executives will be prosecuted. Too big to jail . We will speak to a woman whose 16yearold daughter died in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch, as well as longime consumer advocate ralph nader. 50 years ago he wrote the Ground Breaking book, unsafe at any speed the designedin dangers of the american automobile. Motors knew about the defect in 2004. They kept getting feedback of fatalities, crashes, airbags not going off, engines being shut off. They covered it up. Amy and we will speak to university of Maryland School of law professor Rena Steinzor, author of, why not jail . industrial catastrophes, corporate malfeasance, and government inaction. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Federal prosecutors have agreed to
Amy federal prosecutors have agreed to settle a criminal probe into General Motors for concealing an ignition switch defect linked to at least 124 deaths. Gm will pay 900 million but no executives will be prosecuted. Too big to jail . We will speak to a woman whose 16yearold daughter died in a crash caused by a faulty ignition switch, as well as longime consumer advocate ralph nader. 50 years ago he wrote the Ground Breaking book, unsafe at any speed the designedin dangers of the american automobile. Motors knew about the defect in 2004. They kept getting feedback of fatalities, crashes, airbags not going off, engines being shut off. They covered it up. Amy and we will speak to university of Maryland School of law professor Rena Steinzor, author of, why not jail . industrial catastrophes, corporate malfeasance, and government inaction. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Federal prosecutors have agreed to
President obama saying desegregating the army makes it stronger. An Appeals Court found Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder. His manslaughter conviction for killing his girlfriend was overturned and he faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. Emily im him lead chang and this is bloomberg west. Coming up, a bloomberg exclusive. Uber shifts into high gear. The car services valued at more than 62 billion. A closer look at Mark Zuckerbergs decision to donate nearly all of his facebook shares. We will break it down. Acquired over 40 companies in less than four years. Have investors gotten their moneys worth . We will drill down on the spending spree. Uber is accelerating the rate of global expansion, looking to raise as much as 2. 1 billion in a new round of funding, according to people familiar with the matter. The valuation has surged him 60 million in 2011 to 62. 5 billion today. Uber has been expanding aggressively to expand throughout asia, particularly in china where it plans to spend 1 bi
Shares already down 37 this year. Sources telling us group or uber is seeking a new finance round. A quick look at the markets. Hong kong and china closed for lunch. This is a picture for singapore, tokyo, and mumbai. Nikkei up by over 2 . I am back at the bottom of the hour. Emily im emily chang and this is bloomberg west. Uber shifts into high gear with a new funding round. A closer look at Mark Zuckerbergs decision to donate nearly all of his facebook shares. Yahoo has acquired over 40 companies in less than four years. Have investors gotten their moneys worth . Uber is exhilarating the race to global expansion, looking to raise as much as 2. 1 billion in a new round of funding. In four years, we have seen the valuation surge from 60 million in 2011 to 62. 5 billion today. Uber has been spending aggressively to expand throughout asia, particularly in china. As part of the current funding round, uber has closed investments with tiger global. Ofer global also backed some ubers competi