taylor: that was bloomberg's liana baker. coming up later, is the u.k.ting itself up for conflict by giving huawei access to 5g network? we'll find out. and bloomberg technology is live streaming on twitter. check us out at technology. be sure to follow our global breaking news network at quick take on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ back to the best of bloomberg technology. i am taylor riggs. as they corona virus continues to spread, companies are taking steps to safeguard workers from the outbreak. tocolleague and i spoke biotechnologies. on thursday we spoke to the president of r&d, gregory glenn. has recently started development of a new vaccine. powerful and productive platform to identify anti-bodies. anti-bodies are proteins that circulate in her blood and protect from viral infections. we are able to isolate anti-bodies from patients who have recovered from an infection, manufacture them, modify them, then make them available to other patients. this technology has been fruitful. the -- one of the earliest examples is an antibody against the ebola

i was joined by liana baker in new york to discuss the first closely watched ideal of the year. >> itabout a 30% drop and it's all about the timing. came inlion valuation march, 2019. that was before the whole wework debacle and the aftermarket performance of lyft and all these unprofitable internet focused companies that just did not impress public market investors. it make sense that the advisors on the ipo are trying to tell the company look, why don't you have a more conservative valuation? these investors have more scrutiny for these companies. taylor: is this being seen as a bellwether for future tech startups that are trying to go public? >> definitely, we are still in january and is going to be a long year ahead. that first consumer brand name that people know, casper is everywhere. it performs well, it could mean that companies like post mates otherordash and unprofitable names that are known by consumers that advertise a lot, they will see whether it is more about the market for them to also go public. >> so the biggest issue, everyone thinks that they have a website, so now

ondi: bloombergs liana baker the-speedway sale. interesting story. we are tracking at the moment and what we are setting up for in terms of the tokyo open. we are seeing an upside of .07% in sydney, we also have new zealand switching to positive rbsitory, point 02%, as the said it was sanguine about the cos there monetary policy decision yesterday nikkei futures looking pretty flat at the moment we are seeing trading in the future sessions at a positive as well. the yen when it comes to fx is that a three-week low. the kiwi's can tonight a on gains. much more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: breaking news crossing the bloomberg. open to taking kkr for his fiber deal said to be open to buying a stake by kkr. said to belia planning this because it is open to purchasing a minority stake in the landline network. a combination of fiber and copper assets at 7 billion euros according to people familiar with the matter. we know the larger goal is building a single national italian network. that is an approach favored by the government. listing the intern