Найбільший оператор автобусних перевезень в Європі компанія FlixBus 11 червня оголосила про свій вихід на український ринок, повідомив міністр інфраструктури Володимир Омелян. «Сьогодні ми вітаємо найбільшого європейського оператора автобусних перевезень – компанію FlixBus. Ця компанія працює за унікальною бізнес-моделлю, яка передбачає партнерство з місцевими перевізниками, а це, у свою чергу, сприятиме розвитку місцевого бізнесу та інфраструктури, яка побудована навколо перевезень – заправки, сервіси з обслуговування автобусів, нові робочі місця», – повідомив Омелян. Міністр повідомив, що у 2019 році компанія FlixBus планує автобусні перевезення до Німеччини, Польщі, Чехії, Австрії та Угорщини. Маршрути здійснюватимуть з Києва, Харкова, Дніпра, Одеси та Львова. «Легкими хабами з’єднання будуть виступати такі міста як Краків, Будапешт, Берлін та Мюнхен. Окрім того, компанією оголошено про старт продажу квитків з Києва за 5 напрямками (Кельн, Росток, Карлсруе, Штутгарт та Відень) за цінами від 5 до 15 євро», – повідомили в Мінінфраструктури. Компанія FlixBus була заснована в Мюнхені у 2015 році, і працює на понад 2 тисячах напрямків у 29 країнах. …
На міжбанку різко змінився тренд: долар зростає
На українському міжбанківському валютному ринку 11 червня ранкове зростання котирувань гривні ближче згодом змінилося на різке зміцнення долара. Як інформує сайт «Мінфін», який відстежує перебіг торгів, до 11:00 гривня посилювалася з рівня відкриття 26,21-24 до 26, 19-21 за долар. Але вже станом на 12:00 котирування склали 26 гривень 33-37 копійок за одиницю американської валюти. «Торги по долару різко змінюють свій тренд. Курс почав зростати після виходу кількох крупних покупців і зміни співвідношення попиту та пропозиції. Укладаються угоди по лотах до 1 мільйона доларів при спробі спекулянтів розігріти курс», – указали фахівці. Національний банк України ще не встиг відбити зміну ринкових настроїв, встановивши опівдні довідкове значення курсу на рівні 26 доларів 25 копійок за долар, це на 13 копійок менше за офіційний курс на 11 червня. На формування котирувань міжбанку впливають кілька чинників, серед яких і аукціон Міністерства фінансів з розміщення ОВДП (це на користь гривні), і різке збільшення ліквідності в банківській системі ще на 6,8 мільярда гривень, до 60,5 мільярда гривень (це створює тиск на національну валюту, збільшує для банків можливість купувати долари). У цілому аналітики не чекають найближчим часом виходу курсу з широкого коридору від 26 до 27,5 гривні за долар. …
В Україні уповільнилася інфляція – Держстат
Зростання цін у травні 2019 року порівняно з попереднім місяцем склало 0,7%. Це на 0,3% менше, ніж у квітні 2019 року, повідомляє Державна служба статистики України. Від початку року ціни в Україні виросли на 4,2%, порівняно з травнем 2018 року на 9,6%. У травні найбільше виросли ціни на фрукти — на 11,9%, ціни на овочі зросли на 1%. Зростання цін на овочі в квітні спричинило зростання індексу інфляції. «На 0,7-1,7% зросли ціни на м’ясо та м’ясопродукти, хліб, цукор, овочі, продукти переробки зернових, рибу та продукти з риби. Водночас на 15,3% подешевшали яйця, на 2,5-0,2% — сало, молоко, рис, сири, сметана», – ідеться в експрес-аналізі Держстату. За підсумками 2018 року інфляція в Україні досягла п’ятирічного мінімуму і становила 9,8%. …
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Зеленський просить Раду відкласти на рік запровадження ринку електроенергії
Президент України Володимир Зеленський закликав парламент відтермінувати до 1 липня 2020 року запровадження нового ринку електроенергії та відновити «зелений» тариф для домогосподарств. Як інформує сайт Адміністрації президента, Зеленський вніс до парламенту два відповідних законопроекти, що мають статус невідкладних. «Щоб запобігти різкому зростанню тарифів і кризовим явищам на ринку електроенергії, було ініційоване перенесення запуску нової моделі ринку на рік. Водночас необхідно розробити та втілити у життя помісячний план підготовки до відповідних змін», – заявив представник президента України в уряді Андрій Герус. Коментуючи запропоновані президентом зміни до закону «Про альтернативні джерела енергії», Герус сказав, що йдеться про відновлення так званого зеленого тарифу для домогосподарств, які мають домашні наземні сонячні електростанції потужністю до 30 кВт. За його словами, Зеленський хоче, щоб «зелені» тарифи діяли «перш за все не для олігархів, а для звичайних українців». Водночас сайт уряду Володимира Гройсмана повідомляє, що Кабінет міністрів України схвалив всі необхідні рішення, аби запобігти зростанню цін на електроенергію з 1 липня. Раніше в компанії «Укренерго» пропонували парламенту відтермінувати запуск ринку електроенергії, запланований на 1 липня 2019 року, і у стислі терміни провести всю необхідну роботу для створення умов для нього. Планувалося, що ринок електроенергії запрацює 1 липня поточного року. Створення цього ринку передбачає закон про ринок електроенергії. Очікується, що з початком його роботи приватні та комерційні споживачі зможуть укладати угоди з виробниками електроенергії, операторами, які її розподіляють та постачальниками пов’язаних з цим послуг. 25 квітня Верховна Рада ухвалила законопроект про «зелений тариф» разом із правкою, яка передбачає, що домашні сонячні електростанції можуть розміщувати сонячні панелі тільки на дахах та фасадах …
4,5 млрд гривень: «Приватбанк» вперше перерахував дивіденди до державного бюджету
Державний банк «Приватбанк» вперше перерахував дивіденди до державного бюджету. У прес-службі установи розповіли, що банк перерахував 4,5 мільярда гривень дивідендів за 2018 рік. Ще сім мільярдів гривень мають перерахувати до кінця червня. Загалом прибуток банку за 2018 рік становив 12,8 мільярда гривень. Чисті активи «Приватбанку» на початок 2019 року становлять 278 мільярда гривень, зобов’язання – 246,5 мільярда гривень, капітал «Приватбанку» становив 31,5 мільярда гривень. У грудні 2016 року уряд України за пропозицією Нацбанку й акціонерів «Приватбанку», найбільшими з яких на той час були Ігор Коломойський і Геннадій Боголюбов, ухвалив рішення про націоналізацію цієї найбільшої на українському ринку фінустанови. Суд визнав націоналізацію незаконною, проте НБУ оскаржує це рішення. Банк перейшов у державну власність, на його докапіталізацію загалом держава витратила понад 155 мільярдів гривень. Як заявили в НБУ, до націоналізації «Приватбанку» завдали збитків щонайменше на 5,5 мільярдів доларів. Колишній акціонер «Приватбанку» Ігор Коломойський назвав «маячнею» опубліковані Національним банком України дані. …
Україна готує семирічні євробонди в євро – Маркарова
Міністерство фінансів України планує випуск семирічних єврооблігацій, номінованих у євро, повідомила міністр фінансів Оксана Маркарова. Вона зазначила, що делегація України вирушає на зустрічі з інвесторами. Впродовж чотирьох днів заплановані зустрічі української делегації у чотирьох містах: Лондон, Франкфурт, Мюнхен і Мілан. «Поговоримо про новий 7-річний євробонд (і цей раз він в євро)», – написала Маркарова на сторінці у Facebook. Востаннє Україна виходила на ринок зовнішініх запозичень наприкінці жовтня минулого року. Тоді йшлося про п’ятирічні євробонди на суму 750 мільйонів доларів і десятирічні – на 1,25 мільярда доларів. …
Virginia City to Divest Budget Funds From Fossil Fuels
Officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, have voted to divest the city’s operating budget investments from any entity involved in the production of fossil fuels or weapons. WVIR-TV reports the City Council voted 4-1 last week to complete those divestments within the next 30 days. Supporters of divestment argued that weapons and fossil fuels do not align with the city’s strategic plan goals, including being responsible stewards of natural resources. Officials said fossil fuel and weapons companies make up only a small portion of the city’s operating fund investment portfolio. They said the divestment will have little or no financial impact on the city. Several cities worldwide have fully committed to divestment from fossil fuels according to 350.org’s Fossil Free project, including other college towns like Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Berkeley, California. …
Гривня зміцнюється на міжбанку проти долара США
На українському міжбанківському валютному ринку національна валюта втретє за останній місяць наближається до річного максимуму, який становить 26 гривень 11 копійок за долар США. Станом на 13:00 котирування становлять 26 гривень 31-33 копійки за долар, це на 19-20 копійок менше за рівень закриття торгів у п’ятницю, 7 червня. Національний банк України встановив опівдні довідкове значення курсу на рівні 26 гривень 39 копійок, це на 20 копійок менше за офіційний курс на 10 червня. За даними сайту «Мінфін», на зміцнення курсу гривні впливає запланований на вівторок черговий аукціон Міністерства фінансів України з розміщення ОВДП, для участі в якому нерезиденти продають валюту, також продовжує знижувати котирування готівковий ринок. …
Dangerous Levels of Antibiotics Found in World’s Rivers
The rivers of the world are full of antibiotics. That’s the headline of a new survey that sampled rivers all over the world. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
Boris Johnson to EU: I Won’t Pay Unless Deal Improved
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is stepping up his campaign to be Britain’s next prime minister by challenging the European Union over Brexit terms. Johnson told the Sunday Times he would refuse to pay the agreed-upon 39 billion-pound ($50 billion) divorce settlement unless the EU offers Britain a better withdrawal agreement than the one currently on the table. The contest for leadership of the Conservative Party officially begins Monday. The post was vacated Friday by Prime Minister Theresa May, who will serve as a caretaker until a new leader is chosen and moves into 10 Downing Street. The party expects to name its new leader in late July. Johnson, the early frontrunner in a crowded field, told the newspaper he is the only contender who can triumph over the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. Johnson is a hard-line Brexit advocate who vows to take Britain out of the EU on the Oct. 31 deadline even if there is no deal in place. He and other contenders say they can get better terms from EU leaders in Brussels than the deal that May agreed to but was unable to push through Parliament. Those failures led to her decision to resign before achieving her goal of delivering Brexit. But EU officials have said they are not willing to change the terms of the deal May agreed to. One of Johnson’s main rivals for the post, Environment Secretary Michael Gove, …
Satellites Monitoring Air Health
One of the ways astronomers learn about planets beyond Earth is by studying our own. And there are satellites doing just that, monitoring the Earth’s health, and our own. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
Amazon Set to Begin Drone Package Delivery
The giant e-commerce technology company, Amazon, has announced that it expects to start delivering orders to shoppers’ homes by drones in the coming months. The details are still in the works, but the innovation could change the way we get packages. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
Trade Experts Unruffled About Rare Earth Minerals Supply
Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China have sparked worries about the 17 exotic-sounding rare earth minerals needed for high-tech products like robotics, drones and electric cars. China recently raised tariffs to 25% on rare earth exports to the U.S. and has threatened to halt exports altogether after the Trump administration raised tariffs on Chinese products and blacklisted telecommunications giant Huawei. With names like europium, scandium and ytterbium, the bulk of rare earth minerals are extracted from mines in China, where lower wages and lax environmental standards make production cheaper and easier. But trade experts say no one should panic over China’s threats to stop exporting the elements to the U.S. There is a U.S. rare minerals mine in California. And Australia, Myanmar, Russia and India are also top producers of the somewhat obscure minerals. Vietnam and Brazil both have huge rare earth reserves. “The sky is not falling,” said Mary B. Teagarden, a China specialist, professor and associate dean at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix. “There are alternatives.” Simon Lester, associate director of the center for trade policy studies at the Cato Institute think tank in Washington, agreed. “Over the short term, it could be a big disruption, but companies that want to stay in business will find a way,” he said. Although the U.S. is among the world’s top 10 countries for rare earths production, it’s also a major importer of the minerals, looking to China for 80% of what …
Smithsonian Museum Wows With Fossils Going Back Billions of Years
It was a bad day 70 million years ago for a triceratops dinosaur, whose remains are displayed beneath a fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton — posed as if it were still alive and ready for dinner. Huge dinosaurs and other ancient creatures like an elephant-sized ground sloth are part of a remarkable new fossils exhibition that opened June 8 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington. Instead of the typical static poses usually seen in museums, the new exhibition has positioned the animals so they look more real and animated — like a Dire Wolf that appears to be chasing prey. “Did you know that all birds descended from dinosaurs?” said Matthew Carrano, the Curator of Dinosaurs. ”We now know dinosaurs were fast growing, and very lively animals,” Carrano said. “Many of the dinosaurs you see here didn’t necessarily live together. Each species lasted a million years ago or so and then another species would appear. So many different dinosaur ecosystems in the world, just like there’s many different ecosystems in the world today.” Located in the large, newly restored fossil hall, the exhibition called Deep Time is all about ancient life on earth, and how its climate, ecosystems and geology evolved over 3.7 billion years. It contains over 700 fossils, including plants, insects, reptiles, and mollusks going back billions of years. A fossilized palm tree unearthed in the Arctic shows that area used to be tropical. A tiny ancestor of today’s horses lived 52 million …
Scientists Feel Chill of Crackdown on Fetal Tissue Research
To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block. The Trump administration is cracking down on fetal tissue research , with new hurdles for government-funded scientists around the country who call the special cells vital for fighting a range of health threats. Already, the administration has shut down one university’s work using fetal tissue to test HIV treatments, and is ending other fetal tissue research at the National Institutes of Health. “I knew this was something that’s going to trickle down to the rest of us,” said Coyne. She uses the placenta, which people may not think of as fetal tissue but technically is classified as such because the fetus produced it, to study how viruses such as Zika get past that protective barrier early in pregnancy. “It seems to me what we’re moving toward is a ban,” she added. If so, when it comes to unraveling what happens in pregnancy and fetal development, “we’re going to stay ignorant to a lot of things.” Different types of tissue left over from elective abortions have been used in scientific research for decades, and the work has been credited with leading to lifesaving vaccines and other advances. Under orders from President Donald Trump, the Health and Human Services Department abruptly announced on Wednesday the new restrictions on taxpayer-funded research, but not privately funded work. Aside …
G-20 Finance Leaders’ Goal: Adapt to Turmoil in Trade, Tech
Financial leaders of the Group of 20 gathered Saturday to brainstorm ways to adapt global finance to an age of trade turmoil and digital disruptions. The central bank governors and other financial regulators meeting in this southern Japanese port city also flagged risks from upsets to the global economy as Beijing and Washington clash over trade and technology. Asked if other financial leaders attending the meetings in Fukuoka were raising concerns over the impact on global markets and trade from President Donald Trump’s crusade against huge, chronic U.S. trade deficits, especially with China, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said no. Trump and members of his administration contend that the ripple effects of the billions of dollars in tariffs imposed by Washington on Chinese exports over the past year are creating new business opportunities for other businesses in the U.S. and other countries. But Mnuchin acknowledged that growth has been slowing in Europe, China and other regions. “I’m hearing concerns if we continue on this path there could be issues. There will be winners and losers,” he said. The G-20 officials were expected to express their support for adjusting monetary policy, for example by making borrowing cheaper through interest rate cuts, in a communique to be issued as meetings wrap up on Sunday. Their official agenda on Saturday was focused on longer-term, more technical issues such as improving standards for corporate governance, policing cyber-currencies and reforming tax systems to ensure they are fair for both traditional and new, online-based industries. Ensuring …
With Mexico Deal Done, US Urges China to Resume Trade Talks
One down, still others to go. President Donald Trump claimed a victory after Washington and Mexico agreed on measures to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. Trump called off plans to impose a 5% tax on Mexican exports, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speaking to reporters Saturday in Fukuoka on the sidelines of a meeting of financial leaders of the Group of 20 major economies, urged China to follow suit and return to stalled negotiations. Mnuchin said he planned to have a private conversation with the head of China’s central bank, Yi Gang. In a G-20 group meeting later in the day, the two were seen exchanging friendly remarks, but there were no fresh signs Beijing is ready to compromise in the dispute over trade and technology. “From our perspective of where we are now, it is a result of them backtracking on significant commitments,” Mnuchin said. “I don’t think it’s a breakdown in trust or good or bad faith. … If they want to come back and complete the deal on the terms we were negotiating, that would be great.” Mnuchin said he had no direct message to give to Yi, who has participated in the 11 rounds of talks so far on resolving the dispute between the world’s two largest economies over technology and trade. He said there were no plans for trade talks in Washington or Beijing before Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are due to meet in Osaka for the …
Federally Insured Banks Largely Off-Limits to Cannabis Business
In May, Arkansas became the latest state to cash in on the sale of medical marijuana. Lines of people wrapped around a newly opened dispensary, drawing in customers from all four corners of the Southern U.S. state. “I see them standing outside the window with a big smile on their face,” said Bud Watkins, manager of Doctor’s Orders RX in Hot Springs. “They love it.” In the first week of business, Arkansan dispensaries sold more than 22.6 kg (50 pounds) of cannabis in nearly 5,000 transactions. According to Marijuana Business Daily, that revenue will contribute to a growing national market of retail medical and recreational cannabis that is expected to eclipse $12 billion in sales by the end of 2019. Business good, money managing isn’t Passed in the 2016 general election by popular vote, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment made the state one of only a few in the South to allow legal purchase of the drug. It joined, however, a majority of U.S. states that had passed similar legislation. While business is doing well, managing the money is difficult. Despite more states coming on board, plant-touching businesses are still operating as mostly cash-only enterprises. Plant-touching businesses handle the cannabis plant itself, either cultivating, distributing or processing it. These tend to be the businesses most people think of when they imagine the cannabis industry. Plant-touching businesses are generally subject to the strictest regulations and licensing processes in the industry, as well. “The vast majority of the businesses that touch the …
US, China Talk Trade at G-20 Finance Meeting
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that he plans to speak privately with China’s central bank governor about trade on the sidelines of annual Group of 20 finance talks in southern Japan, but has no direct message to give him. Mnuchin and Yi Gang, chairman of the People’s Bank of China, are to hold routine talks on various issues and then break away for their discussion on trade. Yi, he noted, has participated in now-stalled talks between Washington and Beijing over the trade and technology dispute between the two largest economies. “This will be a one-on-one with Gov. Yi to talk alone about the trade issues,” Mnuchin told reporters in the Japanese city of Fukuoka. But he added, “I would expect the main progress will be at the G-20 meetings of the presidents.” He said there were no plans for trade talks in Washington or Beijing before Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are to meet in Osaka for the G-20 summit June 28-29. Trump tariffs The Trump administration began slapping tariffs on imports of Chinese goods nearly a year ago, accusing Beijing of using predatory means to lend Chinese companies an edge in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and electric vehicles. Those tactics, the U.S. contends, include hacking into U.S. companies’ computers to steal trade secrets, forcing foreign companies to hand over sensitive technology in exchange for access to the Chinese market and unfairly subsidizing Chinese tech firms. Trump has also complained repeatedly about America’s huge …
NASA: Space Travel for Private Citizens Is Coming
NASA will open parts of the International Space Station to more commercial opportunities, it announced Friday, allowing companies to use the space station’s facilities in a number of ways, including private astronaut missions. The space agency has balked at commercial ventures in the past, but the cost of operating the space station, which is one of the agency’s greatest expenses, currently runs $3 billion to $4 billion a year, or more than $8 million a day. NASA leadership has made it clear that the agency wants to eventually transition control of the space station and its region of space, low Earth orbit, to the private sector. “What this is, is an investment in the future for demand for low-Earth platforms” said Mike Read, the manager of Commercial Space Utilization at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, told VOA News. “What we want to do is leverage the station and try to enable others to turn a business model … while we have the infrastructure of the space station.” By handing control of the space station over to commercial ventures, NASA could have more money to pursue more ambitious missions, such as building a new space station around the moon and sending humans back to the lunar surface. In late 2018, the agency selected 12 companies to study the potential growth of a low-Earth orbit economy and how to best stimulate demand for human space flight. (Low-Earth orbit means altitudes below 2,000 km or 1,240 miles.) This group brainstormed ways companies could turn a profit …
FedEx Ends Amazon’s FedEx Express Plane Service
FedEx Corp. Friday decided not to renew its contract with Amazon.com Inc. for U.S. cargo delivery through FedEx Express, the unit that delivers packages on planes, a move that reflects the broader trend of the e-commerce company moving services in-house. Amazon has been building out its own delivery network of planes, trucks and vans, a development that is seen posing a potential long-term challenge to FedEx and delivery rival United Parcel Service Inc., both of which count Amazon as a customer. FedEx described the decision as a strategic move that would allow it to focus on the broader e-commerce market, a group that would include rivals of Amazon scaling up one- and two-day delivery. FedEx forecast that the market would double to 100 million packages per day in the United States by 2026. “Amazon had a better rate with UPS, so it made no sense for them to use FedEx,” said Dean Maciuba, director of consulting services at Logistics Trends and Insights. Other FedEx contracts unaffected The decision does not impact any existing contracts between Amazon and other FedEx business units or relating to international services, the package delivery company said. Amazon accounted for less than 1.3% of FedEx’s revenue last year, the company said in its statement. Analysts said that the ending of FedEx Express’ contract with Amazon is likely to benefit UPS, which gets a relatively larger share of revenue from the online retailer. “We would expect UPS to report much stronger volume growth in next-day air products …
Trump Announces Deal With Mexico Averting Tariffs
Cindy Saine at the State Department contributed to this report. U.S. President Donald Trump said late Friday that the United States and Mexico had reached a deal on migration to avert tariffs. “I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended,” he tweeted. “Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States,” Trump said. Earlier Friday, Trump had tweeted that there was a “good chance” the two sides would reach a deal to avert tariffs over the surge of migrants across the U.S. border. However, he added, “If we are unable to make the deal, Mexico will begin paying Tariffs at the 5% level on Monday!” U.S. and Mexican officials returned to the negotiating table Friday for a third day of talks to find a way to stem the migrant flow. Effect on hiring? Trump’s trade wars with Mexico and other countries appeared to have spooked American companies into putting the brakes on hiring. They added just 75,000 jobs in May, far fewer than the 180,000 economists expected, the Labor Department reported Friday. Although the jobless rate held steady at a 50-year low of 3.6%, Friday’s figures were the …
Two Execs Out as Uber Stock Sputters
Uber is parting ways with two of its top executives less than a month after the company’s rocky stock market debut. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told employees in an email Friday that he plans to be more involved in day-to-day operations now that the initial public offering of stock has passed. He said the heads of the company’s global rides and food-delivery teams will report directly to him, and Chief Operating Officer Barney Harford will leave the company. Khosrowshahi said he plans to combine the marketing, communications and policy teams, and Chief Marketing Officer Rebecca Messina also will leave the company. “It’s increasingly clear that it’s crucial for us to have a consistent, unified narrative to consumers, partners, the press and policymakers,” Khosrowshahi said. Stock struggling San Francisco-based Uber’s stock has struggled since its initial public offering last month. The company posted strong revenue growth in its first quarter as a public company, but also $1 billion in losses. The stock closed Friday down 76 cents, or 1.7%, at $44.16. It went public at $45 a share. “This is Dara asserting more control over the company and taking over the wheels at a time the company really needs to execute in the eyes of the public investors,” said Dan Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities. “It’s a double-edged sword for him, because it’s going to put that much more pressure on the success of Uber riding on his shoulders.” …