betty: ramy inocencio at the markets desk. let's get a check on the news with mark crumpton at the news desk. of the 4 americans released by iran as part of a prisoner swap is speaking publicly. he told reporters outside the u.s. military base in germany he was moved that americans kept his plight in the public eye. >> i don't know and i still don't know. i just know that everyone from the president, the congress, even the iranian officials who were our captors, essentially, were amazed. asked us, "why is it they are working so hard for you?" i just said that is america and they love their citizens. mark: he said that being thrown out of the iranian airspace was intense and he and fellow prisoners popped champagne after they were sure they left iranian airspace. there are indications that they'll chop though had-- el chapo guzman had business dealings with the mexican actress. she is the woman who arranged a meeting between the drug bust and after sean penn. in the looking into possible money-laundering involving her tequila b

david: ramy inocencio with the markets desk. stellar lineup of guests at the world economic forum in switzerland. bloomberg's francine lacqua spoke with george soros. he says he seeing conditions the remind him of 2008. george: in 2008, we are repeating. it was a time of financial crisis. and the bear market. you have the same conditions today. source of this equilibrium is different. was the the root cause subprime crisis in america. now, the root cause is basically china. it's not comparable. francine: china because growth is below what we think? poor because they are importing deflation? george: it's deflation and over indebtedness. the chinese economy. debt is downial 300%. and maybe actually it might be account0% to take into the external debts. it is serious. and the chinese left it too long. changeover in the growth model they have to adopt from investments and export led to domestic lead. hard landing is practically unavoidable. francine: you're looking at a financial crisis that would start in china when authorities cou

inocencio has little fear of humans. that's because a little over 20 years ago - he and 19 other scarlet macaw chicks were chosen to be raised by hand at the center - then released into the wild. the macaws participating in the study are known as the chicos. >> the ones these researchers saw were going to die, they removed them from the nests and raised them here. >> what was the purpose? >> macaws were disappearing because the illegal pet trade was booming and macaws were in really high demand in north america and in europe. they wanted to see if re-introduction of macaws was a viable option to save some of these populations. >> the study was a success - more than half of the scarlet macaws released survived at least 7 years in the wild. >> some of these macaws still stick around in the area. and those macaws are the most aggressive with us, because they have no fear of humans. >> this morning the team is doing a check up on inocencio and chuchuy's two chicks. but unlike wild macaws - these parents don't leave when anni

david: ramy inocencio at the markets desk.ig changes that aig following pressure from carl icahn, the insurance giant is taking action. peter hancock outlined a plan to betty liu. we are going to do to make this company more focused and more profitable and return $25 billion to shareholders, that speaking to all of our shareholders, all of our policyholders, all of our regulars, all our stakeholders. i'm sure we won't satisfy all of them, but we need to deliver a sustainable franchise if we are going to make the right decisions for trading long-term versus short-term great. --id: shares of aig hider are higher. he's doing extensive research and coverage of aig. let me get your reaction to what we heard today. with -- not what carl icahn wanted, is enough to satisfy you? a management has been dealt hard hand, they've been challenged for more than a decade. ever since hank greenberg left. ultimately, the end of saying today was a bunch of a for mental news, generally positive. we don't think they went far enough. fundamentally,

ramy inocencio has more. ramy: first we had the mexico, where president says the fugitive drug lord el chapo has been recaptured. back in august, the u.s. government offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the recapture of guzmÁn. he's been taken to one of most -- he escaped one of the most secure prisons in july using a sophisticated mile-long tunnel that opened up in his shower. bells and investigators think they know where the pair attackers built their bombs. a prosecutor confirmed today traces of explosives were found last month and a brussels apartment. also discovered were fingerprints from the man sought in connection to the attacks in november that killed 130 people. members ofhill, congress want tougher sanctions on north korea for its latest nuclear weapons test. leader nancyt pelosi says the new measures aimed at kim jong-un's regime could be voted on as early as next week. each of north korea's three previous nuclear tests led to a tightening of international sanctions. u.k., is no

let's go over to the markets desk ramy inocencio has the latest. of the stocks most talked about on social media. ramy: i am looking at a function looking at the bloomberg social velocity monitor. this is what it looks like if you had your own terminal at your home. basically, when you can see is how popular something is based on what is happening in social media. these are the most popular things right now. right at the top, talking about mcdonald's. theth is surging after all-day breakfast, 5% same-store sales. johnson controls also with that in version with tyco. caterpillar, twitter, d.r. horton. twitter's share price, of course we know not doing well, if you are in the long, down by 3.5%. see song within a newer range right now, trading at $17 and some change. the reason for this is because three analyst downgrades. stifel is downgrading to a hold from a buy. city has a neutral rating. for this, as we have been reporting, twitter has lost four of its top executives over the weekend, including its product had, engineering, and vice president of

let's head to the markets desk with ramy inocencio and a look at the latest. headed back up to such an highs were we were earlier this morning. a second look at the numbers. nearly 2% higher for the s&p 500, the dow is up by 1.25%, the nasdaq up by 2.5%. looking at the dow, we had been out by 16 135, now we are not too far off for

ramy inocencio has a check on company movers. i'm looking at earnings that beat investments. -- that beat estimates. 3m had its biggest jump since october of 2014. its earnings share came in at $1.66. than $7 billion. facingpany did say it is strong foreign currency headwinds, but they are pushing back with some restructuring and more efficient business models. they are reaffirming their bts eight dollars to $8.45 a share. lockheed martin down 3%. its third-quarter estimates -- its third-quarter earnings beat estimates. they say they expect that sales of about $49.5 billion. $49.8e estimate was about billion. matt: we will stick on lockheed martin. julie johnsson joins us from chicago. is doing a deal in which it unloads its i.t. business and receives $1.8 billion. 50.5% of the company. how does that work? those this is one of deals that makes your head explode. it is a tax-free transaction known as a reverse morris trust. lockheed is technically merging the business into assets. . this helps lockheed as it pays off debts from it

thank you so much, ramy inocencio.: let's get a look at the new student mark crumpton has the headlines from the new stuff. mark: breaking news of this hour concerning a u.s. fighter jet. hascials say an f-16 crashed in northwestern arizona. there is no immediate word on the condition of the pilot. officials say the jet was assigned to the 56th fighter wing. the crash site is 85 miles northwest of the base in suburban glendale. 2 powerful shiite militias behind the abduction of three americans last weekend in a southern baghdad neighborhood. that is occurring to an iraqi lease commander and western security official. the official confirms that iraqi and u.s. intelligence have narrowed the suspects down to those two groups. the identities of those affected have not been made public and no group has claimed responsibility. in other news, a for peace with the taliban from the sidelines of the world economic forum. vice president biden and secretary of state kerry made the case to support a credible peace process with the

good stuff, thank you, renewed in a sincere. -- ramy inocencio.et the latest on the first word news desk. begin with the supreme court issuing a series of decisions. justices agreed to overview the presidents immigration plan. the high court also refused to take up a new constitutional challenge to obamacare. justices decided not to revive an arkansas law that largely prevented women from getting abortions after the first trimester. the united nations is documenting the deadly toll caused by the islamic state in iraq. the report says nearly 19,000 civilians have been killed in less than two years. more than 36,000 others have been wounded. yesterday, another mass grave was discovered. it from discovered october of last year. iran has transferred some of the billions of frozen overseas assets. the move follows the implementation of the nuclear deal with world powers but ordinary iranians are still waiting to see how their daily lives will improve, and companies waiting to get financial access to companies worldwide. china is flexing its diplomatic

ramy inocencio has more at the market desk. right now in anticipation of that we are looking at nymx crude up by nearly 1% right now. and also to point out our own bloomberg survey. we are seeing an estimated 2.2 million barrels coming in for nationwide crude inventories. the report is also projected to show an uptick as well in gasoline and dislat fuels including heating oil and diesel. off that also the a.p.i. issued its own report saying that inventories came in at 4.6 million barrels for the past week. it will be interesting to see how much of a disparity that is between the numbers. we are still waiting for that right now. decides that, we are also looking at what might be happening with the curbing estimate, that is the biggest hub for oil in the united states. the a.p.i. said that barrels rose by 60,000 barrels last week. but bloomberg is expecting that there is a rise, betty, of about 00,000 barrels. a bit of disparity as usual between a.p.i. as well as the surveys. betty: we are waiting still for crude oil inventories

scarlet: ramy inocencio has a check on individual company movers.lenty of names getting beat up in the tech space. ramy: information technology right now as a sector is down on the order of nearly 3%. let's take a look at some of the tech stocks. we had to ibm. down by about 5%. it has been sort of at a seesaw motion. it had been as low at about 8%. a profit forecast missed analyst expectations. its cfo saying they are expecting $13.50 a share but analysts have been projecting $15 a share. the share price, hitting a five-year low. out. of teeth are coming facebook is down by 4.5%. this sea of red. netflix down on the order of 6.5%. apple, reacting to a couple analyst notes that came out earlier this morning. apple reacting to those down 2.7%. ubs saying it's apple iphone shipments appear worse than it actually thought they were because fewer people are upgrading their phones from the 5, to the 6. the not expect any growth in -- until 2017. the do nothing the iphone seven which should come out later this year is going to provide much of any boost. ap

ramy inocencio has more.to president obama and as expected, he has vetoed rigid -- legislation that would have vetoed his own health care law. it has been pushed forward by republican lawmakers since 2010 but this is the first time it's made it to the president's desk. the legislation would have cut funding for planned parenthood. fight against islamic state two people have been arrested on terrorism related charges in texas and california. one of the suspects is a syrian refugees about his travels there. no indication that he planned an attack on u.s. soil. south korea marks the testing of north korea's nuclear missile and anti-north korean messages. meanwhile, north korea celebrated with a fireworks display as well as dancing as a result of the birthday of leader kim jong-un. the state department has released 3000 pages of e-mails from former secretary of state hillary clinton's private e-mail accounts but missed a court ordered goal by a week. the department has not released 82% of the roughly 55,000 pages

scarlet: thank you, ramy inocencio. alix: what is keeping this house on the market?state porn for you. it has a lot more to do with china's economy than you think. scarlet: i could totally live there. ♪ alix: welcome back to "bloomberg markets." i'm alix steel. scarlet: i'm scarlet fu. a look at the biggest business stories in the news right now. by 9.1%,is cutting saying higher market volatility could damage the economy and bring about an earnings recession. the bank set of u.s. strategy sees the s&p ending the air -- ending the year down. the housing market still on a roll. home prices in 20 u.s. cities rose by 20% in the year ending in november. s&p case to the schiller index, portland, oregon was the fastest growing market. prices up by 11%. chicago the smallest increase, 2%. scarlet: billionaire john paulson says he will use his personal fortune to backstop his hedge fund firm. investment losses have cut assets by more than half. he's using his own investments as additional collateral. and that is your bloomberg business flash update. mentioned, u.s. property va

inocencio and we are extending losses. crude oil that alex was just telling us about.

ramy inocencio has the wrap of new york. ramy: for the week it was a nailbiter.the last 15 minutes of the trade, closing well above 4600. the s&p and dow also ended at session highs, the dow seeing its best day since september. bankshares were to thank for the rally. saw some big gains, microsoft's second-quarter profit beat estimates on growing business in the cloud, with azure and office 365. the ceo says more than 70% of fortune 500 companies now use at least two microsoft cloud services. but amazon fell because of rising spending costs, as much as 15%. jeff bezos is ramping up spending, including for faster shipping and its first super bowl ad. a report out shows pc sales fell below the 300 million unit mark in 2015, its lowest since 2008. aer to apple, a close as session high after news that the company might release a wirelessly charging phone as and for facebook, it hit a record high today, shares continuing to go gangbusters after posting another quarter of record revenue and profits this week. shares of the social network have rallied 52% in the last 52

let's get a check on the headlines with ramy inocencio. first we had to belgium. prosecutors say investigators have searched an apartment in brussels that may have served as a bomb factory for the paris attacks. they believe the residence was used as a hideout for salah abdeslam, who is wanted in connection with the november attacks that killed 130. south korea mark north korea's fourth nuclear test with its own blast of propaganda. speakers along the border began blaring anti-north korean messages and also a fair amount of korean pop using. meanwhile, north korea celebrated the blast with a fireworks display and dancing. it was also the birthday of leader kim jong-un. two people with ties to the islamic state have been arrested in texas and california. one of the suspects was a refugee from syria, accused of lying about his travels there. no indication about whether they had planned any attacks in the u.s. who says it never rains in southern california? el niÑo brought record amounts of rain to southern cal up on you but not enough to bust the drought. san diego

marketso head to the desk, where ramy inocencio has the latest

scarlet: first we need to get a check of where the markets stand and for that we had over two ramy inocencioght now we are hitting session lows. take a lat