vonnie: how is it going to vodafone,als like bt, and skye?titor, they will be able to take a converged service to a ride -- wide range of customers, potentially with price discounts to be -- to get them to shift one of their products over to this new entity. orre could be some broadband mobile share risk. we will do analysis further in the week and that could be about one billion pounds of bt's consumer revenue that is at risk from this idea that virgin would take the mobile competition to their customers and try to upsell it. guy: you mentioned vodafone a moment ago, and for a long time everyone has been trying to figure out if that will be the action that got done. is this a done deal? or is there anyway that this could fall apart? given, what you said about the structure of the deal and maybe telefonica's shareholders -- owners being wildly happy about it. can vodafone say we could be a better partner for virgin media? matt: i think the moment has passed. this deal does not need shareholder approval, so the only thing that could scupper it

vodafone, a good set of numbers this morning.t is also coming through and say it will not gatecrash the deal announced a couple of days back with virgin and liberty and it is also the tower sale, the tower spinoff, the mobile markets. that is on track. stock is down 4.1%. vonnie: here in the united states we are seeing mixed action on the disease. we had the s&p 500 now turning green. there is lots of movement under the hood. the internals we will get to in a moment. ,ollowing the inflation data which showed a lack of inflation or less inflation than the market was anticipating, the 10 year yield moved only slightly and now we are unchanged at 71 basis points. the u.s. dollar giving back some of yesterday's gains. , 2533.il up almost 5% if we go inside the s&p 500, we can see they're a bunch of pharmaceutical companies higher, including lexicon pharmaceuticals. l brands also higher. it may be one of the companies that survives everything. k are fightingewor and it does point to a pandemic premium. we will see how that plays out.

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vodafone is another company that is rolling out thermal imaging with a camera which can scan up to eighty say it is accurate to within 0.3 celsius. but the question is — how useful is reading people's temperatures in stopping the spread of the coronavirus? people have variable core body temperatures. so the range is between 36.5—375 celsius. but there is some variability here, so that data itself might not be that useful. second, there is an increasing amount of evidence showing that a larger number of people are asymptomatic. so even if you do not develop a fever, then you can still go on to infect others. it is very possible to have false positives and to miss people coming through. however, we think we will catch or identify enough people that it is still a valuable tool to add to our toolkit for creating a safe working environment while we wait for a vaccine for covid—19. so instead ofjust taking a one—off temperature measurement, you could look at taking continuous ones — and even add data from other vital signs too. in fact, that's just what this trial is doing. lichtenstein, a pri

probably the one people talk is if sky might do something with vodafone. thought for years that vodafone was going to be the one that merged with virgin media in the u.k. that puts vodafone slightly out of the cold, so they will be thinking about what they can do and what they need to do to respond to this on the m&a front. matt: thanks very much for joining us, talking to us about version-telefonica deal. the bank of england is signaling it may need to do more to combat the coronavirus slump after policymakers voted unanimously to keep their benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low , but two voted for an immediate one billion pound increase in bond buying. the u.k. is set to ease parts of its nationwide lockdown, by the way, on monday. prime minister boris johnson says he will have a full statement on his plans sunday. he is under pressure to get british business moving again without causing another surge in virus cases. the companies are warning a continuing social distancing -- that continuing social distancing will hurt any economic recovery.

reporting that google may take a stake of 5% in vodafone idea.ship between the telco carrier and another group. the deliberations we are hearing is at an early stage. economyp, the indian could be set for a record contraction is the coronavirus death toll makes it asia's hardest hit nation. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: will probably show india's growth cooled. service industries have come to a standstill during the outbreak with the death toll topping the number of lives lost in china. our next guest says mounting economic costs -- you say that a prolonged lockdown is unsustainable. could jumpstart the economy. a lot of risk. how you factoring that in to your economic calculations? >> happy to be here. decision foreasy the authorities to consider opening up. india has among -- has undertaken among the most stringent lockdowns in the region. we are in the fourth phase now. restrictions are being used. they have to keep an eye on the health aspect because to keep a second wave of infections -- [indiscernible] [indiscernible] theill get a glimpse

vodafone is another company that is rolling out thermal imaging with a camera which can scan up to eight time. they say it is accurate to within 0.3 celsius. but the question is — how useful is reading people's temperatures in stopping the spread of the coronavirus? people have variable core body temperatures. so the range is between 36.5—375 celsius. but there is some variability here, so that data itself might not be that useful. second, there are an increasing amount of evidence showing that a larger number of people are asymptomatic. so even if you do not develop a fever, then you can still go on to infect others. it is very possible to have false positives and to miss people coming through. however, we think we will catch or identify enough people that it is still a valuable tool to add to our toolkit for creating a safer working environment while we wait for a vaccine for covid—19. so instead ofjust taking a one—off temperature measurement, you could look at taking continuous ones — and even add data from other vital sites too. in fact, that's just what this trial is doing. lichten

new zealand‘s vodafone warriors are the only overseas team to play in australia‘s national rugby leaguefering from a political and economic breakdown, but those aren‘t the only challenges as the country tries to come to grips with the coronavirus outbreak. shame and stigma means people are wary of admitting they‘re sick and are reluctant to get tested. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, reports... thought it had nothing to learn from. and then came coronavirus will ta ke from. and then came coronavirus will take this ambulance is the body of a 72—year—old who died of covid—19. they have been turned away checkpoint at the checkpoint. fear of infection has made him untouchable. funeral rites are sacred here. and covid—19 is upending centuries of tradition and ritual. there is no last goodbyes of this mild. his family are tonight the right to wash the old man's body and wrapped him in a soap opera. for the most devout, this is a fate worse than death. instead, his funeral is left to strangers in the desert night. the stigma of illness, quantity, runs dpa. baghdad is a part

vodafone cap sales growing and it is still pressing epts sales growing and is still pressing ahead.wants to streamline setting a new goal in annual cost savings within the next three years. and that is your business flash. today marks the start of -- federal reserve? you read my mind. by yang will start corporate debt etf's. it is part of the program. -- today marks the start of a much-anticipated move from the fed so let us talk to as the black, head of global market strategy at natixis who is still with us. the fed has supported the market in various ways but you do not think we will see negative interest rates. our earlier guest felt the market might push the fed into negative interest rate policy. what is your video? --what is your view? esty: i hope not. quited already cut aggressively in february and march down to zero. they had a lot of room to cut as opposed to other central banks. presidents came out yesterday and said it seems far from their mind to have negative interest rates. it is similar to the past. the market should not be pressuring the fed to cut into negative rat

vodafone is another company that is rolling out thermal imaging with a camera which can scan up to eightcurate to within 0.3 celsius. but the question is — how useful is reading people's temperatures in stopping the spread of the coronavirus? people have variable core body temperatures. so the range is between 36.5—37.5 celsius. but there is some variability here, so that data itself might not be that useful. second, there is an increasing amount of evidence showing that a larger number of people are asymptomatic. so even if you do not develop a fever, then you can still go on to infect others. it is very possible to have false positives and to miss people coming through. however, we think we will catch or identify enough people that it is still a valuable tool to add to our toolkit for creating a safe working environment while we wait for a vaccine for covid—19. so instead ofjust taking a one—off temperature measurement, you could look at taking continuous ones — and even add data from other vital signs too. in fact, that's just what this trial is doing. lichtenstein, a principality wit

aggravated continues due to the uptick in the pandemic it released preliminary earnings last month >>> to vodafone on the other side of the equation, up 5.9% higher it maintained whethering the fall out from bt to scrap its payout and paying nine cents with a prize of 2.6% in four-year core earnings. increased in data volumes. it has seen rooming revenues fall due to the slow down in international travel >>> deutsche post falls. it cannot provide guidance after taking a 210 million euro hit. revenues rose slightly with all five divisions reporting positive core earnings looking at the oil industry, translated to red across the board. a selloff of bp and shell more than 1%. total down a third a percent saudi aramco fell 25% to $16.6 billion missing estimates. the oil major said it was hit by plunging crude prices over the period as coronavirus wiped out global demand. it expects the strain to continue to weigh on its earnings this year i'm not sure what else to expect given such a run on oil markets. a lot of baring on the production oil and any announcement of production from saudi arabia >> what

vodafone leading the charge there. good numbers. retailers are doing well. real estate, travel and leisure, insurance is where we are seeing weakness today. we have seen the u.k. going to the syndicated market today. usually u.k. sells debt via auctions. a rare trip there. absolutely staggering demand for that debt. we continued to see yields going higher in italy. keep an eye on that. crude catching a bid. we are up by nearly 2% today. vonnie: also, we are awaiting testimony by dr. anthony hao-ching today from the nash -- dr. anthony fauci today from the of infectioustute diseases. let's bring in bloomberg white house reporter josh wingrove. will know yet if dr. fauci say anything that will be troublesome to the administration? josh: i think it could be interpreted as it, but i would expect it is more troublesome for governors. it seems like he will signal that he is uneasy with the pace that some governors are moving ahead. the question is how the president will interpret those remarks. the president hasn't really objected to those reopening plans from gov

vodafone is another company that is rolling out thermal imaging with a camera which can scan up to eightmight not be that useful. second, there is an increasing amount of evidence showing that a larger number of people are asymptomatic. so even if you do not develop a fever, then you can still go on to infect others. it is very possible to have false positives and to miss people coming through. however, we think we will catch or identify enough people that it is still a valuable tool to add to our toolkit for creating a safe working environment while we wait for a vaccine for covid—19. so instead ofjust taking a one—off temperature measurement, you could look at taking continuous ones — and even add data from other vital signs too. in fact, that's just what this trial is doing. lichtenstein, a principality with a population of only 38,000, is piloting a programme to fit its citizens with biometric bracelets in a drive to track potential cases of covid—19 in real time. we tried to find, like, kind of a signature of this disease by measuring parameters of the human body that could give us