they wanted to buy aer lingus. they have been told they couldn't.ts the regular readers -- regulators will treat them in a different way and allow that deal to go through. >> how angry was he? >> he didn't seem that pleased. they did say he has been offering it for a while. >> we will leave it to mark to do the next interview. you said yourself up. what do you think? the cost of getting from london to dublin? >> you flew further up north in dublin. >> i cannot talk about that. i don't mind which airport i fly to. letting the secret out here. coming up a new set of challenges. how difficult would it be to control the left wing? that is the issue for discussion next. >> a historic victory means greases eager for change. the liver and will bring many challenges. how successful will the party be in facing those challenges? we welcome the managing director. thank you for joining us. what coalition do you envision in greece after this election video -- victory? >> it will be easier in terms of the concession they are looking for. they are keen to big gove

you have iag, aer lingus. aer lingus say they are discussing a new bid from iag. iag down and eight of 1%. apparently ryanair's holding has been on the block for one month. >> that is how markets are opening up. markets are a little bit lower. i am looking at the footie down by half of 1%. the greek anti-austerity party won the decisive victory over the weekend. guy johnson is standing by. i guess the big question is what this result will be for greece's future in the eurozone. are we getting a little ahead of ourselves? >> i think we will find out. it's going to be an interesting morning. it was a fascinating night last night. he arrived with police outriders. he is prime minister elect. you got a real sense watching him talk to some of the activists, a real sense of relief that they have done what they set out to do. a big win last night for his party. as he addressed the crowds, he talked about this being a turning point for the greek economy. >> the sovereign greek people have given a clear, strong, indisputable mandate. recessed turn the page. greece is leavi

it seems like they are convinced that aer lingus has growth opportunity. >> he was a pilot at aer lingus wasn't one time the ceo. he seems to think that this is going to fit into the package. it's a group of airlines. where does aer lingus fit in? they have a significant number of slots. they also have a primary position in dublin and offer a lot of transatlantic routes. heathrow has no option for growth. they can't at a runway. dublin could be your third runway. >> what are the chances of the government excepting this offer? >> that is the million-dollar question. he is open to it. he is trying to sell it to everybody. the price is right. it's an option he sees as aer lingus hitting into a broader area company and sitting in somewhere and not going it alone in terms of the government. that is such a political question. the opposition party says we need to be concerned about this. we need to protect the domestic routes to heathrow. this is going to turn into a political debate. they have an election next year. >> the government wants an industrial planet. >> that's probably a fair way to

parks part of the motivation, you have a 30% stake and aer lingus. -- about across the atlantic. down as far as tel aviv. there are no bounds. >> let's move on to read the eu once to tighten sanctions on russia amid fresh fighting in eastern ukraine. foreign ministers considering including more individuals. let's get to ryan chilcote. he is on the ground in brussels. you have heard from several foreign ministers to read you have been working hard all evening. what is the appetite for deeper sanctions? >> in effect what the foreign ministers did yesterday was kicked the can up to their bosses. the heads of state of the 28 eu countries. they kicked it down the road, the sanctions can. when they get together in brussels. what they did do last night was agreed to expand their blacklist. to extend some of the sanctions they composed last year. specifically once imposed just after the annexation of crimea. these sanctions, in batches. this sanction scale if 10 is the worst and iran is eight or nine russia was a four. now with the expansion of the blacklist

aer lingus is up 5% after he rejected a takeover offer from british airways owner iag. >> you found an interesting story out of stockholm. >> the choice for airline enthusiasts, is the chance of a converted jumbo jet. it was formerly used by airlines including pan am, retired in 2002, changed into this 80-bed hotel during their rooms in the conference -- in the converted engines under the wing. let's have a listen to the hotel manager about who stays in this hotel. >> i think people are traveling so much, they are not getting excited about regular things, so people demand something special. an experience, even when they are sleeping somewhere. >> a plane would not be my first choice to stay. >> i agree. one quick night before you take off. stephen carroll, thank you so much for a look at business, a nice change from recent news we have had over the week, which is the subject of today's press review. let's take a look. >> >> james has been looking at the papers for us today. it is clear that in france there is only one story. >> starting with less a guerrilla -"france on its feet." the

terms of what it would mean if the average iag fair last year was much higher than the average aer lingust means from a competition point of view we certainly would not have any fear in terms of iag taking over aer lingus. it will make ryanair even more attractive. it is early days yet and we will have to see what is happening in the coming weeks with what they are going to do next. it is a new option that was not there before. >> always a pleasure. nice to talk with you. >> good morning. >> coming up, we will get back to top tech investor eileen burbage. we will also get the latest gadgets. stay tuned. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse. >> let's continue the conversation about tech. london is a big center for tech now. eileen burbage is at the center of the scene here. let's take a look at the other side of the atlantic. >> i'm so glad i am here with you. you do look at trends. that is why so many people go to cover. if you want to predict what people are going to be using you can only do that based on what you think manufacturers are going to be producing and what distributors are going t

aer lingus. they are combined. it said they made a second offer on december 29. they raised the offer by $.10. that was rebuffed to 45. let's check in on the markets, on the currency markets. the backdrop is the ruble. you have had a downgrade in terms of the debt. the ruble is falling. the dollar is rising. the most accurate forecasts are on the ruble. because i am such an optimistic chap, the chart of the day misery index in russia is rising. inflation and unemployment, up 39%. if you were miserable in greece and turkey, nevermind. the russians are almost as miserable in terms of sentiment. >> i think manus cranny is suffering from monday blues. that is the market open for you. the footsie just a little bit higher -- ftse just a little bit higher. scheier's bid for -- shire's bid for nps. caroline, a change of focus or more of the same? >> this is what it has sold to its investor base. this is why investors are driving the stock higher. it is all about adding to its rare disease expertise. the chief executive of shire saying not only is it a good strategic fit,

but this time they are getting limited access to the books to see the numbers for aer lingus.ng the irish carrier at one point three 6 billion euros. -- 1. 3.36 billion euros. we were speaking to the chief executive earlier and they are saying that we are behind our 2016 financial targets. currency impacts, we heard that from microsoft as well. it will be a big one and there will be some weakening in the market. >> caroline hyde, thank you very much. equities in russia this morning are in focus but they are actually a little higher. for more, let's get to moscow where we are joined by anna entry in over -- ana andreanova pretty neutral this morning. >> first of all, s&p postponed its decision we expected it january 16 and it was postponed so yesterday still came like a native -- negative surprise, especially where the ruble. but opening this morning the ruble strengthen, trying to compensate what happened yesterday. and the index has not changed much and the rts dollar did move a little bit indicating it is connected to the exchange. >> outside financial markets what does the

. >> british airways owner is planning to increase its offer for aer lingus.ording to people familiar with the matter. it could happen as early as this week. no final decision has been made. stay with bloomberg for more news from the finance industry. aircraft orders are expected to fall on lower fuel rices. bloomberg will be speaking to the airbus chief executive at 11:30 u.k. time. a supermarket chain is started a look for a new chief executive. dalton phillips will be stepping down after the year end results. nuclear management harbors is to be stripped of its management contract to clean up a nuclear waste site. that is according to "the financial times." the decommissioning authority is fixed acted to take over a u.s. company, a french energy group and a u.k. company. >> the central bank held its third policy meeting in nine days. we can yet a definitive answer on whether it will administer all scale -- full scale qe. great to have you with us this morning. part of your notes essentially say that the ecb is doing their job. you lean towards a little bit o

forget to keep an eye on what is happening across the sector after we saw another attempt to bid on aer linguset's get back to one of our top stories. paris tries to put the horrors of the past behind them. let's examine the political implications for europe as they move forward and how much red tape gets cut to allow more transparency. let's bring in the head of the company. thank you for joining us. one of the big issues in france at the moment, there were many displays in the muslim communities, the jewish communities. there is a real wave of hope or and -- of corinth -- of abhoranc e to what happened. >> i think in the medium to long term we are not going to surge as much as some commentators expect at the moment. i think what we will see is a spike in the short term. we need to be aware is that the event is quite high up. in european elections they took approximately 25%. in the last official poll on presidential election voting intentions the candidate took approximately 13%. the attack will help sustain support, but i also think the french civil society and the main political parties wi

irish a line -- an error gyre line -- offering $1.5 billion, and deal requiring the backing of aer lingus shareholders, ryanair. two earlier officers -- two earlier offers were rejected. in the northeast, we in new york and northeast of new york, are bracing for what has been called a blizzard of historic proportions. the storm may be one of the biggest ever to hit new york city. up to three feet of snow is expected. this from northern new jersey to boston. yale university, new haven. better stock up on sally's pizza. traffic will be miserable. airlines have already canceled over 1700 flights. and olivia has an suv, a hummer h2 to get her to work tomorrow. there it is. we will have more reports through the morning as the northeast gets ready for a storm. let's get ready for a data check. equities, bonds, currencies commodities. the 10-year yield, 1.79. a little bit of euro strength. oil, as olivia mentioned, it is an ugly chart. it simply cannot find a bit under $45 a barrel. remarkable resiliency. brent crude, 48 .10. the greek yield is 8.92 percent, which is not all that bad. let's go t

the part of the bigger group as part of the future for aer lingus. >> let's leave it there. ers of the company where he started at the number of years ago. let's see how it runs. earnings at the moment a good price on lingus why not. 239.3. join me on twitter. you can find a stephen king's what he christens the national bank, a tiger, not a vegetarian central-bank. follow me on twitter at man uscranny. ♪ >> we are role -- pro -- we want to sit down with our colleagues. i do not believe the greeks will play any role in of that and will simply allow us to get on with it. >> that was yanis varoufakis speaking to us yesterday and posted on his blog this morning he will be the next greek finance minister. a big job and we waiting for the official announcement to come through. let's a our next guest. he said politics will be the key driver for 2015. he is the chief european economist and work at the ecb as deputy director general of research and head of monetary policy staff division a he joins us from goldman sachs. very good to see you. amazing how we go from one discussion to th