coming up, should car companies consider tech company's new competition? this is bloomberg♪ emily: automakers may have good reason to fear competition from tech companies. although some have scoffed at the idea that apple or google could cause real concern, these newstudies concern -- these study suggest they should be taken seriously. we caught up with two experts on analysts and -- on analysis and research. take a listen. trying -- wee were were kind to understand what was important to car buyers, everything from technology and features two engines, all that stuff. in terms of the brand, what was fascinating is that over 50% of googlens would consider or apple cars. 52% would modestly consider purchasing one. 12% said they would absolutely buy an apple car. 11% said they would buy a google car. this was a hypothetical question. the point was very specifically -- if this were to occur, what is your level of consideration? i did multiple scales and the results were fascinating. most people had written apple and google off. i even gave people the option to say, "would you no

joining us for more on all of this is bloomberg tech reporter -- this has an seem to impact their stocksmediate terms. how damaging could it be a co--- could it be? adam: smartphone sales for them have been on the rise. they are going to introduce these new models. the seven note, the biggest of the models they have, isn't there top seller. but anything like this, having your body reason -- having your batteries catch fire, it isn't something you want right before your biggest rival is introducing its top device. anything tohere suggest customers won't be pleased upgrading to the latest? tome it is not like having replace a car. it is a phone, you will get a new one, may be a letter one. adam: the question is will they want to go back and get something else instead? if you remember, there were issues around the attend a -- around the attend a -- around the antenna. a lot of punchlines for late-night comics and the like. over time they got over it. samsung is pretty adept at marketing and i'm sure at some point they will get over it. for right now this is quite damaging. a relatively quic

our bloomberg tech editor joins us from tokyo. very interesting story. first, why make an offer?l knew that yahoo! was in talks with verizon to sell itself. why was this in there? it was most likely a hedge. the bids range from $3 billion to just under $5 billion, and this looks like it came in just izon's deal. it was probably based on the thought that a combined yahoo! may have been able to turn things around, but there were other parts of the deal that did not make sense come the tax treatment of yahoos ownership and alibaba, so ultimately it was doomed. with the deal have brought any benefit? -- would the deal have brought any benefit? >> yahoo! and yahoo japan many years ago kind of took different .aths yahoo! in the u.s. found itself against formidable competition in the form of google and facebook. japan, yahoo! has become the ebay of the country and it is still a major web portal with news, mail, as well as being the brand for softbank's telecommunications business. findingrms of synergies, whether technological or in terms of market share, that would have been rather tou

. >> jordan robinson, bloomberg tech reporter. fascinating story and great reporting. shift in the presidential race. donald trump grabs the lead from hillary clinton in a new poll. how worried should the clinton can't be? this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: it is time for the bloomberg business flash, a look at the biggest stories in the news right now. elon musk and other officials are sued by a pension fund over the proposed bailout of solar city. a officials breached their fiduciary duties to the company and shareholders. it claims the purchase price is well above $5 billion when the debt is taken into account. not the almost 3 billion that tesla cames -- claims. in response to public outcry over the cost of medication industrywide. host recently involving the price of the epipen by mylan. will raise prices once a year and will be limited to the single-digit percentage range that should limit increases to slightly above the current rate of inflation. the financial times reports it is part of a concession for record labels. music streaming service is looking for substantia

this is bloomberg west. a techeleased an updated model of its important products and we are not talking about apple. sony and its two new playstation ur. in november, it will begin selling a souped-up version of its console. it can run virtual reality games. also replacing the assisting the us for -- ps 4. the ps3 had a lifecycle of three -- of nine years. why the rush? cory johnson caught up with sony playstation chief and asked him that. >> playstation 4 will be making its fourth christmas this year. we are constantly updating the machine to give it more abilities and features. this time, we are concentrating on the display aspects of it. we brought 4k gaming into the living room. as well as more support as well. we are using our power against the technology to get more features and abilities to users and developers. >> when you imagine how this will affect your base here, what numbers are we at? what percentage of users do you feel are going to want this upgrade and not wait for the next generation? >> in the ma

we will have a conversation with a tech expert about that. this is bloomberg♪ battlethe ride hailing is heating up in india. ola driverses discounts in insurance and maintenance services in hopes of building a dedicated customer base. this follows uber announcing that india will be the next battleground. automakers may have good reason to fear competition from tech companies according to a recent study by technology research. these tech suggests giants should be taken seriously. benedict evans, partner at andreessen horowitz. and bob is with us also. one of the things that surprised me most is you have a lot of customers who would definitely buy a card made by apple or google. u.s. consumers who own cars were planning to buy one and they were trying to get a sense of what the issues were that were important. in terms of the brand, what was fascinating was that over 50% of americans said they would modestly consider, and in the case of google cars, 59 percent and apple carts, 52%, they would consider purchasing those and 12% said they would absolutely buy and a

now to our monthly tech series, "hello world." bloomberg'ss a fresh look at the explosion of technology around the globe. this time, he heads to england to find out how the country is fighting to inject new life into its tech industry. first stop, cambridge, to visit audio start up analytics. check it out. ashley in the heart of cambridge : there is an ai startup like no , other. it's called audio analytic, and you can think of it as a type of shazam for real-world sounds. >> we use intelligence to allow -- artificial intelligence to allow smart phone devices to recognize a whole range of different sounds. you can make your house a bit secure by detecting glass windows being broken and turning on lights to scare away the burglar, taking active protection of the things you care about. ashlee: so what we have here, what is all this? >> have a couple of devices. they make sounds, they detect smoke alarm, they detect the smoke alarm on their. nobody is at home. they leave a message. another sound is glass break. ashlee: yeah. >> you can see it sa

earlier today, we spoke with a senior research analyst and bloomberg news's tech reporter on the twittergoldman sachs pairing. >> goldman is the banker that twitter retains for a lot of in-house banking needs, but this is something different. this is trying to figure out who might buy twitter, and for twitter this is such a momentous piece of news because this is a company that has moved on sales rumors for about a couple years now. we constantly hear about, you know, google potentially bidding, news corp. potentially bidding, and this is the first time we have seen real action. >> it kind of makes sense google would be interested in buying twitter. google has tried to get into social in the past with limited success. what about salesforce? what is the best there he that would explain how twitter would sync up with them? >> i think you have to start by giving the benefit of the doubt to management, that they have a view on what they would do. i can imagine what that would be, because it's really not as obvious, it's not as synergistic. we know there is a good chunk of salesforce's busine

. ♪ emily: still ahead on bloomberg ast, facebook, apple, google, few big tech companies can provide hing is a benefit. we will dig into the growing industry. and if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. you can use the app, and serious xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton; you are watching "bloomberg west." let's check your first word news. the united nations faces massive problems shifting humanitarian aid into syria, according to the yuan special envoy, who blames the lack of authorization on syrian president the charlotte saad. he says the cease-fire has reduced violence, but the humanitarian aid flow has not followed. both sides are reporting violations of the cease-fire underway in eastern ukraine. rebel forces say they have been hit by mortar fire. ukrainian military officials say three servicemen were wounded and that rebels violated the cease-fire six times. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois holland met today to discuss the agenda for friday's informal european union summit. both met in paris to coordinate strategy. britai

. ♪ emily: still ahead on "bloomberg west", facebook, apple, google, a few big tech companies can providereezing as a benefit. we will dig into the growing industry. and if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. you can use the app, and siriusxm. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> mitsubishi corp. has confirmed it wants to make japan's third-largest convenience store a unit. the offer inart january. that would be $1.4 billion proposal to take a stake from .3% to 50% the u.s. has joined the global .ecall of samsung's batteries the regulator had already urged users to turn off their phones but had not announced recalls. 70 phones are known to have caught fire in the states. the recall of 2.5 million faulty handsets is expected to cost a billion dollars. there have been complaints from the cargo owners and fleet servicing companies. lawyers say the situation at the dockside is chaotic and uncertain. global news 24 hours a day powered by over 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. let's get the latest from the market. easier to sayt the ones that are op

matthew kanterman, bloomberg intelligence tech analyst. let's talk about this. do we have a sense of how big this apple iphone 7 made be? matthew: we don't yet. it looks like apple is on track to return to growth after two quarters of decline. it seems like demand is there, but there are definitely some supply issues. apple did a lot of things, including the dual camera on the iphone 7 plus, and it seems like they are in short supply of the parts. david: what do we know about the numbers? matthew: some of the u.s. telecoms have come out with numbers. a lot of these comments are without context, and we really don't know. david: thank you, matthew kanterman, bloomberg intelligence tech analyst. now to alix. she will tell us some stocks to watch. alix: the days i used to wait on line for the apple iphone as a reporter. exxon. new york attorney general -- new york's attorney general is investigating. why didn't we see asset write-downs from exxon? bp and others clocking in about $5 billion of write-downs is 2014. not the case with exxon. also taking a look at oracle

bloomberg's david girl. coming up, a startup that a big on africa's tech talent and earning a visit from mark zuckerberg in his recent trip to nigeria. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: mark zuckerberg and his wife are pledging to spend more than $3 billion over the next decade work on during the. the facebook ceo to the stage at a initiative event on wednesday. mark: this is a big goal and we got this was really aggressively got started. but we spent less few years going out and talking to dozens top scientists and experts believe this is possible. bill gates also appeared .n stage of the things that's great about doing science right now is the enthusiasm and doing science. often, philanthropists and that past may have funded a hospital for some specific disease focused but now you see a lot of philanthropists the value of bring the solution from an early stage. i think bill gates has been a leader in this area. and priscilla are stepping up and making a fantastic investment. of theirter the birth daughter, zuckerberg and chan pledged that 99% of their wealth toward philanthropy. speaking of that initiative, the fi

tech backers. details, next. this is bloomberg♪ emily: on today's funding board, a company has just four to $120 million in new funding from amazon. the canadian startup makes an armband that introverts electrical signals in arm muscles to allow users to play games, fly drones, or spectre articles hands-free. it came from a fund that focuses on for the could work alongside its was controlled home assistant. computer projections and headsets where the line between human and computer interaction. in other store the we are watching, tech industry veterans and the ottawa to ban human a 150 mile stretch of interstate five. they would like to see that highway as a testing ground for driverless cars. and amazon board member and former microsoft executive are unveiling the plan at a conference on monday. they suggest phasing it in over a decade, starting with allowing self driving cars in carpool lanes and moving up to allowing only self driving cars during peak travel periods. eu competition commissioner comes to washington and u.s. high

you can see more of that story in today's top tech headlines on "bloomberg west." later tonight, bloomberg television will air a special edition of bloomberg surveillance. join in today at 6 p.m. eastern. this is bloomberg. ♪ it is 3 p.m. in new york, 12:00 p.m. in san francisco oliver: and 8 p.m. in london. oliver:welcome to bloomberg markets. live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, we will be covering stories in washington, russia, and mexico city. the close of trading, stocks are gaining along with bonds, yields falling for the fifth time in five days, but is a bubble brewing? president is taking a cautious tone, think demand in the u.s. is slowing down. highlights from his exclusive interview coming later this hour. the reviews are in -- global financial markets in the polls point to a win by hillary clinton and last night's debate, but can one date clinch the election? than one hour from the close of trading, julie hyman is here with the latest on the markets. julie: one debate

here in studio is our bloomberg news tech reporter. sarah, let's start with you.t you published as a goldman sachs has been hired to help twitter canvas for potential buyers. it is the first time we've heard of a goldman sachs-twitter peering? >> goldman is the banker that twitter retains for a lot of its in-house banking needs. this is something different. this is trying to figure out who might buy twitter. for twitter, this is just such a momentous piece of news. this is a company that has moved on sales rumors for a couple years now. we possibly hear about google potentially bidding, news corporation potentially bidding. this is the first time we've seen real action. >> a kind of makes sense that google would be interested in buying twitter. google has tried to get into social in various ways in the past with limited success. what about salesforce? what is the best theory that would explain how twitter would logically sync up with them? to start byou have giving the benefit of the doubt to management. i can imagine what that would be. it's truly not as obvious,

bloomberg west." we will bring you the latest in tech throughout the week.n wednesday of our special coverage of apple's live event. which announcements can we expect from the ceo, tim cook? i will take you through the development that 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 p.m. pacific. continue coverage at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we will see you then. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ nejra: coming up on "bloomberg best," the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. the eu slapped apple with an immense tax bill, drawing intense reaction from all corners. >> we do not expect that they -- the irish authorities did anything improper. >> we criticize europe, but we should look at ourselves. >> that sets a dangerous precedent. nejra: it bank of japan hints at more stimulus while things are looking up and china, and the u.s. jobs report could be critical for the fed. >> i do think there is enough here to keep them on a path to raise rates by the end of the year. nejra: central banks are a topic

bloomberg west." we will bring you the latest in tech throughout the week.turning wednesday for our -- tune in wednesday for our special coverage of apple's live event. which announcements can we expect from the ceo, tim cook? i will take you through the developments at p.m. eastern, 10:00 p.m. pacific. continue coverage at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we will see you then. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> obama cancels talks after the philippine leader says he will swear at him. saudi arabia says there is no current need for an output freeze as iran prepares to step up production. anjin sending fleets to safe boards prevent the cargo from being seized.

bloomberg west." i'm emily chang. time now for series a, our techting roundtable where we take a deep dive into the world of the markets. tech investing has evolved in recent years with some startups getting multibillion dollars valuations and disrupting heavily regulated parts of the economy. venture investing is moving into new territory, attracting private equity players. joining me to discuss that is to veteran investors, scott stamford who ran goldman sachs internet investment banking and the partner at tpg's growth fund. thank you for joining us. the industry has changed a lot and i know that is part of the reason you left goldman sachs. let's start with venture capital. we see a lot more nontraditional investors and techniques. where do you see venture capital going? scott: venture is an asset class that has evolved quite a bit. if you look at it decade by decade, it looks completely different than it did when venture really started. what you have seen as a class venture and growth investing has taken over what was the ipo market. the early t

bloomberg west. coming up, our tech ipo's roaring back? down nutanix's first-day search.e will take a look at whether there is cause to be feeling bearish. and intel dips its toe into the wearables withs a pair of smart sunglasses developed by oakley. what people wear them? we will give them a try. but first to our lead. , sharesy of trading skyrocketed more than 130%, theng it the best debut of year. tech ipo's have been few and far between. nutanix, new chantix -- filed to go public earlier this year. alex barinka said down with the ceo. i was ready in january, but the oil prices haven't. -- happened. riope, the is scale is there. people want to see open books, and being public is the way of doing that. alex: so you priced above the range you preached in the course of the roadshow. the stock today is trading up. how do you feel about it on your debut day? >> to me, what matters is the next six to 12 months and the long-term guidance. like a baby was born, i'm not interested in the height and the weight, but more importantly if it is healthy. alex: we have seen some of t

you can catch more tech stories on "bloomberg west." at the indices as we near the close of trading for the day. the s&p 500 up a quarter percent. the nasdaq up .3%. vix is below 16 again before the bank of japan and the decisions tomorrow. a dollar index is now above 96. and just aeek this little yen strength in today's session. but we are range bound when it comes to the 10 year treasury. the spread 90 basis points. coming up, where will stocks move? this is bloomberg. ♪ david: i'm devendra. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. welcome to bloomberg markets. we are live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york. we're covering stories add of brazil, washington, paris and tokyo. the countdown to the federal reserve and bank of japan decision is on and markets are in a wait and see mode. with stocks hovering around high valuations, where are the opportunities? we will tell you why health care maybe undervalued. and the new brazilian president is barring red tape as he tries to lead brazil's economy out of the worst recession in a century. less

this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: welcome back to our tech investing roundtable, series a.bout what is driving your investments. of run a huge swath territory within tpg -- internet, digital media, where are you placing your bets and what are you most optimistic about? david: we run those sectors across the tpg fund. in addition to tpg growth and the tpg capital fund, we are split across those as well as other funds we have. one area we have been act debated -- have been active in is experiential. and it's kind of counterintuitive given the digital things we are invested in. but millennials look for these outlets. you seated in the growth of music touring, festivals. that is thehave on largest touring agency in the world. cirque du soleil, an event we purchased last year. you see that across airbnb. experience,out that live like a local -- that's a theme we think has secular legs. constantrea is this balance of content versus distribution. we agreed to buy an over builder and we just believe in broadband. that last mile connection is incredibly important as we fill this new

matt: for bloomberg intelligence reports, tech -- check out ei go.r from robin lee, i of the annual g-20 summit in china. what are by dues plans for self driving cars? what about robots? do they have some? this is bloomberg. ♪ >> you are watching bloomberg markets. matt: baidu staking out a spot in the growing field of artificial intelligence including a partnership with nvidia and similar to the amazon echo. we spoke ahead of the g-20 summit in china earlier today. >> we introduced the baidu brain to the general public. i think ai is very important. connect -- the next fields, we started after 10 or 15 years. and over the last four to five years it is pretty much snowball. but now everyone has a smart phone. the next is the core of the technology. nejra: the link to that is a thomas vehicles. you have just received approval to test ride them on roads. what can baidu provide for the car market compared to global tech giants like apple and google? >> i think that we have a number of advantages. autonomous driving relies on definitions and we have the

david: you can get more on this story and other top tech headlines on bloomberg west with emily changp in the next hour, marriott has become the biggest hotel operator. completion ofhe the starwood deal and his outlook from the fallout of the brexit vote. checking some indicators. we have been trading in a range for most of them. the dollar index unchanged but overall weaker following the fed decision. you can see the yen trading at 101.07. there was that drop post fed meeting. the japanese government can kneel -- 10 year yield is back in its territory. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome. we are live from bloomberg headquarters. here is what we are watching. major averages hovering on the lows of the session. when apple is one standout leading and declines. the marriott completed its purchase of starwood today, -- ming my conversation with the ceo on those plans coming up. twitter shares are surging the most in more than two years. julie hyman is standing by with an update. >> declines have to do with apple at least in part.

now to our monthly tech series, hello world. bloomberg'stakes a fresh look at the explosion of technology around the globe. this time he heads to england to find out how the country is fighting to inject new life into its tech industry. for stop, cambridge to visit a i started up audio analytics. check it out. in the heart of cambridge there is an ai startup like no other. it's called audio analytic, and you can think of it as a type of shazam for real-world sounds. allowuse intelligence to smart home devices to recognize the whole range of different sounds. make your house a bit secure by detecting glass windows being broken and turning on lights to scare away the burglar, taking active protection of things you care about. >> so what do we have here? devices. couple of detected smoke alarm. nobody at home. break. found glass says windowit broken. what is the science behind all of this? >> we happen to a bunch of innovation in terms of understanding sounds, how to detect them, how to understand them. even if we take a simple sound like a sm

bloomberg west." we will bring you the latest in tech throughout the week. in wednesday of our special coverage of apple's live event. which announcements can we expect from the ceo, tim cook? i will take you through the development that 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 p.m. pacific. continue coverage at 6:00 p.m. eastern. we will see you then. this is bloomberg. ♪ ,l ♪ emily: she is one of the most influential women in technology and media, editor and chief of "the huffington post," a former candidate for governor of california, and the author of 15 books. including her latest, "the sleep revolution: transforming your in life, one night at a time." joining me today on studio 1.0, arianna huffington. cofounder of "the huffington post." arianna, thank you so much for being here.

our new -- our bloomberg news reporter who covers ipo's and jeff thomas of nasdaq, thank you very much. turning to another story we are watching, the world cup techdecided facebook is cheap enough to buy. company, onech average, delivers a return of 16% according to bloomberg data. they started certifying facebook -- started buying facebook in july. they believe any sale deceleration is already priced in. tomorrow, we are following up on today's fed decision to keep key rates on hold. we will hear from former fed chair alan greenspan. then former blackrock ceo, larry think. coming up, as reports swirled about apple's plans for a self driving car, does the company have the mapping know how to find its way to market? this is bloomberg. ♪ ourcrowd just raised $72 million in its latest round of funding. it has made $36 million of funding this operation, the largest investing in a crowdfunding company. our technology reporter down with the ceo and asked about his plan for the remaining funds. john: we invest in every single deal that comes up on the platform. 5% ofghly every 4% or every deal is our capital from a call our general order that was to do

tech stocks. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: it is time for the bloomberg business flash.k at the bigness -- biggest stories right now. -- thed create the german company could reach a deal as early as next week. kkr holding talks with hig capital this year about a takeover of the midmarket specialist. this according to people familiar with the matter. luminary talkser in the second quarter about a possible deal. hig canceled the talks and instead chose to sell a minority stake to capital partners back in august. that is your business flash update. let's get a check on u.s. stocks right now. the s&p 500 off by more than 2%. the dow industrials losing at the moment. i was looking through earlier. you have got all 30 members of the dow lower. 90% of the s&p 500 members down. 19 stocks lower for everyone higher. joe: it has been so quiet. we haven't even had a 1% move. we finally got it hard today. stocks are down. the bigs spiking its largest since the brexit vote. a real volatility we have been waiting for. matt: it doesn't look what the vicks has gotten quite to its 200 day

in your tech news this morning...bloomberg television's coverage of the presidential debates is extending to twitter. users will soon be able to watch the debates in ?real- time?... right through the app. app.twitter's exclusive deal bloomberg politics ?pre and post debate shows.?many other networks will be using "facebook live"-- a rival platform to stream the debates. 3 move over facebook!google now has its own messaging app. google "allo" is now available for download.the tech company announced it was making a so-called "smart messaging app" back in may."allo" includes group messaging and allows users to add photos to messages.google says the app can also learn from your conversations and suggest things for you tos time.. google allo can even learn to mimic your speech style. 3 nearly 30 years after "marty mcfly" wore nike sneakers with "power laces" in "back to the future 2"--- the brand is launching a ?real version? of the iconic pair.they're coming out on november 28-th... also known as "cyber monday."while nike showed off the sneakers -- called hyper-adapt -- for the first time in

tech pioneer joins us in the 3:00 p.m. the civic hour. up next, facebook debuts a conference for women. bloomberg. ♪ emily: turning back to facebook. k, they will hold their inaugural women in tech conference. it's no secret that silicon valley is male-dominated, with women representing less than 20% of the employees in technical roles. productand other women execs are trying to change that. i sat with liu to discuss why she is launching this effort now. >> we have hosted different women product managers from selecting valley at dinner every couple of months -- from silicon valley at dinner every couple of months. women are speaking, recruiting, talking to folks. we said, why isn't there something similar for women in products? at -- at dinner, we decided why don't we put one on themselves. there are women across multiple companies putting this together. emily: we've been talking about a lack of women in tech and in engineering, specifically. women in product or people in product don't need to have an engineering background, but what are the unique issues that face women in product roles? rah: a lot of people do have technical degre

bloomberg markets. i am david gura. vonnie: and i am vonnie quinn. apple again showcasing new iphones and new apple watch -- was it a hit? a techweighed in on "bloomberg ." have a listen. : they havedam delivered on expectations, and what they have been clearly is created expectations. the mix toward the upper end. to. -- david w.: you take the? way, are they doing what other companies have done? lamba: the companies are moving six months behind each other. it is not the point where we see evolutionary features, which a few years ago we were seeing. i felt point, they deliver on some big step up in front you know it. at this point, the smartphone market, the way we look at it, it is not a massive growth market. it is the market that will become more of a replacement market,. -- replacement market. on: let's look at the analyst ratings and see where you sit. you are looking for what, $120? back at the envelope -- back of the envelope cap you wish, you are 12% upset. what gets us there? be betweenit will now and here and there will be positive that a point about the iphone 7 options. had two daysy only of ship and spirit ther

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we'll check in with our asia tech team next. this is bloomberg. >> that was adam wilson. be underhose will trees this christmas. the new movie is scheduled to release at the end of the year. samsung is encountering some trouble. it's delayed the galaxy note seven in south korea following reports of the phone exploding or catching firewall being charged. beens and photos have surfacing but have not been verified. tokyoning us are peter in -- first of all, what is the real reason for the delay? >> samsung has not said explicitly what's behind the halt in the shipments. this is taking place just in south korea. it, bute not explained there have been reports as you mentioned of explosions and fires starting with the samsung note. not a good sign, obviously. and looks like they are digging into it and doing more research into what is behind it. so how serious is the problem? >> they just introduced the phone last month so it is certainly not a good sign. the phone got really good reviews, they've been struggling to have more hits as they go is a setbackhis for them. there are

tech. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to "countdown ," everybody. i am in shock, and 1:51 in hong kong. let us talk about mr. k the banke governor at of japan. let me tell you exactly what he has been saying. options including negative rates. dollar yen, no major reaction. every time the bank of japan seems to get more aggressive, yen teams to strengthen. the main tool for easing, short and long-term rate cuts. yield curve control. this reflects back to the comment last week from the bank of japan that they are targeting yield curve. yield curve control gives more flexibility with the jgb's that they buy. the fluctuation in jgb's reflects back to those comments y may change the amount of jgb's they buy in a given month. this is of course the shape and location of the yield curve will remain broadly the same. there is no better opportunity than now to overcome deflation. verbal intervention personified. the dollar yen trades at 100.7. jgb's, a phlegmatic reaction from the jgb market. the bank of japan is determined it needed to make strong commitment

plans to bring ed tech emily: coming up, we speak to ceo who plans to bring ed tech into the boardroom. next. this is bloombergy we are monitoring. pushback. the wall street journal reported -- horowitz as returned a total of $1.2 billion of cash to invest is -- investors. sequoia returns more money. a benchmark has multiplied investors money 11 times in -- since the 2011 fund. managing partner scott kopur responded with a blog post, saying that the journal conflated realized and unrealized returns, using unrealized returns for the headline. mark andreessen also tweeted out, talking about how it's easy to get confused. ed-tech is venturing into the boardroom. one company leading the charge, coursera, the silicon valley startup that offers courses from top colleges and universities. they recently announced they are branching into corporate learning. coursera for business allows companies to use the platform for continuing education. joining me is the ceo, rick levin. you have so much experience, as president of yale university for 24 years. your partnering with businesses. how will this work? rick: we learned f

we check in with our asia tech team next, this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: good news for "star wars" fans.s now with the toy. the new toy has a wristband that allows you to control it. sphero and other star wars toys generated millions in sales. i took the droid and new force band out for a test drive with the sphero co-founder adam wilson. i turn my wrist like this, it starts moving around. >> what we're going to do is hands down. now, like you're throwing a baseball. put your hand this way to have him drive that way. >> he got around he got around. force is strong. >> that's the main driving feature of the force band. there's another mode in our rce band that's more for not driving, but fun. >> training has begun. i'm going to say you have a fighter, put that in your hand, i'm going to do this. wherever you want. so you can sort of turn your force band into anything you want from the "star wars" universe. a light saber, any ship, some of the characters as well. emily: one last time? o! that was adam wilson, co-founder f sphero, showing me the latee bb-8 toy. sm of -- many of those will b

tech stocks. we have just the chart for you. this is bloomberg is time now for our chart chat with less than 10 minutes to go. i want to start with tech stocks because they have been the star performers up 11% versus the s&p 500 2%. it is more than just apple. it is all of tact because we have the equal weighted tech index. apple has the same weight as diamond offshore, for instance. it indicates tech stocks are outperforming the broader market. since thexed it there low on may 4 up about 11%. that suggests the bread this broad-based. because you have the 1% gain in the ratio, we will look at apple. , it's across the board for all of tech stocks. looking at the fact that market expectations for shows thees, this number of fed hikes that are expected over the next five years. back in december, the market was pricing seven hikes and we had the really volatile january and february. important.y let's say we get another bout of volatility. that can't keep coming down. it is down to three and could go down to two or one or zero. they are running out of

bloomberg west." we bring you all of the best interviews from the week in tech.alling out oracle "desperation move." our exclusive interview with marc benioff. pokemon go has passed its fever pitch. how can they hold onto the game's massive global appeal? our exclusive interview with niantic ceo. the european antitrust chief who put apple and google on watch explains accusations he is unfairly targeting u.s. companies. first, to our lead, our exclusive interview with marc benioff. salesforce has been one of the silicon valley's most inquisitive companies. a closed three and a half billion dollars worth of deals since february and brad stone sat down for a conversation with ceo marc benioff. touching on everything from larry ellison's "desperation move" to how he feels about missing out on linkedin. he began with the new platform rolling out in october. -- einstein ai platform rolling out in -- marc: it's already sold out. we have 200,000 people coming to san francisco. it will be extremely exciting and it is the biggest tech conference. we have u2 playing and we

tech to the sports arena. legs projectis next. tomorrow, bloombergl be live add the market's most inferential summit. don't miss it. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: the nba's sacramento kings are moving to a new home. in any ordinary stadium. the new gold and one center has over 615 miles of fiber on the cable and it's entirely powered by solar panels on the roof. the push for the most high-tech championed by the current owner of the kings. cory johnson took a tour of the arena. we wanted to rethink the whole paradigm of an arena. we have our fingers on the pulse. security,ia, environment, you name it. arenahing plugs into the and we have real-time control on everything that happens or could happen. this has never been done before. we have the best fans in the world and they deserve nothing but the best. cory: there is this notion of future proofing of the building makes it not just room to use more bandwidth but to do different things. vivek: we have set a record in terms of how much bandwidth we have in this arena. we have 200 gigabytes coming into the

whistleblower's impact on tech's most important debates, privacy versus security. that is next. if you like bloombergs, check us out on the radio on the bloomberg radio app on bloomberg.com in the u.s. on sirius/x.m. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton, you're watching "bloomberg west." a check of your first word news. hillary clinton says donald trump finally admitting that president obama is an american citizen isn't enough. hillary clinton: barack obama was born in america, plain and simple and donald trump owes him and the american people an apology. mark: but trump said clinton's 2008 campaign for the suspect si started the birther controversy and in his words, i finished it. first lady michelle obama made her first campaign appearance for hillary clinton today in virginia. she spoke at a rally at george mason university. mrs. obama said it is "excruciatingly clear that clinton is the only canada prepared for the presidency." this weekend the clinton campaign rolls out bernie sanders and elisabeth warren at events in ohio. european commission president insists that following this summer

bloomberg west." we bring you all the top interviews from the week in tech.e's plans for a self driving car back in the driver seat. does it tight up with the formula one mclaren, make sense. how about electric scooter maker lit motors? liftoff for gopro, this week the company unveiled the drone, he -- the ceo nick woodman explains why this is the product to get his company backed on track. linkedin out in the first major

we will check in with our asia tech team for details, next. this is bloombergy: tencent is shelling out the bucks for its new headquarters in southern china. the skyscraper will double as a lab for developing and testing internet connect devices, holographic were guides and badges that can track employees. we sat down with the chief architect. take a listen. >> all of these devices are based on the concept of the internet of things. all the hardware devices, all of these vices are connected to the cloud and we have the platform on top, in other words, all the devices have $.10 dna because it includes qqq. emily: joining us is our asia tech editor in tokyo as well as my cohost -- there are parking spot alerts. they will send you an alert about where the best parking spots are and conference rooms that will adjust temperatures when you walk in. i know it's more of a campus style. is that common in china? they all have campus style headquarters. guest: it's unusual for this part of china. this is better known for its manufacturing prowess than it technology compan

bloomberg. ♪ emily: now for a bit of tech history. the biggest technology deal ever is in the books.up the acquisition of emc, creating a $74 billion business serving 98% of fortune 500 companies. the new company has 140,000 employees, for now. in interview -- an interview, michael dell did not deny the could be job cuts, saying the tie up was more about revenue growth. as we have been covering, apple announced a new and improved iphone 7 and 7 plus. attended the event and got his hands on one in the demo room. take a look. mark: i am mark gurman. we are here to look at new iphones. apple has introduced the iphone 7 and iphone 7 plus. overall, it is a significant update in terms of performance, with a new chip/ and a new home button connected to a haptic engine that gives you feedback when you click it. dual lens camera on the larger iphone 7 plus, allowing for deeper zoom. when you open up the camera app, it has a new optical zoom feature, so you can actually zoom. apple announced airpods, a thatess version, a headset we will look at now. this comes in a charger case, and you can ch

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