grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of... show me house of cards. xfinity watchathon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. trish: a battle is brewing in washington over one of the most controversial proposals in the tax reform proposal. it happens to be a border adjustment tax. it would strip away any tax break for american companies that import goods from other countries. gash * this week house ways and means committee chair kevin brady told stuart varney yes thinks it's a good they can for american business. >> this is what our competitors use to defeat us. one of the biggest advantage of bored adjust built is to get rid of the incentives for american companies to keep moving jobs and manufacturing overseas. trish: , steve, i saw you shake your head. steve require's a 20% sales tax that could hit the very people who elected donald trump. they don't need to do it. by putting in that tax, they defeat -- trish: you are thinking companies will keep importing these goods from overseas. steve:

grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of... show me house of cards.atchathon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. ♪ jason: it's a $2.5 trillion industry populated by some of the biggest and most influential investors in the world. i am jason kelly and i am here in berlin at a conference, the biggest gathering of private investors of its kind. over the past few days, we talked to some of those investors about what's on their minds. in a world awash with money, they make dealmaking more difficult going forward. our first conversation is with

grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of... show me house of cards. xfinity watchathon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. ♪ jason: it's a $2.5 trillion industry populated by some of the biggest and most influential investors in the world. i am jason kelly and i am here in berlin at a conference, the biggest gathering of private investors of its kind. over the past few days, we talked to some of those investors about what's on their minds. in a world awash with money, they make dealmaking more difficult going forward. our first conversation is with david rubenstein. the cofounder and co-ceo of the group. one of the most important voices in the equity industry. i started asking him about the effect that president trump has had on his business. david: we are enjoying what the president is talking up. i don't think anybody anticipated this from the day of the election. obviously, a lot of stocks are up. in the financial services. i think equity has benefited from that. when public equity goes

grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of...how me house of cards xfinity watchathon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. john: cop cop. [applause] >> caddies to that guy go commercial with a camel? >> guess what today is? >> but holiday is wednesday because you are over the hump of the workweek last year during finals week at the university of st. thomas students propose to bring a camel chews celebrate to make it over the hump final it was controversy and it was canceled but greg lukianoff knows why for individual rights and education specializing in tracking the endless claims of victimhood. what was wrong? >> a started to argue was animal cruelty but he was a local camel and had nothing else to do and then they made the argument was offensive to the middle eastern people although there were never mentioned and it was a reference to the funny guy go commercial so they canceled the event random claims that people were offended. john: to find this a lot. >> i have do

grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of... show me house of cards.ty watchathon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. president trump met with a group of manufacturers at the white house after news that level of opt number of among manufacturers is the highest ever. jay timmins joins us now, he was at that meeting along with jay greenblatt. 53% optimism. the quarter before that we were 66%. and a year ago we were 56%. how does opt number of jump this high? >> i you have a president, someone in the white house and a congress focused on those policies that will help manufacturers be more competitive. you talk about a renaissance in manufacturing. the way to achieve that is if you have the right tax policies in place. you are exactly right. and that's why manufacturers are feeling pretty good about the future. charles: we got news out of the white house. more efforts to stem unfair trade. the prime minister of china comes to town. steel will be a central focus. are you seeing a sea shift in yo

grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of... show me house of cards.athon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. ♪ cory: welcome back to the "best of bloomberg technology." i'm cory johnson. e.u. regulators concerned with the privacy shield. it lets u.s. companies like facebook and google transfer data across the atlantic -- but since that deal has gone into effect, donald trump has expanded u.s. surveillance powers. we caught up with the e.u. justice minister during her visit. >> it is absolutely crucial they have certainty when they transfer the data, the private data very so for me this is , important to be here in washington and ask the new administration and new representation of the united states whether the guarantees , which we agreed upon in the negotiations of the so-called privacy shield, whether they are still in place? it is important for both sides. cory: why is it important for the businesses? >> the businesses are dependent on the transfers of private data. and without a privac

grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of... show me house of cards.hon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. ♪ erik: this is "bloomberg best." i'm erik schatzker. brexit is hardly the only challenge facing the european union. populist parties are taking aim at its solidarity. greece's debt remains a stubborn problem. and there is italy, whose political and financial institutions have struggled to maintain stability. italy's finance minister joined bloomberg television this week for an exclusive interview with francine lacqua. he painted a hopeful picture. >> the problem with the banks is being solved in the sense that are still some critical points, but now we find the solution within a european rules context. and in full agreement with european institutions to address those problems, which have the legacy of a prolonged and deep recession in the economy. francine: what is the one thing people worry about? investors are asking, testing euro and the italian political system. how do you reassu

grace and frankie, hemlock grove. season one of... show me house of cards. watchathon week starts april 3. get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. dagen: after last week's failure in repealing obamacare, republicans in washington are hoping they get a better outcome on their next priority, tax reform. and according to a new fox news poll, most americans are onboard with an overhaul. 55% of registered voters think they pay too much in taxes while 40% think that their tax bill is just about right. when asked if tax reform should happen this year, 73% said, yeah, while 21% said, no. so when do those 21% -- [laughter] of the people think is right, the right time to make changes, and who are the 40% who think that they pay uncle sam just the right amount, let me ask brian brenberg. i'm very perplexed by this, 40% think they pay just about the right amount of taxes. >> you're not in that 40%? dagen: if you pay a dime, that's too much. but i guess therein lies the problem. >> 45% of americans don't have a federal income tax lia

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