i am carol massar. jason: i am jason kelly. n to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, also on a.m. 311 in new york, 106.1 in boston. carol: a.m. 960 in the bay area, in london on dab digital, and of course on the bloomberg app. this week solution section is focused on small businesses. jason: specifically, very creative entrepreneurs making cider and sneakers, of course. carol: these are great stories. we got more from our editor. jason: the brand is called zeha. dimitra: it is called zeha. i am not sure how to describe either. one of the classic styles is like a combo of a bowling shoe and a soccer shoe. not to draw comparisons, but i will draw comparisons. some people say they look like campers, but they are kind of cooler than campers. they have got stripes on the sides. they are leather, very sturdy, and these were very popular in east germany before the fall of the wall. and kind of competing with the puma and adidas, that is what was available to east germans with the zeha brand. and they kind of went away because of

carol: and i'm carol massar. n also listen to us on the radio, and in new york, 106.1 in boston. jenna 119, siriusxm -- channel 119, sirius xm radio. jason: a.m. 960 in the bay area and the bloomberg business app. carol: we've been focusing on the u.s.-china talks this week. chinese companies are continuing to expand their global footprint and the chinese government its influence. jason: they are installing fiber-optic surveillance systems around the world. carol: cool chart in the technology section that maps beijing's reach. you're looking at a map of the world, it shows where there are internet cables. those colored spots show where chinese companies have had an impact, are selling their services, their products. you've got smart city initiatives and other things. jason: it's interesting. you see areas where they are especially interested, the united states obviously one and we see that. we saw that with zte clearly, that's a focus. but also africa, if you look at the internet cable, blue. you see a lot going o

carol: i'm carol massar. this week's issue, the davos rivalry between the united states and china. jason: the six politicians who could chart britain's brexit future. carol: and in the features section, the former espn president is plotting his comeback. jason: he has a new startup that aims to be the netflix for sports. carol: we talked to a reporter about his story. >> he left espn about a year ago, a little more than a year ago, and came back six months later at a startup called dazn. and they are -- the simplest way to put it is the netflix for sports. they have live events, they operate in five markets right now, and charge you a monthly fee. their goal is to i think supplant espn and any other competitor in the world of global sports broadcasting. carol: that's not easy to do. when i think about the big sports franchises, those deals cost a lot of money, get locked up for years at a time. how does he break into them? if anybody was going to be able to do it, i think it would be him, because he understan

carol: and i'm carol massar. ancy pelosi's dealmaker reputation is being put to the test. jason: that's right. and real estate experts see discounts ahead for luxury home buyers. carol: paypal is as well known for who founded it as for what it does. jason: the company has had very good years. carol: drake bennett with more. >> they're known for the so-called paypal mafia, the guys involved in the founding and early years of the company and went on to do totally different things. and for a lot of people, paypal is still associated with ebay options and a button on a website but at this point, it has become a much bigger company. it's got its fingers in basically every part of the sprawling digital payment ecosystem. jason: for a certain segment of the audience out there, they probably have not heard of paypal but they have heard of venmo. i feel in my everyday life, especially when talking to the kids, they're talking about venmo more than paypal. so a couple of acquisitions that have framed the company in a differ

carol: i am carol massar. n: in the technology section, japan does not want to fall behind the technological curve. carol: it is very important that the ministry of trade is working to speed up the arrival of aerial taxis, flying cars. jason: flying cars. >> we have talked a little bit about it the last couple years the efforts in the u.s. and elsewhere to make fantastic machines of the future a reality, including larry page, the google founder. but japan over the last few started to take an earnest approach on a governmental level. they are calling an old-school moonshot, saying in a next 10 years we will get from a standing start to air taxis and trucks. japan in terms of a high tech universe and who is doing what, i love the story that says japan uses foot phones, and yahoo! is the most popular internet service. they have kind of fallen behind when it comes to high-tech. yes, and particularly this kind of technology, japan is an unlikely source of this moonshot effort. say ups that writers front they are stu

i am carol massar.: you can listen to us on sirius xm including 106 in boston. 960 in the bay area area and of course on the bloomberg business cap. in the economic section, how the hottest videogame on the planet is emblematic of a new digital mile of digitalization. some point over the summer, my son started talking about something that he and his friends were doing and that was gaming globalization. he did not call it that but they were changing the server they toe using to brazil or asia try to take on what they saw as weaker players, build up some and build some kind of teenage playground/street credit if you well. what he did not realize what he was doing there was leveraging the internet, leveraging the new form of globalization that we all live with every day and it reminded me that we kind of forget that the new world of globalization is a very digital one and it is one that has become not just a daily one but an hourly one that we deal with. carol: i think this will resonate with our audience.

i am carol massar. jason: and i am jason kelly. are joining you from bloomberg's headquarters here in new york. america's gun culture is going global. how the nra is spreading its message around the world. carol: smartphones helping patients prescribed drugs for chronic illnesses. jason: and speaking of 2019 -- happy new year. it has begun the way the old year ended, with plenty of volatility in the market. carol: some green, some red, swinging between the two. as the economics editor points out the cover story, investors can lay much of volatility at the feet of president trump. >> when the market had been off and on but still generally rising, then began to fall, the decline gained speed in december the day before christmas. we have had some bobbing around since then. 2018 was the worst year for the stock market since the financial crisis of 2008. >> the worst year. we did kind of avoid a technical bear market. >> barely. >> we are still up in the equity markets as president trump came to office. >> i think that is important. tru

i'm carol massar. jason: i'm jason kelly. us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, 106.1 in boston, 99.1 fm washington, d.c. carol: don't forget, also on the bloomberg business app. jason: we're almost done breaking down 2019, but first, one last look at 2018. the analysis of the year's top social trends was one of the most read stories on the bloomberg terminal. carol: it is a great read. she joins jason and me to talk about what we were taught about growth, labor markets, and demographics. >> one of the ones that stuck out to us were sidewalk scooters. any time that i go to washington these days -- jason: they are everywhere. >> you see a bunch of guys in suits and ties riding the scooters. carol: they are electric, right? >> we thought this was an interesting trend, because it speaks to the fact that a lot of economic activity is concentrating in dense urban cores. we have seen that happen throughout this expansion, but we are getting to a point where folks are trying to think more efficient and cheap ways to get around, a

i am carol massar. jason: and i am jason kelly. 're here at bloomberg's global headquarters in new york. carol: this week, we zero in on the future with conversations from bloomberg's annual year ahead summit. jason: some of the world's most respected figures in business and politics spoke at this invitation-only event. carol: we heard from ceo's from duke energy and others. also, karen weaver of flint, michigan about the aftermath of the city water crisis. jason: plus, doris kearns goodwin on presidential leadership in years past and what that might tell us about what is ahead. co-ceo jim coulter made a dynamic presentation on dynamic investment opportunities he sees in 2019. it is a fast run through the biggest themes, something he recently presented privately to tpg's own investors. carol: and of course we are talking about things like cannabis and the power of influencers. jason: kardashians. carol: also, big data. >> we have been talking about big data for a while. but it has gone from hype to reality. and to be clear, it is bi

i'm carol massar. in this week's issue u.s.-china trade talks front and center. jason: the magazine has several stories looking at china and its relationship with big tech, emerging economies and its impact on the digital economy. carol: on the cover the technology giant, we're talking about zte. jason: can paypal survive on its own. carol: opening up the magazine, recession fears. recession isn't inevitable. jason: but there are some things that might crush this u.s. expansion. carol: we caught up with economic expert, peter coy. >> why do expansions die? >> right now, you've seen since october the stock market has come down quite a bit. it's because people are worried the good times are going to stop rolling and yet a week ago this friday we had an incredibly strong jobs report. more than 300,000 jobs created which tells you the economy is really strong. how can these two things co-exist? how can people be talking about a recession and at the same time, you have all evidence of, current indicators are quite strong. because one of the arguments there is that tha

i'm carol massar. jason: and i'm jason kelly. we're here at bloomberg headquarters in new york. carol: in this week's issue u.s.-china trade talks front and center. jason: the magazine has several stories enter into a relationship with big tech and its impact on the digital economy. carol: on the cover the technology zinet president trump spared,

i am carol massar. jason: and i am jason kelly. you from bloomberg's headquarters here in new york. america's gun culture is going global. how the nra is spreading its message around the world. carol: smartphones helping patients prescribed drugs for chronic illnesses.

westin, here with carol massar. carol: another busy friday. david: another busy day for the president. carol: i was thinking about all the timelines you just talked about. market sentiment still positive. david: perhaps on the one report that secretary mnuchin might be recommending something. have the tit for tat going on in washington, which we will dive into. let's get a check on your markets. despite all of this going on, some enthusiasm yesterday. we saw the markets spike right up on the possibility that there could be resolution in the .5%. -- s&p futures up the euro slightly holler versus -- higher versus the dollar. look at the movement in the treasury trade when we saw the headline yesterday. quick check on crude as well. 1.5%, headedel, up forts longest weekly rally in three months. david: the u.s. releases industrial production numbers at 9:15 eastern time this morning. theome point this morning, senior a to kim jong-un will meet with president trump and secretary of state pompeo. on sunday, we will get key growth numbers from china,

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up, lisa abramowicz and carol massar.k it off with a cover, china entech and president trump. >> very interesting. there this theme in the magazine, several different china stories. interesting, this story gets into the digital inroads that china is making. >> not only the digital inroads, but the implications. you think silk road, you think silk and spices. now, we are talking the infrastructure of technology. with that comes a cultural implication because china has cracked down on certain freedoms of speech, video games and censorship. they are importing that ability to censor to other countries and therefore also the cultural implications. >> we take a deep dive into the nba in particular. show --those colors smart tv, internet connected appliances, this shows where china has either sold goods into , in particular in emerging economies. it is digital infrastructure. with it, there are surveillance methods, cameras are being imported. what's interesting, especially they are saying the west did nothing for us, so let's t

i'm carol massar. jason: and i'm jason kelly. we are here at bloomberg headquarters in new york. week, how things operate at the world's best performing stock market. jason: we're talking about the jamaican stock exchange. also, investing legend jeremy grantham. carol: and this businessman is using his deep pockets to take on climate change. jason: and we talk about one of

i am carol massar. jason: and i'm jason kelly. we are here at bloomberg headquarters in new york. his week's issue, iconic companies tackling our global macro concerns. first up, we have got the ceo here on what he is doing to combat global warming. jason: and then sharing worries about brexit. carol: then, we have the global cover story. president trump's government shutdo

i am carol massar. jason: and i'm jason kelly. n us to the radio on sirius xm, in new york, boston, washington, d.c. carol: in london on dab digital and of course on the bloomberg business at. let's talk about bloomberg, because you never know who might stop by. just recently shaquille o'neal visiting our bloomberg businessweek radio studios. jason: it was something to behold. very electric moment. we talked about a lot of things, but he told us how he has built a very successful investment portfolio. shaq: i heard the great jeff bezos say that if you're going to invest, you should invest in things that are going to change people's lives. it made a lot of sense and he said this a long time ago. i'm always in silicon valley meeting people, at ces, which is happening right now in las vegas. i just like to get information by hearing people that are smarter than me talk. invest in things that are going to help people out. when i first came and i was wanting to get rich quick and do a lot of quick -- get rich quick schemes. you see thes

i'm carol massar. jason: i'm jason kelly. st done breaking down 2019, but first, one last look at 2018. the top 12 -- social trends into one of the most read stories on the bloomberg terminal. carol: she joins jason and me to were taughthat we about growth, labor markets, and demographics. weree that stuck out to us sidewalk commuters. -- computers. jason: they are everywhere. >> you see a bunch of guys in suits and ties riding the scooters. they are electric, right? anwe thought this was interesting trend because it speaks to the fact that a lot of economic activity is concentrated in dense urban cores. we have heard -- seeing that through this expansion but we are getting to a point where folks are trying to think more efficient and cheap ways to get around, and scooters are a natural outgrowth of that trend. jason: cheap and more efficient ways to live. adult dorms? i read that in the story and thought, oh jeepers. that does not sound fun at all. my colleagues suggested that to me and when he said it, i didn't know it was h

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i'm carol massar. in this week's issue u.s.-china trade talks front and center.gazine has several stories looking at china and its relationship with big tech, emerging economies and its impact on the digital economy. carol: on the cover the technology giant, we're talking about zte. jason: can paypal survive on its own?

westin, here with carol massar. carol: another busy friday.rol: i was thinking about all the timelines you just talked about. market sentiment still positive. david: perhaps on the one report that secretary mnuchin might be recommending something.