jimmy chu to go public. after the break. about a fish. >> looking at the function on the bloomberg terminal. have a look at the acquisitions that have taken place in the united states this month. look at the top companies. what do they have in common? they are all german. merck agreed to buy sigma. that would be the biggest acquisition in their history. buy as said they will provider. to by concorde technology. what is going on? have $63 billion in u.s. deals. 80 times the total of last year. escape routeis the from the crisis-written eurozone. -- crisis-ridden eurozone. what is interesting about these deals is that they differ from this year's major takeover trend. the inversion deals by u.s. companies, who by european companies. pursuing european abroad to re-domicile and lower the taxes they pay. the news today will hinder some of those moves. the news is out of the united states today. it goes against the trend. it is all about german companies snapping up u.s. rivals today. sap --ziemann's, and seinm,. >> here with more

jimmy chu has 120 shops globally.a fun ipo to look forward to. >>> citizens financial group, the u.s. retail banking subsidiary of rbs expects to raise around 3.5 billion. that was certainly one that's fallen under the radar because alibaba, of course. >> absolutely. investors split profits following its first day surge. the e-commerce giant ranks among the biggest companies in the s&p 500. so following alibaba's astro knot nomiccal, valuation, they have been investigating the other internet stock up that have been raging human amounts of funding this year. >> start-ups have been garnering a lot of attention. uber right now, the omnipresent taxi replacement service has been given an $18 billion valuation. uber has bigger goals. it's been seen as a potential competitor to amazon and fedex. so that is a big one to watch in the u.s. air b & b allows homeowners to rent their homes in spare rooms to travelers is valued at $10 billion. the online news site buzz feed known for its list based service recently raised $50 milli

what are the thoughts on jimmy chu? >> yeah. now the luxury people, as well.burberry is doing perfectly well in china. and yes, of course, any disappointing chinese economic data that we see will inevitably feed through. jimmy chu needs to be very mindful of that when they come to the market, of course. clearly this money is going to be used to -- i think it's double the amount they have in china. clearly they're looking to be there when that kicks in. >> there's the general consensus out there that a bumping in in terms of ipo that valuations will now have to come down. this is what companies will have to accept. even after alibaba. if we look at the performance, they're down 30% from their ipo price. is that the right way to think? >> it's a very difficult time in the market generally, putting the u.s. to one side for a moment which has obviously been testing record highs. if you look at where the ftse 100 is today, we're down in the year. so the likes of jimmy chu floated over the next week or two will be keeping a very close eye on the current market situa

the jimmy chu offering is today. you is capitalism amongst worrying about what to wear.ng tod? >> gbs, and by the way, yellow thanks to tom brown is the color of the season. >> lemon yellow. i do not really believe in colors of the season. i think there is so much diversity in fashion now and as such a vast and diverse industry there is something for everybody. >> what about this jimmy choo ipo? they said they will sell it with a valuation of up to $1 billion. is the market for $2000 sandals really that strong? >> clearly there is a market for it. jimmy chu has been one of the few success stories and the fashion industry that have come through several private equity transactions, a valuation of $1 billion would be even higher than it was valued at in its last round of funding and acquisition. >> the way you aggregate on the business of fashion, i think all listeners and viewers who are less sophisticated about the snow that some of the stocks have just a stress-related -- have just extrapolated straight up, they are like moon shots. do you think that except alicia and wi

. >>> and jimmy chu eyes an ipo. all the details, coming up. >>> so european markets have opened up in the green today basically because the fed didn't change its tightening rhetoric yesterday. we still got a considerable period of time until rates slightly increase. they are up and they have jumped more significantly in the last few minutes. we'll dive into european markets at the moment. up only about 0.14%. polls have opened in scotland for that crucial independent vote. germany is up 0.8% leading the charge. france and italy up, too. larger drugmaker bayer is up 5%. the group said it would focus entirely on health care. shares up 5% off the back of that news. sulzer up significantly, almost 8% after the swit pumpmaker after talks of a potential buyup with dresser rand. down towards the bottom of the dax after hsbc downgraded the stock -- sorry, to neutral from overweight is lufthansa. and the world top -- >> all right. we're going to fix your mike, wilfred, my friend. in the moment, actually. let's go over to sri

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