john donahoe of ebay and jimmy dunn of sandler o'neill. will be playing for second harvest food bank and jimmy dunn's will go to student sponsorship programs. jimmy dunn has notre dame as his final winner. kevin plank has envy. john has kentucky. i had iowa state. bill: that was the killer. of course. espn hyped iowa state so much you could not help but that them in your bracket. stephanie: 99% of the people on espn brackets, their brackets were broken. at the bottom of our 36 the ceo of i heart media. the cofounder of fortune -- a huge wrestling guy. those two at the bottom. today alone things can move rather quickly. bill: your friend sally, unc fan. she barely escaped being beaten by harvard yesterday. n.c. state barely pulled it out. there were a lot of close games, it was really exciting. stephanie: a good day for underdogs. those who say watching basketball is not exciting -- bill: foaming at the mouth almost. duke plays tonight at 7:00. hopefully they won't blow it. we don't want them to be the first number one seed to lose to a 16

ebay's ceo john donahoe is holding onto the top spot, just edging out jimmy dunne. third, dwight anderson and tilman fertitta. if donahoe holds onto the lead his chosen charity is second harvest food bank. three of his final four remain in the hunt, so he is looking pretty good here. i just checked. i am number 43 out of 47. lisa: it could be worse. you could be 47. matt: 35 men and women in the celebrity bracket. then we at bloomberg added ourselves to this celebrity competition. betty liu is actually doing the best of all of the bloomberg talent, so to speak. she is number seven. lisa: what was your charity? matt: what is betty posterity -- betty's charity? we don't put in $10,000. the top six of the whole group, including anchors and reporters, are investment professionals or ceo's. they are going to probably win, and unless betty comes up and john donahoe and jimmy dunne fall down -- i'm not sure what she has for her final four. kentucky versus arizona and virginia versus duke. if it is duke-kentucky, she stands a good chance. i'm rooting for her. i am rooting f

in second, jimmy dunne. tied for third and fourth dwight anderson and tillman for ertita.ollow online at bloomberg.com/charitybracket. scarlet fu takes is off the charts with the status report on an midday activity this year. -- on m&a activity this year. janet yellen speaks on monetary policy and takes questions at an event at the san francisco fed. it is friday, so we bring you "encore." the most notable newsmakers from this week. >> the situation is much better. the prime minister -- we had a good meeting, they found common ground. it went quite well. >> there is a difference in terms of personality and outlook and the way the current president is pursuing policies as opposed to what mr. karzai was doing. they both have a common problem which is there are a limited number of options they can choose from. it's not like he can wave a magic wand and turn things around dramatically. the underlying geopolitical realities are hardwired into the system. he has to navigate them just as mr. karzai faced them as well. >> we are swimming in crude in the u.s. there's a lot of dynam

tied for second with 85 points, jimmy dunn and bruce richards.ollow along on the bloomberg terminal or online at bloomberg.com/charitybracket. coming up scarlet fu is on the markets with a look at dividends versus growth stocks. on taking stock with pimm fox ralph sampson weighs in on march madness and the sweet 16. we asked several leaders in technology for their take on the advertising industry and whether traditional advertising still matters. >> advertising is more relevant than ever but it needs to be driven by brands first. we need to rethink how we buy advertising. it can't be on a quarterly campaign basis. in that way, advertising is more relevant and important than ever. >> there is room for traditional advertising in today's world. it's a great -- you have to figure out what the customer sees, where they will see it and what they will respect. >> we don't have an advertising agency at the moment. we are more focused on distribution. how do you optimize your presence on app stores and do good search engine optimization and get your brand

week of eternal event, john donahoe has been leading bloomberg's racquets for a cause, followed by jimmy dunnnd bruce richards. let's head back now to san francisco where the jury is deliberating in the ellen pao case. cory: the ellen pao case has resonated because silicon valley looks at itself as being different, playing without a rulebook -- but what does that mean when you get into trouble for breaking the rules? that's an issue that affects a lot of companies beyond kleiner perkins. david lewis joins us now. he's with a company called operations incorporated. the company focuses on human resources. glad to have you with us today. talk about the modern state of hr operations for small businesses. as vast as the influence is, what is the state-of-the-art for small companies right now? david: state-of-the-art as you have a policy manual, some kind of training associated with how to enforce the rules and then provide some level of consistency for everybody within the organization. honestly that is not common in most small businesses. most small businesses view hr as a necessary evil and trea

tie for second place jimmy dunn cofounder of center o'neill, and bruce richards -- cofounder of standardll, and bruce richards. 16 teams are still standing. they help to pull off their season-long goal of getting to college basketball final four. joining me are edwin williams and paul sweeney. gentlemen, thank you so much. evan, is the tournament living up to the hype? evan: i think so, for sure. you have some of your bigger schools duke, ucla, and others that were not expected to go this far that have advanced. the basketball has been compelling. mark: paul kentucky, number one seed, has it been a rating favor for the networks? paul: it has been big. they are up about 6% year-over-year just this week and this is good for cbs and the owner networks that are carrying it. there are some turnaround games as eben said, and some other games as well. mark: do we have a cinderella yet? eben: i guess wichita state is a small school, but they have been here before. it's good to gonzaga here, but they've been good all year. your standard and aroma is ucla -- standard cinderella is ucla. but it's n

jimmy dunn used to write that. if you look at a history is there an old saying that i was scared and i did it anyway. you just hope it ain't that time. >> reporter: the blast damaged or destroyed four apartment buildings and injured nearly two dozen people. >>> long running legal saga a involving amanda knox is now over. on friday italy's highest court overturned the murder conviction against her and her ex-boyfriend. danielle nottingham has the very latest. >> i'm still grateful to have my life back. >> reporter: a amanda knox made a brief statement outside her washington state home following her second acquittal. >> i'm incredibly grateful for what has happened, for the justice i have received for the support that i have had from everyone from my family, from my friends to strangers, people like you, you saved my life and i'm so grateful. >> reporter: on friday italy's highest court declared knox and her then boyfriend rafael to not murder knox's british roommate meredith churcher in 2007. she was found dead in t

jimmy dunn went to notre dame. john donahoe of ebay is playing for second harvest.p. pretty tight right now. offline, you can see all the brackets. they are smack talking. jim chanos wants to short other players. things are getting serious. tonight will be a big night. wisconsin playing coastal carolina. a lot of people think wisconsin can take it. you have kentucky winning, don't you? betty: yes. as well as you. stephanie: kevin plank is not doing that well in the brackets. betty: we will keep you updated on the standings. you can head to the website. that does it for today on "in the loop." the impact of sports programming. plus, the ceo of the tel aviv stock exchange. ♪ scarlet: it is 56 past the hour. bloomberg television is on the markets. we are 30 minutes into the start of the u.s. trading day. here is where we stand. the dow jones getting right now by 132 points. the nasdaq making a run for a new record high. it was less than 15 points away from topping its dot com bubble heights. the dx y falling by 2% this week. its biggest weekly drop since october of 201

tied for second is jimmy dunn and bruce richards.w along on the bloomberg terminal or online at bloomberg.com/charitybracket. coming up, america's love affair with chicken helped turn around popeyes. can it last in the state of rising poultry prices? ♪ betty: welcome back to it we are 30 minutes away from the opening bell. stocks will open lower. another ugly day in the market. the dow closed down nearly 300 points yesterday. today, wall street digesting news. the lowest level in more than a month. the final moments aboard the doomed german wings jet. the prosecutor says the extent of the plane altitude could only have been voluntary. the plane's commander was locked out of the cockpit. on the voice recorder, you can guess he can be heard trying to break down the door to get back in. the copilot's breathing can be heard leading to the crash. >> refused to open the door, and [indiscernible] betty: investigators do not know why the copilot refused to open up the door. neither pilot has been identified by name. a320 almost discrete -- d

the sweet 16 continues, ebay's ceo john donahoe a lead with 107 point in second place 105 points, jimmy dunnendings that are bloomberg terminal, you're very loan -- your very own "in the loop" anchor, i am in seventh place, tom keene is behind me. the rest of the world is gearing up for the cricket world cup. 14 teams face-off during six weeks of matches, but now only two remain. austria beat india to a dance to the final against cohost of new zealand. the action gets underway on sunday in melbourne. for more, i want to bring in bloomberg's sports reporter chris elster. breakdown for us just how huge cricket is worldwide because nobody here follows it. chris: i would not say nobody. cricket is becoming a bigger sport on the east coast because of various immigration things. betty: right. chris: it is a huge sport in india, bangladesh, and australia and is the one, obviously, in new losing -- in new england, where it was founded, where it was first played, it is still a huge summer sport. we are about billions of people, where the true global team sports behind basketball and soccer i would say