what is asos doing right? morning. us expect that the results might not be great, but they have come in once again, pretty good. yes, the forecasts were a littleer lower, and they have exceeded forecast and obviously this will be great for the investors because last time the reported results they saw a drop in the share price because they also proposed a larger investment in their infrastructure, than they initially forecast, so this is really good news for the company, to be able to illustrate to their investors and shareholders they are heading in a very strong direction, they are delivering more sales and more importantly, more profit in proportion to sales, than they had planned to, while still investing in growing the business. those figures look great but not without some criticism. there has been a lot of criticism. there has been a lot of criticism of late about fast fashion, about the real cost of that, and the cost might be the environment, for example. yes, well, i think there is always criticism when we see

asos has also introduced a genderfluid range amazon.5 is huge on insta gram, one of the first retailers to use insta gram stories effectively. but we have more traditional retailers like m&s launching on the insta gram shopping channel. it's a very important tool but you can't forget that retail is about the same fundamental principles as ever, product, price and reaching the consumer which has certainly changed. i want to talk too about the soaring sales of animal prints, one of things which asos say have boosted sales. how important is it to get that trent right? crucial. people do mess up on product occasionally. next was an example who messed up on the product a couple of seasons ago and it does happen. it is human error. it is going to really affect your sales. with players like asos where they have to be first to market, they have to be first to market, they have to be very fast, capitalising on those trends and making sure you have the best situation of those trends is what will get consumers through the door onto the website. th

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-- aso not know -- will you drown or was she buried under the mud? >> i do not know. 2000 soldiers have been deployed for assistance in the region. group, it is time to leave. in the plane, the coffins are a reminder of what happened. according to the u.n. humanitarian aid, -- reporting to us there from palu. the united states, senators are reading the fbi report on the sexual misconduct allegations against right kavanaugh -- against brett kavanaugh. the report will likely remain secret from the public. there is an initial senate vote scheduled for tomorrow. the final vote could happened over the weekend. >> it is almost judgment day for brett kavanaugh. early thursday, the white house sent senators and additional background check on the supreme court nominee compipiled by the fbi. a report ordered last week after senators heard the testimony of christine blasey ford. she accuses the judge of sexual assault. >> this information comes on top of what was already the most thorough and most exhaustive senate reviews of any supreme court nominee in the hi

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so given this risk tradeoff will aso given this risk tradeoff will prefer to be the sideline here.athan: we talked about credit and going up in quality. what about emerging markets? : what are you thinking right now in e.m.? bob: e.m. stays similar to what we have said for a while, there is no more broad e.m. index anymore. there is, but it requires a very clear disaggregation into each of the countries. there are few places. so we have some argentina risk, we've got some brazil risk. it is important to note, brazilian currency has rallied nearly 10% in the last 10 days. so the market is pricing a higher probability of a good outcome or more favorable outcome than it was a month ago. a nonetheless, the challenges will remain. if u.s. rates are going to press a bit higher, u.s. growth starts will to decelerate a bit next a to decelerate a bit next year. the key question for the em basket is the degree to which the chinese deceleration has been a bit of a surprise this year, which has impacted european growth expectations, stabilizes. will you if that stabilizes, will if that stabili

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aso, we can actually go o knock on doors that probably haven't seen a democrati candidate in, you know, more than ten years. >> i'm rebecca clarke, i'm running-- >> you are? >> i are. >> you are definitely not a republican. >> no. well, all right, sir. >> reporter: but democratic voters alone aren't enough. n>> i hitting strong democrats. my universe is maybe lean-dems, independents, unknowns and lean republicans. that's the persuadable universe we're dealing with. dy>> i have to run as some that's really going to represent the people of thisistrict. >> reporter: sometimes the person behind the door i perfectly satisfied with the way things are going. >> i'm running for state assembly herin our district. >> okay, as a democrat. >> yeah. >> uh, can't handle that one. >> really? >> there might be a handful, there might be, all right, well have a good day. those are hard doors. en>> reporter: that's he emerge sisterhood kicks in. >> there's also a lot of emotional support. because it is a very stressful process. >> if you had a rough or, and you're just, like, you just need to vent, havin

debenhams down the road is doing quite poorly, but they have amazon and asos looking over their shoulder the weather is so important. it is cold. no, but the bizarre freak weather that we are having. i really fancy a fake fur coat this year. i really fancy a fake fur coat this yea r. sally i really fancy a fake fur coat this year. sally is going to take me shopping after the programme. lots of stories on the tablet, including this one on standard chartered. it is warning the impact of trade wars will be pretty big on its business. it isa will be pretty big on its business. it is a london listed bank, but it does a lot of business internationally. stay with us here on bbc news. you're watching business live. our top story — mark zuckerberg claims facebook is on track for future growth after revealing disappointing user numbers and sales. it is going down in europe. a quick look at the markets and european stocks are doing really well. that is all we need to is safe. now let's get the inside track on getting a glow, whatever the weather, because fa ke—tan products are rising in popularity.

but shares in asos surged 14% after another set of strong results from the fast fashion retailer.nues for the year to august. profits jumped 28% to £102 million. prices are going up less quickly, with uk inflation slowing last month to a three—month low, offering some relief for consumers who have been squeezed by rising prices and falling incomes. the consumer price measure of inflation rose at an annual rate of 2.4% in september, compared with august's unexpected six—month high of 2.7%, that's according to the office for national statistics. that was well below forecasts of a fall to 2.6%. we spoke to victoria clarke, economist at investec, earlier, and asked her what these figures say about the state of the economy right now. yes, the economy is actually on a pretty decent footing. unemployment is down at its lowest level since, you know, the early 1970s. but we haven't got a whole lot of inflation. so, we had the move up in inflation last time, and it seems to have been a temporary blip. it's come down a bit. and for us economists now, we're trying to work out where it is head

much of the kind of low value end and more particularly the success of the online retailers such as asosmpeting on low prices and fast turnaround. i saw a dress on boohoo retailed at full price for £5 at the weekend. but the actual value of the item is very low in real terms and in quality terms and in emotional terms, to them. so the incentive for them to then recycle or want to pass that on in some way or even for charity shops to want that kind of product shops, is very low. so the opportunity for that end the market to have a sort of second—hand opportunity is quite limited. how about the issues around people, manufacturers designing and manufacturing clothes to last longer? i've got t—shirts are bought as a teenager still, so clearly it's possible. i've got a garment here, if you look quickly, had since i was 20 years old. believe it or not, i'm 48 now. that's still perfectly functional. no, it's not m&s. it's another brand. and it's perfectly functional as an outdoor product and works and works really well, as well as it did back then. this is made from plastic. i got the equivalen

yesterday we aso saw treasury secretary steve mnuchin after much pressure saying he willnow pull out of the investment conference coming up. sean, what kinds of challenges does thiscase president for the trump administration? >> they're huge. huge. they're our largest arms purchaser. california is actuallynt depen on saudi oil coming here because we're a bit of a fuel lad. the economy and the stock market can be very spooked. so right now the economy's thriving. is is all coming right before he midterm election, to huge implications. >> this story's been going on for more than a week. intelligence sources say today that is inconceivable that the saudi prince did not know what was going on that consulate. at this point there are ripples incalifornia. when you have $6 billion in saudi investments in silicon valley and huge pension funds and universities that investments here, there's going to be pressure now for people to say do we want -- does this represent what california's about, to have investments with this government when the contention is that they dismembered a journalist for

a half billion pound boost for asos.hing it to the end of 2021. this would give officials more time to resolve the deadlock over the irish border but has angered some brexit—supporting mps. we have correspondents in brussels and in westminster this morning. first to brussels, where our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, joins us. how has theresa may's reported plan settling now? this morning the leaders are right here again after the time they had with theresa may last night, arrivals on the big screen behind me here, much more cordial, not the bus stop we saw in salzburg, they welcomed the constructive tone from theresa may —— bust up. but they said there was nothing new in terms of ideas so they are not scheduling a special meeting to try to sign off a brexit deal, but what they have done is started airing this idea about this extended transition period after the uk leaves the eu next year. the advantages, it would give three yea rs advantages, it would give three years rather than two years, the status quo pres

asos, the online fashion retailer doing well today?well, it will help their sales. we can find out about asos their sales. we can find out about a505 and other market stories today. laura foll, fund manager for global equity income at janus henderson investors, is here. see my guess, especially considering they are a large retailer in the uk, market cap bigger than marks & spencer '5 —— market cap bigger than marks & spencer 's -- yes, especially considering. really quite impressive. they have a decent chunk of that online clothing market as well now? exactly. the uk has been one of the fastest growing online markets, really well developed in terms of online sales in the uk and asos has been one of the key beneficiaries. moving on to not such a great business story in terms of success , a great business story in terms of success, cobalt. announcing at wednesday midnight it was cancelling flights. they haven't done so well in terms of being able to raise finance for its business, and that is why we have seen that announcement today. yea

of aso excerpt an example meeting he went to when he was then federal reserve chairman himself in thee had been reappointed by reagan, after carter originally appointed him. he had been 1984 was an election year and it was an election -- and he had a never described before experience. carol: let's describe it, because you say it does not happen in the oval office, it happens in the library. walk us through. christine: what he remembers is being asked to see the president, not in the oval office, which he thought unusual. he wondered why he was being summoned to this library. his memory was that he just saw two people reagan and baker, , then chief of staff jim baker. he remembers reagan seeming a little bit uncomfortable. reagan had been a big supporter of the fed and good about not criticizing, even though they had quite a tough time with the economy because of the high interest rates he was using to squeeze inflation out. now, it's an election year. volcker is brought there. reagan does not say a word. only baker speaks. he recounts in the book he saw baker say, the president is ord

it was an asos black maternity dress, and i'm sure soon like everything else, it will be totally soldning in incredible new zealand. typically animated welcome by their many fans, with the welcome from traditional hosts. and it doesn't get much wilder than new zealand. a big part of this tour has been about conservation and where better for meghan and harry to show the world that they care about nature than beautiful new zealand. after a tree-planting ceremony at the national park, a maternal moment for mom-to-be, meghan, and another gift for the future baby sussex just like the one william's parents charles and diana received for him in 1982. the schedule, as busy as ever in this fourth and final country of the tour, harry awarded the highest military honor for his work with wounded veterans. fro to grant women to vote. >> because yes, women's suffrage is about feminism, but feminism is about fairness, the basic and fundamental human right of being able to participate in the choices for your future, and that of your community. >> reporter: the world still buzzing online about what th

heaviest rains in this event will be from washington area aso points to thh.ertheless, a very rainy friday evening coming your way. temperatures in the low 40s in the shenandoa valley and near 50 in the city right now. not going to see a bigump in temperatures the rest of the day. showers moving in quickly offer the next couple of hours. we'll always have the lcaest fo available on the nbc washington app. and you can find and follow me on social media. >> thank you, chuck. an emotional service is under way at the national cathedral as matthew shepard is being laid to rest. >> he became a rallying cry for a movement aftere was brutally murdered. 20 years later,is ashes are being interred here at the nation cathedral here in washington. >>> justin finch, what do you pe? >> reporteple from all walks of life are gathered here today. this is a ver somber day for matthew's family, he lived in wyoming,ro maine and they waited and waited until they ce and theyight p found that here at the national cathral. >> t cathedral doors opened and people began to make their way

done thatpanese have before, the koreans, but china it is aso big that major influence on the world economyand trump is the first guide who is really attacking them for some unfair practices. that i think currency manipulation is a small part of it. let me bring in brian chappatta in the uss part of the conversation. i want to talk to you about china marking $3 billion new dollar bonds in all of this. very exciting. how serious is china about building out its yield curve? interesting really -- china has really increased the amount of debt it is carrying, much like the rest of the world. so china has been a huge focus -- to felix's point, you look at all the stocks that were down across china yesterday, clearly it plays a big role in the overall economy going forward, but i think you have to consider het the president said today has hurt china with his policies and he can do more. that might not be calling china a currency manipulator, but clearly he is not afraid to go after what he sees as the biggest u.s. competitor on the global stage. we are also getting indications that we will potenti

something we moved forward to the next thing and we were very clear on our expectations formo canadians aso what a good deal was. but a key moment for me was when we realized we were going to have an intact chapter 19. that was a priority for canada to keep those rules in place. the rules that government. when we got there, that was an excellent sign for me. >> i would add remember when we were all together in august of last year. and i predicted there would be moments of doctrama. and i also spoke about our confidence that at the end of the day, the economic logic behind this relationship meant we reallyin believed it was goi to be possible tood modernize a way that was good for everyone. and that core conviction of ours, which we hold because it is the truth. that has been our compass here. and it's easy to be overtaken by the dramatic moments. but we have always just focused on the reality that this is a good deal for everyone. we have always believed we were going to get here, right, prime minister? >> as a follow up in english, can you speak to the the compensations in dairy farmers? a

are planning for, at some point, as soon as we can cleanup the neighborhood just a little bit more, aso activate the spre the street level and provide outdoor seating. >> my question is what is your policy and procedures just in case in the future you get a complaint, so how quickly can you guys address the complaint? >> sure. there's a manager -- i mean, again, there's -- because we are a hotel, we always have someone on the hotel side that's -- that's there from a managerial supervisor role, and there's always someone there for management just for charmaine because it's our largest, most intensive venue, so we would act quickly. the likeliest is we would get complaints from hotel guests before we got complaints from anyone else. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> couple questions. first one to staff. didn't see response from police. >> yeah. so there appears to be a copying issue that you'll see in your binders, so there is a response from police, and -- >> you mind -- does someone have it, give any recommendations? i don't have it. >> i'll read it allowed to you and put it on the -

. >>> shares in asos spiked after full-year profit surged 28% beating expectations the boost in sales was driven by strong growth across the uk and internationally. the online fashion retailer maintained its full-year guidance for 2019 as it described his business po r. tea huge. >>> market heavy weights may be shunning the investment conference but the football world is not deterred from going to saudi arabia. more details next. to make sure t we get there safely, and that we leave that scene safely and go home at night, is train. and we train all the time in the fire service. no matter how much we train, the last thing you want in a disaster is to lose communications. without communications, we have nothing-- people get hurt. when disaster strikes, that is when your communication service can really become your lifeline. ♪ (nicki palmer) we are constantly innovating. from a dedicated lane on our network just for first responders to cell towers on wheels. we can even fly cells in drones so communications stay up. in times of crisis, their calls go through, and they can get their job d

of human rights abroad, and that's whast thi letter asks, for the president to make a determination aso t whether jamal khashoggi was indeed executed by the saudis, as has been alleged. now, i think you have to take this letter with ain of salt because it is asking the administration that has shown very little interest in getting to the bottom of this story, to come up with a definitive finding, which they may be unlikely to do, butt least it requires the administration to now go through a process by which they will have to do some fact-finding to discover whether, as we believe, the audis executed this journalist. >> schifrin: thocess last about 120 days. as i understand it, do you expect or perhaps do you hope that sanctions will be imposed on saudi arabia to show them that there are consequences if indeed jamal khashoggi was murdered? >> if those sanctions have to be triggered by a presidential finding then my expectations are low. i thinthe trump administration has not shown much interest in trying to figure out what happened here, and, of course, we know that there is this deep and

exporters, , ie columbia, like russia mentioned, so these currencies are poised to appreciate, but aso drivers are strong driving force. the business cycle is positive proposal after the sharp contraction in gdp after the recession in 2015 and 2016. i think brazil is entering a prolonged business cycle upswing, and behind the election , i think this is very positive for the currency in brazil. nejra: and the riel, you think it could reached four amorite? --, right? bernd: i think it will have a positive outlook, but the global risk, definitely come about the concern at the moment, specifically in china, with the u.s.-china trade war. it's a concern for currencies. manus: unfortunately, time has run against us. that is bernd berg at woodman asset management. trading day, 7:00 a.m. in london. these on the stocks you want to watch, roche and akzonobel, the two key stocks on your agenda. when it comes to roche, it is about your guidance for the rest of the year. akzonobel is also in there. don't forget, you have got your question of the day, which is will the s&p 500 make fresh highs befor

lines aso draw the red to who can do what. look at china.hina is a huge partner for us but at the same time, the level of human rights observation in a place like that is much much worse than anywhere else in europe or the u.s. you make important points there. thank you. we will have some analysis next. we want to show you how equities are shaping up for the week because while stocks have recovered, you are still looking at big losses for the faang stocks. the vix is moving higher. yesterday it got close to 29. the yen is it the strongest in five weeks. gold is also at an 11 week high. >> this is bloomberg. ♪ let's get a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. dorsey's commitment to homeless crisis is being questioned. trump adviser gary cohen has a new job. he is now and advisor at spring labs. he was formerly the coo of goldman sachs. this is bloomberg markets the close. this is countdown down to the close. i'm caroline hyde >> i'm scarlet fu. would be theanks big theme but it is giving way to big tex. >> it is still about tech

fetid candidateford, i would aso do exactly what she did. iort judge kavanaugh think he will be a tremendous supreme court justice p or had seven background checks, six leading up to the second highest court, excuse me, five to the highest court when he was nominated, but also the seventh when dr. ford came out. i went into that room and read all that evidence to see if the rule of law was going to be upheld. you can before the me too movement and before the rule of law at the same time, and that's what happened in this case. that is why justice kavanaugh is on the supreme court. >> congresswoman, are you comfortable with the current vetting process? rep. rosen: no, i'm not. i want free and open vetting. the republican senate hid thousands and thousands of pages of documents, they didn't ask the proper questions, didn't let the investigation go forward because they knew it they did tha -- if they did people would have concerns. they just wanted what they wanted. senator heller didn't show any empathy when he called dr. ford's allegations a h

aso think taking a step back a long-term investor, this is just really noise.blems is not about meeting its budget deficit. it is about to may undergo some deep-seated structural change? their problems are a lack of structural growth. a lot of these populace agendas don't make steps towards that. i think we are delaying the day of reckoning at the moment. francine: do you believe -- do you agree with that? >> yes. that is a good construct. it is a necessary factor in the european market in that context. there has been steam taken out of the euro. is there a devil in the details? are the budgetary improvements of -- info was a product of the forecast? it is a scenario where we have near the 115 threshold, a very attractive level. but that relies on the italian's government throwing another curveball. tom: from the standpoint of unicredit and the upset -- in the upset of italy, what are the elites betting on? we're of a putting their money? what is -- where are they putting their money? what is the response to this uproar? >> this morning, there were headlines. t

died aso claim that he the result of some skirmish some commotion that happened in the consul buildinge acceptance by them of the murder, some 18 people me. been arrested, he told realizedof people we that are the same people, our security forces have listed as peopleprits, so these 15 , eight people in the other group of three people are those who are in charge in the consulate. it is important that they accepted this and on the 21st of october, we have held an extensive telephone conference with mr. trump, and we came to an agreement on the fact that this incident should be investigated to bring the facts into life. we have held this investigation in line with the domestic and international rules. is thosell that, there toia circles who have tried smear our country about this investigation. we know very well who is behind these media companies and what their purpose are. murder willts of not distract us from our sincere activities to bring the facts to light. first of all, yes this murder may have taken place in the consulate building, which is considered the land of saudi arabia, ho

otros como este hombre que llegÓ a mÉxico en 2003y desde entonces habÍa resistido en su casa el aso deen la playa subiÓ en nÚmero de muertes, rescatistas experimentados recorra la zona, buscando sobrevivientes. >>hemos ido marcando cada una de las casas asegurÁndonos que no hayan personas atrapadas o con cualquier necesidad o heridas dentro de sus hogares. >>la solidaridad no ha tardado pero tampoco hay vandalismo los saqueos en casas solitarias y hercios parcialmente des ruidos proliferan en la zona. algunos en panamÁ city, están listos para imponer su propia ley >>este golpe fue tan fuerte rÁpido que en cualquier momento la naturaleza humana va a salir a la luz y la gente va ser cualquier cosa para sobrevivir. el presidente recorriÓ con la primera dama las zonas destruidas. >>hemos hecho mucho mÁs de lo que cualquier otra persona verÁ hecho dice trump, hay quienes prefieren hablarle su propio lenguaje como los residentes de mÉxico beach quienes debieron ayuda para hacer este lugar grande otra vez. >>carolina: ya no se trata sÓlo de polÍtica de recursos sino lo rÁpido que sean capaces

it is the likes of amazon and asos making money, growing bigger and bigger, and traditional stores whoot to pay for the properties they retail from which are suffering. it is something we have been talking about on the programme recently and we will talk about it later again. thank you. do let us know your thoughts about what you want on high street. what works for you? do you do your shopping online and what is your favourite way of getting what you need? annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. good morning. president trump has criticised the us media and appealed to politicians to show greater civility, after explosive devices were sent to high—profile democrats and the headquarters of the news channel cnn. the fbi says it intercepted a total of eight suspicious packages, none of which exploded, and no—one has come forward to claim responsibility. donald trump called for politics to be more civil at an election rally. his opponents have accused him of hypocrisy. the home office has been accused of a complete failure of leadership as police

but shares in asos surged 14% after another set of strong results from the fast fashion retailer. slowing last month to a three—month low, offering some relief for consumers who have been squeezed by rising prices and falling incomes. the consumer price measure of inflation rose at an annual rate of 2.4% in september, compared with august's unexpected six—month high of 2.7%, that's according to the office for national statistics. that was well below forecasts of a fall to 2.6%. let's make sense of all of this. victoria clarke, economist at investec, joins me now. that is not her. there you are! good morning! let's talk about how important it is for all sorts of things that in particular the state of the economy right now? yes, the economy is actually on a pretty decent footing. unemployment is down, at its lowest level since, you know, the early 1970s. but we haven't got a whole lot of inflation. so, we have the move up in inflation last time, and it seems to have been a temporary blip. it's come down a bit. and for us a economist, we are trying to work out where it is headed, the

>> i mean, i would argue we asos have a self-regulatory touch. view is not over-engineered and not a heavy hand on companies. it sets out basic principles which companies have to respect. it sets out rights for subjects and it just says companies have to meet these objectives and then the issue at any given moment is whether a company is in respect of those principles and those rights for data subjects. so i think, to be very frank, and when i certainly my discussions with companies, of course, companies would always refer not to have a regulation. let's be honest. i don't blame them. you know, they want the maximum liberty to pursue their business model. you know, there are all kinds of reasons why we have regulations and i think privacy is an area where we in europe feel very strongly this does need to be regulated at government level but in a way that's very consistent with innovation, with the ability of companies to innovate, to produce new prod t products and services which are valuable for our economy. we think the gdpr does that. and, of

and aso told you i'm delighted that since then 39% increase in the number of companies committed thef people signing up went from 13 a month to 18 a month, and now it's 488. now one more imhiment i'd like to make because i issued a challenge. you were kindner to say we are 20 billion. it's not big in america but we employ 200,000 people who are listening now and what i'd like to do is use the platform you've given me to announce that as far as the group is concerned, and all 100 companies, i'm committing on behalf of them we will be carbon neutral by 2040, ten years ahead of the paris agreement target. [applause] >> host: well, that's called a mic drop moment. we can't drop our mic's because they're attached. but give a round of o applause to our incredible panel. thank you for being here. [applause] >> well our next speaker is known in nearly every galaxy as an acting legend. but he will be the first to tell you that planet unfortunately is the only home we have. i'm glad to introduce him as a tireless champion for conservation and an outspoken climate change activist. please welcom