david ridder, bloomberg intelligence analyst on mastercard and these of.ology, oracle ceo mark hurd will be joining bloomberg's cory johnson for an exclusive interview about the software company's progress in the cloud that airs tuesday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on bloomberg west. still ahead on bloomberg markets, carl icahn will get to pick at least three board members at xerox as it splits into two companies. influence he will have going forward. plus, we are watching the markets and the huge rally going into the close. stocks right around session highs. ♪ betty: good afternoon and welcome back to bloomberg markets, i am betty lou. a quick check of the markets as we are now less than 20 minutes away from the closing bell on this friday. we are just marching ahead higher in this rally. the dow is now up 336 points. the s&p is also up over 2%. in triple digit gain again for the doubt. tech shares, industrial, those are leading this rally higher. that means the nasdaq is up as well. it has been a rough day for amazon. the shares are plunging big-time after fourt