where they are way behind ok 1st of all whoops on their part but secondly this isn't facebook's 1st go into india right they failed before. they actually have killed before that's what's really interesting here so so the the to talk part of it aside facebook is trying to make in tree into india in a couple of different ways and one of the ways they try to do that was something called free basics which was free internet service that facebook was going to provide in india in order to basically get everyone on the face book it has not worked and then they tried again with a program called express why fight india and that has not worked either now its has a little more success but it's a tiny user base that uses it in the country as opposed to someone like reliance geo which has something like $370000000.00 users across india and that's why they paid really a premium to be a part of that space. and then meanwhile in light of this coronavirus stuff all happening a lot of tech companies like facebook and youtube they have been on the power grab for a lack of better description in fact you tube has just

governors who have ordered a lot of virus lockdowns plus there's an internet boom happening in india facebook already swooping in and spending billions of dollars on that country's telecom giant alliance geo we're going to discuss that all right it's time to.

coming up, we are talking facebook in india. billions into owned by the company -- owned by the country's richest man. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haslinda: facebook is betting on india, announcing plans to take a stake in a company. let's get more on that story. take us through the details of the deal and how it would affect in theital landscape country. -- 5.7 point $7 billion billion dollars. until recently, he has been the richest man in asia. he has taken strong steps from transforming his country -- his company from an energy conglomerate and e-commerce giant. this is really big for them. a bil billion -- half lion. world, likein the alphabet or amazon. it already has 388 million subscribers. givenok, the deal is big, that they are looking at the future. shrieking revenues with the lockdown -- shrinking revenues with the lockdown. no spring vacation pictures with your friends because there is no travel. whatad: looking elsewhere, are we expecting when we get the start of the trading day about 50 minutes away? nupur: we are in t

and india's richest man location bonnie facebook says it wants to link what it calls the power of whatsapp of geo small business initiative india has what sounds biggest market with 400000000 users. tartuffe a quick check of the headlines here this hour the u.s. senate has passed on the a $500000000000.00 relief package to aid small businesses it will also provide more funds for hospitals and testing for corona virus the bill will now go to the house for a vote this gives us another $310000000000.00 for the p.p.p. we look forward to the house passing this tomorrow in being up and running quickly after that this also gives us $50000000000.00 for disaster loans idle loans that will allow the s.b.a. to make $300000000000.00 disaster loans all 1st small businesses. also allows us as the president said more money to hospitals and unprecedented amounts of money for testing and again i think we understand hospitals not only the hospitals that have been impacted by coronavirus but more importantly many hospitals that have been shut down and

and india's richest man and bonnie facebook says it wants to link what it calls the power of whatsapp with geos small business initiative. coronaviruses thena been a business boon for the world's largest internet streaming service between january and march netflix signed up 16000000 new subscriber subscribers double the number it was expecting and netflix shares have gained 11 percent. but the pandemic has brought thailand's tourism industry to a halt it is estimated to lose $24000000.00 visitors this year because of travel restrictions and lock downs and the impact on elephant camps has been devastating where owners are running out of money to feed the animals scott had reports from country nobody. the elephants of the tower we charge can't enjoy their morning river back washing away the dust cooling down from the searing tie summer but unaware that their future is uncertain. or caretakers are keeping their routines as much as possible despite missing the last 3 weeks of the tourist high season like all non-essential businesse

and india's richest man mukesh ambani facebook says it wants to link what it calls the power of what's up with geos small business initiative india is what biggest market with 400000000 users in sports baseball has returned to south korea with closed door practice games being televised nationwide l.g. twins took on the dusan bears in seoul to begin a 2 week one of exhibition games for the 10 teams in the calea the league has also announced it will begin the $144.00 game regular season on may the 5th. now for the 1st time in over 50 years spanish giants boss alona say they'll sell the title rights to the stadium to raise money for the fight against corona virus the club is now taking offers from companies interested in putting their name on the new cap for a year the money raised will be invested into research projects to find a treatment a $99000.00 seat stadium has never had a title sponsor since it opened in 1957. talk a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says the executive order to hold

probably learn from jio, and there are a lot of existing relationships jio has with businesses in india that facebooktransport over to their platform. emily: interesting. certainly it is a story you will continue to follow. kurt wagner for us, thank you. we are still waiting for that white house briefing to begin. when it starts we will take you there. you can also turn -- tune into live go. it should begin any moment now. that does it for this edition of "bloomberg technology." this is bloomberg. ♪ >> good evening from bloomberg world headquarters. we are counting down to the major market open. i am shery ahn in new york. haidi: and i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. welcome to "daybreak -- australia." here are our top stories. u.s. stocks halt a two day slide amid optimism for reopening the economy. steven mnuchin and sees a restart by the end of august. oil recovers from a 21 year low after two days of frantic selling,

in the country's technology sector by a foreign funded the move is a collaboration between facebook and india's richest man mukesh ambani geo has more than 380000000 subscribers facebook says it wants a link what it calls the power of what's up with geo sports business initiative and sports baseball has returned to south korea with closed door practice sessions being televised nationwide the l.g. twins took on the do sun beds and soliah to begin the 2 week run of exhibition games for the 10 teams in the table. the league has also announced the begin the $144.00 game regular season in may to fish. for the 1st time in over 50 years spanish football giants barcelona says it'll sell the title rights to its stadium to raise money for the fight against coronavirus the club is taking offers from companies interested in putting their name to the new camp for a year the money raised will be invested in research projects to fund a treatment for the virus the $99000.00 seat stadium has not had a title sponsor since it opened in 1957. time for a quick reminder the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.s. sena

travel restrictions the impact on elephant camps has been devastating and facebook has to buy a near 10 percent stake in india's digital giant geo platforms investment of more than $5000000000.00 is the biggest the country's technology sector foreign funded geo has more than 380000000 subscribers on the move is seen as a joining of forces between facebook and india's richest man mukesh ambani those are the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post stating that so watching. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that coal means a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that have not been a change in the world we live in get a break that does not was a slogan that one of the prime minister boris jokes and counting the cost on al-jazeera. and you know the terrible you know having our objective is to kill a black. yes i mean the 1st now. they call they've taken the right approach another day another politician standing at this neck tatt with. hello i'm richard burton you're watching the listening post here are some of the cor

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india is a very important country for us. it has been a driver of growth for facebook whatsapp for many years now. india is a critical market for us in the long term. we were really fortunate to have the balance sheet to be able to make an investment like this in a troubled economic environment, and we look forward to platforms toth geo help small businesses connect whatsapp andle on drive payments through that. that sounded on the call you would be doing more of this. i am curious if you can shed any more light on regions or economies in particular that might peak facebook it's -- peak facebook's interest. >> generally, whatsapp and the power of that platform and doing , ie on the payments front think there are opportunities to do that. this was clearly a very special opportunity and something that warranted by far the largest investment we have ever made. the facebook cfo talking to bloomberg a little earlier on. coming up, we are going to hear from the mayor of columbus, ohio, andrew ginther, as they navigate the pandemic. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is "bloom

has been devastating owners are running out of money to feed the animals and facebook to buy a near 10 percent stake in india's digital giant geo platforms the investment of more than 5 and a half $1000000000.00 in india's technology sector is the biggest for foreign business those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the chrissake statement that's what america. in the history of conflicts between east and west. the mightiest battle between christianity and islam. the holy war in the name of religion. for the 1st time. the story of the crusades. from an arab perspective. love. love. love. the crusades are the epitome of holy war. yet the roots of this 200 year conflict lay not in religion but in the economic condition of medieval europe later little sleep. shae that look at that the less you know. there the in the less no. doubt unless the solution. while the pope was trying to hang on to his historical forat over the people of your. fuselage and then all elements in balboa like elements i get. meanwhile in the east internal divisions had to weaken the previously all powerful islamic e

facebook wants to expand. fading freezer to europe africa and india as well analysts expect online dating platforms to turn over 11000000000 euros in 2020 so far match group the internet company behind tinder is the biggest market player. might not be safe from hackers listening in on our intimate conversations it's much less riddled with scandals than facebook after all that's happened really willing to trust a book with private details about all of life. some 200000000 facebook users say their single. mark zuckerberg is now targeting this vast online market with facebook's newest feature facebook dating we want facebook to be somewhere where you can start meaningful relationships. currently facebook posts 2 and a half 1000000000 active users worldwide so the odds of finding a match are reasonably high. but jason kelly a privacy expert with the electronic frontier foundation warns us not to trust that facebook will keep our intimate chats and sensitive data safe. facebook dating raises a lot of red flags because it's because a history of misusing user data and there's no evidence that anything has changed in p

india is an important country for us. it has been a driver of growth for facebook for many years now. a is kind of a critical market for us in the long-term. we were really fortunate to have the balance sheet to be able to make an investment like in this a toubled economic environment. so you know, we're pleased with that. we look forward to partnering with geo platforms to help small businesses connect with our whatsapp and drive commerce and payment through that. >> it sounded like they indicated yes, you would be doing more of this. can you shed more light on regions or economies in particular that might pique facebook's interests? mark talked about generally hatsapp and the payment front. across the global. there are global opportunities to do that. this was clearly a special opportunity and something that warranted the best investment. yvonne: that was facebook c.f.o. david wehner speaking with emily chang. southeast asia's largest lender posted its first profit decline since 2017. net income fell 29%. equivalent of 829 million u.s. dollars through march. more than a billion a yea

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biggest foreign investment in india's technology sector geo has more than $380000000.00 subscribers and operates broadband mobile services and online commerce the deal allows facebook to partner its whatsapp messaging service with geo as it looks to expand in one of its biggest growth markets india is what's the biggest market with 400000000 users. business has been booming for the world's biggest internet streaming service during the pandemic between january and march netflix says 16000000 new subscribers signed up that's double the number it was expecting almost businesses have been suffering because of the outbreak its shares have gained 11 percent still to come here on the news on the sports news with andy why a pirate t.v. channel could derail the takeover of this english premier league club. has ended so much hate so all the news premier league has been urged. by one of its main broadcast partners the block the saudi arabia let's take over of newcastle united because of piracy that's always been sports says the saudi government allows an illegal channels to steal games and is threatening the financial future of the league saudis sovereign wealth fund is aimin

any way to profit off this we'll show you a very interesting group of stock and facebook making a big investment in india and dow futures looking to open up and reverse two days of declines. >>> welcome back the death toll in the united states for the coronavirus now surpassing the 44,000 mark as the white house warns americans. to rahel with the latest >> let's start with harvard university rejecting the call from the government to return the money received from the stimulus package they received $800 million and the white house calling them to return the money. harvard stating it got the fund from t cares act and not the small business impact. >> macy's may rise up to $58 billion in get mcdonalds will thank workers on the front line with free food. serving thank you meals to first responders, health care workers and first responders offering drive-thru or carry out. i speak for us all when i say they certainly deserve it and so much more. >> whatever they want they should have. listen, we'll take them all out for dinner when we can >> for sure. >>> let's get back to what has been our top stories in the

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india. that is a tricky market and all of this together gives facebook a big push and what is seen as growth for the company reporting for cnbc news. >>> the european semiconductors were getting quite a boost in chip makers. after texas instrument said it is gracing for a tough second quarter. this despite the chip maker beating analysts in the first quarter with revenue declining only 7% and income falling only 4% despite the coronavirus disrupting its market. investors welcome the company's profitability and confirmation it will continue to pay dividends. >> a big bill for small businesses passing a relief package of almost $500 billion. is that enough we discuss more after the break. save hundreds on your wireless bill without even leaving your house. just keep your phone and switch to xfinity mobile. you can get it by ordering a free sim card online. once you activate, you'll only have to pay for the data you need- starting at just $12 a month. there are no term contracts, no activation fees, and no credit check on the first two lines. get a $50 prepaid card when you switch. it's the mos

india is a very important ountry for us. a driver of growth for facebook for many years now. cal market for us in the long-term. we were really fortunate to have the balance sheet to be able to make an vem like this in a toubled economic environment. so you know, we're pleased with that. we look forward to partnering with geoplatforms to help small businesses connect with our whatsapp and drive commerce and payment for that. >> it sound like on the call that mark indicated that yes, you would be doing more of this. can you shed more light on regions or economies in particular that might pique facebook's interest? >> mark talked about generally what has happened in the power of that platform and doing more n the payment front with whats app across the globe. there are global opportunities do that. we -- this was clearly a very special opportunity and something that warranted obviously by the largest investments. matt: that was c.f.o. of facebook speaking with our own emily chang. up next, we're going to speak with swiss rec.f.o. after the company reported a loss of $225 million

india are getting the blame the virus outbreak. and art gets a quarantine make over a russian facebook group is recruiting pets partners and household props to reimagine some classics on canvas. i make spicer welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump says healthy americans will be able to get back to work as soon as local conditions of allow trump has set up plans for a phased return to normal daily life in the united states he says the reopening would be done one careful step at a time but he also said that american states free of the virus can open in his words literally tomorrow but my administration is issuing new federal guidelines that will allow governors to take a phased and deliberate approach to reopening their individual states i've dealt with them now a long time and we've had a great relationship democrat and republican the relationship is be. do strategy is based on hard verify 'd. and correspondent like some of the nomine joins us from washington for more on this so the american president presented a framework for reopening the american economy how does it justify that while president trump argues that it's i

india is right at the center of the long-term opportunities for facebook and the whole family and obviouslyatsapp is an important part of that as well in india we're excited to be partnered with geoplatforms, with reliance geo has been an incredible story about bringing digital opportunity to people of india it's great to be partnered with them we think there's a lot we can do with whats app and geo and india. so we're very excited about that we were able to make that investment even in this tough economic climate because of the strong balance sheet we had. so we're really pleased to be able to move forward with it >> great, dave thank you so much. >> we'll let you get off to -- thanks, dave >> all right thank you. >> thank you, julia boorstin >> facebook up 9% after hours, adding to the 6% gain today. extraordinary move let's get another set of p results or a deeper dive into them tesla's numbers. phil lebeau. >> the reason the stock is moving higher is coming in with a profit when many were expecting a loss $1.24 a share. the estimate was a loss of 36 cents a share. tesla estimates are al

that regina ok we'll have a lot more news coming up for you at 3 pm facebook putting more than $5000000000.00 with a b. dollars into india's geo tech company a lot of cash to dole out clearly showing mark zuckerberg interest in having a big influence in one of the most populated countries on the planet we're going to talk about that with our friend ben all that and more coming up at 3 pm and that's at the right now make sure you keep up with everything in question at all i'm fine downloading our brain you free at home portable t.v. from catch up on the news 24 seventh's and all the shows that you might have a camel a chance to back. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. tyson nation full community. are you going the right way or are you being that. guy who would. want to. wash his face. in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. for a mate in the shallows. hey folks dennis miller here next on dennis miller plus one we're going to talk to a fascinating woman i chatted with her a little before the show and also read the stories unbelievable

was shot dead by police facebook will by almost 10 percent of the indian digital company geo platforms for 5 and a half 1000000000 dollars the biggest foreign investment in india's technology sector geo has more than 380000000 subscribers it operates broadband mobile services online commerce so this deal will allow facebook to partner its whatsapp messaging service with geo as it looks to expand into one of its largest growth markets business also been for the world's largest internet streaming service because of the pandemic. between january and march netflix signed up 16000000 new subscribers double the number it was expecting and its shares have picked up 11 percent. but most industries worldwide are suffering and of course that includes tourism thailand for one is expected to lose $24000000.00 visitors this year and the impact on elephant camps has been devastating owners are running out of money to feed the animals scott hired the reports now from country to bury. the elephants of the tower we can't enjoy their morning river back washing away the dust cooling down from the searing tie summer but unaware that their future is uncertain. or caretakers are keep

recover in the 1st place facebook will buy almost 10 percent of the indian digital company geo platforms for 5 and a half $1000000000.00 the biggest foreign investment in india's technology sector geo has more than 380000000 subscribers and operates broadband mobile services online commerce the still allows facebook to partner its whatsapp messaging service with geo as it looks to expand into one of its largest growth markets and business has been booming for the world's largest internet streaming service during the pandemic between january and march netflix signed up 16000000 new subscribers doubled the number it was expecting and its shares have gained 11 percent over that time. it's now past the hour on al-jazeera and these are the headlines iran says it has launched its 1st military satellite into orbit a move which is likely to increase tensions with the united states in the past washington's blamed iran for using its space program as a cover for missile development denies that same bus arriving with more on this from to him. we know is that this is what the revolutionary guard the i are g.c.c. is their 1st military satellite being launched into space the

argentina chile mexico peru and across asia but soon facebook wants to expand its dating feature to europe africa and india as well analysts expect online. platforms to turn over 11000000000 year olds in 2020 so far match group the internet company behind is the biggest market player. might not be safe from hackers listening in on what intimate conversations it's much less riddled with beta scandals than facebook after all that's happened really willing to trust a book with private details about all of life. some 200000000 facebook users say their single. mark zuckerberg is now targeting this vast online market with facebook's newest feature facebook dating we want facebook to be somewhere where you can start moving for relationships and. currently facebook posts 2 and a half 1000000000 active users worldwide so the odds of finding a match are reasonably high. but jason kelly a privacy expert with the electronic frontier foundation warns us not to trust that facebook will keep our intimate chats and sensitive data safe. facebook dating raises a lot of red flags because they say because a history of misusin

. >> why is facebook's stock up again? is that the india investment is that what that is >> i don't know. i don't know >> isn't it a quandary, we had numbers cut facebook, and the stockis now up 12 points what is that about optimism india? >> interesting by the way, heath terry, who made this goldman call on amazon, also said that netflix subs would come in ten plus. of course, netflix even blew away that number, but he had a good call on netflix and he sees 2900 amazon. by the way, you guys see the story about bezos returning to day-to-day management for the first time in years? >> yeah. i thought that was interesting since a lot of us thought at one point he was day-to-day management, but these companies, fang is really -- fang is on fire everyone is sick of fang, except for the apple numbers are cut every day. apple now, the expectations are very, very low and that's the one i think is going to be most important because their numbers cut pretty much every morning you come in and numbers are cut for apple. >> right but if you have owned a

facebook is pitching in more than seven percent to the nasdaq. spending $5.7 billion, in a indian company called reliance industries. the social media giant looks to roll out services for indiasinesses through it is popular messaging platform, whatsapp. facebook is a top holding in a special etf that our "countdown" closer said you really should have in your portfolio today. we welcome, tom lyden. tom, ogig. talk about this etf. >> ogig, it is the top internet companies. liz, we know that the "fang" stocks have done a great job bringing markets back. you know the googles, the amazons, the apples, netflix of the world. they're all in ogig but also you have got alibaba, you've got zoom in there as well. you've got tencent. so all these online, big companies that have really been great for business on this work at home variety. i know amazon packages are showing up at your door every day and this is all part of it. so, as we work from home, it is not that things are stopping. we're doing all we can but when you think about embracing microsoft like we never have before, that is all part of ogig, o-gig. liz: how did you know i was having so many amazon deliveries lately. >> [inau

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facebook plans to invest $5.7 billion in the digital assets controlled by india's richest man as the s. social networking giant seeks a broader foothold in the biggest global market. facebook will buy about 10% of geo platforms, becoming the largest minority shareholder. values them at a enterprise value of $56 billion. let's get on to other corporate news. covid-19 headwinds will have a significant impact on the second quarter. that follows a first quarter where adjusted operating income beat estimates. i am pleased to say we are joined by the ceo of akzonobel. very good to speak to you today. headwindss that covid while have a significant impact. where are you most concerned about? which markets are you most concerned are going to be disrupted or is it across the board? >> good morning, and i. the impact -- anna. the impact of covid-19 is more or less across the board's but i would say it is a very different dynamic. have a template of what we saw in china to see how it applies to the rest of the world because we have dress rehearsal on the first quarter in china on how the impact i

also looking at facebook after the really big solid transaction in india, taking a big stake in the telecom industry, its biggest since it bought whatsapp. later today, we will also have an interview with the ceo of the nasdaq. that is coming up at 10:00 a.m. in new york. coming up now, we have more on your morning news, trade and analysis on the markets in today's first take. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: time now for bloomberg first take. joining me from our in-house team of wall street veterans and insiders, bloomberg's michael mckee and damian sassower. i just want to start with oil. i know, big shocker. we spoke yesterday about how emerging markets are going cute full force -- going qe full force, and then we have this oil selloff, putting pressure on china, nigeria, for example. what is the trickle-down effect from negative oil prices? damian: i think we are going in reverse here. mexico had to shut down its wells just a week after refusing those opec cuts. clearly, the decline in oil prices is weighing on sentiment across the whole of emerging-market oil producers. alix: is that going t

india. tictoc has been asked to suspend downloads. facebook and twitter.o take down its office tool for about a month. it gained huge popularity during china's lockdown. theas expected to spearhead four -- foray into it china software markets. workers can ride elevators to their offices but social distancing will remain in place. citigroup operates in more countries than most. they caution a slow and gradual return and many may be forced to work from home for the rest of the year. >> let us get a quick check up on the markets. nikkei havingthe its best day in over a week as the boj holds its one-day policy meeting. we are expecting the boj to step up its asset purchasers as the yen hold steady. take a look at the kospi, it gaining 0.7%. we hearing from local media that there could he a third extra budget in south korea which trillionworth 30 yuan. equity outflow is putting a lot of pressure on the korean wan. we are seeing financials leading the declines. as we are now reporting first-half profits down more than 50%. we are counting you down to the opening

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means there are a lot of avenues you can take and lot of roads that open for you in india which is one of facebook'smillion use whatsapp, 300 million use the facebook app itself. stuart: that's why it's up 6.5%. that's an extraordinary rally for a big company like facebook. $182, the price. >>> more on the airlines. to grady trimble. what do you have? reporter: i want to touch on delta, because you mentioned projections. they are expecting revenue to be down 90% in this current quarter. that's roughly in line with the amount of flight capacity they have had to cut in june, which is 85%. then united airlines is offering more than 39 million additional shares at $26.50 per share. that will help them generate about $1 billion at a time when they desperately need it but of course, it also dilutes the value of existing shares. you can see across the board the airlines down today. united, though, down the most largely because of that. then i also want to show you these pictures from an italian manufacturing firm called avio interiors. you can see this is what they think airlines and planes will look like

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anda is important for us, it has been the driver of growth for facebook and whatsapp for many years, so india. we were fortunate to have the balance sheet to be able to make an investment like this in a troubled economic environment, so we are pleased with that and look forward to working with geo platforms to help small businesses to connect with people on whatsapp and drive commerce and payments for that. >> it sounded like mark zuckerberg indicated you would be doing more. i'm wondering if you can shed more light on regions in particular that might have facebook's interest. >> i think generally what's up in the power of that platform and doing more on the payments front across the globe, there are certainly opportunities to this was clearly a special opportunity and something that warranted the largest investment we have a for made. facebook cfo speaking with emily chang. we will be watching dbs when it starts trading. it has posted its first profit decline in three years. analystg intelligence's joins us now. what do you make of these numbers? where they worse than expected and what does

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just last week, facebook bought a $6 billion state in a telecom operator in india and there's a videoce that would rival zoom called facebook rooms. he is at the forefront. he is the face of this company, not cheryl sanberg and he stepped into the fray and is leading. maria: yeah. i think you make a good point. but it is good to have people who push back on the board, just for fairness for yourself, just to get people to question. so we'll be watching that. we are waiting on boeing earnings, reporting first quarter earnings right after this break. we'll take a break, come right back with those numbers. stay with us. america's oldest lighthouse has weathered many storms. seeing the break in the clouds before anyone else. together, we'll weather this storm. ♪music) maria: welcome back. good wednesday morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. it is wednesday, april 29th. your top stories right now, we get a closer look at the impact of the coronavirus on the u.s. economy. we will get the first quarter gdp out later this morning as well as a string of earning

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big companies that we're dealing with google and facebook will be forced to pay australian media companies for using their content. india has a population of 1300000000 and the world's biggest locked but that is starting to be eased workers in health and financial services manufacturing agriculture and public utilities and exempt but stay at home orders are to remain in areas that were the worst affected elizabeth warren i'm in new delhi explains how people are trying to navigate their way out of locked up. as of monday there's an easing of some restrictions only in places that are considered non hotspot or green zones places where there hasn't been a rise in the number of cases and state governments think that that would be around 10 to 25 percent of the country so what is allowed a really big easing of restrictions in the farming sector and all the businesses that support it so even things like transportation roadside restaurants will be allowed to open for truck drivers to focus on farming because more than half of india's workforce is employed in the agricultural sector and with the wind to crop just harvested it's

facebook, by the way, up huge off the india buy. you didn't even mention that >> no. didn't mention that. >> what got lost in the news this week, david, regarding alphabet is this blog in which advertisers are going to have to start to disclose a lot of information about themselves in order to place an ad and that information will be visible to people on the site. you'll see an ad, you will be like who are those guys? that was a big change in the disclosure that google will be making >> yeah. a lot more transparency. i'm glad you mentioned that. so many stories and things we would have spent time focusing on in terms of importance, going through the week here, you barely get to them that's an important change for them it will be interesting to see what the response is both from the advertisers and the people using the service. >> david, do you think that google is going to bid for sunday night football? >> i don't know, jim i think, you know, there had been belief that abc, part of disney, would be involved there. we were very focused on the nfl rights prior to the cr