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Speaker 1: I'm Katherine Cowdery. Your listenates are taking start with Kathleen

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Speaker 1: Hayes and Kim Fox on Bloomberg Radio. Alphabet, owner of

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Speaker 1: Google reports after the bell. Facebook reported yesterday, boy, they

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Speaker 1: had quite a quarter. We want to talk tech, We

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Speaker 1: talk music now with Roger McNamee, co founder of Elevation

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Speaker 1: He's also on the road again, as he is every

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Speaker 1: taking some time out in Buffalo where he's performing tonight

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Speaker 1: to talk to us about the market. Roger, welcome, It's

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Speaker 1: a pleasure, Kathleen. I'm actually Sarahtoga Springs. Okay, well, well

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Speaker 1: the other night. We're just moving our way east right now.

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