carl johnson told me six years ago, we don't understand how this disease works.raid to study it and we won't understand how it affects the human body until we have it in captivity. until we have a patient in a good research hospital under control conditions to treat that. this is that opportunity. >> we have breaking news right now, nbc news reported that one of their freelancers in africa diagnosed with ebola. he was hired as a second cameraman. an american, hired for nbc's chief medical correspondent dr. nancy snyderman. being flown back to the united states for treatment. nbc news reporting that one of their freelance cameramen has tested positive for ebola, is being flown back to the united states. sanjay, doctor, we'll continue talking about this further, including how liberian officials say that thomas duncan managed to board a flight out of liberia, even though he had been helping patients with ebola, some who died from it. [ all talking ] you want the insights that will help you decide which ideas to execute and which to leave behind. you want your trades

johnson. activist investor carl icahn gets his way as ebay announces a spin off of paypal.ng is joining us. which other well known tech companies are in activist crosshairs right now? >> yahoo! under a lot of pressure. one investors saying that yahoo! should be merging with aol -- that selling parts is worth more than yahoo! currently. really the story of the day is the spin off of paypal. a huge reversal from the ceo john donahoe. we will be joined by our guests, both of whom have had very strong thoughts throughout the year. in fact, keith rabois has been pretty outspoken that this is what they should have done from the beginning. we will get their thoughts on the news today and now that it is official, adam. >> obviously yahoo! has a lot of money because it owns all of the alibaba. what would aol and yahoo! look like? >> i was wondering the same thing. these are two struggling companies. do two struggling companies together mean a better company? it really is about the advertising. i believe they are losing hundreds of millions of dollars on it. can they lose less if the

." >> i'm olivia sterns here with tom keene and adam johnson. >> carl icahn is going after apple yet again in an open letter to tim cook he argues that apple should trade at $300. >> another letter coming this morning. he still wants more money. imagine that. 2, the went to $30 g.d.p. of argentinea but he forges on. >> what a good plan. >> ok. i tell you what, let's have a little bit of fun with this. this is carl icahn speaking with trish regan yesterday on bloomberg. >> we have a very good relationship. he obviously can't tell me things he can't tell the other shareholders. but yes, i do think he is a very great listener, and look, i just -- you know, i have criticized many c.e.o.'s and boards and i do believe one of e problems of the country is you have a problem with the system and but there's good c.e.o.'s and he's one of them. >> i understand he wants more money sand trying to manipulate mr. cook of trying to do that. but does he run the risk of manipulating markets with this? >> i'm looking at this live and i don't see how sending an activist and sending a letter as activists

johnson. here is a rundown. no rest for carl icahn -- he is going after apple again, demanding even more cash for shareholders. so how do you top that? here is how. media and tech heavyweights speak out at the "vanity fair" new establishments summit, and we will take you there. and in fact, mark zuckerberg, his new frontier, he wants to get india hooked on the internet. and we are actually going to head back to that summit in san francisco to hear from the former head of the nsa, and he

carl icahn. of n has accused andreessen conflicts of interests. cory johnson is with me now.ith andreessen and we talked about the future of ebay without paypal and vice versa. i want you to listen to what he said. i asked him if this is a sign that innovation at ebay has -- >> it's a sign of change. the industry is changing. it's a sign that the technology is changing. it's a sign that there is the opportunity to do more and better if you're smaller and more nimble. >> they probably wouldn't like the education that they're following icahn's advice but they made this decision, according to an dressing. independentsly this was the best decision for ebay to spin off polamalu. >> mark andresen is on the board of paypal and ebay but yet seen as a visionary in silicon valley. we know icahn bought shares of ebay and bought shares in it because we wanted to make more money. the voices of silicon valley don't often say there's a conflict there. listen to what he said when carl icahn talked to us about andresen and the problems of having him on this board. >> if you ask me my opinion

. >> thank you, carl la department of public works i should certainly shatter with the disclaimer i'm not an attorney but the argument by mr. johnson is not equivalent it seems to involve legislation specifications to the one developer and if we agree it is the same as the legislation that effects anyone that's interested in installing an smf in san francisco i have a hard time understanding how that would create this expectation to the retro activity clause in my mind this is not an equivalent case we strongly feel the ordinance requires you uphold the appeal in this case. >> thank you, mr. short i'll inquire whether or not the city attorney has anything to add on the retro activity. >> i think my comment is brief which is to say this is not a forum to deciding the legality the board must follow the legislation and mr. johnson is aware the court will decide the legality. >> pursuant to our charter and the constitution. >> okay. thank you thank you. >> commissioners the matter is submitted. >> well, i think it's for the sake of consistency whether or not ms. yee specific concerns would be a basis to strike this permit under the old

sparred about ebay's plans for paypal, and carl icahn has accused mark andreessen of abusing interest. here to break down all the back-and-forth, cory johnsonwith me. we talked about the future of ebay without paypal and vice versa. i want you to take a listen to what he had to say. i asked him specifically if this doing. ebay has been of change, that the industry is changing, that technology is changing, that there is the opportunity to do better and more if you're smaller and more nimble. would not likey the indication that they are following carl icahn's advice, that they made this decision independently. but this was the best decision .o make off >> the specific issue, we know the carl icahn bought shares of ebay and demanded changes because he wanted to make more money. but the things that he brought interesting, because the voice of silicon valley does not often say that youe is a conflict when have mark andreessen on this board. >> he is the kind of guy i get outraged at because he is preaching fiduciary duty. he absolutely preached it at skype. 18.aid equal with of they sold it for $8 billion. that money belongs to the shareholders.

johnson. after months, we broke this news yesterday. carl icahn get his way.al are another notch in the belt of this investor. to spinany has decided off its payment unit. as the company looks around to decide who is next, we ask, how do corporate boards respond? how do they preempt a carl icahn coming in? we turn to robert kaplan, former vice chairman of goldman sachs and professor at harvard business school currently. he joined the -- joins me now. do they even have the luxury to do that, given the track record of carl icahn and other activist investors? can they shrug them off? opec they cannot shrug them off, but -- >> they cannot shrug them off, but they will look at their company differently before carl icahn shows up. but once carl icahn or a dan loeb shows up, you've got to do the analysis that they do and see if you agree. >> splits are very much in vogue right now. but not so long ago, it was -- it wasinging touted in the valley to bring companies together. is it about compensation? >> i think there has been a that aince the 1980's clear focused comp

street, we on wall will hear from carl icahn about what it means to corporate governance. welcome. you are watching "the pulse." i am guy johnson. >> i am francine :00 -- francine e.ocke when is the board meeting? shortly.l happen very be someone from within the company. almost a tradition to have a ceo who comes from the action group. was onlyhe de margerie 63 years old when he died. you have the head of the new energy division, the chemicals chief, and the head of exploration and production. these three are all from total and they are all engineers. all part of the executive committee of total. according to the french newspaper, the refining and chemical chief could be the most likely candidates. -- herted his career walked for total all around the world before coming back to the headquarters. >> he is the most likely candidate? that seems to be the sense i'm getting from the press as well. if you like the former boss? what do we know about him? say. is hard to i chose him as part of the executive committee. what we called -- often traveling with him. organization -- it could be split. that is according to the french newspape

carl icahn. good morning, this is "bloomberg surveillance" i am tom keene. with me, scarlet fu and adam johnsonmorning, -- we are not starting with apple. we will get there. >> ebola. spoke afterama meeting with government officials or cord ending the response. >> it may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person, not because the three of these folks have not been doing an outstanding job. this is my national security adviser. it it

carl icahn. good morning, this is "bloomberg surveillance" i am tom keene. with me, scarlet fu and adam johnson stories this morning, -- we are not starting with apple. we will get there. >> ebola. spoke afterama meeting with government officials or cord ending the response. >> it may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person, not because the three of these folks have not been doing an outstanding job. this is my national security adviser. it is not that they have not been doing an outstanding job, really working hard on this issue, but they're also responsible for a whole bunch of other stuff. >> the white house has admitted taxes and handling the first of u.s. ebola cases. on capitol hill, house members a plenty of criticism for the head of the cdc. tom frieden said ebola is not a significant public health threat to the u.s.. vladimir putin says meeting with european leaders was "positive." sign there is any resolution to the situation in ukraine. ukraine says rebels attacked with artillery and tanks three times in the last day. at least three ukrainian soldiers were killed. europ

carl bernstein unravel a massive cover for richard nixon, what came to be known as a third rate burglary. the pentagon papers published by the new york times offered an unprecedented look. >> as reporting, lynn don johnsoneported gave me the word. we were looking for a successor for j.edgar hoover. johnson wanted a press conference and appointed a head of the f.b.i. for life. the president said call ben bradly and tell them [bleep] you. >> joining me now, washington post columnist ruth marcus. >>> ruth, one of the three or four most important figures in american georgism in the last 50 years? i think that's a fair thing to say about him. >> totally fair. people like me hired by ben bradly, probably the most important thing in american journalism. >> my experience was that he was a pretty beloved figure. he was this legendary figure inside the post. people felt strong feelings about him, people would trade ben bradly stories. he was a remarkably good manager from all the people that i know in the post in his years there aside from being a great newspaper man. >> the thing about ben, and i did not know him before he was a legend. i obama knew him post-watergaet, post-all the president's men ben. there was

carl icahn at 3:00 p.m. on "street smart." look for that this afternoon. this is bloomberg "surveillance," i'm tom keene. with me, olivia sterns and adam johnson.utures at five and data feature couple of 32 after yesterday afternoon. he has adam johnson. the cyberattacks spree on wall street is wider than thought. the hackers who hit j.p. morgan chase targeted a dozen other firms. at least one of those institutions had its data stolen. money might be flowing out of pimco, so far it is not filing bill gross. has taken andfund 66 milling dollars, a fraction of the $23 billion that has left pimco since his resignation. the metropolitan west total return has taken in $1.5 billion. nfl owners approved the sale of the buffalo bills. . $1.4 billion.a, surpassing the 1.1 billion paid for the miami dolphins in 2009. those are the top headlines. >> studying. >> it is a lot less than what mr. what's his name from microsoft paid -- $2.2 for the clippers. >> the buffalo bills. >> $1.4 billion. >> wow. >> incredible. >> olivia sterns on the trip to india. the facebook cofounder is in india attending at two-day internet.org summit aiming to make internet acce

johnson, chevron and disney, your worst five performers. you know what is off today? oil. oil is off big. could oil prices really fall $60 a barrel? carl pickens is next. >>> and it's what carl icahn did not say. we'll explain that. >>> all 30 dow stocks are in the red. we'll be right back with more updates for you. location. location. (shouting) location. here's the location that matters the most. here. or here. or here. it's wherever this is. to get customers to come here and stay here, you're going to need an app that connects to all your systems. so they can bank, shop, do what they need to do, and you gotta do it fast. before the competition does. it's tough out here; you better be on the right cloud. today there's a new way to work. and it's made with ibm. >>> to reiterate, the energy sector is literally being taken out the back and getting slaughtered. chesapeake, down 5%, many names are even worse. lower global demand, degreeing supply, basically crude prices moving to the downside. let's get to jackie deangelis at the nymex. >> it's an interesting question, mandy. the saudis and opec generally are in a tough spot right now. wi

carl icahn later on. talking to the nest ceo, tony fadell. great guests and great stories up.ng the other thing, these pictures that have been brought to us. london, boris johnsontrains for the london underground. the whole thing is a long tube. 2020, they will be put into service. it will be going on piccadilly line first. a point ofe contention. we will see these being staff initially. the unions are very concerned about this. there will be staff. piccadilly line first. the other lines are going to get them after. colt pictures. that is it for "the pulse." "surveillance" is coming up next. ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." seeks a new way to say at low rates forever. u.s. air strikes against the islamic state proving effective. turkey will not engage in battle against the islamic state. mark zuckerberg like jeff bezos and satya nadella makes a pilgrimage to india. good morning, this is bloomberg "surveillance." live from new york. thursday, october 9. i'm tom keene. joining me, olivia sterns and adam johnson. top stories. to paylays has agreed $29 to settle a u.s. lawsuit over breaking benchmark interest rates. libor.e to rate also agreed to swap rate tr