russian telecoms company trans telecom has installed a new internet connection for north korea that's according to a report from the us korea institute in baltimore it's at the new link went online on sunday north korea normally relies on a data route via china but beijing is threatening to boycott the country over its nuclear testing so the report says john young is looking to reduce its reliance on its neighbor people have internet access in north korea but the army's cyber warfare unit is thought to want better connections tranced telecom is a subsidiary of state owned russian railways now germany still doesn't have a whole lot of women on the boards of its top companies but the few are there more than their male counterparts a new study says the eighteen women who now serve on the boards of germany's blue chip companies represented in the country's stock index an average of about three million euros a year while their male colleagues only came into an average of two point nine million well in past legislation two years ago to boost the number of women in the top at the top rather

these incumbent telecoms, are they good investments? am not sufficiently expert to talk about this. economy, in the bubble, telecom services turned into something like a completely new story, and the world has changed ever since as we know. however, in the meantime, the classic telecom business has turned into something like a utility, and has been treated by the stock market as a utility. this is why we have probably lacklusteracklog -- start performance truth the question raised in the interview that he made with him -- is it really justified to keep such a large state of the state and company 150 years after the groundbreaking works in the telecom is a structure? -- telecom infrastructure? the answer is-- probably no. guy: we are getting a bit of catalonianng to the story as we count down, seven minutes to go. they may declare independence unless spain suspends it. this is coming from a letter that puigdemont is sending to the spanish prime minister, mr. we are beginning to get to information so need to be talks, and things need to h

the saudi telecom story is making the bold move to expand into new markets.o spoke to me at the future investment initiative about his ambitions for the company. speak, we are launching our growth strategy. that is a very ambitious plan. abouttelcos is talking decline and their traditional weenues, we decided to grow can name the strategy as dare. we want to create a new revenue , close to the cost but also invest in the futures in areas where -- talking about artificial intelligence. that will be done for our venture capital, which we announced a few months ago. billion that will look into startups that are promising . what we are looking at is to multiple values for those startups by giving them an unfair advantage through access, so they can have access to my billing systems. they cannot have access to my , they cannotysis have access to my distribution networks. that can activate them in a big way and create values across. yousef: in terms of some of the act to be and other markets, to telecom has been a problem child . can you give us the latest on that

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it is a big day for the german telecom.et us talk to our asian technology editor out of hong kong. robert, what is the problem here? robert: it is going to come down to parts. t-mobile,ave is with which is controlled by deutsche telekom, that is worth 50% more than sprint. so not surprisingly, the deutsche telecom side of things, they want to have majority of whatever it ends up being. sprint, under the ceo who has the have it of doing deals, to be in control. it is going to come down to price and you get to call the shots. both of these companies have a very rich desire to do a merger that if they can agree to who will be in charge, is going to stall like we are seeing right now. guy: is this negotiating tactic being used? or is this something more fundamental? to say at is hard this stage. it certainly seems to be more than just a negotiating tactic. the arguments that sprint have been putting up and the softbank side of things, is that even though it has a lower market value and it has got fewer subscribers, it has a var

, he wa nted eve n railway construction, telecom, he wanted even bigger.those companies will not go bankrupt. they will get bigger and have an even bigger role in terms of economic policy. what happens today with it? it is different. no big speech. it is about opportunities to hear from lower level officials. what is interesting is the 2500 most important people in the communist party are here for a few days. that does not happen very often. it is an opportunity to hear from them and sometimes get a chance to ask them a question. the key moment comes on wednesday when the formalities wrap up wednesday when the formalities wrap up and we hear briefly from the president. the next day we will see the new faces that will feel five of the new faces that will feel five of the seven top spots in the top standing committee. will president xijinping get his officials in there? that is the big moment. thank you very much. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we will go back to the world of his dark materials, as we speak to award—winn

, he wa nts to railway, construction, telecom, he wants to see them get even bigger.ome consolidation, they need to change, but those companies are not going to be split up, they're companies are not going to be split up, they‘ re not companies are not going to be split up, they're not going to go bankrupt, they‘ re up, they're not going to go bankrupt, they're going to get bigger and will have an even bigger role for him in terms of a economic policy. what big it .my going to be happening today? the most important 2500 people are going to be here for a few days, that doesn't happen very often, it's a chance to hear from these people and sometimes get a chance to ask a question. the next key moment comes on tuesday when the formalities of this congress, this five yearly congress wrap up, we hear briefly from the president and then the next day we get to see the new faces that will fill 5% on top slots in what's known as the politburo standing committee and will president xi jingping politburo standing committee and will president xijingping get his people into those j

selby telecom shares and invest in broadband infrastructure for the whole country.behind. matt: this is a point in which you agree. was talking to out xander last sunday night, and he said they think the telecom shares should be sold as well. what about germany's stake in commerzbank? foreignearing from suitors that they would be interested. you are on a committee that overlooks this 15% stake. should germany be selling that? gerhard: there is a difference to the telecom shares. nobody wanted to invest in commerzbank. it was part of the bank rescue in 2008. the aim is to recover as much of the money spent at the time as possible. right now, the share price is still well below what the government aims that. we realize a loss or do we wait longer? next year will be decisive, but i am cautious to say we should sell now. that would be a dogmatic position. we should look from the taxpayer perspective to make sure it's a good deal. europe you still support bonds? important is is dissension the eurozone. -- is to sanction the eurozone. we want to make sure that the macron

the lack of a utility or industrial or telecom, some of those are defensive. there is an element of risk on here. health care is outperforming and energy is up performing. you see those commodities at some of the best performers. the spike is higher. we see a lot of industrious metals. index, the stoxx 600 commodity reduce or index. if you look at the relative strength index, this did go above 70 earlier, suggesting miners of enter the overall range. they are trading at the highest level in four years. low has dropped back down 70 now. rsi is just over 69 on the are in -- rsi. some have gone above 7000 the first time in's 2014. this has gone above $1000 for the first 2001. the euro is actually weakening against most of its g10 peers. began is strengthening against its peers. it is weaker for the third day on this chart. you've got the retracement lines, also the 55 day average. euro yen is drifting lower. is 19 minutes into the trading day here in the u.s.. julie: we have records for the all major averages. the absolute gains are relatively small. we see metal

ends probably out of consideration for the business world but in the new year beijing will order telecoms providers to close the data tells us this is serious this time they mean it and they'll go through with it too. many details remain unclear. but for the european business community in beijing china's internet policy has always been troublesome. we see it is kind of sort of a tax on doing business in china and and that's not good for trying to you what you were looking at creating more productivity more efficiency in the economy certainly ensuring that companies have readily timely and stable access to information is important and it hurts foreign companies even more and there's more in store for those companies a new law on cyber security introduced even more rules to an already highly restricted technology regime certain data may now only be stored on the main one for example for foreign companies in particular the assessments in adjustments involved will be a major burden. in the service ultimately of the cybersecurity law means that not being compliant can get your company into ser

the russian telecoms company trans telecom has installed a new internet connection for north korea that's according to a report from the u.s. korea institute in baltimore and said the new link went online on sunday korea normally relies on a data route via china but beijing is threatening to boycott the country over its nuclear tests so the report says pyongyang is looking to reduce its reliance on its neighbor few people have access to the internet in north korea but the army's cyber warfare unit is thought to have one better connections france telecom is a siddur a state owned russian railways and that's why business for the moment phil has the latest bundesliga action for you you are entirely correct thank you much they seven so writing champions are by and munich without coach carlo and shalott eight who were sacked last thursday for the play will you sign your took the reins as bio and travel to berlin to face heter a side in a totally difficult debate at home. the big guns are back and robin thomas miller from the re jerome tang and mats hummels were on the pitch right from the star

. >> telecom has been critical for you why is telecom sort of underlying important backdrop of some ofaping the technology revolution, first, power the ability to process and cost of processing has gone through the phenomenon nomal scale iphone can process cheaper faster than mainframe 15 years ago or laptop, 20 years ago, data, second. ability to collect data and processing of data driving -- graphic processing autobiography, and ability to structure large analyze large data pools, and make sense out of it and predict outcomes predict consumer behavior managing, that kind of data, so data ability of collecting data having access to data is a second process, processing data software to analyze it lastly, telecom speed, and cost of telecom, look at so years ago no smartphones smartphones in 2007. >> now can't live without them. >> the ability to have that processing power in your car, in your smartphone in your house, so on telecom speed is important for that. >> before you go let me ask you about a.i. the worry people wonder what skill sets do i need to thrive in this new world a.i. me

some telecom companies are bouncing back, as well.een declining about concerns of what the merger with due to the negotiating power. american power and crown castle bouncing a little bit. speculation, we have to talk about what's going on with dunkin' brands. we had some headlines on it earlier. this is coming from street inside is reporting saying jgb holdings is looking to continue with a potential deal. we haven't confirmed this. to thisk is reacting speculation into this particular story. health care with the other drag we were looking at. shares of merp are down after the company withdrew its application in europe for a medication to treat a type of lung cancer. in vision health care is declining ahead of its earnings report. is among the biggest decliners within the health care today. a check on the 30 year, as well. the long and bonds -- the long end of bonds. talking about the demand for ultra long bonds, which is surprisingly low. after that, we saw that the yield making the lows come into the 30 year. you can see is off by f

we are taking look at telecom shares as well. we have level three centurylink on the rise as they win antitrust approval for their deal with the telecom assets. sprint and t-mobile are up as well. maybe this means you have a better chance at hitting a deal done as well. vonnie: thank you. fascinating. president trump is arriving in puerto rico today confront the fallout from a natural disaster that raised russians about how he handled the crisis. we are live from san juan. that's great to have you with us. he is taking an entourage of security details. what is the situation like on the ground? can the infrastructure support him? area,the san juan metro things of been improving dramatically. most of the debris has and cleared from the roads. there is not a single stoplight to my knowledge working on the entire island. the governor said this morning -- vonnie: we are going to break in. we thought he could rest for a couple of days. rest, he hadt any florida. hit very hard also. then he came to florida. then we gave that another a p

russian telecoms company a trans telecom has installed a new internet connection for north korea that's according to a report from the us korea institute in baltimore it said to the new link went online on sunday north korea normally relies on data route via china but beijing is threatening to boycott the country over its nuclear test so the report says pyongyang is looking to reduce its reliance on its neighbor a few people have access to the internet in north korea but the army cyber warfare unit is thought to want to better connections trans telecom is a subsidiary of state owned russian railways. well an electric bicycle for five hundred four hundred or even three hundred euro's an industry association insists the prices so low are only possible in the e.u. because chinese manufacturers a selling their bikes at below production costs of banks to illegal state subsidies that's according to the european bicycle manufacturers association the organization has filed an official complaint with the european commission the authorities in brussels now have until the end of october to decide

moving onto one of the other groups is really holding back gains in the s&p 500, that's telecoms.t's after we got an update from at&t. a preannouncement of its earnings reports. the company lost 90,000 video subscribers because of heavy competition and because of weather-related disruptions. that more than offset the growth of its new online service. it provides phone, tv and internet service in the houston area and parts of florida. that explains the weather affect. verizon down a bit. it's been down more out of the gate now, backing off and contest as well. craig moffett, a well-known telecom analysts said this is bad for the industry, he says indicates there is cord cutting that is going on and obviously -- and not in -- and att at&t specific issue. particularly fascinating these days. thank you so much. an exciting interview, christine lagarde takes on the global economy and talk central banks and much much more. she is live from washington. the imf managing director. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ mark: i'm mark barton in london. vonnie: in the new york times vonnie. tax reform is a

they had a local debate about whether they local municipally funded municipally backed telecom whetherthey should offer al-jazeera english. they did at a town hall where were they brought people together and they had that discussion and debate. i wrote a paper analyzing what the debate was and it was fascinating because they showed how different kinds of systems and different kinds of political economies around the media. here the public came and they start arguing about whether al-jazeera was journalism or propaganda and those who wanted to see it there were so many more of them and they said its freedom of choice let us decide. who are you to tell us what we can again see. this would have never happened with the private sector cable industry so the political economy came to determine what was available with most committees without ever giving giving -- getting a chance to see what the fuss was all about. >> any questions? thank you will very much for that interesting presentation. >> thank you for the great questions. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. a great questio

hotels used to make a lot of money in telecom. we would charge you $35 if you were so dumb as to pick up the phone and call home from the phone. then you got a cell phone and the income stream went to zero. forma isssing our pro on parking because nobody is parking a car. the cities have all this legislation, like i had in miami, we had to build 400 parking spaces. they have been empty 100% of the time. even if the hotel was 100% occupied, the garage was not full. what do you do with all these parking lots? looking forward to the day when the start locks -- sidewalks double in size because you have people walking, or maybe you will have a monorail. we will be flying our drones as they take us around to different places. one of the things i think about and the biggest user historically of office space is banks and people related to banks, but maybe that will not be the case if we go into a cryptocurrency. erik: like bitcoin all the time? >> my son would like to be in bitcoin all the time. i am still trying to figure out. blockchain

from a utility point of view, utilities, telecoms are subject to regulator change. more importantly as well at the moment the markets have been through a period of rising rates on the back of prospect of higher interest rates and fed reducing their balance sheet we think that's a short-term impact and that will quickly wear off for us utilities, telcos, it's about sustainable yield. >> fabulous. here's an interesting one. karen knows far more about this than i do. how can a maker of pipes and valves for mining and energy be doing that today given what we have seen from the likes of bp and other oil majors in the season >> i think it goes back to the story of making the most of what you got, whether you're spending more on finding further wells or developing further projects across both industries we know capex has been challenged for mining and energy, which means anything that provides a service is effectively hit. we agree about demonstrating some concerns of the stock it's been an interesting mover from pretty much mid-september, strong move higher then the disap

telecom. there are a variety of things you can do where virtually all of the monies we raise can be deployed. there is a bonus, if you will, if the government can reform and i think politically the democrats are very in favor of expanding the infrastructure. i think there are chances to have public-private partnerships where governmental units that have assets with cash flow sell those assets, federal government adds a bonus payment to encourage them. then the money is reinvested to build more infrastructure in that community. things like roads, bridges and other things that need to be improves. >> here the crown prince was talking about this new city that they are developing which is going to be from the ground up. they will need everything. there is that opportunity as well. how much of the fund will be u.s. versus international? >> this fund will be primarily u.s. with the ability to do some outside the u.s. it's being raised and is geared for the u.s. maria: the black stone group has been

you been long real estate come along telecom -- long real estate, long telecom. think that's the right strategy for the next year. if inflation is finally coming target,wards the 2% there may be two or three rate hikes next year that are not priced yet. being invested bought properties is not the right strategy. anna: thank you. he states it is here on "daybreak europe." after the show will be talking to him. if you're traveling to work, you can turn into bloomberg radio on your speaker. we talk brexit? anna: absolutely. george maceo is said to be losing investor support and push for the banks around. manus:we talk brexit? rihanna boost sales. he will tell you how the pop star caused third-quarter sales. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." that is suggesting we could be a little bit firmer at the start of the next trading day. lvmh has the third-quarter sales targets. it has sold more products online. max is still with us. good morning. when we look at these numbers from louis vuitton, a good set online, luxury seems to be on the up h

to have it for free which reminds us of how traditional broadcasting works, you pay through your telecomompany that delivers the link up does that point to slightly more mature status for netflix? >> does, indeed, but it also shows that they're willing to play that game because they really understand that they have just about peaked in the u.s with that price increase, that is going to really be a potential hurdle that they may not get over >> you think so? they've implemented three price increases over the last 3 1/2 years seamlessly i would pay a dollar extra to see the new season of "stranger things." >> i would pay $100 for the next episode of "the crown. >> we're all looking at the skinny bundle, and all of these new movie channels that are competing with netflix add up. so that it's not just -- one wonderful secret of netflix is it's not baeen an expensive commodity, and people may not watch netflix month to month but watch a couple shows they don't mind paying 8, $9, but when it gets to $10, $12, you have $30 from over movie channels, it makes a difference. >> porter, thank you ve

mainly in telecom but maybe also health care.partment, antitrust division putting its mark on allowing more of these deals to go through. the obama, the clinton people, the left would say we think too much power in the hands of too few companies will ultimately lead to higher prices. it will gouge the consumer. free-market people might save some of these big companies are able to negotiate better pricing with hospitals. you can buy everything under one roof. there is a synergy that occurs. >> neil: wasn't that a concern with the president when it comes to health insurance? >> he mentioned he didn't like the fact that cnn with merge with at&t and create too much concentration under one roof. he's put in place people, bureaucrats in the justice department, fec which looks over telecom mergers. a very free-market that would allow something like this. if this happens, this is huge. i say "if" because these deals can fall apart. but they are talking. >> neil: thank you. charlie gasper in, fox business network. bottom line, we are goin

at&t had the worst day since 2008 >> telecom or media. >> the

infrastructure and telecom infrastructure dating from 1996, a mere two years after the netscape mosaic came out, so we have very antiquated regulatory and overseeing regimes for tech. at the same time, one of the reasons tech has thrived and innovation has happened is because there's been a light touch regulatory framework, so it's pretty important to be careful and cautious and not try to put regulations in front of innovations, when i've at least found regulators and policy makers are generally less imaginative about the future >> so, how big of a fight is coming, bruce? you represent some of these tech companies. what are they preparing for, how much money, what's it all going to look like >> so, when we say tech, of course, tech's not a monolith. there are a lot of companies, hewlett packards, ibms, dells, that have been around for decades, that employ here and around the world, that are very much pillars of their local communities. the folks who are in the cross hairs and the greatest risk appear to be the new big internet platform companies. amazon first and foremost, but google

sky added 160,000 new customers this quarter, up 51% from the same period a year ago the tv and telecoms industry posted a 5% increase and reaffirmed its full guidance out of back of the earnings. the performance was boosted by the game of throne series, which has become the highest rated show in the uk maybe i should get around to watching it. >>> let's talk about the fed the fed's december meeting is live, that's according to the latest minutes which suggest many participants support raising rates this year, despite the inflation picture is still troubling some fomc members. steve liesman has the details. >> reporter: fed officials thought in the september meeting that another rate height was warranted this year but had a problem with inflation being too low. the key issue is failure to hit the 2% target. some thought the resent softness of inflation was a decline in telecom prices under this line of thinking inflation would move up towards the target clearing the way for a hike there was also the worry that technology and globalization were behind the inflation miss that led a group o

here the robot is connected to my body—tracking gear through a wire, but with superfast sg telecoms networksl help operators work remotely anywhere in the world. this robotic arm has developed a sense of pressure to its touch so although objects may look similar, it feels how much to squeeze them before lifting. transferring distinctive feelings to us humans is what alps is trying to recreate. the company already make components for smart phones and games controllers and reckon in two to three years you'll feel more thanjust vibrations. that is cold! oh, wow! i can feel a heartbeat. but i guess because my fingers aren't moving on the controller, i can't feel the fur. that's very good. the sound from the controller adds to the sense of reality. this is hot? very hot. i think that could catch on! that was dan at ceatec and we'll end this week on a high... literally. this is a vr zone shinjuku and it's onlyjust opened so we thought we would drop in. spread over two expansive floors in tokyo's expensive shinjuku district, vr zone represents a big bet on vr being a big winner. after all, this tec

is a drag today. >> rates. >> right. >> rates win on telecom. >> dow is down 176 s&p down 2 1 pointswe're back after this on "halftime. with advanced safety. standard. lease the 2017 rx 350 for $399 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >>> bond yields in focus today as the rate jumps to its highest level since march, the move we're seeing in rates is the most important story out there right now. where do we go from here >> i think that the bond futures will continue to go a little lower, even though they rebounded as you would expect with the s&p 500 down 20 handles. this is the most important story going on right now, if long term yields climb, what does that say? the dollar is headed higher, our economy is stronger than we realize, and the fed is going to have to pick up the pace >> we've crossed over 2.4%, so is 3% potentially in the cards >> i don't know if we get there quite so fast. you look at the charts and some of the resistance up above it's sort of my target where we move to, we definitely broke out of this six month down trend on the ten year, w

there is a major proceeding to address those rural areas of large telecom providers. we are watching very very closely and where appropriate providing advice on how those new support mechanisms will reveal themselves and inspire investors, local cooperatives and new providers to be able to invest in broad band services in those underserved air i can't say. >> i know my time is up but would anyone else like to speak from your perspective? >> thank you. i would adjust stepping out from the program side for a second i would raise the opportunity for collaboration here. i mentioned rural prosperity task force. i think a lot of this also comes down to leadership and needing to see the different federal agencies that play a role in this important issue working together. i know that he and chairman are in close contact. >> well, i just echo what the ranking member just said. this is so so very important. we are not doing as well as kansas evidently. i need to visit with the chairman about that. but 84%, you know, lack access to quality broad band, which is 30% higher than th

i was impressed with the telecom companies at&t and i think verizon also, offering free data, unlimited talk to anybody who has their phones. so, those kinds of tangible ways are helping are heartening as i mentioned and impressive. business is not just about greed, not just about making money. it's about making life better, prosperity for everyone, including like this, in an emergency situation. liz: i believe t-mobile is also helping. juan, even companies right now that are being eviscerated by the government, google, for example, being you know called on the carpet for all kinds of issues. they've given their employees money, 250,000. their company matched it. does this take away the demonization of corporate america? >> well, i think that people like corporations. i mean, these corporations provide us jobs, income. there's a lot of good to it, but to pick up on what others are saying, people often times demonize the point to greed in excess and we live in an era that's kind of gilded for those of us lucky enough to have money in our pockets, but when you look at this situation, it r

on the right side, apple's customers, a lot of telecom companies.oth of you, in fact, when one loses out, others might gain. if you're sticking with the iphone 7 or anticipating the iphone x. securities analysts were saying that -- showed an even production mixed at this stage between the iphone 8 models and the iphone 10. that could shift up to 60% or 70%, and more beyond by march. if, indeed, they are seeing slowing demand or less demand than they were anticipating for the 8, how quickly can they shift production to make sure they have the production for the iphone 10? or is there going to be a delay in terms of what they can produce and how quickly. -- notave seen reports that they are reliable, but more concerted, i suppose. more numerous reports about to iphone 10 production. increasingly, the analysis coming out of agencies have suggested maybe they managed to iron out some problems, and if they haven't done it quite in time to meet demand entirely, they will perhaps be able to do so into the new year. the interesting numbers said thatfrom at&

in the new year beijing will order telecom providers to close data comes. >> this is serious.s time they mean it and they will go through with it, too. reporter: many details remain unclear. but for the european business community in beijing, china's internet pace -- policy has always been troublesome. >> we see it as kind of attacks on doing business in china and that is not good for china. we're looking at creating more productivity, more efficiency in the economy, certainly ensuring that companies have readily, timely and stable access to information. and it hurts for the companies even more. reporter: there is more in store for those companies. a new law on some security introduced even more laws to an already highly restricted technology regime. certain data may now only be stored on the mainland. for foreign countries in particular, the adjustments involved will be a major burden. >> ultimately, the cyber security law means not being compliant can get your company into serious trouble. it could even mean the company being closed down or having to disclose all of its data

is hugely important to northern ireland in terms of the jobs the telecom special relationship was immortalized by winston churchill but over seventy years down the line the rhetoric and the reality don't seem to match and that makes it increasingly prone to ridicule no particular special before it might have pain i think it's going to be it's our now everyone is like almost going on their own way they'll do all they want to do regardless of what we want to do there are elements of fragments of what was once a special relationship in defense of his good water and waters and depending on who's in charge of the two camps and it's very wide at the moment it's complicated if. i could joining us so far here at r.t. international today plenty more stories coming your way on this program including the hope. tiny iceland qualifying for the football world cup for the first time in its history that story and many others and. in case you're new to the game this is how. the economy is built around corners come from washington washington. voters elected to businessman to run this country business if. you mu

cnbc says the telecom companies are having difficulty working through regulatory and pricing issues. earlier reports said the two companies disagreed over who would have control over the combined entity and that interrupt owner softbank would withdraw from the deal talks. cnbc says that softbank won't take that step, at least not yet. shares of spring down 9% to 6.34. t mobile shares off 5% at 59.58. >>> the power producer vistra will buy dynagj, the combined company will have a market of more than $10 billion and have power-generating assets and retail businesses in some of the -- shares fe 8 publics%, but diynajy got a nic bump. >>> chevron has reversed its decision to leave bangladesh without a reason. it's decided not to sell the local subsidiaries to a china-based company, instead it will hold on to the assets and work to provide reliability energy for that country. shares ros >>> it was five years ago today that the disney paid a hefty sum for lucasfilm. today the purchase price, and as julia boorstin reports, the payoff is -- around a galaxy far far away. >> disney's $4 billio

nokia shares plunged seventeen percent after reporting a sharp drop in quarterly earnings from its telecom networking gear business. finnish company warned that the market had turned more challenging. those tough competition in china and consolidation among other wireless carriers. recovery efforts continue importer rico one month after hurricane maria devastated the island. killing more than forty people and knocking out the island's electricity. reconstruction has been slow and controversial arrogant he has more. hello more than seventy percent of porter rico is still in the dark. one month after hurricane maria ravaged the island. u. s. army reserve engineers have. a quarter rico to help rebuild the powerlines. working with with what. surprise they. locally tony has. as well as with all of the tony. to get my life back. on wednesday a former us military officer was appointed to oversee the reconstruction of porter rico's electrical grid. this comes after the senate passed a thirty six point five billion dollar emergency aid measure to replenish the island's federal flood insurance progr

had a loner is spain's powerhouse but that could soon be over already major companies including telecoms firm sun x. and kaiser bank moving hold of his head offices rather out of the region and we'll keep you updated on that through the course of the evening of course. now france has come to a standstill five and a half million public service employees have gone on strike to protest controversial labor reforms france has announced at least a quarter of its short and medium all flights are canceled the french unions are protesting against the government of president amount of oil mark role which is planning to slash one hundred twenty thousand public sector jobs. voltaire college and paris eleventh district has shut down its entrance blocked and students armed with fire extinguishers. many schools all over france are affected by tuesday's public sector strike. detentions are just like them our high school is directly impacted because a quarter of the funding has been taken away which means that we'll have for less for the students we can't just accept it and go to school we have to do som

and telecom group based in finland celebrating its first listing anniversary. >> i for one cannot wait the hearing. i can't wait for the hearings because these are people you very rarely hear other than on the conference call. put a face on the name -- find out who the great people are i hope they are respectful and polite. >> you're talking about from -- >> facebook and alphabet. >> twitter zyeah they'll be very good. >> alphabet is a seasoned player when it domesticomes to investi >> journal does a long take today on google or alphabet's power in washington and how eric schmit was a outspoken backer of hillary clinton and had a reverse course but the larger question is, will these companies face a significant regulatory burden that doesn't exist from washington we already see it in europe. is that something investors should be concerned about. >> remember when alphabet was under fire because of the procter and gambles didn't want their ads next to -- >> algorithms cost nothing he had to get the computer scientists to involve what was the crypto nazi. here you have to have people invo

telecoms being told -- pulled down by at&t.me out increase of 117,000 new wireless customers less quarter. it trailed what we have seen for some of its competitors. the losing customers in third -- third quarter. boeing is the best performing stock in the dow this year. it also may have been hit by costs for a program it developing for the u.s. air force. costs are climbing in the quarter. -- on the plus side, we have got visa, that company's profit is and seeingimates volume on its credit and debit card falling 10% in the u.s. and europe. maker of scientific instruments, revenue rising 14% and earnings beating estimates. in terms of index points, these are the biggest movers. also, a good chart to show you, the progress as we go along. at the bottom, the number per day of companies reporting earnings. today, we were at the 50 -- a busy day for earnings. the s&p still up during the earnings season but just rarely here. today's declines almost wiping out the gains we have seen thus far. it has check on nike as investor day. scar