always great to have you on the cakmak, and olivia zaleski as well.stimates forng the fourth quarter. shares dropping after-hours, also causing concern for investors. baidu decreasing traffic and what is normally a busy fourth quarter. apple' fourth-quarter reportss encouraging investors. we will dig into the numbers. and bloomberg tech is live streaming. check us out at bloomberg tech tv. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: tech earnings in full swing. alphabet reporting a revenue of billion. they are surging 5% in after-hours trading, well above $1000, an all-time high. google's ad business continues. the company is showing out over $24 billion in revenue. i spoke with cfo ruth porat earlier. she also called out the other bets segment in this particular quarter. for though, i speak with ben ceo of adparlor and former coo of google europe. the billion -- this is money google paid for apps like youtube, front and center. on the phone, when i asked ruth porat about acquisition costs, she said the business is growing substantially. they partner in the ongoing s

olivia zaleski, what happened? do not know exactly why he left.e left after only four months, which is pretty remarkable. especially at such a big company where people are really excited about it. this speaks to the larger issues airbnb is having in china. they announced in 2015 they were planning to break off a separate corporation, called airbnb china, and they would have a separate ceo for the corporation. they spend almost two years searching for a ceo and could not find anyone, so they hired someone internally, hong ge. and he left after four months. emily: they announced the cofounder of airbnb would come -- become china chairman. in asia.to nate hear what he said about the potential of the china market for airbnb. >> we have been adjusting to china recently. chinese travelers are going all the way around the world, the fastest-growing segment for international travel. we have a big campaign there now. growth in singapore and elsewhere is a result of chinese travelers using airbnb to explore the world. emily: you wonder if they are running i

always great to have you on the show, james cakmak, and olivia zaleski as well.lso reporting earnings after the bell. baidu issuing estimates for the fourth quarter well below the average. after hours,ng in causing concern for investors. ad crackdown around a sensitive political trafficking decreasing traffic during a normally busy fourth quarter. tech earnings continue, alphabets fourth-quarter report encouraging investors. we will dig into the numbers. and bloomberg tech is live streaming on twitter, check us out. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: tech earnings in full swing. alphabet reporting a revenue of over $22 billion. shares of 5% in after-hours trading, well above $1000, an all-time high. google's ad business continues. over $24 billion in revenue. i spoke with the cfo earlier. and growingoutmna, political pressures. and we talked about strengthening this particular quarter. i speak with ben legg, ceo of adparlor and former coo of google europe. let's start with traffic acquisition costs rising to $5.5 billion, this is the money google paid to its distributio

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