businessweek." david: i'm david gura. carol: and i'm carol massar. we are inside headquarters. david: we are at amazon. carol: it is all ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ carol: we are here with "bloomberg businessweek's ellen pollock. dealing with the internal borders. : it was the part where all of the borders were taken down, and the european union was flow's so there would be of goods and people, and it meant that workers could cross borders, and now, in the wake of all of the terrorism, some of those borders have gone back up. david: what are the effects we are seeing from that? trying to get to the austrian hungarian border. : it really is causing problems because it takes longer for goods to get to places, and people are paying for trucks longer, and the estimate is it will cost $500 billion and an extra cost in gdp because people cannot get across these borders, and france has put up borders, germany, austria, sweden, and they are not everywhere, but there are more than the were a few mon

businessweek." ♪ ♪ carol: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm carol massar. david: and i'm david gura. there is a special this week on s that are using trump's name but are not sanctioned. one of them is trump champagne. trump coins as well, a guy who makes no bones about all the money he has. he is not sanctioning that either. we hear all about the wall. a few people having a little fun with that. three examples of a lot of people using the trump name without donald trump's permission. carol: he has patented a trademark office for people wanting to use the trump brand. a lot of people wanting to capitalize off of his popularity. david: the whole process of doing that takes about a year or so passed the election. -- so we would be passed the election. carol: and the features section, there is a story about failed trump vodka. we spoke to a reporter. max: when i wrote about how donald trump had this magnificent rise thanks to the of his realebt estate empire. very amazing rise. what a fall in th

all that ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ david: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek."id gura. carol: and i'm carol massar. a look at how herbalife has helped well-known athletes. david: here is reporter matt townsend. >> like any company trying to re-create a brand and sell products, they have associated themselves with high-profile people. that has basically got an -- got them associated with people like david beckham and liked the public figures former secretary of state madeleine albright. david: why soccer? matt herbalife has a big : presence into latin america and further into asia. what is the most popular sport in all these places? david: soccer. matt by far. :especially in south america. those are places where herbalife has seen a lot of growth. the herbalifeve logo on the jerseys, so they are front and center. the biggest things that they got a big deal with la galaxy. then they got david beckham, who was really, really popular. he was the most popular person in soccer wearing an herbalife shirt when he was on the galaxy. david: who is driving this branding st

it is ahead on bloomberg businessweek. ♪ david: welcome back to bloomberg businessweek.vid gura. carol: i am carol massar. we got introduced to furniture designer stephen burke. david: i got a peek inside of his world. >> you would have seen his work in harlem. you would have seen his work at the museum of arts and design, but if you are interested in buying his work, you could see it in showrooms and any really, really high end european furniture company probably has stephen burks design. david: what do they look like? what are the facets of it would are most familiar? >> these are described as ambilient. - because they have these wild and kinetic designs. some of his iconic lamps are kind of woven and a colorful that mirrors baskets you would see in senegal. for his european travel chair, and usually costs more than $14,000 and you see it kind of woven with plastic fibers. a kind of hood. it is really quite strange and quite original. it draws on a lot of his cultural influences. david: is he content with having that audience of people buying his work? would you like t

businessweek." ♪ carol: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm carol massar. towardand i'm david gura did you se? trump champagne. coins as well, a guy who makes no bones about all the has. he he is not sanctioning that either. we hear all about the wall. a few people having a little fun with that. examples of a lot of people using the trump name without donald trump's permission. patented aas trademark office for people wanting to use the trump brand. a lot of people wanting to capitalize off of his popularity. david: the whole process of doing that takes about a year or so passed the election. features section, the there is a story about failed trump vodka. we spoke to a reporter. >> i wrote about how donald trump had this magnificent rise thanks to the use of his dead of his real estate empire. very amazing rise. in the 1990's. but when he rebounded, he came back as a different version of himself. he often was merely loaning his name out, meaning he was not building buildings called trump. it a

that is ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ carol: welcome back to bloomberg businessweek, i am caroln this week's opening remarks, we look at the limited power central bankers have when it comes to stimulating growth. >> they have been so successful. they have worked hard with what little powers they have and have saved the world economy, but what they can do is provide a lot of money out there. people have to use the money and they are not. carol:? i love how you guys say, central bankers are superheroes. there is a great cartoon that you have janet yellen and mario draghi in superhero costumes. it says, we anticipate they can be superheroes, but they cannot. >> they can't. the illustration is perfect. it shows him has superheroes but leaving defeated from the battleground. carol: i think about mario draghi. go back when he said we're going , to do whatever it takes, so they set a precedent. >> they set a precedent because there was no one else in charge. and you know, someone has to say , give the psychological boost to everyone, we are going to save things. ben bernanke did that a

that's ahead on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek."the founders of the gap will have a home for their art collection. >> it is by far the biggest single item from the original building that the new extension wipes away. it basically replaces the staircase at the heart of the original atrium. it was a soaring, open room that visitors entered the museum. they faced the stairs. the problem was, they were a bit forbidding. the opening, the base of this staircase was a dark, cavelike granite structure. it wasn't very inviting to museum goers and the staff never really liked it. what has been done is to remove that staircase and build an elegant, wooden structure. with a turn in it that instead of going all the way up to the now stops at the first floor where the visitors will now enter the new extension. david: the norwegian architecture firm that won the commission, what will it look like? peter: so, the extension itself is about 35,000 square feet it doubles the size of the original museum. it is a built in long wedge in the back of the m

that is coming up on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ david: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek."'re into the newsroom. defining islamic state one museum at the time. and what to do would your food is too pretty to eat. ♪ carol: we're back with "bloomberg businessweek" editor, and there are so many must reads. this includes the ceo of slack. david: what is it, first of all? >> it is workwear for the workplace. it is a way that members of a team can collaborate online. it replaces e-mail, it replaces the standup meeting you have in the morning. it allows people to communicate as a group. david: this is a company that has grown massively. >> it just raise $200 million. carol: where do they come up with this idea? >> he was trying to build a video game. the videogame didn't quite come to be. in the process, he used the technology and was developing that with two other products. the first was flickr, which he sold the yahoo!. the second was slack. then he spun that out as its owno product. f co -- of course, we interview the ceo on slack. it was communication between one of our staffe

>> welcome to bloomberg businessweek. in this issue, goldman sachs, falling star. >> johnson & johnson problems. >> and microsoft's next act. >> let's go meet the editor. i am here with the editor of "bloomberg businessweek ellen pollock. aboutonvenient truth trade, and it talked about a ton on the campaign trail. >> it is a hot topic. it is all about people losing jobs and sometimes thinking they lost jobs to people abroad. makes a point that while economists are almost , there is free trade a reality that people lose their jobs through jobs going abroad. low-wage jobs are moving to places like china where things can be produced more cheaply. things are moving out of china to vietnam where they can be produced more cheaply still. they had these programs where workers are compensated when they lose their jobs to trade but they have not been that effective. to economists, the idea is when you loose your job to trade, if the markets are efficient, you will find another through some new business coming up. >> a really incred

on bloombergead businessweek. join nobody ended -- join now by the editor of bloomberg businessweek. a senator from massachusetts is taking a look at it. willst week we did a story that show six major cities where amazon prime one day service was available. it was not available in predominantly black areas. it was not the intention of amazon to discriminate, but the result was there were these lines. in boston, it was extremely obvious because the delivery service excluded rocks very -- excluded rocks very -- excluded roxbury. there was a hoopla and the mayor asked questions and senator markey of massachusetts demanded answers. as of today, amazon have that -- have backtracked and said they will be getting this one day service now. david: in the global economic section, an amazing piece about wild cap minors going after amber in ukraine. >> ukraine is a bit of a mess . they have rebels backed by russia fighting in the east. maybe not fighting, but there is still a lot of tension still. and certains forests, people

"bloomberg businessweek."id: i'm here with ellen pollock, the editor of "bloomberg businessweek." so many must-read stories in this issue. let's start about the opening remarks about alexander hamilton , he's going to keep alley dinner hamilton on the $10 bill. this is an historical figure who is been really lionized in popular culture over the last year or so. our economic correspondent peter coy takes alexander hamilton off of the broadway stage and actually talks about his economic policies. it is contribution to economic thought in the u.s., and how it's had an impact even today. one of the things he did was sort of question laissez-faire attitudes of adam smith and really stressed that the government needed to be able to tax. and that the government needed to spend money. he said power without revenue was a bubble. i'm not sure what that means, but i think it's really important. he also stressed that the u.s. needed a manufacturing base, so we could compete with other markets. david: in the markets and fi

♪ carol: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." stars of the annual design conference.ow states are paying the price for allowing discrimination, and why central bankers may be running out of ammo. let's go meet the editor. ♪ carol: i am here with the editor, alan pollack. you highlight super thinkers, working on the next big thing. that includes the folks at industrial light and magic. what is interesting is they are looking to build virtual reality for "star wars." which is really cool. ellen: that's right. they have people all over the company. they have brought in people across various lines. they have put them under an executive and she is the leader to bring in the expertise and create entertainment you are sort of familiar with, but in a different way, using new technology. carol: when you see the millennium falcon, it sounds like it, it looks like it, it is as real as it can be. ellen: and it feels like you are in it. they are doing extensions of "star wars." they are doing the trials of tatooine. some of this is experimenting with this so far. they showed us so

>> welcome to bloomberg businessweek. i am carol massar. drags and i am david europe. jura.and i am david ♪ david: i am here with the editor of bloomberg's this week. an inconvenient truth about trade, something that has been talked about already. hot topic.is the david: it came out of nowhere. about people losing jobs, thinking they have lost jobs to people abroad. our economics correspondent makes a point that economists are almost always for free trade. it is sort of a given economic. there is a reality that people peoplee their job to going abroad. low-wage jobs. places like china where things are more cheaply. moving out of china and going to places like vietnam where they can be purchased even more cheaper. government-funded programs where workers are compensated where they lose their jobs through trade have not been very effective. economists, the whole idea is if you lose sure trade, drained -- to another will come up. but that does not always work and that is why there is are so many people paying attention to trade in this election. undress is in custody and

betty: bloomberg businessweek is up with its worth angle design. designer for the broadway musical hamilton, reporter mark made off joined the story now. we cannot stop talking about hamilton. word-of-mouth is so strong on the show. tells about haswell. >> he is a lovely guy. he grew up trying to be an actor hee a lot of people here said he group with asthma and his mother gave him a sewing machine. so, he growth making close, and that segued naturally into being a behind the scenes creator. how did he get this job? with lynnworked here well maranda on in the heights. i guess it was a huge hit seven years ago. before that, he created a great relationship with george seawolf. brought the noise, front a funk. they had a poetry jam. so, he had a slowly building track record. mark: what sets them apart from other costume designers? what would you say his signature is? is a what i'm struck with delightful objects position , anden and everyday person these fantastic figures. this,uniquely suited for because his training was a classical theater. as an afr

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emily: cory johnson from the bloomberg businessweek design conference. stay tuned.ll check back in later this hour to find out what's next for the company that has kept polaroid 600's instant films alive. and i will be speaking with jackie gleason and where she is investing now in her role with square capital. ♪ you shouldn't have to go far to get the help you're looking for. that's why at xfinity we're opening up more stores closer to you. where you can use all of our latest products and technology. and find out how to get the most out of your service. so when you get home, all you have to do is enjoy it. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry abou

johnson from the bloomberg businessweek design conference. stay tuned.ll check back in later this hour to find out what's next for the company that has kept polaroid 600's instant films alive. with will be speaking jackie gleason and where she is investing now in her role with square capital. ♪ mark: you're watching "bloomberg west." let's begin with a check of your bloomberg first word news. president obama and janet yellen met at the white house today. they discussed the outlook for near and long-term economic growth. >> i think the president has been pleased with the way that she has fulfilled what is a critically important job. both as it relates to making policy decisions that have a significant impact not just on the u.s. economy but on the global economy, but also making sure that the fed is following through on the important regulatory responsibilities that they have. mark: the white house says they also discussed the labor market and inequality. following the recent publication of the panama papers, british prime minister faced lawmakers over hi

crunched businessweek the data in a fascinating article about how amazon looks and the area it servesi read the story. it was a fascinating read. -- usingnforcing reinforced lines. >> the question is in store for everybody. what we looked at his amazon prime's one-day service was available, and we matched it over zip codes around the country. what we found were some major cities, service was not , even though it was available nearby. amazon was looking at its data. found no evidence that amazon set out to selectively do this. there was no evidence of that. thereo -- they reiterated was no evidence of that. it does reinforce some of these historic lines between neighborhoods. >> let's take one example. boston was a stark example. tell us the story about boston. >> boston has this one-day special service. members.or prime this is the service where you pay $99. if you look at the map of boston, you will see that there whereplotch in the middle the one-day service is not available. day, itan get this one is very clear on the map. you can get this service all over boston over a large area

still ahead, bloomberg businessweek.p to a restaurant where it can take months to create the perfect eye pleasing dish. ♪ mark: this is "bloomberg markets," i'm mark barton in london with betty liu. a look at the biggest business stories in the news right now. britain's equivalent of the secretary of the treasury has published his return for 2014 to 2015. george osborne earned $198,738 during that time, he made $72,000 in taxes. as we mentioned, david cameron is speaking to parliament on the tax issues. he isn't suggesting all mps, and members of parliament should cover -- should public -- published tax returns. malia pharmaceutical asks its cooperate everto he failed to appear. the senate says it plans to start legal proceedings against him. the executive is under subpoena to appear before the committee for april 27. the company says the rental car market is suffering from excess capacity. hertz global holdings expect revenue to range from flat to dropping by 1.4%. the company producing projected growth between 1.5% and

you can read his story in bloomberg businessweek on quest diagnostics. ironman. we should do it.and you. betty: i will never make it. mark: i give it to you. chinese history on the auction block. a sotheby's of hong kong to show you what is available at its spring sale. ♪ mark: we had to hong kong where sotheby's kicked off its spring sale. the auction house says it is putting the most important chinese historical object ever to be offered at auction on the block. >> this is the largest -- first grand rule had cast for himself. the meaning is the most powerful. to revere heaven and serve your subject. the markets for historical ,orks, object like this one that market has taken up in the last 50 years since the mainland chinese -- this album records all the seals of the emperor. this one is the largest of them all. the impression is an absolute match. the last time this seal was in contact with this paper was in 1781, the year with this album was prepared. we will accept this for about $50 million on word. it is hard to say what it is worth. of the mandate of heaven. anyone in hon

thecan read his story and latest bloomberg businessweek.head on bloomberg television, there is an app for everything. we will show you what can bring a personal trainer into your home. the founder of trm joins us next. ♪ mark: fitness is no longer a healthy hobby, it is a lifestyle. from spending too blue clamp classes, why pay to sweat in the sea of others when you can work out with top 40 personal trainers in the privacy of your own home? greg peters is one of the partners in a luxury jim and manhattan's rich and famous. an apphe famous of -- designed to bring fitness to your front door. thank you for joining us. tell us about this idea. how did you come up with this? discovered a problem in the luxury condo services market. we were growing in designing gyms and stopping them. we really knew we were going to run out of staff. bridgingd to explore technology with our expertise to deliver services when people want them at their location, with whom they wanted. we explored training, yoga, pilates, swimming at the beginning of what we are cre

design is important to bloomberg businessweek.ve it is important to all companies and it is forward-looking. we like to sell stories in the of ways that involve designers. betty: it is hugely important to companies. >> incredibly important. betty: helen barrett is one artist that you profile. why her? >> she has a spectacle artist in london and runs a company called artichoke. her goal is to create installations that more active that interrupt your routine with something unexpected and something you will remember. mark: i love her philosophy -- she says, we shouldn't focus on missing our train, we should focus on the bigger picture. the bigger moments. that leads her to these wonderful moments that remind us of -- remind us what the sultans elephant was? >> it was a spectacle in 2000 six. it involved a huge mechanical elephant and a huge fake there'll and it paraded down london. a million people watched it and what it did was pull people out of their routine. mark: i wish i had seen it. i wasn't pulled out of my routine, i must ha

betty: alan pollack of bloomberg businessweek.: the luxury hotels are having their worst order since 2009. find out why occupancy rates are dropping. that is next. mark: london's luxury hotels are having their worth since 2009. the priciest hotels are down 70%. what is keeping the world's wealthiest travelers at bay? the managing director of christie and code joins us now. what is behind this big drop-off? >> of there is a 6.9% drop. i think what we're looking at is just a key one statistic. there are two parts of that. number one is a seasonality. this pollof year goes. in march or april. that can drive the decline. we see that donate, 2009, 2016. the drop-off is higher than what we would like to see. concern about the uncertainty in the market especially with overseas traveler. mark: there are terroristic concerns. putin is advising staying at home. what about the upcoming referendum? address: i think that we are dealing with the transaction market. sales and hotels, people are taking stock and saying let's see what will happen,

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mark: you can read that story in the latest issue of bloomberg businessweek.your next high-end safari destination could be in montana. you don't have to wrap it -- have to rough it. but you can help the wildlife at the same time. ♪ mark: the american prairie reserve is an ambitious project to turn 35 acres in montana into the largest nature reserve in the u.s. it could also be a safari destination for you. we have the story of our reporters experience in the upcoming issue of "bloomberg pursuit or cap how'd and you visit the american prairie reserve? bozemanu fly through and then you have some driving ahead of you. this is evidently remote. you've got to be committed but once you are there, you are treated very well. this is what betty cares about, being treated very well. how well will betty he treated? brad: nicely. i was able to take my wife because she would be staying in a luxury yurt. -- these round tents are upscale versions, $2400 per privateer night is a chef and a safari van to take you around in a fire afterwards and northern lights as if they had b

jeff green covers lgbt issues for bloomberg businessweek. governor proposing in terms of tweaking the legislature? jeff: he has been talking about giving protection at the federal level for people who are lgbt. but the main thing that has people upset is the inability or people or transgender to use a restroom that is their preferred gender versus the gender on their for certificate. that is what he is not budging on. betty: deutsche bank, paypal -- where else has been a fallout? who else has refused to do business or expand in the state? jeff: there has been one other company looking at expanding in new jersey into north carolina that said they are reconsidering both adding a research facility and a hit orders or office building. a lot of the fallout has been music groups and sporting organizations saying, while this is the case, we are not coming there. if you look around, what is happening in north carolina, you also have it in mississippi, you have it in missouri, tennessee, south carolina. these are all hotspots with these kind of propo

." ♪ carol: welcome to bloomberg businessweek. yahoo! but what's with the negative valuation? david: they are building a the atlanta braves for anyone but the atlanta braves, that is up ahead on oh vote bloomberg is this week. we are joined by alan pollack. there was an article last week about amazon that is attracting attention. >>

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mark: still ahead -- bloomberg businessweek.ll ahead, you may have .een them in today's pursuit we are joined in how he is building out the business of wine club. wine, green reflections in the edge, medium cost ration of color. almost coming out of a lime candy and lime zest. >> apples. -- crushed apples. ♪ 'srk: identifying the wine region it came from and the year it was made. masts only 213 worldwide, and the cofounder of the wine club. he joins us now from san francisco. thank you for joining us. i have got to ask you about being this master. what does it take to get through this exam? >> a lot of stress and about a decade of study and a little luck once you get there. i feel blessed to have gotten through. i have dozens of friends who have attempted six or seven or eight times, putting their families on hold and never passing. it comes down to a five or 10% pass rate once you spent five years just to get the invite to the test. about it. us what does it involve and how much does it cost and how did you come up with the ide

you can read it in the latest issue of "bloomberg businessweek."head, pork the first time in nearly a century, returning to new york city in may. what kind of the race are we going to see? we will find that went the ceo joins us. ♪ today, we are talking about the world's oldest running yacht race, the america's cut. it is headed to new york city for the first time in on most a century, and it will feature the best sailors and racing their best boats. a five-time winner of the americas cup and ceo of the race is organizing body joins us now. great to have you with us. tell us, what is the importance of bringing this back to new york city? >> this is where it all started. it challenged the british fleet and it won, showcasing american technology, and that is coming back for the first time in a long time. the u.s. defended the cup for it has been in the finals all but three times in 165 years now, so obviously, there is a strong connection. colleague mark in london knows a lot more than i do, however, i am curious about what brought it back to new yor

of bloomberg businessweek.till ahead, after 15 years of being shut out of global credit markets, argentina is finally returning with a big bang. we we'll tell you how it is being received in the international waters. ♪ ♪ from bloomberg world headquarters in new york and london, i am betty liu. mark: this is bloomberg markets. news, what we have is the latest? vonnie: plenty of news in houston. we are going to start -- we are going to continue with new york in a moment. back to houston. at least five people have died of massive flooding. thunderstorms dropping 15 inches of rain about -- across parts of southwestern texas. 100,000 people have lost power and houston airports have canceled hundreds of flights. in new york, hillary clinton has lost seven of the last 18 primaries to bernie sanders. now, the front runner is hoping to regain the upper hand. she is favored in today's new york primaries. she represented the state in the senate. donald trump is counting on his home state to provide a big boost for the rep

you can read his story in the latest issue of bloomberg businessweek.s coming out of the oil market, we're hearing from interfax that russia and saudi arabia have reached a consensus on oil freeze. the river this big meeting is taking place between opec and non-opec nations. the's what's happened to price of crude in the last few minutes. "bloomberg markets," continues. ♪ mark: audi is hoping a turbo boost shares from its competitors bmw and mercedes the second-generation of its supercar. matt miller got a firsthand look at the car. audi is reaching for a bigger slice of the lunch reply with its second generation r8 supercar. built on the bones of the lamborghini heard on, this is the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car audi has ever built. >> is an evolution of a successful design. i think of designers did a great job. version that0 plus we tested without 610 horsepower . the carpets power to all four wheels with a seven speed, dual clutch transmission. it does zero to 60 in just about three seconds. if those specs sound familiar, it's becau

. ♪ ♪ carol: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." stars of the annual design conference.s are paying the price for allowing discrimination, and why central bankers may be running out of ammo. let's go meet the editor. ♪ carol: i am here with the editor, alan pollack. you highlight super thinkers, working on the next big thing. that includes the folks at industrial light and magic. what is interesting is they are looking to build virtual reality for "star wars."

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and imprisoned colombian hacker has told bloomberg businessweek that he was paid to rig "my job was to do actions of dirty war and psychological operations, black propaganda, rumors -- the whole dark side of politics that nobody knows exists but everyone can see." the office has rejected the claims. sepulveda said he was also paid to rig the re-election of colombian president alvaro uribe, and the election of right-wing honduran president porfirio lobo sosa, who was elected in 2009 following the u.s.-backed coup. support it is currently suin serving a sentence for hacking the 2014 election. the scandal over sexual abuse by u.n. peacekeeping forces in the central african republic is growing. on thursday, the united nations announced 108 new allegations sf sexual abuse. the majority of the victims are minors. the former director of the u.n. peacekeeping mission in the central african republic resigned last year amid similar allegations. united nations secretary general spokesperson stephane dujarric spokee on thursday. >> let me start with the situation in central african republic, and l

i will have a look at what is going on right now and what we can expect to see headed to the businessweek. coming up. >>> a quick peek outside in oakland speaking of the oakland a's,not too bad if you are going out to the ballpark right now. "the four on 2 ." we will be right back. >>> it is opening day for the oakland a's and fans are headed out there to the oakland coliseum. a live look at traffic right there along interstate 880. now is the time to get out there. it looks good. >> you can see the frontage road beginning to backup just a little bit. get you to the coliseum. joe is joining us live. what is going on with sonny gray today? >>reporter:i do not know what it is about opening day, and all the pro sports there's something special about the start of baseball season. maybe it is because the weather's getting nice, and it is a beautiful day out here at the oakland coliseum. hopefully it will be an equally beautiful evening as the a's open the season against the chicago white sox. one thing we know about this team, there were a lot of positions open up for grabs in spring training,

scarlet: the bloomberg businessweek conference is underway in chicago to talk about design innovationon is there right now. when you think about design, you are probably not thinking about being at the website of a company where you are trading stocks and the pain that is to manage. when you think about sign, it seems it is essential to rebuilding a new stock brokerage or you. guest: it starts understanding how we can take positive trading stocks and get at the essence of it. what are the numbers you need to know when you are actually buying and selling stock and fit that on to interface the size of a business card. a really big business card. it took a lot of user research inking about what consumers are actually doing as opposed to what we have been trained to assume. them because trade there are so many variables -- what range i was trying to do with the size of my actual order, i feel like consumers don't always want that. guest: i think it comes down to thinking about the 95 use cases and holding that an taking the extra 5% because where the complexity is, keeping that available.

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