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March 3, 2015
Startup company thats developing it. >> it fits in the palm of your hand. we envision it for your physical wealth. >> he said think of every chemical element as having a fingerprint. >> we scan fingerprints and send instant information to your smartphone. >> the plan to be able to analyze any food or liquid. >> so actually this little healthy baby food is 15% sugar, so im not sure which is healthier for your baby. >> the potential goes far beyond finding out exactly whats in your food. it can al...
March 2, 2015
This and trying to come up with rules. but they dont have a lot of authority to regulate this. >> and andrew, you opened up the piece of talking about congress and they are up to date on a lot of things but when it comes to being technology savvy, not so much. and they are only one of the places in the u.s. that still have flip phones and they print out their schedules. in many jobs having a flip phone is fine. you can still do your job to the best of your ability but when they are making decisi...
January 6, 2015
They could be seeing as a measure of the economy. what are the implications here? >> so the good news for the u.s. is that the fall that weve mean? gas prices is an amazing boon for the u.s. consumer equivalent of $100 billion tax break. you see spending figures go up. the one downside so the extent the lower oil prices reflect lower global growth and tougher times in emerging markets where u.s. companies sell goods, that can ripple back to the u.s. its a tricky balance. in the short term i thin...
January 2, 2015
Begin government issued identifications approved documents, us have to submit passports can be deemed by the dmv investigator to see if they qualify. they will say is your name x? my name is x. heres your drivers license. doesnt that all of sudden create ability for criminals to reinvent themselves, identity fraud issues, inherently makes california less safe? >> this was a big issue in new mexico which is one of the first state to allow illegal immigrants to have drivers licenses, the governor ...
December 30, 2014
This. of course, that has nothing to do with what people are doing or saying in washington. maybe well see if the republican senate brings up for a vote this keystone pipeline. that could change things for 2015 but i think thats a perfect explanation which is the oil and gas industry and the people who are going to work for those industries and some of those places is probably giving a big boon for peoples view of the economy. >> before i go if you can keep these short, michael, im going to star...
December 29, 2014
Prevent illegalities and accidents and other types of issues. theres got to be uniformity if were going to go this route. >> and victoria there are practical questions like parking, or if you cant find a parking place, do you just keep letting it circle around? theres all kind of crazy things that could happen with this. >> you know the number of questions are interminable. but one perspective, i wanted to throw out, as somebody who lives in texas, where theres very little if not at all public t...
December 24, 2014
Snow snarling the evening commute. the rocky mountains buried in snow. over two feet of it. a boon for ski resorts but getting to the slopes is a problem. interstate 70 shut down for more than 100 miles leaving drivers in colorado and kansas stranded. the entire system pushes to the east on wednesday. the core moves off to the northeast where wind and rain will be a problem for your christmas eve. an the back side, cold air into chicago could see snow. that accumulates for a white christmas ther...
December 12, 2014
We put this rule in place because people of all political persuasions were disgusted at the idea of future bailouts. why in the world would anyone want to repeal it? let alone hold the entire government hostage in order to ram through this appeal. the reason unfortunately is simple -- its about money, and its about power. because while this legal change could pose serious risks to our entire economy, it will also make a lot of money for wall street banks. according to americans for financial ref...
December 12, 2014
Democrats in the house representatives. >> we put these rules in place after the collapse of the financial system because we wanted to reduce the risk that reckless gambling on wall street could ever threaten jobs and livelihoods on main street. we put this rule in place because people of all political persuasions were disgusted at the idea of future bailouts. why in the world would anyone want to repeal it? let alone hold the entire government hostage in order to ram through this appeal. the re...
December 8, 2014
Nevada. >> i believe that nevada will legalize marijuana in 2016. >> im heading off to brazil. im trying to get a little r&r for a couple of days. me leaving the store for the very first time since it opened is leaving a new bar for the first time. i got anxiety. >> tonight at dinner were going to talk about aurora. were going to talk about expansion. andy should be here in a minute. >> colorado is the marijuana tourism capital of the world. but nevada is definitely going to surpass us. >> were ...