here is angus bennett in geneva.cedes-benz's s-class, they believe it is the future of motoring. functions can be controlled by your cell phone. it relates opticals and drives autonomously on the freeway. itcedes' design guru says would drive hands-free if the law allows it. >> you have to touch the steering wheel every 10 seconds, that is a legislation issue. >> you can preheat the car from your phone and located in the most confusing carpark. takes technology from the lab and puts it in the car. thisbody has that control way. nobody has the autonomous driving. this has it all. it helps to major having more safe and prevents accidents. it saves lives. >> the computer projects corners. andhing the road controlling your speed. raising the question how long before the driver becomes obsolete? angus bennett, bloomberg, geneva motor show. >> mercedes is not the only innovator. this carmaker rivaling the world's fastest car, which is a bod guy -- which is a ugatti. >> i am the ceo and founder. this car is exciting. the fi

angus bennett, bloomberg, geneva motor show. >> mercedes is not the only innovator.er rivaling the world's fastest car, which is a bugatti. >> i am the ceo and founder. this car is exciting. the first car with 1 megawatt of power. 1,360 horsepower. no other car can go faster. the problem is to find a venue -- you need a 10 kilometer straight to see how fast this can go. then you turn around and go the other direction. there are not many places on the planet to do that. if someone asks how fast it is, it is most likely over 440 kilometers per hour, we are certain of that if we have a long enough straight. it will be the fastest car in the world. we do not really want to focus on marketing that side of the car. it is so unusable to most people. >> the hyper car is one of the crazy fast cars on the market. here are some of the others. >> in today's mystery meat, green tires. continental using smaller ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> in today's mystery meat, green tires. continental using smaller amounts of synthetic materials and fossil fuels to produce these greener tires. sorry, matt mille

angus bennett, bloomberg. >> formichetti was lady gaga's stylist for four years. create the famous meat dress. soccer's world cup is less than 100 days away. can you feel the excitement? is brazil ready? team usa is. two major soccer players say this is finally their time to shine. >> thousands of fans cheering them on. big name players. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television. also streaming live on bloomberg.com, your tablet, and smartphone. i am adam johnson. in sports, time for some soccer, foot wall. the world cup is in june. brands like nike are getting ready. a new cleat features nike's flyknit technology. we spoke with nike's head of brands in barcelona. >> when you get the opportunity with a team that has such a storied history, the most winning team in the world. you have a great player like neymar who is going to do amazing things. when you put amazing product on those athletes it really puts all the pieces together. we are really excited that that allows us to drive our business and ultimately connect with consumers. >> is your bet big enoug

angus bennett, bloomberg.ith our favorite subject. >> let's stay with retail and turned to a business. it is called power tag. it lets users by products directly. >> impulse buyers. joining us now to discuss his business is power tag technologies ceo. good morning. let's explain what this thing is , so we can frame the rest of the conversation. give us the 101 guide. a technology that weaves together lots of different existing technologies to allow something quite revolutionary. i can use my phone to hold it up in front of the tv screen or when i met a fashion show or a ballgame and buy whatever is being promoted to me. >> we will have a little demonstration. you want to be able to walk down the street or watch any television show. , it recognizes it, you buy directly. let's try this. >> i will just listen to the audio that is coming through there. it does not recognize -- never work with technology, children, and wild animals. the skies the limit to me. i am not a programmer or algorithm genius. this could me

angus bennett, bloomberg. >> very inviting. 8 of the 20 fastest-growing economies are in africa. u.s. government has been making a big push for american companies to do business there. trying to catch up with china, which has established a foothold. the u.s. investor to ghana spoke with mark crumpton on "bottom line." >> the chinese have been very active in africa during the past several years. i think it is a question, for some reason we have been a little late in turning on the potential of a resurgent africa. under president obama and secretary kerry, we now have a firm posture that we have got to be more active in the continent. just because china has been added and other european powers, does not mean there is not room for us. in fact, i think even at this point, the american brand has a tremendous amount of credibility. >> and money is being spent on those brands. in nigeria, online shopping is booming. here is our bloombergtv africa partner. >> more than a quarter of nigeria's 170 million people are now internet users. the world bank estimates that in the last four years a

angus bennett, bloomberg. >> we were expecting appointments. we have two.ng is that we have a female being appointed as a deputy governor. ben broadbent is stepping up to be a deputy governor as well. this just coming out from the treasury within the last few minutes. that is a very good point. his father was a big-time politician two deputy governors of for different roles or defined industries and they're looking into. >> we have a speech coming up from the governor, mark carney. >> shares of mr properties jumped the most after the developer announced a share sale of its retail subsidiary. the sale could be worth nearly $2.5 billion. joining us now for an exclusive conversation is the property .hairman mohamed al a bar gives a sense of why you think now is a good time to start listing. >> if you look at the local market and the uae in general or growthdle east, i think is five or six percent hairdos stable organization that we have and are most business. the growth is more sophisticated. it is a good indication of what might happen in this company. the lo

angus bennett, bloomberg.d look at today's newspaper with our european business correspondent caroline hyde. that start with you, hans. >> i was going to start off with a story about every fourth roof in berlin having a solar panel. i am going to do the story about cold showers in the morning. in one week, that is the number of drivers in berlin that were using their mobile phones, their hand is quite a high number. 88 of them were bike riders. i may be guilty of that. i have to come clean. anna, mark? >> a story i missed yesterday. i was shocked this morning when i read it on the bloomberg site. -- l'wren scott was found dead. her designs are worn by nicole parker,sarah jessica michelle obama. she grew up in utah. webers persuaded by bruce to move to paris. she had a successful modeling career. she moved to l.a. in the 1990's. she worked as a stylist. mick jagger. the fashion world is in morning and in shock today. >> i've got a slightly lighter death. fe.anted to focus on her li she is loved and adored by ma