. -- helima croft joining us in the next hour.f germany,data out our very own international correspondent hans nichols is in berlin and german states are calling on angela merkel to boost infrastructure investment. what is her likely response? >> nein. is committed to having a balanced budget. gavrielly sigman growth has made that clear. everyone wants a balance budget and the federal level in that means no spending. >> consistency within a greater germany of since -- of support of non-austerity. >> may be the auto sector, so down the rhine and visit and go all the way down to stuttgart if you can, even get on the canal and visit the auto companies. you look at the trade, the top trading partner for germany as france. russia is about 11 on that list. they think the economy has a cyclical problem or a structural problem, look to see who they are talking about for experts because if they are concerned about russia, that is an indication that they think a slight downturn may just be cyclical. if they are talking about france, they ar

rbc capital markets chief commodities strategist helima croft tomorrow on television and radio on "bloomberge thrilled to bring you dr. croft, particularly with her work on geopolitics, her tenure at the cia. we have important breaking news on a blue-chip stock. >> j&j has reported that adjustment earnings for last quarter topped the average analysts' estimate and boosted its four-year earnings per share. >> not bad. that has turned around. >> is a curious when we have all of its headlines coming out of europe that bond yields are going negative on the two-year maturities and here earnings reasonably -- >> and future still up five. >> which is a little bit inexplicable, too. >> so are the kansas city royals. >> you wonder how long the u.s. can stay detached from the rest of europe. >> meantime, let's get you coming us from the files of "bloomberg west." we start with netlist, -- netflix, boosting its monthly were availablems at 899 a month -- $8.99 but now are $11.99 a month. for the first time in as many years, a potential buyer has walked away from t-mobile. thebile is the smallest of four