we see heineken continue to do well.ed heineken silver which was for markets like vietnam and china. we see beautiful and regional brands like a beer brand from sardinia. and we do see continued momentum -- on several other brands. that our consumers will be looking for more variety , more choice, more quality and we will do everything we can to give them as many choices as possible. you forlf, thank joining us. dolf van den brink, the ceo of heineken. coming up, five minutes to go equitye start live cash trading. futures are mixed. the first trading day of august. historically the most volatile month of the year. capt now, we see gains for and dax futures. the market open is up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ annmarie: we are a minute away from cash equity trading. tiktok turmoil. suggests action to protect national security will not with one company. missing the mark. hsbc shares dip on serving bad loans. to the cfo,lusively ewen stevenson. siemens healthineers buys the for $16.4 varian billion. matt, good morning. futures

heineken is still doing fairly well with double digits growth in all of the regions.se are the parts were we will continue to assess the lean into the off trade business, the premium portfolio, the heineken .rand and e-commerce in the beer category we see e-commerce picking up. over the last year's we have built a consumer platform. beer will be doubling its revenue in the first half of the year. order million consumers daily and weekly there. be volatile, but there are a lot of good part in our portfolio. both markets and brands that we will need to continue for testing. ceo.heineken's here is the latest business flash headlines. videoconferencing platform zune is relying on fred -- fed party operations in china to reduce the chance of a ban in the u.s. america remains its biggest revenue market, and companies linked to china are under increasing pressure from the anti-beijing dealing in washington. it is facing stiff competition in china where tencent and alibaba have more revenue and user numbers. there -- gameng maker activision blizzard is trying to see how to an

that is the heineken ceo. let us take a look at how asian markets are shaping up.g in better than expected. about one 225 gaining point 5%. australia also surging ahead on rba decision day. ♪ >> this is "daybreak asia." the u.s. treasury has outlined how much it needs to borrow to keep the economy going for the next three months amid unprecedented spending on the coronavirus fallout. it expects to raise almost $1 trillion in debt through september. more than 270 billion higher than it projected in may. since then, coronavirus cases have surged, disrupting the fragile reopening and forcing congress to consider new fiscal stimulus. more senior fed officials are weighing in on stimulus, saying another round of relief is critical for the u.s. economy. unemployment benefits are due to expire and congress is divided on what to do next. chicago fed president charles evans says any failure to launch new support would be hugely damaging. robert kaplan says enhanced benefits have probably kept more people in work. president trump is ordering the chinese video app tiktok to s

heineken has reported a pick up in beer sales since the april lows but the drinks giant says it is unable to provide a forecast for the rest of the year net profit fell almost 76% during the first half. >> the heineken ceo told cnbc about possible structure changes to come in the gradual recovery. >> we have seen improvements over the second quarter after april and at the same time, we want to be cautious by looking too much into the exit rate out of june. >> we expect the second half of the year to become volatile. >> we see a lot of strength with double digits increases in europe and beyond. we are growing share in the off trades >> and then of course our own trade business is highly impacted by the crisis and in all transparency we expect it not to come back to pre-covid level until there's a more structural solution. until that moment it will be really two steps forward, one step backward. it's true that we have made a firm commitment globally that there won't be any restructuring due to covid until the end of the year we'll fully stay true to that promise. at the same time we're maki

california, chilling with mark zuckerberg of the facebook.com, and we're drinking out of a keg of heinekenecause... what are we celebrating, mark? >> we just got three million users. >> 11, 12, 13... >> whoo! >> tell us, you know, simply what facebook is. >> i think facebook is an online directory for colleges. i realized that because i didn't have people's information, i needed to make it interesting enough so that people would want to use the site and want to, like, put their information up. so we launched it at harvard, and within a couple of weeks, two-thirds of the school had signed up. so we're, like, "all right, this is pretty sweet, like, let's just go all out." i mean, it's just interesting seeing how it evolves. we have a sweet office. >> yeah, well, show us... show around the crib. (talking in background) we didn't want cubicles, so we got ikea kitchen tables instead. i thought that kind of went along with our whole vibe here. >> uh-huh. what's in your fridge? >> some stuff. there's some beer down there. >> how many people work for you? >> it's actually 20 right now. >> did you

heineken mentioned an online site where they are trying to sell more beer.eo trying to be more aggressive online? that is not the best sales route from alcoholic beverages. ivan: good morning. coming into the pandemic, the company is very consistent. business is beyond. going out to bars has clearly got impacted. but with dividend cost, the goal of the company, and i'm proud of how our people have moved with great speed. and to supporting our customer we are taking back cap a million cakes of guinness to make sure that next pint you have is perfectly fresh. to your question, in the last quarter, e-commerce is relatively small, but it's accelerating. business and e-commerce doubled in the last quarter compared to the prior quarter. we have been shifting our focus rapidly to supporting where the channels are moving to. u.k. to china to columbia, e-commerce is picking up. two orobably taking three steps forward in the pace of which it's picking up. who would imagine that you could get a cocktail, a delicious margarita served to you, delivered from a bar in new