liu: nice to see you. fred: likewise. liu jianqiang is an investigative journalist. his first story about the environment was an exposÉ about illegal dam construction on the upper yangtze river. it made national headlines. his hard-hitting stories eventually got him fired, so he continued his work as the beijing editor of china dialogue, an online international journal. [liu speaking chinese] fred: but after 10 years of reporting, he was feeling burned out. [liu speaking chinese] translator: i think that our environmental activists and those who work for public welfare need more powerful spiritual support. why? every day what we do may be good deeds which give us positive energy, but meanwhile what we are facing is the darkest side of the world. every day what we see is polluted air, polluted rivers, and the slaughter of wild animals. this kind of negative energy attacks us all the time. we've been working on environmental protection for a long time, but the situation in china is getting worse every day. where do we draw our strength from? fred: liu jianqiang is one

liu has heard that buyers are purchasing dog meat from people who are leaving.of the animals sold for meat are large dogs, such as tibetan mastiffs, which have lost their popularity as pets. all of the stores must be gone by september. but while the streets are very quiet a few stores are still open for business. >> signs for tibetan mastiffs line the once-crowded streets. and stores look like they have been closed for several months. >> as the craze for tibetan mastiffs was coming to an end, numerous cases in which people were being attacked began to emerge all over china. in most cases, owners simply weren't able to discipline and control one of the world's largest dogs. now, the places that specialized in big dogs are almost all desserted. >> we came across some tibetan mastiffs that looked abandoned and neglected. there are no signs of the store being open, or anyone taking care of the dogs. the foul stench of excream end and unsanitary conditions permeate the air. every animal looks scrawny with emaysiation. >> liu begins recording information on her smart

liu: yes.f you look at the structural side of factors, given deflation, investment and incentives, we would be very limited. this is a short-lived phenomenon. a wideris to create economy. perhaps the recent ipo reopening is a very good policy so chinese firms, especially those high tech firms, can cap the market from financing. this innovative service based, the new economy to grow faster while chinese government can deal with the old economy. allowing those overcapacity firms to engage in restructuring and even led them to go under -- let them to go under. privatization should be allowed to go faster. rishaad: these reforms can be implemented but not overnight. they should be deployed sooner rather than later because there is a lagging effect. it takes time. liu: indeed. that is the reason we think overall if you look at china's economic growth over the next five years -- although the government is targeting 6.5% growth on average -- we think the economic in slowdown in the next two years beca

i am betty liu.the race for the white house, china has emerged as a hot topic among presidential candidates, and almost none of it is good. donald trump: what they're doing is china is a bubble waiting to explode. betty: i asked about u.s.-china relations. mr. yang: there might twists and turns and ups and downs, but the general direction of the relationship is development. in this run-up to the president's visit, what i've heard from the general public in both countries is that this is a very important visit and we have to make sure the visit will be a great success. i think that is the true feeling of the two peoples. betty: when the dow plunged a thousand points, donald trump, who is the leading candidate to win the republican nomination, he came out very forcefully and said this is china's fault. that china made this mess because they devalued the renminbi. so is the chinese government prepared to deal with a president trump? mr. yang: well, i have just expressed my views on the financial markets

i am betty liu. stocks are extending gains as the fed released its october minutes, adding language stressing that a december rate hike remains very much on the table, and a global macro hedge blackpulling the plug on rock. how much will this hurt the reputation of the world's largest asset manager? and an ipo after the bell, payments for either of them, a match made in heaven for investors, and we are about an hour from the close of trade. i went to head to the markets desk, where bloomberg's julie hyman has the latest on investors welcoming, it seems, the news. julie: it does seem like it. they did go a little higher, and is the word, and i guess the absence of negative reaction is what is going on. if you look at the s&p 500, over the course of the day, you can see more clearly the action leading up to the fed minutes, so if we look at the intraday chart, we can look at the trajectory, so here we are at 2:00, taking another lake upward, and then rising to the hive here, so not a huge reaction, but

betty: hello, i'm betty liu. welcome to "titans at the table." charlie ergen has always been a fearless renegade, thrown out of casinos for counting cards and selling satellites out of his car in colorado. he has become one of the richest men in america worth nearly $20 billion. ergen stepped out of the spotlight in 2011, handing the c.e.o. rains to joe clayton. four years later, the founder is back in the hot seat as television undergoes another revolution, video moving on to your second screen. like the satellite tv business in its early days, eringen wants to be at the forefront of this change by creating a new over the top product called sling tv and buying up billions of dollars worth of wireless assets, assets that he says can be built into a legitimate competent or to at&t and have .- at&t and verizon i asked him to describe this new frontier. charlie: now we're in another transformation. it's really gone about in two places. one is, tv itself is transforming. people are looking for more of what they want to watch, not paying for things th

i'm betty liu and here is what we are watching at this hour. it's a big week for the economy. the ecb likely to lower interest rates with the jobs report on friday. it may lead the fed to raise next month. opec will decide whether to let oil prices keep sinking. plus, it is bonus bonanza on wall street. particularly at jpmorgan. while other banks are cutting their bonus pools, jpmorgan says as 2014.e the same clerks are growing faster than bricks. the online shopping boom is expected to continue on cyber monday. getting all of your shopping in early perhaps. thee a half an hour into trading session. we have also got breaking economic news on pending home sales. matt miller has the latest on that data. matt: it is not good. happy thanksgiving. the home sales data is not good. we were looking for a 1% gain. we got 2/10 of 1% gain. if you look the nonseasonally adjusted your over your number, we were looking for 4.3% and got 2.1%. thanwor -- much worse the survey at bloomberg. let us look at the equity index. we saw very little change this morning. we are seeing red arrows across

i am betty liu. here is what we are watching -- banks --of two central the fed going one way, the ecb the other. so, what does it all mean for the dollar as global policy black want walmart best' friday bargains? we will talk about the holiday strategy for the world's biggest retailer. he is still a knockout. oscar de la hoya used to win championship fights. now he promotes them. we will hear about the business of boxing. we are about a half hour into the trading session. i want to head to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest. we are also watching oil inventories. julie: they will be coming out at 11:00 a.m. -- there is a lot of commodity watching we are doing, and that is weighing on the major averages. of, a seeing, after, sort few days of wishy-washy trading, fluctuating in a tight range, we see more of a decisive direction, and that direction is lower. a lot of it does have to do with the commodity picture. take a look at my bloomberg terminal and the action we are saying. all 10 ind

i am betty liu. how to ever another lehman brothers crisis? the biggest fact may have to come up with more than $1 trillion around the world. and type dream -- the energy industry looks for other options now that president obama has rejected the controversial keystone pipeline. paysarren buffett's bet off. profits at berkshire hathaway a record thanks to a big gain on the stake in craft heinz. but what are some of the losers? we are half an hour into the trading session and we will head to the markets desk, where julie hyman has a look at where stocks are. we are kind of dropping you. seems as though we are pausing, if you will, because we had weeks of gains on the s&p 500, and investors are taking a step back. that seems to be reflected in the drop we are seeing today across the board, sort of a reassessment of what we have been through, sort of our valuations -- our valuations right now worth it? take a look at the bloomberg terminal. price-earning ratios for the s&p 500 -- you can see decline we h

i'm betty liu.n to sit down with charlie ergen, but according to some reports, it's not so much fun to work for him. in 2012 and 2013, employee surveys conducted by glassdoor gave dish network some of the lowest ratings in the country for its work environment. ergen told me he is aware of the criticism and is trying to change some things internally, but he also defends the culture he has built at dish. charlie: i think i am a really easy guy to work for and with if you are a high achiever and you want to achieve something. if you're just wanting a job, you are probably not going to like it too much here. right? i mean, i think -- i think dish is -- is -- is a culture for those people who want to achieve something. and there is some uncertainty, as you know, as we are talking about what you can do with the wireless. our shareholders don't know exactly, so there is some uncertainty, so it takes a little bit of bravery as a shareholder. you have long-term thinking. and i think even for employees, they

i am betty liu. stocks are getting off to a strong start in november as the u.s. builds on its global rally. manufacturing in the u.s. remains pretty soft. you have shire, treehouse foods, visa among those making marketes uruguay the m&a may be poised for even better times ahead. and aig opens its books in about one hour. will it boost carl icahn's case that the company should be broken up? carl icahn is said to be about 2%, making him among the largest shareholders. are about one hour away from the close on this monday. i want to head to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest on this rally. julie: yes, hovering around the highs of the session today for the three major averages, even as volume pulls back a little bit from where it has been over the past 10 days. stocks rising to the highs of the session. the nasdaq is did the best-performing of the major three indices today. the s&p the highest since august 10. the dow the highest since july 22. the dow the highest since august 5. this is

i am betty liu.ording to some reports, it is not so fun to work for charlie ergen. dish network got some of the lowest ratings in the country for its work environment. ergen told me he is trying to change some things internally but also defended the culture he has built at dish. charlie: i am a really great guy to work for if you are a high achiever. if you just want a job, you will probably not like it too much. i think dish is a culture for those people who want to achieve something. there is some uncertainty, as you know, with what you can do with the wireless. it takes a little bit of bravery as a shareholder. i think even for employees, they like to know what will happen tomorrow but we don't always know. it is a special -- it takes trust in your management, a bit of an adventurous spirit to work here. you have to be more of a self-starter. for those people who like that, we have people who started in the warehouse that are executives. people who are achieving their own internal potential and th

i'm betty liu.is time to look at the business/, and it looks like saudi officials say that the same software issuesls -- software extend to other cars. the epa is investigating. and tesla is recalling its entire fleet of the sedans. this is after a seatbelt came disconnected. the recall is the largest ever, worldwide.0,000 cars the tesla suv is not affected. and according to people familiar with the matter, jp morgan and other wall street companies are having their loan policy fix salmon. week after the jp morgan audit on corporate lending. you can always get more business news on bloomberg.com. an intense discussion is underway on fantasy for all. they are fighting to stay open in new york and will square off the state's attorney general next week. draft kings is ready for a fight. earlier today, i sat down with , and hese david boies talked about the fantasy sports fight, as well as the other large case he is on. i think a good compromise is, for example, what the massachusetts attorney general is

betty: i'm betty liu in new york.did a developing story right now. 10eloping as we speak, deutsche bank traders are being minute -- charge with manipulating. we just learned and 11 straighter may be charged as early as next week. it is the latest development in the global investigation into interest rate benchmark braking. here with more is suzy ring. well, suzy. first and foremost, who has been charged? we havee names -- seen these charges, once. mark:, has a thing going on? it has been going on since 2012 and globally since 2008. we are now eight years down the line. one? it goes to trial charges from at couple years ago, it usually takes a couple of years especially since these are based overseas. mark: what does it mean for the front office? suzy: they say there are more charges to come. they have two conviction so far and they're looking to get more. mark: thank you for joining us. you have had it busy day. this is the stat of the day. banks and other financial institutions have paid $9 billion in fines tied to l

. ♪ betty: welcome back to "bloomberg market day," i am betty liu.has been a tough year for jeff grossman. we are worse than 63%. but that is not stopping the bond king from giving out advice to others. he advised that central banks should switch. he said that capitalism does not profit well. theays it is stunted and short-term yields near the zero balance is low. on growth to weigh in is tom keene. is anyone listening to him? yes, everyone has respect for bill gross and the contributions he has made. he has had some challenging times and so have a lot of other people. through how we get from twists and shout to swiss and shout. the idea is that you sell the long-term stuff that you own, you take the money and you put it in the short-term space and there are new price up and yield down. when you do that, do you like how i am doing this? the short term paper goes up. have you got it? but nobody is doing that? tom: nobody is doing it. the response was not skating, but it was respectful. but he was skeptical. the distinction is that bill gross's short i

i am betty liu. here is what we're watching at this hour. stocks are really struggling for any direction today after the fed filled rally we saw yesterday. jobless claims are hovering around four decade lows. basically failing to take off in trade today. -- allergan could be brought in what could become the drug industries biggest deal ever. in the pastf rally areh, energy's shares struggling to stay in the green. why the outlook could get even worse. we are about an hour away from the close of trade this thursday. i want to head to the market desk where julie hyman has the latest that is the scene today, we just could not carry the upper direction today. julie: we could not carry a downward direction either. not changed.re has a mixed picture between them. pull we arethe push experiencing here. not exactly equal, red and green, interred data in terms of up and down. nonetheless, declines in energy and health care are definitely dragging down the overall averages, putting pressure. take a look at oil prices and you will see what is going on

good afternoon, i'm betty liu. here's what we're watching at this hour. stocks are in the red as we head into the final hour of trade. consumer shares leading the way as wall street analyzes black friday and cyber monday retail results. ,ompetitors scramble for sales and beijing gets its wish. will we see more reform in china? we are about an hour away from the close of trade. .att miller has the latest kind of a drag here in the markets today. mean as in not a lot of volume? betty: retail sales not that great. and actually not a lot of movement in the indexes although we did have a little bit of a roller coaster ride this afternoon. we are down across the board here. we were doing much worse and although much of the day we been unchanged, the volume has been very weak pretty much across the board. index,look at the s&p you can see a really defensive play building up as far as the indexes. take a look at my bloomberg terminal and you can see the winners are telecom, energy, the losers health care, syndrome -- consumer staples and consumer discretionary. t

i am betty liu. $200, resolve u.s. sanction violations.anks mostsay german $11 million in transfers come almost 10 global banks resolved claims they violated u.s. sanction laws against iran and other nations. two new infrastructure funds. if completed, the schools would be the largest amount ever raised -- billion, beating its $5 million charge. by 9% this year. earn --gers will still even as the funds lost 2% on average through the end of october. 2 trillion dollars globally to $2.9 trillion in the third quarter. investors and regulators put -- meanwhile,s volkswagen relied on discounts that were $1000 higher than the industry average. in october.ain since cw admitted to cheating. you can always get more business news. came out swinging against drugmakers today. why the companies raised the requiring them. on the scathing review of industry numbers, joining me covers health care for us, ok. let's talk about sasha and how the stocks are reacting to this. investigatesking to . down 15%. italian to is down 5%. this is not good news and subse

and from the hit tv series "elementary" lucy liu is with us. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: fromnbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning, november 3rd, 2015. it's election day in the united states. >> yeah. >> and we're here along with al and natalie. tamron is on assignment. my morning jam, let's listen tore a second. >> this is "my shot" from the hamilton, the musical. if you haven't seen it yet, i know it's a tough ticket, try to get some. come sometime to new york city and see it. talked about this. >> finally got to see it a couple weeks ago, and i've got to say, it's one of those shows everybody bulked it up so much, so much hype and i said can it really be and it really is as good as everybody says it is. >> just incredible. you can download the album now to get ready for when you come see it on itunes. >> that's probably the best way because when you actually first see it it takes alm

i am betty liu. could be the drug industry's biggest deal ever, pfizer said to be in advanced talks to buy allergan for as much as $380 per share. could the u.s. treasury the deals tallest hurdle? we are still awaiting opening trades above square and match. we will bring you those us in as they appear. in the aftermath of the paris terror attacks, a new bloomberg poll shows that more than 50% of americans want to stop admitting syrian refugees into the united states. what it could mean for the presidential race. we are about a half an hour into the trading session. julie hyman has the latest. he had this huge rally yesterday after the fed minutes. starting tos are drift today. i want to start with commodities. let's start with oil, because we are seeing goldman sachs make a call that the mild winter cause oilpact could to fall below cash cost of $20. their forecast for brent remains at $50 a barrel. citigroup says that commodities have not fully priced in the effect of the higher rate, a rate increas

i'm betty liu. here is what we're watching at this hour. targeting a terrorist, police raid a paris suburb in the hunt for the organizer of last week's attack. meanwhile, some politicians want to close the policy -- a closed-door policy. a closer look at what is the for those coming to the country. and pricing the ipo after the bell. place in thefind a exclusive unicorn club? a blow to black rock, the world's largest act -- asset manager, losses and redemption. we are a half-hour to the trading day. julie hyman has the latest. we are seeing stocks up about a half percent here if you look at the s&p 500. other averages rising about the same amount. optimism going into the minutes. if anyone is looking for more direction from the minutes, that might be wishful thinking. one thing driving the gains is energy. energy is the best performing here as we get out the gate. only telecom stocks are lower but very slightly now. energy has been volatile. we have got oil prices on the rise. the american petroleum institute according to someone familiar s

from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am bloody -- i am betty liu. gunmen stormed the hotel in molly, taking hostages. people have been freed, including six u.s. citizens. the latest from the standoff. it's ecb president mario draghi saying he will do whatever it takes to spur price gains. who does drug you need to convince? it is a daily fantasy sports legal showdown. one of the most powerful warriors in this country joining us to tell us why he is flight -- why he is fighting for draft kings. plus other high profile cases. bill gross versus pimco and aig. are half an hour into the trading session. julie hyman has the latest and a different picture today thanks to mario draghi. some: also thanks to retail earnings. seeing an overall lift in stock markets. all three major averages are trading higher. if you take a look at my terminal, consumer discretionary and utilities are the best two performing groups. consumer discretionary gaining along with those earnings. utilities doing well as we continue to see that slump in bond yields. we are seeing quit

i am betty liu. here is a look at some of the biggest business stories in the news right now.ice media is launching a new tv channel with amd network. it will focus on gay culture and marijuana industries, the music industry. the channel will debut earlier next year. vice will supply the programming in overseas technical operations. investigated two hundred million dollars in vice land page on stewart and hp are getting together. the cable network agreed to an exclusive four-year -- it includes short form digital content. stewart was the host on comedy central for 16 years of the daily show. morean know is get business news at bloomberg.com. for more on the media, isbs scheduled for third corning -- third-quarter earnings. the company is expected to earn 80 cents per share. the bloomberg intelligence analyst joins us now from princeton with a preview of cbs. are so many things going on right now in the digital world. cbs, what will be the main questions for investors? thats is a media company is very heavily exposed to advertising. is the biggest question on everyone's mind, h

good afternoon, i'm betty liu. here is what we are watching at this hour. stocks are tumbling, the s&p having its worst day in a month as traders start to accept the possibility that the fed is going to hike rates next month. is another oil deal in the work? -- take overd offer from the ministry buyer. two major stories involving bill gross today. investors pouring money into his janus fund while his former employer pimco demanding that his lawsuit for wrongful termination be thrown out. a lot is happening on this monday. we are one hour from the close of trade today. julie hyman has the latest at the markets desk. julie: the worst day for stocks since late september. definitely a significant pullback here. any big up orn down days in quite a while. the 1% drop coming as a bit of a shock to the system today only 62s broad-based, stocks were trading higher in the s&p 500. onlyties has been the group in the green. right now i'm changed, all of them are down at least 1% in today's session. if you look at the best and worst individual stock wise, the drags incl

i am betty liu. this is time for the business flash. these are some the brighstnow.hares of macy's and kohl's are following today. citigroup warned that they are in for a tough quarter. the industry is suffering from a sales slowdown and too much inventory. of dupont will have a job prominently. he has been running the company since last month. expandsaid he wants to the cost cutting program and once ellen kullman to resign. that omission testing scandal has hurt volkswagen's credit rating. to bedebt has gone down plus. questions about their internal controls and management. that is a look at the business flash stories. mark barton has more in london. mark: let's focus on that. we had the pitch downgrade. hans nichols is in berlin. wt's start with the a to b downgrade. it's still a credit investment. it still positive. what is expected? hans nichols: there have been a variety of downgrades. they areportant is looking at the health of the management of the company. that is what is concerning. does not just looking at the scandal, but how the company has rescanned it -

i'm betty liu. here's what we are watching at this hour. the markets are clawing their way back from the summit meltdown. what janet yellen's testimony before congress today, which is happening right now, throw any cold water on this rally? volkswagen is driven deeper into crisis. automaker revealing that the scandal is spreading to its gasoline cars as well. cord cutting fears unplugging media stocks as they we can strong earnings from time warner and cbs. can they reverse the tide? some headlines just crossing. services data and julie hyman has the latest. julie: this is coming in as estimated by economist. six in 9.1 is the measure on the s industry. 56.5 was the estimate from economists and 56.9 was the september reading. if you look at the interpretation of the data, we are seeing the second fastest pace in a decade for the services industry. 59.1 was the reading here. anything above 50 is expansion. we are well above that level now. all three major averages have turned lower. there are trading higher out of the gate good and little bi

i mark barton with betty liu.slamic state has been the source of terror around the world -- what is the source of the funds to carry out attacks? cam simpson wrote about the islamic state and how it is getting its money. betty: a fascinating account. write "the islamic state got into the oil business lobby for it captured global attention for barbaric beheading videos in the summer of 2014." for a wild committed american intelligence officials underestimate just how well-funded islamic state is? americanwild, did intelligence officials underestimate just how well-funded islamic state is? >> administration officials told us those bombing campaigns had -- ited oil revenue turned out to be wrong. we were not only overestimating the damage we've had done, we were underestimating how much will they were getting out of the ground. i wish we knew how they got it so wrong. they did. we are not sure what the consequences are. how much they got it wrong was $400 million. it is not a rounding error. the estimate went from $1

the european market closing show, betty liu and mark barton. 4:30 u.k.ou what you need to know. an interesting monday morning -- they will have lots talk about later on. it's not raining. i guess that is something we should take to the bank. ♪ jonathan: good morning and welcome to "on the move." i am manus cranny and for jonathan ferro. moments away from the start of the european trading day and the week. your morning brief. right to survival, the troubled minor after making a $470 million cash call. airline hits the almost 1000 flights. affecting over 1000 -- 100,000 passengers. brexit risk arising. british prime minister will address as he puts the finishing touches to his letters of the u.k.'s demands for the european union. ok that's what we are watching this morning. let's get across to the touchscreen with your market open. we have weak trade data out of china area that are than expected trade data out a german. let me quickly check in with the copper price down almost 0.3% and just though worst performing on the london exchange. likely reacting to

joining me now, representative ted liu, democrat of california, who voted against that house refugeel today. and representative liu, my understanding is you actually had some firsthand experience with middle eastern refugees fleeing war back in the early '90s during the first iraq war and kurds who were being taken as refugees by the u.s. what was your experience with that? >> well, thank you, chris. and let me first say my thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the horrific attacks in paris. but we do have a robust vetting process in the united states for refugees. i was in operation pacific haven when i was active duty with the air force in guam. we extracted thousands of kurds from northern iraq because saddam hussein was going to slaughter them. we took them to guam, and we had a very robust vetting process. most of them were muslim. most of them came to the united states. and our vetting process has only gotten better. it's 18 to 24 months before a syrian refugee enters the united states. and any terrorists we're going to catch through that vetting process. >> what do you

you do not see that every day, betty liu, a 19% stock in a ftse 100 company. betty: we are talking glencore in a little bit. with courtneyk in donohoe. courtney: good morning, betty. the european union considers one of its greatest achievements, the ability to travel within .ountries without a passport sweden has been the fifth country to impose temporary border checks to keep the increasing number of refugees. sweden is calling for an overhaul of the system which makes interview european travel similar to trips within u.s. states. the russian federation will partially admit to doping charges. officials may ban to -- rule to ban russia's track and field team from the games. remote he is the first indian prime minister to visit the u.k. in almost a decade. he met with david cameron on 110 downing street. the u.k. is the largest investor in india. is sellingbama something on ebay, his new trade deal. asks them to support the transpacific trade deal. congress must still ratify the plan. the u.s. federal government is moving to ban smoking in public housing, affec

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i am mark barton with betty liu. the first day of trading. ipo day. 3.4%.utch lender was bailed out by the government during the height of the financial crisis weary they sold 188 million shares in its ipo. bloomberg spoke with the abn amro chairman and chief executive in amsterdam. that out ofe to see 2 banks in shambles seven years ago, we have re-created a very solid and successful bank. equity,ital, return on and investors. that is why we were able to successfully ipl abn amro. >> can you tell me about the process. what were the main struggles that you encountered? bethe old abn amro had to split up. it was a technical, legal, complicated issue. they had to be split up from brussels. that took about two years. we then had to merge the two elements into a new bank. .e finalize that then the dutch economy went into a recession. it was bumpy. we are not oute, of the woods. the dutch economy has a strong recovery. the gears are returning 13% on equity, and nice percentage. we are well capitalized. i am happy we are here now. >> you just came back from a roa

i'm betty liu. here is what we are watching at this hour. sayingk of england is interest rates will not rise anytime soon, perhaps not even until 2017. mark carney will explain today's decision to bloomberg's editor in chief, john micklethwait, in an exclusive interview following this morning's inflation report. facebook is surging and so is its stock. investors love the robust third-quarter sales, $4.5 billion, over a billion facebook users now. we are half hour into the trading session so far, up at this moment. i want to get to julie hyman with the latest in the countdown to the jobs report. julie: as you said, at this moment. that is the key phrase. littleare opening very changed, dipping into the red, coming back into the green, now rising, all three major averages on the rise. facebook is a part of that story as people await the jobs report. the focus is on individual earnings and we are seeing facebook game by about 6%. this is a record price for the now, beating company estimates. the compan