lloyd: no i don't. alix: you are not talking to your guys about it? lloyd: no.works out and it trades like a stored value and it does not move up and down 20% and there is liquidity in it, we will get to it. the original question was, when do small business people have to think about their bitcoin strategy? i would worry about opening the doors in producing things people want to buy, dealing with their business planning. alix: if i'm a client and i say i have to get exposure to bitcoin, what do you tell them, not yet? lloyd: let me make a call and see if i can help you. alix: what would that kolbe -- call be? what is that? lloyd: when you say you need to have a strategy -- do you have bitcoin, is that why you're asking? alix: no. [laughter] alix: i have to say. no. [laughter] lloyd: there is not a question -- he does not have an answer because there is no question. : michael this is -- michael: this does not really have a utility other than maybe to try to hide a few transactions. even that my drug dealers cannot use bitcoin -- even that, drug dealers cannot use

lloyd: i think so.y is well prepared for the most critical moment they will happen anyone's career. when you train for a marathon, you run five miles, 10 miles, maybe 120 mile run. you don't want 26 miles a day. that is where you want to peek. his background is a terrific background. a lot of government service. service in the fed, service in the private sector. i think he is a credible candidate. i am not one bit disappointed if it turns out to be jay powell. you are notd: concerned about his lack of a phd? there are a lot of things going on with central banks. lloyd: i don't know what his dissertation would have been on, but his failure not to complete 1 -- i don't feel people with phd's -- i am not anti-intellectual. i have a lot agree. my kids went to graduate school. i am not against people with phd's, but sometimes i wish they had more life and professional and business experience. i think jay's background -- he also has a law degree. he has as broad a background in preparation for this at anybody

lloyd: no, i don't. you can't make me. just -- we will see. it works out and gets more established and trades like the stored value and doesn't move up and down 20% and there is liquidity in it, we will get to it. was,he original question went to small business people have to think about their bitcoin strategy? i would worry about opening stores in producing things people want to buy with the business planning. vonnie: void blankfein of goldman sachs and mike bloomberg, founder and majority owner of bloomberg lp. i want to tell you what is going on. a few moments ago, the president meeting in the oval office with the crown prince of bahrain. he was asked about rex tillerson , following reports that he was planning to replace rex tillerson with mike pompeo, currently head of the cia, and who would then be replaced by tom cotton. here, rex iss here," talking about the current secretary of state. this is bloomberg, mark. mark: getting breaking news as well on brexit come in the wake of our chat a few moments ago. european council president donald

and i sat down exclusively with goldman sachs ceo lloyd blankfein to talk about what he hopes to getut of the deem ald the trump administration's broader approach to china we have a great partner in the chinese investment corporation this is a very interesting structure. they're going to put in funds, we'll put in funds jointly we have pledged $5 billion. they're going to put in half of their half commitment, and then raise money from other chinese institutions we'll put in some of our money and raise money from other u.s. institutions and individuals and together we'll put together a fund the purpose of this fund is to invest in u.s. companies that could be helped by having greater access to china. >> for instance -- give me an example. >> for example, a consumer firm that needs extra capital, so they can manufacture but besides capital for manufacturing, they're also looking for markets for their products so they can get capital from us as private equity vehicle, but also our partner cic is committed to helping companies in which we invest gain greater access to china through their

lloyd: no i am not. alix: you are telling me you are not hearing it? lloyd: we will see. if it works out and gets more established and it trades like a stored value and it does not move up and down 20% and there is liquidity in it, we will get to it. the original question was, when do small business people have to think about their bitcoin strategy. i would worry about opening the doors for things people want to buy, business planning. julia: that was the ceo of goldman sachs and michael bloomberg with alix steel, talking about bitcoin. a barrel of bitcoin. alie: debating whether it was commodity or currency. julia: we are getting a check of markets. we are in the green. the dow jones passing 24,000 for the first time ever and that is actually the best day we have had since last november. the tech sector in focus yesterday. julie: recovering today to some extent. julia: yes. there is your picture. and we have to mention it is onth's end.-- m this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ julia: this is "bloomberg markets." julie: let's go to washington as senator mccain's support brings the tax

lloyds r.b.s. four insolvent banks four insolvent banks keep them from declaring insolvency because we're aristocrats and we don't cue to the law we don't need to participate in society because margaret thatcher so there is no society so we're for big banks in the u.k. and we don't have to obey the law and even though we're sitting on hundreds of billions of pounds of able to we just got the money from mark carney in the bank of england who would like the free money and now they went breaks it and the e.u. will be like i did and now they're going to have to declare insolvency they're going to need i.m.f. money within five years in the u.k. i predict i predict within five years they're going to bail out because they're so stupid they've got a little a little georgie guy i am cured you. make him the chairman of the bank of england and you have the same results as having some dirtbag like mark carney. ok so they were markable things i'm going to talk to you about this was the first interest rate rise

to my earlier point it feels like lloyd's age, 63, the general impression that he won't stay more thanore years, the baton seems likely to pass to schwartz or solomon having said that, i did poll people who is a likely wild card name john waldren comes up. he seems to be well liked, well respected. a real culture carrier and then the names were sort of all over eric lane who runs asset management also really well liked, has his fans and his supporters. steven scherr who runs their lending business just an all around sort of versatile executive from erri everything i've heard. he has a fan base within the company. what i've found, this is true of the two co-presidents. who has very much to do with their own direct background. who they work for, who they know and i think perhaps people advocate for certain executives because they know better. >> i'm going to throw one more in there, marty chavez he's done a lot for lloyd. people question whether he has the outright leadership quale 4r lit tis. >>> coming up, jeff bezos big pay day, bali on high alert and miss uvenirse is crowned today's

lloyd blankfein, goldman sachs chairman and ceo and michael bloomberg, founder of bloomberg lp. i may ask them about bitcoin. jonathan: looking forward to it. 34 minutes away from the opening bell. we will bring you that. in terms of what the action is happening, it is not inequity markets. -- not in equity markets. the story in the bond market, a little something like this. yields up by a basis point. the dollar showing a bit of weakness against the euro. the opening bell, coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪

david lloyd george. lloyd george. as the half awake i worked for my space and it was iraq and. fashion. and i want. to be here with that you know. one. side but. it's a completely. different thing. was of rather philosophical bent. and i think he wanted to think in theological terms you wanted to think in historical terms. and it was with that frame of mind i think that he approached the whole question yesterday at the flower. sorry. and marsh. as it was i thought george. but the attack. before. david lloyd george. balfour and all of those who supported the bathetic question within the british government we can absolutely categorize as being riven with anti semitic thinking and not only that but the thinking behind the balfour declaration that drove them to the balfour declaration was from this anti semitic thought the idea of jewish power of jewish he said this and of a unified jewish attachment to zionism above all else. whatever its basis the relationship between the british dynasty and the government

over lloyd blankfein claiming that some of his employees they actually might rather work in paris then and frankfurt so that might be one reason but then again it also might be that goldman sachs is looking for some leverage meaning if you have two competing offers here might negotiate and tax incentives for example goldman has done something similar when they picked the headquarter here in new york city so there might also be a reason and then looking ahead france actually might play a bigger role when it comes to financial regulation in a europe and so therefore goldman might also be looking to be closer geographically to the french government so those probably are some reasons why goldman is not just looking for one but for two headquarters or can staying in the u.s. federal reserve chief janet yellen announce she'll leave the central bank altogether when her successor a sworn in yet and will forgo the remaining seven years of her term as member of the reserve board of governors current board member jerome powell is set to replace her as head of the board following senate approval p

sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff.phicke, who was suspended from the parliamentary conservative party last week following allegations of improper conduct, has said the process being followed by the party is fundamentally wrong. mr elphicke, who's denied any wrongdoing, said he had not been told about the allegations in detail and said he first heard the news from the media. the conservative party said the case had been referred to the police. thousands of children and teenagers have been flagged up to the government's anti—terror programme in the past year according to the first official figures. the prevent programme aims to reduce the threat to the uk by stopping people being drawn into terrorism. in total, more than 7,000 were referred and a quarter of them were under the age of 15. sima kotecha reports. five terror attacks in britain just this year alone, preventing any further attacks is a top priority for the government. that's why it has something called channel, a programme designed to stop people from being dr

our correspondent sian lloyd reports.ed as tiny and delicate, but with a big personality. at ten months, she was placed in the care of a couple with one child who wanted to adopt. within hours of matthew scully—hicks arriving at court this morning, the jury had found the part—time fitness instructor guilty of her murder. the 31—year—old had covered up months of abuse to social workers, doctors and to his husband. our thoughts today are with little elsie and those who knew and loved her. her untimely death atjust 18 months old has had a devastating effect, first and foremost on her family, who remain uppermost in our thoughts. this was the 999 call matthew scully—hicks made when elsie stopped breathing. i was just changing my daughter for bed, and then she went all floppy and limp, and now she's not doing anything, she's lying on the floor. is she awake? no. is she breathing? no. 0k, are you right by her now? yes, i'm trying to do cpr. elsie's injuries included a fractured skull, several broken ribs and a broken leg. there

it is a big price to have lloyd's as a customer.rize to get access to their wealth channels. ceo wants to build wealth. it will be a great opportunity but nothing to announce yet. discussions are ongoing. anna: brexit is a big thing we have talked about with you in the past. you have seemed to be calm about the impact it would have on your business personally. in terms of the u.k. financial services sector we had mark carney talking about the opportunities to rollback or change some of the regulatory environment in the u.k. as a result of brexit. of regulations you want to save rolled back when we exit the eu? martin: preparations are going pretty well. most financial institutions have press thean b and button on plan b and are setting up subsidiaries wherever it might be, amsterdam, frankfurt, dublin. there is no real world -- road back. my view is you take whatever regulation is thrown at you. i have long since stopped worrying about second-guessing. anna: what you said about the banks are financial services, is -- does that mean

sian lloyd reports.nister, who was sacked from his job and suspended from the labour party on friday, amid harassment claims. anything to say about carl sargeant, first minister? carwynjones, the man who took that decision, left his home this morning not giving anything away. en route to the senedd to face fellow labour assembly members for the first time since the death of their colleague. facing criticism about how he handled the investigation from mr sergeant‘s family and from within his own party, there were questions over carwynjones's position. he'd promised a statement, but this wasn't a time for him to resign. we were all very shocked by what happened last week. there is great hurt, anger and bewilderment. carl was my friend. in all the years that i knew him i never had a cross word with him. but he defended his conduct in the way he responded to the allegations against carl sargeant. there is a legal process to go through. i'm obviously acting within that, but i welcome the scrutiny of my action

sian lloyd, bbc news at the national assembly for wales.nal assembly for wales. the foreign secretary faced calls to apologise and even resign this afternoon over comments he's made about a british woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who's being held in iran. she was arrested last year for supposedly being part of a coup plot. mrjohnson told mps last week that she was there to train journalists but her family insist she was on a family visit. they say the foreign secretary's comments could add years to her prison sentence. this afternoon, mrjohnson said he was sorry if his remarks had been "misconstrued". lucy manning reports. she has been held for 584 days, separated from her daughter gabriella and her husband. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe from north london is iranian and british. imprisoned by iran and now her case seemingly undermined by the british foreign secretary. borisjohnson‘s comets to mps last week suggested she was in iran training journalists before her arrest. we need to look at what nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was doing. she was sim

they are, and it is including the lloyd ashley what has happened “ over many the lloyd ashley what has aren't they? they are, and it is intriguing, what has happened there. it is a quick way of dispensing justice, though, isn't it? and earns a few quid. we don't know all the details. do we ever with saudi arabia? they are trying to move forward. ultimately we wa nt trying to move forward. ultimately we want them to engage with us. it is better for the rest of the world if they do so we should encourage that. but then you get into the territory of selling arms to countries like saudi arabia, and then seeing what is going on with a proxy war in yemen. of course, and i think the wider issue, how do we get them to become more progressive in terms of human rights. they have now allowed women to drive. we should keep pushing them forward. it is not a perfect situation that that is the situation with a lot of other countries in the world. but the golden crown prince says, i'm going to step up hostilities with iran... and the tensions in lebanon. absolutely. let's look at the sun. cocoa nuts,

julie: wall street heavyweights along with lloyd blankfein on this week's top interviews. >> it's theoment you want the most fiscal stimulus in the market. the things that can be fixed, but you can't do them by making light suggestions. julie: plus a slew of earnings to sort through with insight from top executives. >> [indiscernible] >> the challenge is coming from search. julie: it's all straight ahead on "bloomberg best." ♪ julie: hello, and welcome. i'm julie hyman. this is bloomberg s, your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews from bloomberg television around the world. the week begin with a bombshell as the first charges were revealed in special counsel robert mueller's investigation of russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort and his one-time business partner rick gates charged in the investigation into russian meddling with the u.s. election. manafort and gates face money, conspiracy, and tax charges in a 12 count indictment. >> 12 counts is what they've been charge

lloyd george's office had said that high invites men didn't want to do anything affecting the rights of arabs it said he simply wanted to be involved in a council to help provide refuge to jews fleeing russia and eastern europe. this exchange suggested that britain felt it had not promised a jewish state but simply a place for them to live alongside arabs. when the league of nations set out the british mandate in. palestine in one nine hundred twenty three it made britain responsible for implementing the balfour declaration. as a result jewish immigration to palestine increased as did the arab opposition to its expressed in a series of palestinian protests against britain in the one nine hundred twenty s. they understood the people of palestine to be muslims and christians but did not imagine that they would constitute a national community that would seek national independence and after the war very quickly when it becomes clear that palestinian arab nationalism mobilizing against zionism the british government a quick to see a major problem the balfour declaration had put in train a

he eventually attends lloyd college and reed's law at the university of wisconsin and at a law firm in madison. law at theds university of wisconsin. in 1869, he finds himself looking for a summer job and he comes west as part of a government surveying party. when he passes through the city in may 1869, it is actually an army called for dakota and it was garrisoned by a single company of the 22nd u.s. infantry. he spent the summer working as a surveyor, learning the surveyor business, and in september they passed back through what would be sioux falls on their way to wisconsin. and the dakotas had been abandoned by the army and mr. dakota discover that or akota had been abandoned by the army. mr. pettigrew takes the opportunity to claim a section of land in the preemption act and stands in the middle of it. pettigrew is elected to the territory legislature in 1873 just before his 24th birthday. he claims that the reason he got elected was he knew all of the farmers. they saw his name on the ballot. they knew him. so, he goes to the territorial legislature. he has some very colorful sto

lloyd: we decide whether to reinvest based on opportunities.such a big schism, if we return, you know, if we have access money, more than we probably could invest properly and return it to shareholders it is not like putting it inside the bonfire. we give it to shareholders and they invest in themselves, it is their money, they invest it where they think there is growth. if without we could deploy it profitably, we would invest in our business, but if we have excess capital we can give it to shareholders, and maybe they will invest it in startups or deploy it in their own small businesses. it does not evaporate, it just goes to the place most needed. where it is least needed is probably government waste. i also prefer taxes to be reduced and the government to be made more efficient, but whether or not we can deploy it where whether we give it to shareholders so they can, it all will end up going to the right place. alix: tax reform on the table now in the senate, will that make small business people happy? michael: i do not think anybody knows

. >> reporter: that vision belonged to architect frank lloyd wright who famousl connected his work to its natural surroundings. his circular design and use of light, both inspired by nature, turned museum architecture inside out. nature inspires his work too. they have wooden sunglasses now and a botanist collection of watches and jewelry, featuring real flowers encased in resin. frank lloyd wright he's not, but perhaps his time is to come. >> we're really creating conversation pieces or what some of ouruseums call wearable works of art. >> beautiful pieces, aren't they? he was just 12 when he started his first online venture, creating logos for small businesses across the country. for his next trick, he's working on a product using cork. there's a social good element here. analog contributes to causes like trees for the fute and earth works every time it sells a wooden or marble watch. i think we probably helped him sell some christmas gifts tonight. >> i think we might have, a few stocking stuffers. i'm a watch person, i know you are too. maybe that will be in your stocking, who kno

training floor at lloyds sojoin me here from the training floor at lloyds so join me then. your questions when we speak to him after the decision at midday. we also have a news conference of mark carney around 1230. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. hello there. good morning. pretty cloudy skies across central areas of england at the moment. at some sunshine further north and in scotland. blue skies. a similar scene scotland. blue skies. a similar scene right across northern ireland and the far north of england. this cloud will stick around for much of the afternoon edging its way a bit further south and east. but for south—west england, they held onto brighter skies. still a bit of sunshine in the far south of kent. and east and west sussex but otherwise, cloud. a few spots of rain perhaps with a cloud but for many it will stay dry. the dry sunny weather will continue across the northern half of the uk this afternoon. maximum temperatures, 7-9. afternoon. maximum temperatures, 7—9. for the rest of the eveni

evidence of this shift taking place another person links it of course to the election of a year ago lloydame says don't seceded succeeded this year in virginia because they rejected donald trump's message of hate and bigotry what do you make of the elections we just saw on november seventh you think it's a backlash you think this is something that just happens every time there's an election well this is an off year so there's a lot of speak about how this has more to do with. the traditional surge of voters coming out just didn't happen but and that it usually is the opposing party in what's in the office that comes out in droves but i would say that there's something else going on here because the candidate at least in northern virginia wasn't necessarily strong in and of himself but folks were that much against trump so i think there's something definitely there. i think a true test of this will be the midterm elections in twenty eighteen when we see stronger candidates or more candidates with larger names but i think it's hopefully a telling of what's to come i would say this not the e

more than twenty thousand zimbabweans died back then says lloyd. the human rights activist says the need to bellow were targeted because they were seen as critical of the government and he says there's evidence that implicates. who was then security minister. before you are very closely with president mugabe in terms of dealing ruthlessly with the opposition and and including perceived opposition you know any person who might pose a danger would pose a danger to political hedging money but many zimbabweans in south africa now want to look for. rather than back they see the chance of a new beginning for their homeland and many are already heading home so they can be part of what's happening. but many zimbabweans it seems like a dream too good to be true the days of their long term dictates are about who got it have finally come to an end but some people wonder what will happen in the post mugabe era will it just be the replacement of one dictator by another will there really be the democratic change that so many people have been waiting for. here's

countries so far not many people have actually left but tweets by lloyd blankfein chairman of the board of goldman sachs calling frankfurt and paris great places set off alarm bells. that's not what the leaders of the city want to hear the british financial elite is not accustomed to anyone questioning their status for centuries british bankers believe they had a god given right to dominate the financial world attitudes from the era of the banking guilds persist no matter how much they may fly in the face of present day realities. in fact guilds still exist in the city one of them is the worshipful company of international bankers peter asplin is the head or middle warden of the guild. he personally regards breck's it as a huge mistake. but in his official function he argues that challenges can be the source of new opportunities i think at a halt we are survivors and we will work out the best solution my biggest concerns on surround briggs's there are around tackling the development of cyber as we become more and more digitized economy breaks it's compared to that of small. the truth is

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our correspondent sian lloyd reports.ersonality. at ten months, she was placed in the care of a couple with one child who wanted to adopt. within hours of matthew scully—hicks arriving at court this morning, the jury has found the part—time fitness instructor guilty of her murder. the 31—year—old had covered up months of abuse to social workers, doctors and to his husband. our thoughts today are with little elsie and those who knew and loved her. her untimely death atjust 18 months old has had a devastating effect, first and foremost on her family, who remain uppermost in our thoughts. this was the 999 call matthew scully—hicks made when elsie stopped breathing. i was just changing my daughter for bed, and then she went all floppy and limp, and now she's not doing anything, she's lying on the floor. is she awake? no. is she breathing? no. 0k, are you right by her now? yes, i'm trying to do cpr. elsie's injuries included a fractured skull, several broken ribs and a broken leg. there was evidence of recent and older bleedin

sian lloyd reports from cardiff crown court.who wanted to adopt. but within weeks of formally adopting elsie, part—time fitness instructor matthew scully—hicks had killed her. for months, the 31—year—old inflicted a catalogue of injuries, covering up what he‘d done to social workers, doctors and to his husband. this was the 999 call matthew scully—hicks made when elsie stopped breathing. the toddler died in hospital four days later. doctors found she‘d suffered a string of injuries, including a fractured skull, several broken ribs and a broken leg. there was also evidence of recent and older bleeding to her brain — injuries, according to experts, that were typical of babies who‘ve been violently shaken. it wasn‘t the first time that elsie had been rushed to hospital whilst in the sole care of matthew scully—hicks. two months before she died, he dialled 999, claiming she‘d fallen down the stairs when a safety gate had given way. matthew scully—hicks denied ever hurting elsie. the prosecution said he was struggling to cope within

include data collecting toys, choking hazard, toxic substances, overheating toys and excessive ly lloyd toys. >> which she does is she interacts with the child and she comes up, and with connected to not a very safe, secure connection. >> and, to avoid choking hazard the division says remember this rule is if a tool fits into a toilet paper role keep ate way from children under age of 36789 find their entire trouble in toy land report right now on six abc.com. >>> and as more americans do their holiday shopping on line , scammers are ready to strike. in some cases they are creating fake websites that may look real, and experts are also warning consumers about fake apps that can steel your personal information, or try to extort money from you from locking your phone. finally be careful of clicking on e-mails did you not sign up for, they could be phissuing scams. >>> next time you stop by a warehouse club store to buy in bulk take a closer look at your receipt. new study says you may not be saving money by buying those large quantities of packaged food. many people end up spending 5 perc

sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff.ke, who was suspended from the parliamentary conservative party last week following allegations of improper conduct, has said the process being followed by the party is fundamentally wrong. mr elphicke — who's denied any wrongdoing — said he had not been told about the allegations in detail and said he first heard the news from the media. the conservative party said the case had been referred to the police. on the last day of his state visit to china, president trump has been full of praise for president xi jinping. mr trump, who's been highly critical of china in the past, said the big trade imbalance between the two countries was largely down to previous us presidents — and wasn't china's fault. our china editor carrie gracie reports from beijing. the real estate billionaire and the career communist. making an odd couple. but both see themselves as men of destiny. with a mission to make their nation great again. president trump once raged that china was a jobs thief. but in beijing h

that was sian lloyd reporting there.s ex girlfriend allegedly threw acid over him has wept in court as he described the injuries his son suffered. cornelius van dongen said his son mark felt he had no reason to live after being paralysed from the neck down and blinded in one eye. the 29—year—old later took his own life at a euthanasia clinic in belgium. berlinah wallace denies murder and claims she thought the liquid she threw at him at their home in bristol was water. the trial continues. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect and fraud by detectives investigating the deaths of 12 care home residents. at least nine homes run by a private company called sussex health care are under investigation. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt is here. just give us the background, i know that you have some details? yes, we had a brief statement from sussex police, they say the woman, who lives in west sussex, is in custody and being questioned about fraud and neglect. this is part of an ongoing investigation whic