finally, in science tech, i want to look at astra metrics. this is the highest in the past eight years. basically, origin technologies says it wants to buy up astra byrics, topping a rival bid thermo scientific. origin was actually founded by former founders. it looks like some scientific entreaty saying i want it back. betty: thank you. thus check the headlines. mark crumpton has more from the news desk. mark: after request of-month international manhunt, police have captured the top fugitive in the paris attacks in the same brussels neighborhood where he grew up. the deputy mayor said salah abdeslam was shot in the leg and detained by police during a raid today. authorities are still looking for another suspect reportedly holed up in a house a few dozen yards from two schools. two explosions were also heard, as police with riot shields cordoned off the area. authorities say the brussels was among abdeslam the attackers that killed 130 people at a rock concert, the national stadium, and cafes on november 13 in paris. a brazilian federal judg

(astra gasps) -what happened? -i killed her. -why did you lie to kara? -because you're supergirl's hero.

(astra gasps) -what happened? -i killed her.

hank didn't kill astra. i did. supergirl, she apprehended my attacker and saving who knows how many lives. assistant number one, meet assistant number two. i'm two? most people will wanna be there for you. lucy caught me lying.

(astra gasps) -why did you lie to kara? -because you're supergirl's hero. i don't know how to work alongside you anymore. humanity is a disease, myriad is the cure. (alarm buzzing) (alarm stops) (knocking on door)

the opel astra was selected as the 2016 core of the year. that could be an important indication the automaker is back on the road to profitability. for now, the company is still losing money. meanwhile, google says one of its self driving cars has hit a bus. the accident in the city of mountain view, california was described as a minor crash, but may be the first case of an autonomous car running into another vehicle. in an accident report filed in february, google said a lexus suv like this one was driving itself, when it's a laser sensor detected sandbags on the road. the car moved to avoid them and then stared into the approaching bus. the leader vehicle was going particularly fast of the time. it does raise concerns about the robotic car's safety on the road. the buzz is getting louder about a possible bidding war for the london stock exchange. news broke last week that the lse is in talks with deutsche bursa in frankfurt for a possible merger. now it has been revealed the owner of the new york stock exchange is possibly making an offer

and, very soon, astra's dream for what earth can become will be reality.

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it happened about 3:30 this afternoon on grade astra court. carly is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: yeah. family members say that the teen is actually at the hospital tonight with her mother. they are doing okay. she was taken to the hospital after police say two men broke into the back door of the home and tied her up. we spoke to the mother about what she said happened. >> i find her in the closet taped to a chair on the floor. like just -- like someone threw her in there and closed the door. >> reporter: a shaken mother recounting how she said she found her 17-year-old daughter after a reported home invasion. raleigh police say they responded to the home around 3:30 p.m. they say that two men forced their way in through a back >> the door to the back is open and it's kicked down, like the creep is on the ground. >> reporter:ed mother said her mother face time aid friend while duct taped to a chair and was also able to send texts saying her hands were tied and there were robbers with a gun. the mother also said her daughter

astra central bank says that week wage growth could mean further rate cuts.the march 1 meeting, rba says that hassle demand continues to be said or did by low interest rates and above average employment growth, but low-wage growth was consistent with there being some capacity in the labor market. central bank meeting held before data showed that economy grew 3% in fourth quarter from year ago. strong growth. focus of meeting with china. and how wage growth and wobbles in economy could impact australia. avon, cosmetics, plan to cut about 2500 jobs and move headquarters to u.k.. alsot-cutting measure, and planning to streamline international operations. avon currently based in new york, and company says the shakeup will cost about $60 million in the first quarter from severance and other costs. cut toon expects to generate savings as much as 70 lane dollars by 2017. the move follows the separation of the north american business at the beginning of this month. after the split, north american division became a privately held entity. avon has been left with focus

more than 20% of astra's shareholders may reject it. a quick and to the lawsuit filed by bill gross, claiming pimco owes him millions of dollars. pimco says there was no agreement with gross guaranteeing employment, but a california judge says the case can go ahead. that is your latest business flash, let's check on european stock markets. stocks are rising for a second consecutive day after four consecutive weeks of gains, the longest winning stretch since march last year. the draghi stimulus boost still working its magic on europe's primary equity forces which are at the highest level since january the seventh. betty: it is looking not as great, a little bit down. abigail doolittle has the latest from the nasdaq. the secondsla is biggest performing at the nasdaq this morning. recent data checks suggest that model x production accelerated faster after a factory visit. he raised his price target to $300. this is in contrast to a bearish call from short seller andrew of citron research who just recently put out bearish comments on tesla,

in astra -- a nasa astronaut and two cosmonauts are headed to the international space station.y will spend about six months living and working aboard the $100 billion research laboratory which flies about 250 miles above earth. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in over 150 news bureaus around the world. caroline: let's get back to the global markets. we saw it rallying today and it is just inching into positive territory for the year. it joins the dow which moved into the green yesterday. markets are now nearing a bull market. christine lagarde says negative interest rates in europe and japan have been helping the global economy. >> if we had not had those negative rates, we would be in a much worse place today with inflation probably lower than where it is, with growth probably lower than where we haven't. it was a good thing to implement those negative rates. caroline: joining us for more is patrick show its, global strategy of jpmorgan. i looked at your notes. pragmatic central-bank policy is crucial by a financial commission. is this pragmatic centr

the calf is named skye and its 32-year-old mother, astra are on display in discovery cove. the veterinarian team says skye is in good health. scientists have discovered a new species of octopus near hawaii. they found this guy sitting on a flat rock at more than 14,000 feet below the ocean's surface. no one's ever seen this kind of octopod before. he has a lack of pigment cells, it also has all suckers on one row on each arm rather than the typical two rows, but he's got eyes, obviously. so he's using them for something. that is really neat. still a lot more ahead on news 5 today, including kentucky republicans getting a clans to weigh -- chance to weigh in on the presidential race. and your live look outside. citycam 5 has the christ hospital well illuminated. hope everybody in there is on the mend or feeling great. stay with us. turns out lemon juice doesn' t cure pink eye. that' s how i am. red head fred. ultra rare. i collect these too. nah, these are for my dog because he can never decide which one he wants until he gets home, so... american express presents the blue c

american architect tony heywood came to civita in the 1960s with his wife, astra zarina, also an architect a professor at the university of washington. >> the area was greatly depressed, and families were leaving, and the ones that stayed are like me, i guess. they liked it here and they didn't want to leave. >> brown: zarina, who died in 2008, is credited with raising civita's international profile through her writings and teaching, including bring u.s. students here to study. that spurred renovations for many of its medieval-era buildings. >> gradually, things got better at the end of the '70s and '80s. and they finally got a tractor that would bring the materials up. >> brown: but the structural problems remained. the immediate threat is at the bottom of the town, where a landslide occurred earlier this year. it forced the closure of this restaurant, and endangered the footbridge that serves as the lifeline to the outside world. is there enough money to do the kind of engineering work you need? >> not in this year, actually. we need $10 million of euro, which is not a small amount. >> b

chairman and ceo of astra group. says commodities have bottomed.t over for major miners echo our next guest think the could be. we will discuss that story next. ♪ hans: i am hans nichols. this is on the move to let get to the bloomberg business flash. here's nejra cehic. nejra: shares and barclays are trading lower after its fourth-quarter profits fell by more than half. profit of 247etax million pounds missing analysts estimates of 519 million pounds. target will sell down its 62% over the next two to three years. >> it is a very difficult decision. barclays has been -- for over 100 years. it has a terrific management team. we are across the continent. it is a difficult decision. nejra: intercontinentalexchange has confirmed it is considering making an offer for london stock exchange group. no approach has been made and no decision has been made. shares and lse which are in merger talks are trading higher. apple has won a crucial victory with the u.s. government. in your court ruled it doesn't have to unlock a drug dealer's iphone. is on capitolpp

maybe not astra akoni in, but certainly he had said that we will be paying less than some of our peersave a great weekend in london. two more and they won't know you went to duke university. michael moore. we continue with catherine mann. we have to talk to her about her historic work on china. in the 7:00 hour -- this is important -- a conversation with mohamed el-erian. this is bloomberg "surveillance." ♪ tom: thank you for your many comments on our coverage yesterday. a wild 48 hours for international economics. we are thrilled to have catherine mann with us, of the oecd in paris. codependencyphrase and economics. that has to do with china. before we get to central-bank divergence, let's look at the codependency of germany. i didn't realize how interesting this chart was. this is german exports believing -- ballooning as a percentage of gdp in that going flat. to desperate is mario draghi keep the german export machine going? >> i don't think mario draghi is thinking about the german export machine. germany is running a 7% current-account surplus; it's not as if the export machine c

(astra gasps) -why did you lie to kara? -because you're supergirl's hero. i don't know how to work alongside you anymore. humanity is a disease, myriad is the cure. (alarm buzzing) (alarm stops)