ryan chilcote is here. dave pharaoh is here. my.ll get the violins out. >> i could not take another day of your cricket talk. >> nets versus the hawks. nets won 127-110. every year, the nba plays a regular-season game. we have our own videos so we don't have to show it through the newspaper. this is the eighth in london. it happens every year. neither of these teams are playing particularly well, so last fight was kind of an interesting one because they both needed the win. they have won six of the last seven but they are still losing more games they are winning. >> one of the most expensive teams in basketball. >> it would have been played in my backyard and i did not know. >> i like games that can finish 1-nil. i cannot wait for sunday night. but not basketball. nflt least they play more games. collect the buzz is very good. and you can speak to a beatle. >> you spoke to him four second longer than any of us. >> he called me over. >> what was the fan you put to to -- the quesatition you put him? >> i hear you're a fan. it was an e

ryan chilcote is down at the london boat show. at the moment, not very conducive to voting. that is what we are going to be talking about. eeker. talking to suns we are talking about the future for the yachting industry. it is going to be a nice morning for ryan chilcote down there. back to you. >> if only there was the son outside. -- sun outside. i do so much. guy johnson with "the pulse" coming up. here are some companies on the move. "frozen" returns to the top spot in canada. the animated movie about two princesses is in its seventh weekend in theaters. "frozen" toppled the latest installment of "the hobbit congo which had held the lead for three weeks. lostbuse airlines cabin pressure as it was flying from london to singapore. the flight landed just after 1:00 a.m. local time. samsung is hoping to parlay its smartphone technology into automotive navigation. it is partnering with intel on open-source software that can run smart phones, tablets and car systems. the software has garnered interest from automakers including toyot

let's turn it over to ryan chilcote. you are sitting in a rolls- royce. >> record sales at rolls-royce. i like to do my market research so i am in the backseat of a phantom. they did very well with the phantom this past year. i kind of fancy driving myself as much as i like today pampered. later in the show, i am going to be back at the helm of their brand-new car. nice, i like the overhang. withoks like a skylight little lights. we will have to get more on that. thank you so much, ryan. ryan chilcote with the latest on that rather fancy car. let's have a look at some of what the pharmaceuticals are doing. novartis, this is what it is doing, down some 0.3%. it is discussing a swapping of units with merck and astrazeneca is gaining 0.8% after a diabetes pill that it developed won u.s. approval. a little bit of corporate news, we are all of a rolls-royce. anything else we are watching? >> keep an eye on initial jobless claims. you have the adp report yesterday which came in much better. we are waiting for jobless claims. k

i'm caroline hyde. >> i'm ryan chilcote. collects -- >> i'm jon ferro.e 18th member of the euro. i guess they don't necessarily get to choose when they enter the eurozone but why would anyone want to join now? issuet's the particular right now, but let me give you three reasons. politics gives you a seat at the table. if you are a small country like latvia, you will be affect did whether you are a part of it or not and it's probably much better to be part of the discussion. we will look up things like transaction costs, trade issues. it erases any of those aansaction costs and it has little bit more certainty and banks could be encouraged to do more lending to latvian businesses. havehird reason, you officials in latvia also expecting lower our wing costs. who would have thought it could offer that? that's exactly what it does offer. the eurozone offers the mother of all insurance policies in the shape of germany. they do not want to eurozone member to default so it takes away that risk as well. >> geopolitically, they were one of the first to join the e

[laughter] seenan chilcote last leaving the country. we will be back with more. flex when you are in your bentley, you drive it and when you are in your rolls-royce, you are driven. >> i would love to be driven generally. i think that's not different than normal. to wear a like ryan tie. he's not wearing much of a tight. >>, on, ryan. make an effort. this global chain is getting some breaking details. mia saini has the details. good morning. >> the numbers are crossing the terminal right this second. we have a beat when it comes to net income for the first quarter. they calculated as the three months that and november 30. we have 41.8 billion yen. that is the income coming in beating analyst estimates of those we survey at bloomberg and if you were to put that in perspective on a year, also beating the previous which was ¥38.5 billion. he went to see what the growth is looking like in sales for the three months, 880 ¥9 billion, higher from the same time last year. what's most important is the full-year forecast for sales. ¥1.3 trillion. they did trim that just sl

chilcote with the latest from the ukraine. bit about the business model we come back. ♪ >> good morning. welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." i am guy johnson. these are the top headlines. syria's government and its opposition groups and discussed the release of prisoners and allowing aid into the siege city. egypt's interim president said his successor will be elected before the nation votes on the next parliament. of have seizedey seized the justice ministry. demonstrators say they believe little will come from the parliament session called by the ukrainian president, which happens later. back over to you. >> telecom takeover talk. intent tonced its make an offer for vodafone. we are joined by the principal coming -- thank you for in. let's talk about the biggest of these. at&t saying they are not going to bid for vodafone. how do you interpret this? comply withs is to u.k. takeover laws. does that mean they might bid after six months? >> let's go a couple of steps back. when vodafone sold the stake in verizon, immedi

ryan chilcote, man for the job.f rolls-royce's figures, let's take a look at what is happening in the luxury car market. who is buying what? joining us to discuss this is the man selling these high-end vehicles, the founder of one of the u.k.'s reading luxury car dealerships. rolls-royce's sales figures this morning are showing that there is still incredibly strong demand for very expensive cars. not here in the u.k. where ryan is driving around the block, it is in places he says like the united states, china and the middle east. >> there will always be a demand for rolls-royce, particularly the new cars. there are actually more demand for secondhand rolls-royce in the u.k. than there are for new cars. >> what does that tell us about the nature of how this market is going to evolve? these things depreciate quickly. is it smart for people to go, you know what, i will wait for a year? >> what is the warranty on rolls-royce? >> five years. buy one a year later, still four years left on the warranty. that strikes me as

. >> i am ryan chilcote in for guy johnson.he pulse" live bloomberg's european headquarters in london. >> this is our main story of the day. jobs data in the united states. economists expect today's payroll report to show that the u.s. cap it strongest year for payroll in eight years. jon ferro joins us with more on the numbers. we care so much about these figures because it will give us an indication of what the fed is watching. aspect ofbeen a big federal reserve policy and you have seen numbers coming in around the 200,000 mark. we are looking for 100 97,000 jobs added to the u.s. economy. 2.27 million jobs that might have been at it through the year in 2013 would be the most since 2005. the u.s. still has not recovered those jobs lost in the recession. 8.8 million of them. still not back at those levels right now. someone reached out to me and two byhey only just beat 100,000 jobs. a lot of work has been put into this. we still haven't recovered those jobs. >> the weather, how big of a factor could it be? >> christmas gives

ryan chilcote has been following this story for us over the last few weeks. let's get his thoughts.esignation but not the one the protesters were looking for. >> yes. we had some hints that it might appen. he was prepared to install one of the opposition leaders into his job. he declined the offer so it seemed as if the issue was sort of closed though we did get a hint there might be a discussion about government responsibility for the violence we have seen during protest and the violence from the police and whether that was appropriate. ery interesting. this happened about -- just about 10 minutes ago. immediately after the announcement, they switched away. >> interesting. the announcement going on to say with the intention of opening the way for political compromise. the government in the last few days offered this position to the opposition. it was rejected. now they are opening up this discussion again and think perhaps they can revisit there. redshirt appears there is an irreconcilable problem. the president wants to stay in power until march. the protesters want him out. the p

thank you ryan chilcote. a german brewery cartel has been fined 106 million euros for fixing the price of beer. seven people were find. let's get to david tweed for the details and the reaction in berlin. a brewing cartel. i love the sound of it. >> it seems fairly lighthearted and it is very serious. we are talking not about domestic brewers. we're talking about international brewers. anheuser-busch is one of the biggest sellers of beer worldwide. it'd not have to pay a fine because they were a whistleblower 18 months ago. has been going on is that people inside the brewing operations have been having personal contacts and been colluding to raise the price of beer. 20,000 beer -- 20 bottles of beer costing one euro more. the reputational risk is that the amount of money we are talking about is not a huge amount of money. the reputational risk is severe. iny are household names here , in, in germany. i'm talking about companies that are venerable and are being hit by a drop in consumption of beer in germany.

atn chilcote is looking sony's new internet service. mia will highlight comments from emerging markets. focused on head of a trading statement. which hedge fund beats out the rest? jonathan ferro has been digging into the top funds. do not miss that. do not miss john rogers later on "countdown." us at 7:00 in the second hour of "countdown." alan is out of the race to be microsoft's new chief executive. mulally said he will stay through 2014. hans nichols is here in person. --come back onset eared welcome back onset. >> i couldn't drive the f-150 h ere. he finally ends the speculation that he will not be heading microsoft. andave associated press confirm to bloomberg that he has no plans to do anything other than serve ford. they seem to be having a hard time finding people. there have been a few candidates. eve of qualcomm was in the running. john donohue of ebay was also talking about it. these last two declined to even be considered. who is left? you have essentially internal candidates. several internal candidates. if you think micro

ryan chilcote there.ble has to charter communications. >> time warner's board calls it grossly inadequate. nus cranny joins us with the details. manus? >> some say the reason charter has gone public. john malone, -- they have been haggling with these guys for 114, now they came in at 127. it looks like time warner cable wants $160. the question is this. will chatter go nuclear? -- charter go nuclear? there are a number of options left. charter said we want all options to be open. we would prefer a friendly cash deed. we're fully locked and loaded and ready to go. the other part of story is could charter and comcast maybe get together and do a deal where arter does the deal buying warner cable. offered at $160. a lot of negotiation. this is where the advisors earn their fees. back to you guys. >> oh, yes. manus, thank you very much indeed. our markets editor, manus cranny. >> the french president, francois hollande is under scrutiny today. he hopes to convince people that he can pull the economy out of dec

ryan chilcote is focused on ubs. comments from the ceo of the bank. hans nichols is in berlin looking at metro and carrefoure. >> where is best place to put your money this year? manus cranny has exclusive sachs inom goldman london. caroline hyde is watching the latest trends in men's fashion week moving from london to milan. >> a bloomberg exclusive. sergio ermotti says ubs won't spin off its investment bank. issays the current model working. ryan chilcote joins us now for more. >> we already knew that sergio ermotti was reorganizing the business for wealth management. we knew that he was going to cut 10,000 jobs, that he had already closed most of the debt trading businesses. last week, medio backus said they are considering getting rid of investment banking altogether. in an exclusive interview with sergio ermotti in shanghai and he said that isn't the case. >> i think the investment bank is very strategic for us. we have been making a lot of changes to our strategy. the strategy is working. it is one that is focused on supporting our clients. very

ryan chilcote is on the ground. maybe not on the ground, are you actually on a yacht?> almost on the ground. you can give flight, maybe he can take sun seekers 92 footer. this is a $9 million boat here disses the dating deck are you dive into the sea from. london boat show just kicking off here. i will give a little to her. i'm learning all of my boating vernacular. site is the saloon. pretty nice. they have a nice 55 inch screen there that is a lot less than the rest of the boat. if we're going to be a little ambitious. return to go up onto the flight bridge. ray is a good man in endeavoring to do this. it is pretty extraordinary appear. this is a trilevel boat, or so here's aively -- table, which is no fun. it has three decks, right? obviously they put a hot tub appear for me. you have got your bar and of course normally you have a crew of about four with the chef, a captain, a stewardess and somebody to help you with all the ropes on board. you can ask a operator yourself. this is one of the two homes. they make one of these boats a month. 10 of them last year. it t

ryan chilcote. >> moving onto mna and an energy consulting company agreeing to buy foster wheeler. our bloomberg feels reporter matt campbell joins us with more details. we see a little bit of m&a in 2013, not as much as we were thinking. but 2014 seems like a nice start, especially for oil services. >> that is a bit of action in the oil services it another company rumored to be for sale samero, rumored to be the that's a similar thing and worth a few billion pounds, substantial. asset fieldme small occasionally. this morning there was a shale gas deal -- but we're are not seeing megamergers and oil and quiteace like they were regularly a couple of years ago. oil services is different. the reason is the oil and gas exploration is becoming more complex. it requires more work, more organization to exploit resources that are in inaccessible places. to get the resources to the end-users in populated areas. that is, on the whole, to the benefit of the services company and it is driving a bit of deal activity. >> and 2014, what are the names we should be watching out for? is rumored to b

. >> ryan chilcote is on the ground. maybe not on the ground. down at the boat show, very nice, ryan. >> a celebration it is. this boat show opens in an hour and they are already celebrating. hundreds of millions of dollars of votes and boating para paraphernalia for sale here. is called the cockpit. i know it is a bit confusing, but that is the boating vernacular. let's take a look at the rest of it. this is a world debut, never shown before this weekend. this boat goes for $3.5 million. that is the starting price. this is the saloon. screen righth there, as you can see. notice the windows. a big trend in the boating world is to have a lot of glass and get as much natural light into the boat as possible. this, obviously, is the dining room. unfortunately, they did not leave back -- breakfast out for me. we will forgive them for that. this is the helm. this is an owner-operator boat. you can drive this yourself, though most people have crews. this is called the lower hull. there are actually two different places where you can drive the boat from

. >> ryan chilcote joins us with all of the details. we had a report saying they are thinking about spinning it off. now, the ceo has poured cold water all over this. >> let me give you the background. ever since sergio ermotti took the helm at ubs, he has been cutting back. is cutting 10,000 jobs, has closed many of the debt trading desks. banca came out with this report on thursday and said maybe they will get rid of investment banking altogether. we caught up with sergio ermotti and shanghai. he said that is not going to happen. >> there are no speculation. i think the investment bank is very strategic for us. we are making a lot of changes to our strategy. the strategy is working and is focused on supporting our clients and wealth management, corporate and institutional's. assets a very defined and capital that we want to put at work in the investment bank and the business model works. there is no necessity for us to make changes. >> is a spin off one of the options you are considering? >> no. we are not considering that option. the

ryan chilcote is here with the latest on this. where are we with this?s, 4 nights, the dead, the injured. is it escalating? have we reached a crescendo? >> the violence has cooled a bit. at the same time, we have seen a geographic expansion with protest now outside the capital, where they have been. regional cities where the protesters occupied the government headquarters. why? the governors in those regions are appointed by the president of ukraine. he is from the east of ukraine. where they tend to be more ethnicsian, maybe russian. >> explain that to me. this is something that i was not aware of. i read some of the stories. you said that there is a very anar divide and it is more ethnic and cultural divide. >> it is. perhaps it has been underreported so far. one of the fault lines or issues laying out on the streets in schism, if you will, this divide between ukrainians in the west and ukrainians in the east. the ukrainians who live in the west tend to speak ukrainian only and be more western-leading -- western-leaning, more anti-russian. in the east,

ryan chilcote lookahead to a meeting. he tells us why a couple of beers could breathe life into europe's industry. john ferro is sizing up competition ahead of bt earnings. >> plus, the lunar new year kicks off today. we are taking a look at where in the world an estimated 100 million chinese tourists are taking their spending power for the weeklong holiday. we talk to the founders of the hotel booking site, mr. and mrs. smith.com next hour. >> microsoft's five-month long ceo search may finally be coming to an end. the board is said to be making satya nadella the new chief. he is the head of the company's and her present cloud unit. the board is also said to be considering any chairman to take over for bill gates. here with more is caroline hyde. potentialt with the ceo, you met him recently. >> i did, in december. , very softlyng man spoken, interested, interesting. not forthright, not a huge presence. he was very nice, very welcoming. very easy to talk to. he could become the third ceo at microsoft has ever had. this is

ryan chilcote has more.f you think about blackberry coming think about the physical keyboard. it has struggled with everything else. the blackberry 10, the hybrid, it had the keyboard, but it still had the touch green. the selling point has always been the keyboard. that is why we like it. the ceo is going to tape library back to its roots. take blackberry back to its roots. >> i love blackberry. we're going to go back to keyboards predominantly. one example of how serious they are taking this return back to the keyboard is how much the company believes in this idea that that is the way they can resurrect himself. they are suing a company that is making a snap on keyboard for the iphone 5 and the iphone 5s. they say this infringes on their design on the copyright they have with the blackberry. the problem is, is it going to be enough? >> i will be the devil's advocate. theurveyed analyst on stock, and only 43 think you should buy blackberry. , since theers ,ntroduction of the iphone 3 have migrated to apple

ryan chilcote with us who has been covering the story.estors in fiat certainly like what they see this morning. >> absolutely. shares were up mike more than 15% at one point. if this continues, shares are on course for their biggest percentage increase since april 2, 2009. pretty extraordinary. this was a single digit in dollar terms, billion dollar company. it has just become a double- digit. now, fiat on the italian talk exchange is worth about $11.5 billion. they have an upper limit of 10%. stock exchange says they open anyway. they will review it throughout the day to see if it needs to be suspended. >> it did take a while to open up. matt, happy new year to you. thatdy feeling foggy and this morning? this is a complicated deal to get your head around. explain to us how this is going to work. >> the market seems to be saluting the complexity. sergio marchionne, the ceo of fiat is operating like a private equity manager. chrysler, the target of this transaction is actually paying back the -- paying effectively for its own acquisition.

for the latest i am joined by ryan chilcote. what did the protesters what?want complete change, regime change to use a bad term. what is interesting is you have 450 lawmakers in one room. they have returned for an emergency session, perhaps the most important session in their history. cutting their christmas break short even though we are at the end of january. what do they decide? two big things. primevernment says, -- minister says, i am willing to offer my resignation. they rescind the anti-protest law that sparked this recent round of violent protests. what about the protesters on the street? they like the rescinding of the anti-protest law. they like the offer of resignation. they celebrated in fact. they continue to plan on trying to topple the president. that is the real objective. he is the one with real power. >> you have also been looking at the debt market. what is the story there? >> very similar -- very different. they don't want political turmoil but at the end of the day what they're looking at is the country's ability to pay its debt. the bac

ryan chilcote reports.the classroom, robots gained ground in 2013. --♪ garden style research have a robot to help the elderly. hosted a robot soccer competition. another robot you can control with your mind. the first talking robot to be sent to space. motion sensors put robots in the boxing ring. yo, israely in tok continue development of military robots. 2014 plans to be mind blowing. it will involve robots treating people with memory loss. useful for us trying to remember everything that happened last year. ryan chilcote, bloomberg. soccer mightying do a better job than me. >> i am waiting for arnold schwarzenegger to show up. anna, thanks. asia's richest man looking for an exit from hong kong. the company is looking to gauge demand starting next week for a listing of its hong kong electricity unit. the company is looking for more than $5 billion in the spinoff. power assets is controlled by on kong leader le keqing. opportunities, let's find out. .evon pendleton joins us we think he is going to look at

ryan chilcote sitting to my left .tart with you, carolyn. .> i was there with all the pomp and circumstance, the red velvet and gold. this man took to the stage. the friends resident -- the french president. it is on all the newspapers. saying, we now need action. talk of helping businesses. reducing charges in terms of payrolls. cutting back in government spending. here is a british paper. journal -- the european edition. a new agenda for france. there he is amidst the red velvet at the palace. this detailed more about the economic story, what we can do at aduce the unemployment 16 year high. trying to make a more business friendly environment here in france. which has the highest tax in europe. the first question from the france -- press was of course about his private life to read hisanted to know about first lady and will she remain the first lady. >> the front pages of the english press dominated by the french president. >> something entirely different on page nine of the times. beauty surgery at for children drop

ryan chilcote is here. >> protesters have occupied government headquarters. important part is in the west of the country. why? the governors were appointed by the president. the protesters resent that so they resent the governors as a result. you have a schism between the west and the east. they don't get along. the president is from the east. they are ethnic russian and pro-russian areas. the west of the country is more western leaning and ukrainian speaking. no civil war, country of 45 million people. at most we have had 100,000 people protesting. it does reveal the taking of the -- one of the fault lines we are -- lane out --. playing out. >> tell us about the truce. >> the government hasn't talked about it at all. according to the opposition, they have agreed to hold off on violence will the government has agreed to not use libor rubber bullets -- life or rubber bullets. and to convene the parliament. repealing the at anti-protest laws that sparked this most recent wave of protests. also, a no-confidence vote to the comp this government -- to the governme

ryan chilcote joins us with the very latest. i am addicted to blackberry, right?> we are both blackberry users. >> i love my blackberry. i go beyond the user. it is because it has a little key boat -- a little keyboard. >> every new model seems to be a little worse than the model before it. i don't understand how a company can do that. i'm a blackberry fan because of that keyboard. the phone, it is the keyboard come even the transition with the hybrids we have the keyboard and the touchscreen haven't worked for me because i don't know where to press. the touchscreen is going off in my pocket, i'm calling people i didn't want to. that is awkward third >> i haven't changed in five years. >> but the company wants you to buy the new products. i think blackberry has understood that the keyboard is a draw. we're not the only people that think that very they're going back to their roots. have a listen. personally love the keyboards and so you will look to blackberry going forward to keyboards. i wouldn't use the word exclusively, but predominantly. he lovesn the ceo says

let's get the latest from ryan chilcote. emergencyainian session began just a let -- just a little less than an hour ago. we got this surprise offer of resignation from the prime , who says he wants to try to encourage some kind of peace and reconciliation in ukraine. immediately after we got that announcement, the broadcast signal for the ukrainian parliament was cut. many questions remain. for example, will he remain in the job as the acting prime minister? if his resignation request is not excepted. what if no one takes the job or agrees to fill in for him? over the weekend, we heard the ukrainian president, that is who many of the protesters would like to see resigned, say that he is prepared to sacrifice his prime minister and he offered the job to one of the opposition leaders. however, the opposition leader declined his offer. interestinge an situation where we have an acting prime minister. in any case, all eyes on parliament, where those discussions are underway. undoubtedly he did while hundreds of people remain ou

. >> ryan chilcote joins us with more.ng earnings aside, tell us about marchionne's game plan. >> he spent the last five years trying to build fiat from a regional carmaker into a global carmaker. you can expect the gains and the structure of the new company to be very multinational. there is five parts to this. shares, almost certainly listed in new york. quite likely the new york stock exchange with a secondary listing in milan. where will the tax headquarters be? the expectation is the united kingdom with a legal headquarters in the netherlands. that is the blueprint that mr. marchionne employed when he spun off the tractor maker that fiat owned back in 2011. now it gets more automotive. where will the headquarters they? sergio marchionne himself said he thinks the united states has a large claim to the corporate headquarters. that is where the company makes 4/5 of its profits and gets 54% of its revenue. quite a change from back in the day. a decade ago it got 92% of its profit -- its revenue i should say in italy. the

ryan chilcote joins us with more. marchionne finally gets the deal he was looking for. >> >> the stock is up more than 15%. you have to go back to april 2009 to see that kind of share price increase. really extraordinary. worth mentioning the italian stock exchange has an upper limit of 10%. they waved it. investors seem to like it and think it is a good deal for fiat. $4.2 billion is the size of the overall deal. less than what was anticipated. other factors are that fiat is going to pay a small parliament of that. perhaps a lot less. and the market loves certainty. now we have a little bit more certainty. this merger is going to go forward now. this merger, you know, sergio marchionne's goal since he wasn't able to pull off the purchase of g.m. lewis, some think that is what fiat needs. >> how significant is this for marchionne? this opportunity with deal he was first working on but plan b perhaps? >> he spent pretty much the last decade trying to do it and it was worth wile. since he became c.e.o. in 2004 2004, he

ryan chilcote is here with more. what is the latest?e become a feature of the opposition movement. protesters yesterday carrying whocoffin of one kevsky would have turned 26 yesterday. he was shot down earlier in the week. he was led through the streets, his coffin, followed by hundreds of marchers, many wearing masks clearly intent on participating in the clashes going forward. those clashes continued when protesters seized at least one government building. the justice minister within the last hour saying if the justice ministry wasn't released whether protesters then she would be forced to ask the president to call for a state of emergency. it would then be up to the president to decide whether he would do that. in the regions, we have the protests spreading. regional headquarters of the federal government either blockaded or occupied by protesters in 10 different regions. that is mostly in the west of the country where it is ukrainian nationalism. it is also now in the more pro-yanukovych territories like the east and the south of th

let's get the latest with ryan chilcote. >> funeral processions have become the new feature in the ukrainian unrest. protesters marched alongside the coffin of one. he is a young man who was shot dead earlier in the week during those violent protests. he would have turned money six 26terday as he was late -- as he was laid to rest. we had clashes through the night and two over the weekend occupations. one of the convention center that protesters turned into a makeshift hospital. a big issue there is the protesters getting medical attention. this helps them with that. also, just late last night before dawn, the ukraine's justice ministry was occupied by protesters. the guards of the building happily letting them in. the justice minister herself, one of the key negotiators with the opposition, said that the protesters in that building have to leave today or she will call on the president to install a state of emergency. regionally, the chaos continues to spread. theregional headquarters of federal government in 10 different regions has been occupied. whereas in the past when we were talking ab

life -- insight into manus' life. >> ryan chilcote has the opportunity go.g freed after being held hostage in france. last -- boss-nappings are not all that rare. >> bafta nominations are out, "gravity was put is leading the pack. got 10can hustle" nominations. winners will be announced on february 16. >> follow us both on twitter,@guyjohnsontv. @annaedwardsnews. what you need to know for the rest of the day and talking about dennis rodman strip to north korea as well. all that is coming up for ♪ >> good morning, welcome back. you are watching "the pulse," live from london. i am guy johnson and these are the top headlines. hadions of americans and just endured the coldest day in decades. temperatures in chicago were lower than those at the south pole as frigid air clamps down on the u.s. in new york, temperatures smashed a record set in 1896. thousands of flights and trains have been canceled. billionaire investor mark mobius says he still sees fundamentals in emerging markets despite major wall street banks being bearish on the sector. in an interview with

also here with us, my colleague, ryan chilcote. good morning. look.he few sports globally that can deliver globally. if i'm coca-cola or if i'm emirates and i have got a big presence that i want to generate in the subcontinent. ricket, the sport there. sports are different around the world. why am i sponesoring a global football team like arsenal? >> they have a fairly broad portfolio that covers the international globe. the reason they choose football is it is truly the most global game. it is played everywhere in the world. there is a massive fan base just about everywhere in the world. in market where is they see growth, they know football is a real passion point. gives them access to their consumer in those marketplaces and gives them visibility and things they can't generate on their own. >> from arsenal's perspective, how big a piece over the pie are the markets outside of the u.k.? try and quantify it for me. >> in terms of the revenue? >> yeah. >> it is significant for us. i think it is difficult because we have such a large percentage of our

ryan chilcote bringing us up to speed with the latest out of ukraine. carl icahn is on the rampage again, focusing on apple and calling for more cash to be returned to shareholders. this is after he has up his stake. , here ishe latest caroline hyde. -- ebay, it was eagle today it is back on apple. >> the man just works social media like no other investor i know. he has taken to twitter to disclose he is upping his stake in another tech giant, apple. he has bought another cool half-billion dollars worth of apple shares. he now owns about $3.6 billion of apple. that is only half a percent of the entire apple stock. he is 21st in line in terms of the big holders of apple. when a man who has more than $20 billion to his name talks, the market tends to listen. once again he has released a seven-page open letter to shareholders of apple repeating his recommendation saying, look, give back $50 billion in terms of a share repurchase this year. you have so much cash, so much earnings destined for 2014, you can give more back. certainly the market has been liste

you can see him schooling our ryan chilcote.get to talk about business after the workout. >> you need very good professional staff. you need great players. you need the team spirit. only with money it is impossible to reach the championships. >> when you bought the nets, you were the first international honor when you bought the nets. -- first international owner. fast forward to now. do you think the league has become more global? >> there is interest in many countries. i know a lot of foreign investors keeping an eye to invest in the nba. >> transition time. the current commissioner is retiring after 30 years on the job. the nba's revenue soared more than 4500% up to $5.5 billion annually under his tenure. adam silver is going to be taking the helm. we spoke with the author of an article about it. >> they did this in a very gradual process. very smooth, they built a consensus over time. while they are not publicly traded and that saves them from dealing with the troubles that comes with that, it does serve as an example. they

ryan chilcote was there. >> the brooklyn nets are on the road. this is no ordinary away game.acing off against the hawks. it is a home game for atlanta, only it is in london. it is the national basketball association's 8th regular-season game in england and the latest franchiseep to take a global. >> we look at some of the assets that we have. brooklyn itself, a global brand. now we are at a point where we want to further leverage it and ultimately monetize it. >> the nba is already going global. the nets owner is russian. one of the nets players is from russia. two others are from europe and the hawks roster includes a german, a mexican, and the league's first macedonian. kevin garnett may be the biggest draw, but his chinese-made shoes and the millions behind them are the business. guatemala over, air jordan. here comes anta. they are designed for a global audience. at least in europe, the soccer players do not have much to worry about just yet read and basketball be as big in russia as you are tall? >> it is big in russia. just not as big as soccer. have one fan does who ha

more on this developing story, bringing and ryan chilcote.situation becoming increasingly difficult to resolve. it is becoming increasingly difficult to see a way out of for either side. >> ukrainians are really bracing themselves for this evening, we have had these three days and three nights of violence. the opposition has given viktor yanukovych a 24-hour deadline to meet demands, that expires tonight. maybe they will extend a, there are talks underway today. the scale of violence we have already seen, this is unprecedented for a country like ukraine. it is truly amazing. 2000 injured, 5 killed. be verying to difficult, like you were saying, to move forward. both sides are increasingly hostage to the positions they took. >> how will the kremlin be viewing this? the kremlin has bankrolled the administration. how will they be viewing the developing situation and what do you think putin -- will they be in constant communication with you and you can fish with victor -- will they be in constant medication with viktor yanukovych? >> he will want

ryan chilcote, bloomberg, lone done. >> ok, my highlight of that was the macedonian question.n't know there were so many macedonians in america. >> me neither. so you don't have a point. >> fair, fair. and the best question definitely -- >> you're tall. does that mean there's going to be a lot of success in russia? last knit's game also marked another nba landmark. >> it was the last news conference of david stern's 30-year tenure as commissioner of the league. ryan also got a chance to catch up with the basketball legend as he prepares to pass the torch. ryan asked him whether we're going to see a smooth transition. >> if you judge these days of corporate leaders, you judge them not only on the job they do, but in the succession plan that they've done n. our case, adam silver will take over on february 1, and he has been with the nba for 22 years. so much of our success is attributable to adam. a lot of people say you're going to be a difficult act to follow. >> not so. i mean, adam and i will be a difficult act to follow, but while the nba still has adam, they have the compl