andy palmer, the ceo of aston martin.the markets. 13, dowok at futures up futures up 148 and we have the huge headlines from korea earlier. much more on that through the day. right now to investment, kim wallace with us up eurasia group and charl kanr of neuberger berman. let me bngp chart charles kantor knows and believes in. it's easy to look back 2020 hindsight and wander back to amazon and whole foods and it's another to look back at the kantor report card. whole foods in green, flat after the big announcement and what a shock, amazon put it on a percentage basis afterwards. what are the best practices of jeff bezos in capital allocation? he does capital allocation like nobody i have ever seen. charles: part of it is he has won the confidence of investors to convince us to think about his investment through the lens of paybacks to its -- that extend 20 and 30 years. incredibly cheap and patient capital with investors that want him to deploy in huge marketplaces, one of which is grocery, a $700 billion marketplace. alt

well, aston martin is a global company, so we need access to the best global talent. employing foreigners for? well, i'm sure we can. i mean, these are high skilled jobs and you need to invest in the training, and we're doing that now. we're recruiting every year more and more apprentices, but it takes ten years to create an engineer. today's migration report identifies widespread concern among employers that a post—brexit policy, designed to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, will damage growth and threatenjobs. today, the west midlands' mayor was in westminster, pressing the case for a policy to protect his region's economy. what i often hear is how there is already a skills shortage, for example, in engineering, in the advanced manufacturing sector, and it's good that we're going to be responsible for our own migration policy, but we're going to need to make sure that people in really important roles are able to come in in the future. the government's migration advisers, though, say their concern is not the short—term profits of uk business, but the lon

aston martin is a global company and we need access to the best global talent.itish workers to do the jobs you have to employ foreigners for? i am sure we can. these are high skilled jobs and you need to invest in training and we are doing that now. we are recruiting every year more and more apprentices but it takes ten years to create an engineer. today's migration report identifies widespread concern among employers that a post—brexit policy designed to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands, will damage growth and threaten jobs. today, the west midlands' mayor was in westminster pressing the case for a policy to protect his region's economy. what i often hear is how there is already a skills shortage for example in engineering, in the advanced manufacturing sector, and it is good we are going to be responsible for our migration policy but we need to make sure the people in really important roles are able to come in in the future. the government's migration advisers say they are concerned not with the short—term profits of uk business, but the long—term

aston martin similarly sell a lot of ca i’s aston martin similarly sell a lot of cars there, so it would, so it would be hugely damaging. i think this doesn't bode very well for life after brexit. the government has been saying it wa nts a wants a special trade agreement with america. what we actually see is a very protectionist president. the chances of doing trade deals that make up for lost exports with europe don't look very promising, i think. good to talk to you and thank you for your thoughts. david bailey at aston university. members of germany's centre—left social democratic party have voted clearly in favour of re—entering a coalition government with chancellor angela merkel‘s conservatives. angela merkel will now be sworn in for a fourth term in office. bbc correspondent jenny hill is in berlin. germany has been waiting a long time for this. now has its government which is in effect occurred continuation of the last one, coalition between angela merkel‘s conservatives and the social democrats, spd. it has been a long and painful process. it all began backin and painful process

aston martin is a global company, we‘d need access to the best global talents.en years to create an engineer. today‘s migration report identifies widespread concern among employers that a post—brexit policy designed to reduce net migrations to the tens of thousands will damage growth and threatenjobs. today, the west midlands‘s mayor was in westminster, pressing the case for a policy to protect his region‘s economy. what i often hear is how there is already a skill shortage in engineering, the advanced manufacturing sector, and it is good we will be responsible for our own migration policy, but we will need to make sure that the people in really important roles are able to come in in the future. the government‘s migration advisers say their concern is not a short—term profit to uk business, but the long—term welfare of british people. and that might mean more training and better pay for home—grown workers in sectors where businesses exploit a ready and willing pool of foreign labour. it‘s the faulty argument. birmingham‘s famous take on indian cuisine employs la

there's a company that was selling an aston martin at the price of a bicycle and we bought that companya crime. although the price hike had nothing to do with this trial. shkreli, who called himself a super villain, was also indicted for securities fraud charges in 2015. and in august last year, a jury found him guilty of defrauding investors in two hedge fund is he ran by sending them fake account state m e nts ran by sending them fake account statements and concealing huge losses. now shkreli has officially been sentenced to seven years in jailfor been sentenced to seven years in jail for defrauding investors and ordered to pay a $75,000 fine. that's on top of the $7.3 million he had already been ordered to pay following his conviction. a normally smug martin shkreli broke down in tears in court. his attorney, who described him as a mildly autistic self—taught genius, said the sentence was too long. i'm disappointed. i thought the sentence should have been less than seven yea rs, should have been less than seven years, but, you know, martin's fine and he will be fine and obviously it

if there‘s a company that was selling an aston martin at the price of a bicycle, and we bought that companykets missed, and we are doing something very good with those profits, putting them right back into patient care. though the price hike had nothing to do with this trial. shkreli, who called himself a supervillain, was also indicted for securities fraud charges in 2015. and, in august last year, a jury found him guilty of defrauding investors in two hedge funds he ran, by sending them fake account statements and concealing huge losses. before he could be sentenced, his bail was revoked following threats he made to hillary clinton on facebook. his lawyer argued it was a joke, but he was unsuccessful, and ended up going straight to prison. now, shkreli has officially been sentenced to seven years in jail for defrauding investors, and ordered to pay a $75,000 fine. that is on top of the $7.3 million he had already been ordered to pay following his conviction. a normally smug martin shkreli broke down in tears in court. his attorney, who had described him as a mildly autistic, self—taught g

if there's a company that was selling an aston martin at the price of a bicycle, and we bought that companyhis trial. shkreli, who called himself a supervillain, was also indicted for securities fraud charges in 2015. and, in august last year, a jury found him guilty of defrauding investors in two hedge funds he ran, by sending them fake account statements and concealing huge losses. now, shkreli has officially been sentenced to seven years in jail for defrauding investors, and ordered to pay a $75,000 fine. that is on top of the $7.3 million he had already been ordered to pay following his conviction. a normally smug martin shkreli broke down in tears in court. his attorney, who had described him as a mildly autistic, self—taught genius, said the sentence was too long. i'm disappointed. i thought the sentence should have been less than seven years. but, you know, martin's fine, and he will be fine, and obviously it could have been a lot worse. though the judge said it was justified because his crimes were not an isolated lapse injudgement, but a pattern of conduct. sophia tran—thomson, bbc

we provide jaguar and aston martin with products. we are in a fortunate position in the u.k.re not selling much steel to the u.s.. it is not just steel which has been impacted by section 232. perspective, i think we remain in a fortunate position. we continue to try to add value as much as possible for what we produce. haidi: thanks to have you -- good to have you in sydney. coming up, we are told an insurance company is considering a $9 billion stake. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." behaad: softbank is said to close to buying a stake in swiss re. it is a deal that would value the insurer at as much as $39 billion. let's break it down with a tech reporter. what does a technology company want with a 150-year-old insurer? reporter: i think that is the question on everyone's mind. in the absence of any clarification from softbank, we are left to speculate. obvious explanation is they are after the insurance cash flows that would allow them to carry on with other operations. reports say they are after a 25% stake. in the meantime, obviously, this kind of scheme has worked befo

there are niche players out there, like aston martin. for our he went public as a standalone company. we might actually see some blocks fall or small parts break off the big conglomerate, but there isn't one big company out there. the one that everyone would like is tesla and you mentioned that there are issues there, so we shall see. mark: good timing there talking about tesla. vonnie: as you said, let's get back to tesla. for that we are joined by an .nternet analyst, romit shah you are taking down your price target. why? >> we lowered estimates today based on weaker data around model three production, but we are quite bullish still. it's interesting that the market seems ready to throw in the towel on this company right at the point where they are about to see their model three vehicles ramp into production. ofy have a tremendous amount momentum going into this major shift towards electric vehicles. vonnie: are you confident that they can get to what they promised? deliveryey have a q1 update coming next thursday and i don't think the

stuart: the british luxury consider car maker, aston martin, hoping to have two pure new electric modelsth an electric motor for each wheel. it's probably the first luxury brand to offer pure electric vehicles. >> james bond. stuart: would he touch that? >> yeah. stuart: looks good though. doctors in northern ireland found an air pocket inside an 84-year-old man's skull where the right frontal lobe, i should say, should be. this pocket is caused by a condition found in patients after brain surgery or after occurrence of sinus infections. the patient declined surgery to remove it. despite warnings from doctors, three months later he remains in good condition. [laughter] >> wow. stuart: seriously now, the deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe, set to retire sunday, but hkd be fired before -- but he could be fired before then. if he was, he'd lose his pension. we'll ask the judge about that one in a moment. >>> the president's meeting with the prime minister of ireland. he's already said the russians are behind the nerve agent attack in britain, and the reports of chaos in the white house are