from london, i'm annmarie hordern with manus cranny live from dubai. go into a therefore national lockdown tough enough to contain this variant. that means the government is instructing you to stay at home. england in reverse. the nation in a locked down for the third time. pandemic fears weighing on equity futures. delisting plans change. china mobile surges on the news. georgia on the mind. the control of the u.s. senate comes down to two seats. i want to recap for our viewers if you are just waking up if you are in london or europe what is going on. england is entering its third covid casesckdown as bide surge. toyou may leave home exercise, to seek medical assistance such as getting a to escape domestic abuse. primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across england must move to remote provision from tomorrow. annmarie: the emergency measures will last until mid-february to of lloyd the health services being overwhelmed. the government is hoping to have almost 14 million people at the highest risk of the disease vaccinated by the end of the l

annmarie hordern, good morning. it takes certain moments to move the political dial. t trumps telephone call that could move to a blue sweep in georgia? annmarie.ing, i annmarie: georgia certainly on my mind this morning, everyone's mind as we start off the week, because it is such a high-stakes political game right now. andsenate seats, one state, this could determine how we see biden-harris lead in the incoming administration. manus: for markets, it could be the inflation narrative. we will talk more about oil. our guest puts a one in five chance of an escalation between iran, israel, and the united states. but the records are busting. annmarie: they certainly are. first trading day of 2021. s&p 500 futures are flat, but december 31 the index headset a fresh all-time high. up asia equity benchmark more than 0.6%, seventh straight day of gains. i put the nikkei in there as one to watch. comes as japanese officials are worrying about potentially having to put tokyo in a state of emergency due to increased infections. we have a weaker dollar. some of that is fueling som

annmarie hordern alongside me. it is "daybreak europe." janet yellen will tell the senate committee it is time to act big on stimulus. this on donald trump's last full day in office. goldman sachs economic outlook also faces scrutiny as it reports fourth-quarter results. italy's prime minister with a first vote of confidence. the real test comes today in the upper house. the clock ticks down on the capitol in washington. a live shot of the united states , last full day in office. steer away from a controversial pardon for himself. good morning, america. good morning. annmarie: good morning, manus. cnn reporting that there's going to be 100 pardons or so but himself, president donald trump and his family, will not be part of it as we count down. in 35 hours, president-elect joe biden will be raising his right hand and taking the oath of office. he's going to be calling for unity and it's going to be hard for him to actually create that unity when many of the republican party, including president donald trump himself, who will not be at that

. ♪ manus: it's day break europe with manus cranny in dubai, that's me, and she is back, annmarie hordernso the bullish calls roll in, annmarie from asia on china and they keep rolling in, the most bullish on chinese companies in a decade. julie has been arbitrating between the bulls and the burrs, what took your eye, jules? >> we're looking at the bulls, manus, the benchmark index which has been holding near highs, a retracement coming through today, 86% of all calls on the 5,600 stocks in that index on bloomberg have a buy rating. this is the strongest we have seen since 2011 and also sees the number of bullish forecasts for that index. other parts, south korea for the first time since 2011, we have an upside of a 5% percentage point gain in terms of these buy recommendations and analysts pretty bullish on the likes of south korea, hong kong and india, all of those indexes have bullish ratings surging three quarters overall recommendations, there are concerns whether it's outstretched, j.p. morgan's raymond chang says he is not worried. buy equivalents are making up half of the ratings

what show did annmarie hordern watch and manus cranny? we will tell you after the break. is bloomberg. ♪ annmarie: this is daybreak era. --europe. netflix ended its biggest year in the company's. it soared in late trading in 13% after reporting a surge in new customers. here's the details with dani burger. dani: we both know a lot of people have been streaming netflix and you and i are probably included. the numbers this quarter word massive for netflix. they were able to at 8.5 million new customers, beating analyst estimates of 6 million. part of the reason why this is significant, they have crossed the 200 million subscriber threshold. that is a nice round number they have blown past. look at the start of 2020, this big spike in new subscribers. this is what the ceo calls the pull forward affect. it is because so many people signed up for netflix app is start of the pandemic, it would likely to see more numbers at the end of the year. still, netflix certainly found more room to run. that is positive in terms of investors. the other positive take away from netflix is th

from bloomberg's european headquarters, i am annmarie hordern with manus cranny from dubai.top's monumental rally is abruptly halted in extended trade on wall street that's outage. the frenzy reaches jay powell. he says asset prices moved more for many reasons. nasdaq futures dip on underwhelming results for apple and tesla. elon musk's group posts record revenue but lower-than-expected profit. e.u. officials demand astrazeneca supplies the continent with vaccine doses from u.k. plan amid an ongoing fight over shortages. manus, very good morning to you. 6:30 a.m. in the city of london. futures lower across the board whether it's europe or the united states and the debate today is about the gamestop frenzy. wall street versus main street. is that really at the core of what we are seeing play out in these financial markets? huge stock surges on some of these stocks, gamestop, tootsie roll, and the hedge funds will have to capitulate on their shorts. this is not just what is happening on global wall street but it is hitting the west wing. annmarie: -- manus: absolutely. we do a

i'm annmarie hordern.uick check on were betrayed, we are seeing -- where we trade, we are seeing downside. a lot of red on the screen, but a bid into the dollar index. now, results season well underway and letting company signify reported fourth-quarter results the estimates were better than expected. the philips spinoff is still suffering from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. sales in the fourth quarter were down almost 6%. signify doesn't see the industry recovering until 2023. joining us now is eric rhonda let, the ceo. good morning to you and thank you for joining us. you're not seeing this recovery that's going to happen until 2023, and therefore you are preparing for some layoffs. can you give us a sense of the overall number of job cuts and how that's going to impact your business? eric: good morning. maybe let me talk q4 2020 before. so, despite the crisis, as you said, we've been able to deliver on our strategic objective. we've lighted 21 martin light points and connected them -- 21 more l

. ♪ annmarie: good morning, from bloomberg's european headquarters in london, i'm annmarie hordern with cranny live from dubai. this is "bloomberg market: the european open." raphael warnock ahead of a republican incumbent in a senate runoff. u.s. equity futures fluctuate. boris johnson says one person in every 50 in england has covid-19. it comes as angela merkel tightens germany's lockdown. hong kong authorities arrest around 50 people in the national security law's biggest sweep. the incoming secretary of state denounces the move. i'm not sure where we begin on this third trading day of the new year. we have the surprise from opec giving a boost to brent, 10 year yield piercing 1%, breakevens above 2%. inflation coming back to 2021, all coupled with clarity potentially on the makeup of the u.s. congress, which is so pivotal in terms of how a biden administration will be able to lead and get their agenda done or not. absolutely, and that is potentially the biggest risk. tim saidflation front, there is enough slack in the economy, benign inflation through the front half of the year, bu

annmarie hordern is out for a couple of days.me in control of the wheel and the gearshift. dangerous times on "daybreak europe." anna edwards and matt miller take you from london to frankfurt, paris and beyond. the european market open. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: good morning. welcome to bloomberg markets "the european open." the markets say it is full blown mania. the new year melt up shows signs of stalling with futures pointing lower and bitcoin albeitg 10%,

in an exclusive interview, annmarie hordern spoke with saudi energy minister prince bin salman about 's surprise decision. is due to commercial rather than political choice or political aspiration or objectives. annmarie: i want to get a sense about why the turnaround yesterday. time bringingt of the laggards in and you said --t you spent a lot of time bringing the laggards in, and you said many times to me last year that saudi arabia will not go it alone. you want everyone to cut equally and share the burden. now, you are sharing a big burden with this one million barrel per day cut. why the u-turn? >> we did not consult with anybody. we felt that asking our partners for additional restrictions is going to be too excruciating for all of them. we opted to take that option which is a simple, easy option. we know for certain that we could do it. as you have just said, it is going to be confined to a two month period, which i believe is done for a good purpose. keep in mind that others are going to be cutting, because they were anticipating an --rease in annmarie: but your royal highness

annmarie hordern is alongside me, back in her trusty seat. welcome to my home.e start the show with some pretty big numbers to try to get our heads around. not how many staircases they are. the number of vaccines in the united states of america. joe biden orders 200 million. this is about ramping up the attack on the virus. 100 million cases is where we are at the moment. the orders are up by 50%. it's about rolling it out to the states. that's a critical point. good morning. good to have you back in the seat. annmarie: thank you. loving the work from home set up. 10 out of 10. it's a bit more tragic, waking up in the united kingdom. we heard from boris johnson yesterday. the statistic is 100,000 deaths out of the united kingdom, the first nation in europe to surpass that very grim statistic. it's hard to wrap your head around it. 100,000 deaths. people's mothers, fallers, colleagues thomas -- colleagues, friends. it's five times worse. we have the vaccine rollout which is optimistic. of course, the grim part on the other side of that. manus: i think we will tal

annmarie hordern will return very soon. policymakers facing an economy gripped by the virus.e holding their first meeting of 2021. christine lagarde said that the central banks economic growth projections are still very clearly possible. her upbeat tone is increasingly threatened by stricter lockdowns and slow vaccine rollout for the region. marvin barth from barclays is still with us. moments of inspiration. how much are you bothered by the dislocation in politics as something that should be a torchlight of bigger political dislocations in 2021 in europe? marvin: i think this gets to part of the reason why we see the euro underperforming this year. a lot of it has to do with the growth underperformance. there is a shift in the mood music. in the last six months of 2020, we saw very positive political news coming out of europe, a message of unity, actual clear precedent towards the fiscal union with the recovery fund. what we will see this year is more discord. that doesn't mean -- it will be a lot noisier. that will change the mood music a bit here. what's going on in italy

matt: that was unilever's ceo, alan jope, talking with annmarie hordern. s to watch. we will kick it off with the trading company ig group. annmarie: i know this is one of your favorite stories of the day. they are an online trading company buying tasty trade for $1 million. they are an online financial -- $1 billion. they are an online financial network. they are paying partially in cash. that is also going to be funded by 150 million pounds. matt: i think it is only intended -- i think they say -- do they not say that it is intended to be entertainment in order to avoid regulation? if they were operating financial advice, they would probably have to be more stringently regulated. annmarie: may be, but they say they are giving investment strategies and entertainment. they say they have both of them. matt: i see. annmarie: on that note, in terms of government actions, wind power companies, solar companies, ev also likely on the move up after biden signing the u.s. back into the paris climate agreement. we saw asian companies in this sector also do well toda