Affective ad campaigns ever it. It was we try harder. It was for avis. It was behind hertz and not afraid to admit. That they went from a money lose tore profitable overnight and came close to overtaking hertz. I thought of this battle as a notice a marketing push from lyft, it is the second largest Ride Sharing Company behind uber but uber has a reputation as a bully. A company of tech pros. Watch this commercial from lyft. The guys in gray are from uber, even if the ad doesnt admit it. Miami, chicago, seattle, look at them in seattle. Why are all of the lyft drivers so happy. Because they let passengers [ inaudible ]. It is gross. I heard them paid over 100 million in tips to their drivers. Why would they do that . They use the extra money to g buy gifts for their family. [ laughter ] second place lyft is positioning itself as the good guys, the company you could trust. The company you could trust to take your dear grandmother to her hair appointment. In fact, lyft is doing just that
Ad wrier wter who came up with of the most effective. It was for aadvice rent a car. They tried harder because it was the number two behind herts and it wasnt afraid to admit it. It went from a money loser to profitable overnight and at one point came close to over taking hertz. I thought of this battle. It is the second largest Ridesharing Company but behind uber, but uber has a reputation of bully. Watch this tv commercial from lyft. The guys in gray are uber even if the ad doesnt admit it. Chicago, miami, seattle, look at the smiling people in seattle. Why are all of the lyft drivers so happy . Maybe because lyft lets passengers tip them in the app. Thats gross. I heard lyft paid out over 100 million in tips to their drivers. Thats stupid. Why would you do that . They use the extra money to buy gifts for their family. Second place lyft is positioning itself as the good guy, the company you can trust, the company you can trust to take your dear grandmother to her hair appointment. In
Begins with walmart taking a hit after the company cut its Sales Outlook for the year. The ceo is saying theyre on firm grounds in the United States. Another component on the move, ibm getting an upgrade at Morgan Stanley. Just the beginning ever apples battle for privacy. Number of ceos weighing in, including google. Walmart, a Fourth Quarter, 149, beats estimates, but revenue u. S. Compss to a stronger dollar, store closures and battles theyre fighting in places like brazil. Now, look, maybe they felt like they had to cool expectations. Its just an under promise, i dont know. The outlook, first quarter, 1780, the eps for fiscal year 2017, 4 to 430 versus 17 consensus, revenue flat . Versus plus three or four. Although they say if not 44 in 3 to 4 . Is that an excuse or not . Geez, i dont know. Maybe the 6062, but i think it ran to 66, because there was a whisper there was a turn this corner and not just that it was in line, but a turn. Im a believer of what hes trying to do. But if w
For a discussion about self driving cars and how they might affect the u. S. Transportation system and to some of the implications for Public Policy. This is going to be moderated by matthew at policy analyst for the Cato Institute. It should be starting life shortly as participants take the stage. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [background sounds] [background sounds] good afternoon Everyone Welcome to the Cato Institute my name is Matthew Feeney jaime policy analyst here. Im very excited to welcome you all here for what i hope will be an interesting discussion on self driving cars. Its an interesting topic because we are at a stage we are asking when the questions not if when it comes to the widespread use of the vehicles and we have three exits to talk about it. Before we begin i would like you to turn off your cell phones so we will not be interrupted. I would also like to say that we will be giving a session at the end after all the speakers have had their turn
Moderator how do you bring that about . Catania that is one question but another is how do we make the schools that . Spent so much time talking about boundaries and what we need to talk about is how we set our schools up to succeed . The high school is a perfect example. Last year 36 of young men in this School Graduated on time and only 49 of young women. Only 43 of our kids are graduating on time. That is a state of emergency. Diversity is very important about what is also import is making sure schools are resources so they can beat the kids as we find them and have success. Moderator with all due respect to lot of people believe there is a direct correlation between lack of diversity and quality of schools. Catania people may believe that but among our Top Performing moderator what would you do to bring diversity . Bowser it is important and i actually think in talking about the outer boundary a lot less, schwartz is right in making sure we protect a fair out of boundary allotment.