i pulled out -- i don't want to talk about bombardier again.a fourth modification to existing contract with hill international to provide project support services for the airport's capital improvement program. mod 4 would extend the contract through november 15, 2023 and increase the contract base $30 million. as you know, the airport 10-year capital improvement contest cysts of -- consists of projects that will enhance security and maintain infrastructure. it includes program controls, scheduling, budgeting. preparation of progress reports and various program management and oversight of the entire program. this contract was the result of a competitive request for proposal process in 2017 with hill international selected as the highest ranked proposer. this multiyear contract approval follows the direction that we had with the previous committee and the budget analyst office as we modify a bunch of these project management support services contracts with the capital. -- with the capital program. this allows us to align the approvals that come t

previously knowns athe bombardier c-series which will seat up to 150 passengers. this move also reinforces justo how impnt the southeastern u.s. has become for commercial aviati's. boeilant in charleston, south carolina, where they build the 78 dreamliner now employs more than 6,500 workers. while there's no expectation the plane building hubs outside seattle, washington, or france will ever be replaced, boeing and airbus have clearly spread out their footprints. and both footints, alo with manufacturing jobs, continue to grow in the deep south. the airbus plant in alabama is scheduled to roll out its first all-new a-220 by the middle of next year. phil lebeau, "nightly business report," chicago. >>> signet jewelers loses the sheen and how. that's how we lose tonighs market focus with the company cutting its profit and sales idance following slower-than-expected holiday sales. it also hinted it could close more stores as a way to improve profitability. shares plunged by 24% today to 5.13. >>> industrial company ppg issued a weak outlook citing a softening global e

bombardier has called for an orderly brexit. was a lot of false allegations that a managed no deal could work but we want to be clear that for us it would be catastrophic. we would see chaos at the borders and our wing parts and satellite parts could potentially be held up and for me as auk potentially be held up and for me as a uk business person, i don‘t want to see my country causing a great international company like airbus being affected. a spokesperson from the government said the uk is a world leader in aerospace. we are the home of the jet engine and the wing maker of the world. and it remains our top priority to leave the eu with a good deal, when that is good for business and will protect jobs deal, when that is good for business and will protectjobs and prosperity and will protectjobs and prosperity and provide the certainty that business needs. but these aren‘t the only warnings we are hearing about and no—deal brexit. i was talking about that warning from burberry that a no—deal brexit would be extremely costly for

when a manufacturer in upstate new york in the north country, bombardier, needed advanced welders, they couldn't find anyone to take those jobs within a 500-mile radius so they went to the community college and said, if you offer this coursework, we will hire those graduates and it is a $70,000 a year job. so job training needs to be linked. you have to give more opportunities to people to get a real job with the higher education they're receiving. and so i think more pairings and more of this synergy when you work with local employers to say this is the coursework that is necessary to train these future workers. if we create that synergy and fund it, that matters. i think full employment is really important. i think anyone underemployed or unemployed should have access to whatever job training it takes to get that job. an example. a not for profit in the bronx called perscola. they do job training for s.t.e.m. subjects, for computer -- sorry. computer fixing, computer building, cyber security, coding, game coding, all of it. and they have already trained and placed in real jobs 800 stu

you could see bum barnier -- bum bombardier being affected by this. siemens and else tom looked -- and alstom looking to offer new concessions to the eu. the stoxx certainly reacting to this. more on this as we work our way through the morning in europe. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is bloomberg markets. let's get a check on the markets with abigail doolittle. alisa: the bulls are certainly out on this friday. we have haven bonds trading is risk on.day stock investors not seeming to care. they must think it is unlikely to affect corporate profit outlooks. this week has been somewhat topsy-turvy. let's take a look at the ford chart of the s&p 500. losses accelerated into monday's close, and tuesday we started higher and then lower. similar pattern yesterday. today we are sibley higher. this week we are down 1/10 of 1% on the s&p 500. if that holds, it would be the first weekly loss in five weeks. this would be worth keeping an eye on. as for what is helping the s&p 500, take a look at western digital and seagate, those memory chipmakers. those sto

been engaging in acts to impede development of the new jet and the filing comes in response to bombardier'ssubishi aircraft's misappropriation. the world's top iron other producer plunged the most on record in brazil and erased $18 million in market value as it suspended dividends after another fatal dam breach. at least 65 people are known to have been killed and almost 300 are still missing. the disaster is an echo of the san marco dam collapse of 2015. brazilian prosecutors say the company executives may be held responsible. the australian prime minister is putting management of the economy at the center of his campaign for re-election. he has laid out plans to create more than a million new jobs over the next five years in his first major speech of the year. polls have the labor party leading the national coalition by 53% to 47% indicating a change of government for the first time since 2013. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tick tock on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> getting to the markets quickly loo

he walked into a relentless barrage of anxiety and criticism from companies here, bombardier, ford, a was a disgrace that they we re said it was a disgrace that they were still in the dark. —— airbus. he is trying to understand and sympathise with the frustrations and get to a compromise. he is saying to ignore the politics of this, the economics will be easy, but they have to land somewhere in the middle. the question is, why not extend the time frame, he has said thatis extend the time frame, he has said that is not very helpful. one thing getting people to the wicket is the urgency of the clock ticking down. what about a second referendum he has been asked? he has said that is not good off because parliament is not good off because parliament is not taking its responsibility. he is saying, stick with us, there is still in negotiation going on. that is something that bruno le maire, you have the nappies, he was speaking to us as well, said is not true. he is in a very difficult position. he is saying, stick with us, we know this is difficult, his predecessor george or sponsored duri