President obama has used his final state of the union to express regret at americas deepening division. He addressed his economic record, saying talk of decline is political hot air. He says he will push for progress on wages, immigration, and then violence. Lets look at the markets right now. Hong kong and china are currently closed for lunch. Hang seng at 20,000. Shanghai composite has given up most of its gains. This is the picture in singapore, tokyo, and mumbai. Big gains for nikkei 225. I am back in half an hour. Time now for bloomberg west. Emily i am emily chang, and this is bloomberg west. Coming up, spending spree. Chinese Companies Break out the checkbook, snapping up a major movie studio and dating app. Twitter ups periscope. You can now watch live videos inside actual tweets. I will sit down for an exclusive interview with with ceo kayvon beykpour. Popup video for the digital age. Spotify and genius team up to give users the stories behind songs. Chinese companies are cont
Will take whatever lawful actions i can take that i believe will improve the functioning of the immigration system, that will allow us to search Additional Resources to the border where i think the vast majority of americans have the deepest concern, and at the same time i will be reaching out to both mitch mcconnell, john boehner and other republicans as well as Democratic Leaders to find out how it is that they want to proceed and if they want to get a bill done, whether it is during lame duck or next year, i am eager to hear what they have to offer. For more i spoke with todd schulte, the new executive director of forward u. S. , an Amnesty Group backed by mark zuckerberg, bill gates and others. He recently took over for joe green, and is calling for big and bold action from the president. Its important to keep in mind we were really proud that it has been around for about a year and a half in helping to get a senate bill done and that had broad bipartisan support. We think ultimate
Just as investors criticize the company for its tumbler investment, yahoo is close to another deal. Yahoo s also buying a Small Company called message me. And tesla will unveil auto pilot to be announced next week. Will this selfdriving sales job really fly . Theres been buzz about new ipads for months. Now were learning just when theyll be unveiled. Apples unveiling a new fullsized ipad and a mini ipad. Just in time for the Holiday Shopping season, according to a person familiar with the matter. Apples counting on these new ipads, which are said to include a gold colored option, to reverse plummeting tablet sales. It tries to reduce its reliance on the iphone which now accounts for roughly half of apples revenues. The growth rate of tablet sales has been amazing and really almost all of that has been the ipad. Yet weve seen this surprising stall in that growth. Almost as surprising as the growth itself. Yeah. I think as the platform diversifies and as you have different products, diff
In new yorkstudios city, this is charlie rose. Good evening. , filling in for charlie rose on assignment. Demonstrators are protesting what they see as chinas attempts to strangle democracy in hong kong. They were initially met by a harsh police crackdown. The standoff continues as student leaders call for the resignation of hong kong chief executive c. Y. Leung. Joining me from washington is jon huntsman. He served as u. S. Ambassador to 011, and his009 to 2 former candidate to the republican president ial nomination in 2012. Good to be with you. Lets start by telling us what we are where we are right now in this dispute. How dangerous is it, and how does it play out . On the ground, we clearly have a standoff. That is likely to last some time, which likely accommodates the needs of both sides. It accommodates the needs of beijing because they cannot be seen as cracking down or doing anything drastic anytime soon, and it is a combination of the demonstrators and freedom seekers in hon
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mikhail khodorkovsky is here. He was until recently, russias most famous prisoner. President putin pardoned him in december, after more than 10 years of imprisonment. He was an oligarch who became wealthy in the era of soviet crony capitalism. When masked men arrested him at gunpoint in 2003, he was russias richest man and the chairman of yukos oil. He and his partner, Platon Lebedev, were convicted of charges of tax fraud and embezzlement in two widely criticized trials. Amnesty international declared them prisoners of conscience trapped in judicial cortex the answer to political, not legal consideration. His story has come to symbolize russias turn to authoritarianism under putin. In an impassioned closing arguments following his second trial, he told the judge, your honor, much more than our two fates are in your hands. Here and now, the fate of every citizen in our country is being decided. He has lived in selfimposed exile i