we spoke with shira ovide and bob boorstin. seven years as google's director of public policy and was on the original team that determined google's entry into china in 2006. bob: there are three factors at play, first is economic. they see a market and i think that is incredibly important to them. they want to be a player. the second thing they have to look at, and now we go negative, is the political side. you are seeing senators in washington asking questions about why they are doing this, and also you are seeing a number of human rights groups taking exception. finally, there is a moral question. wasreason google pulled out moral, and certainly nothing has changed on that front. chinese internet regulations are now a lot harsher than they were back then. emily: exactly. the laws are even more severe today than they were eight years ago. senator marco rubio did speak to bloomberg thursday about this very issue, speaking of the reaction of lawmakers. .en. rubio: i am outraged by it they will not work for the department of defen

bob boorstin, thank you so much. shira ovide, great piece. thank you.u want to start a new gig as an uber driver in new york city, you want to hurry. new york's city council is poised to approve a one year cap on new licenses for uber and other ridesharing services. the council says it's part of a sweeping package of regulations intended to reduce traffic. mayor de blasio tried to pass a similar bill three years ago but the city council killed after an uber tv ad campaign. the number of ridesharing transports in new york has jumped from nearly 13,000 in 2015 to more than 80,000 now. iphone, it has been apple's lifeblood. it is one of the world's most popular smartphones. but in india, it barely registers a pulse. how apple plans to change that, next. plus, facebook shares rose on news that they might cooperate with banks. how do users feel about that? we talk about that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: a semiconductor company that makes chips for iphones and says it was crippled by a cyber virus similar to last year's one of cry ransomware. the outbrea

welcome back to "fast money," shares of disney are moving after hours ceo bob iger speaking on the earnings call and julia boorstinwhat iger had to say about the quarter. julia? >> bob iger opened the call with the 21st century fox acquisition and how it will bolster disney with fox's international reach and the new direct to consumer businesses that disney is dpoek used on. disney shares first dipped after the numbers were released and then they turned positive during the earnings call. it seemed it was around the time when bob iger reassured that core cutting is slumping thanks to the growth of digital bundles. take a listen. >> although the erosion of the expanded base will continue, impressive growth of the vpds have steadily slowed overall sub losses to that end, we've seen noticeable improvement in the rate of sub loss in each of the last four quarters. >> iger also said that the fox acquisition will help them in their various direct to consumer efforts including hulu and the disney-branded app next year >> in this year after unprecedented consumer choice, brands matter more than ever and the university, hig