sent shares in the danish beer maker lower we will speak to the carlsberg ceo at 11:00 a.m. cet. >>> and lower sales and a tax charge take their toll sending shares lower >>> sounds like we have a deal in germany talks forming for a coalition government between angela merkel's government and the spd. the talks deadline was sunday night, but they have blown through that deadline. it seems now like the two sides have come to an agreement. they have agreed on a formal deal, that's according to a conservative politician and a source associated with reuters another source says an agreement could not be seated ael sealed s still formalized writing to go through. this could take the country closer to a new government after four months of uncertainty we heard from one of the leadership positions that this is something that has happened there is a deal. that's according to the senior leader at the party. this will mean a huge amount for the european union but is still waiting for approval from spd membership we got confirmation a few weeks ago that the party was willing to have these

i want to show you shares of carlsberg, not just about the broader markets, but about individual stockser raising its dividend by 50% and increasing its cost savings target by 15% and reducing expenses faster than expected. earnings will rise by mid-single-digit percentage in 2018. -- thecer of two ball volume slumped because of restrictions of plastic beer bottles. the ceo is feeding the turnaround around of carlsberg by expanding craft beer and cutting jobs and closing breweries, and exiting slowing markets so just finland. -- such as finland. statoil, the biggest crude producer in europe beating earnings expectations and sending shares up by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. thanks to record production and a recovery of commodity prices. it is ready to race investments in new projects and deliver more cash to shareholders. the optimism is in the drastic reduction of cost across operations forced by the collapse in crude prices in 2014. statoil can turn a profit of less than $50 per barrel, well below the benchmark it brent current price of roughly $60 -- $67. shares up by 4.6% today here m

about the carlsberg beer that was forced to say it's the best because they couldn't legally say it was the best so it's absurd at that level because again it's a total fabrication as things are when they're not backed up by evidence but there are two reasons why accusations that have no bearing on reality from governments like britain germany america canada france etc come out reason number one they want to distract from a negative news cycle domestically whether it's a government report that shows the economy is going to tank whether it's a politician with his hand up the wrong skirt whether it's some other sort of fraud and corruption at high levels in government and then there's a second reason it's because they want to cover up positive things that governments like russia and businessmen in russia are doing that could be a threat to the hacker monic ak anomic and political domination of the world by the u.s. and its allies just today it was said that russian businesses are looking to invest in substantial shares in such as i.p.o. which is going to come on the market very very soon

what stood deal with carlsberg? looks like they're making a lot of changes.oking for growth in the east. exiting some slower markets like finland. it are sitting in a stake in a japanese brewer. we will see what happens. never a day goes by that man doesn't want to talk about u.k. supermarkets. they they are facing -- >> are facing the uk's biggest ever eagle pay claim. gmail workers are saying they're getting less pay than male workers. we are talking about 4 billion pounds of this moment. it's not positive. guy: we will see how that opens. first go on your bloomberg. available now on the mobile app. coming up, it's the market open. four minutes to go. we are basically feeling in the gap between the finish of trading in europe and the u.s.. u.s. futures pointing negatives. european futures pointing positive. the european open is four minutes away. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ to the start of trading in europe. how will european equities perform? the indications are that we will see a positive start. remember that wall street continued to climb after the european c

, because carlsberg are shutting down their distribution, there were loads of problems there and thiscision? dhl are still a massive company, they might not focus on chicken deliveries but they are a huge logistics company, why would kfc have thought, we want to change the people who are delivering our chicken. most organisations are looking to drive down costs, markets are getting more competitive so i can only assume it's one of two reasons, they believe it gives them competitive advantage because they can make improvements in their supply chain, or it's going to be done cheaper.m that the kind of thing we might see a cross more rest on chains? are you seeing it elsewhere in the uk to keep prices down? looking to move suppliers? i wouldn't have thought so “— suppliers? i wouldn't have thought so —— restaurant chains. look at don dons, they have their own transportation and warehouse systems. they do it all themselves? yeah. if you're in a restaurant it's a critical part of your business to have food available, they have 60 or 70 lines, how hard is it to get that around? how have kfc