Weve lost one of the most influential and courageous and good human beings. He belongs to the ages. Mandela served 27 years in prison after being convicted of treason with the white minority government. Three years later, he won the nobel peace prize. He became the first elected black president. Once again, mandela has died at 95. Well have more later in the show. Meantime, our top tech story, twitter has added the first woman to their board effective immediately. She was ceo of pearson until last year. Twitter faced controversy for not having a woman board member. She tweeted, there could not be a more exciting time to join. John is in l. A. What is the latest . This was a priority to have a woman join the board. There are a number of things that made her the right candidate. She is smart and a forward thinking person. Speaking with someone who worked with her, she pushed the envelope in the industry. The International Experience and media experience is helpful for where twitter is no
Sports business moves fast, but we are faster. Sportfolio starts right now. I am rick horrow. Welcome to sportfolio. Bloombergs inside look at the business of sports. The 2014 Winter Olympics are 10 weeks away and as always, a handful of athletes will come away from the games with more than just medals. They will raise their profiles and become movers in the sports and entertainment marketplace. One american hopes to become a household name. A speed skater. He sat down with pimm fox to share his compelling story. I fell into the boards five months before the olympic trials. I wound up putting six inches of my right blade into my thigh. I bounced off the board. I was looking at this and wondered what was going on. I cut myself all the way to my femur bone. If you can imagine being in top shape and then all of a sudden i had to leave it up to my support system to bring me back. My family was there for me, friends, sponsors. 60 stitches. 60 stitches. It was a shark bite. What did you lear
Patents. Sports business moves fast, but we are faster. Sportfolio starts right now. I am rick horrow. Welcome to sportfolio. Bloombergs inside look at the business of sports. The 2014 Winter Olympics are 10 weeks away and as always, a handful of athletes will come away from the games with more than just medals. They will raise their profiles and become movers in the sports and entertainment marketplace. One american hopes to become a household name. A speed skater. He sat down with pimm fox to share his compelling story. I fell into the boards five months before the olympic trials. I wound up putting six inches of my right blade into my thigh. I bounced off the board. I was looking at this and wondered what was going on. I cut myself all the way to my femur bone. If you can imagine being in top shape and then all of a sudden i had to leave it up to my support system to bring me back. My family was there for me, friends, sponsors. 60 stitches. 60 stitches. It was a shark bite. What did
Sports business moves fast, but we are faster. Sportfolio starts right now. I am rick horrow. Welcome to sportfolio. Bloombergs inside look at the business of sports. The 2014 Winter Olympics are 10 weeks away and as always, a handful of athletes will come away from the games with more than just medals. They will raise their profiles and become movers in the sports and entertainment marketplace. One american hopes to become a household name. A speed skater. He sat down with pimm fox to share his compelling story. I fell into the boards five months before the olympic trials. I wound up putting six inches of my right blade into my thigh. I bounced off the board. I was looking at this and wondered what was going on. I cut myself all the way to my femur bone. If you can imagine being in top shape and then all of a sudden i had to leave it up to my support system to bring me back. My family was there for me, friends, sponsors. 60 stitches. 60 stitches. It was a shark bite. What did you lear
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