london, tokyo, new york.ooked at cities which we all know but are not necessarily seen as huge real estate opportunities. what is your favorite one? >> we looked at 12 secondary cities where there is a lot of growth potential. they are good investment opportunities. my favorite on the list is -- because my wife is from australia, and secondly, miami. closer to home, i like dublin a lot. the price is very subdued but there is economic growth going on. if you are investing, dublin is a very good opportunity. crashat the bottom of the had 40,000 condos on the market. gone,ly are all those there is another 40,000 in the pipeline that are taken up. maps.see some of these davos asking millionaires and billionaires where they would invest their money. they said, real estate. a lot of them pointed to germany. you see it as potential growth in terms of country. >> yes. also, germany has the highest number of altra high net worth individuals in the world investing in real estate. total world high net worth individuals

some of them have already made their money and choose to live in london. >> and so london boasts more billionaires than any other city. what about other prosperous cities in the world. >> well trailing behind is moscow with 48 billionaires, and then new york with 43. america has got obviously more billionaires, but the u.k. per population has more billionaires in the g-8, in the world. >> did that surprise you? >> yes, it's all based on sterling measures. so people who think there are a lot of billionaires in america and other places, yes, that's correct. but when you equate it on the same currency measures it surprised me that we went up to 100 billionaires for the first time. we had 88 in the u.k. last year. it's been a rapid increase. >> would you say that moscow has seen a decrease? >> no, moscow is second in the number of billionaire, an. >> and their wealth is growing there as well. >> people think there are a lot of russian billionaires in london. india has more russian billionaires. >> thank you so much. good to have you in the studio with us today. now you're up to speed with

in london this week.f something very hostile. >> astrazeneca saying that the pfizer deal will pose a serious risk. it depends on what game they're playing. it is too early to say. that is it for "the pulse." >> "surveillance" is up next. it is a bank holiday in london but it will be a busy day with job numbers. tom keene will take it over from us. ♪ . . >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." forces fight back. russia's of the geneva accord is dead. on monday announced a deal come on friday raised the offer. astrazeneca rejects the offer. and it is job stay as america moves on from a long, cold winter. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." we're live from our world headquarters in new york. it is friday, may second. i am tom keene. joining me scarlet fu and adam johnson on this job today. a lot of news flow. stay with us, but let's get our morning breeze, here is adam johnson. >> overnight, mixed economic data in europe. u.k. weakest pace in eight months, however, euro area manufacturing,

she'll lose her mind. >> jimmy: will she come to london? >> she will come to london. my mom is excited. i am going over early so mum can have some time. >> jimmy: your mother, the first baby. >> first grandbaby. she is so excited. she is, i think more excited by the kit that you need.

london.u named your gin after him? >> he deserved it. >> this has become a creative hub in south london. funded by a, it was lot of high net worth individuals. >> with those letterforms, a lot , they were not doing due diligence on the valuation models and we were being very conservative. trying to give a good amount of equity for investment and i think that was one thing that was attractive. >> the company cares about its ingredients from traceable juniper the stork barley varieties from the southwest of england. each -- have a flavor profile. >> what should you drink this with? >> flavored white chocolate with carter mom is incredible. we are taking a kind of whiskey twist on gin. it is 50%. don't be surprised. >> 50 are set? not50% alcohol content is for the faint hearted. i convinced myself it was almost a health food. that is much easier to drink than i thought it would be. >> i have to point out that was pretty early in the morning. went to the bus stop after. >> i had two sips, that is

london time.sia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says ukraine is sliding into civil war that will make it impossible to hold legitimate elections on may 25. the u.s. and eu say russia is behind the unrest in the eastern part of ukraine. pro-russian separatist groups were excluded from unity talks that started in the capital yesterday. in an exclusive interview we asked foreign minister lavrov about president putin's recent comments about kiev and whether russia has any claim on the ukrainian capital. have a listen to what he told ryan chilcote. kiev is the mother of the russian cities. russian language, russian religion, orthodox christianity was born in the territory of ukraine as it stands now and we do not consider ourselves foreign. america is different from the north american territory from traditions, from culture. we have been one nation for more than 300 years. even before that, when they brought religion more than 1000 years ago. >> you raise a really good point. >> it is impossible to mi

that is overly distorted by london.hey are not too worried about that he they will play that down, which may calm some fears that a rate hike is not anytime in it. >> the market tends to think it will be in the first quarter of 2015. they are not as hawkish as we are expecting the market will take that. what about the labor market? we are going to get data on unemployment levels. we are starting to see them creeping higher. about the slack in the labor market? >> unemployment is where it was the for the recession. ofhave an emergency sense ontario policy. hike ishike -- a rate not putting our foot on the brakes. we do not need it in this sort of environment. >> how soon before we witness some sort of nonconformity within the mpc. there has been conformity about interest rates. with the changing of the personnel, slight disagreements appearing over how much slack there is in the economy, how soon before we start to get members voting for a rate hike? >> i suspect we will get a dissent towards the end of this year, a rate

it's a very poor part of london.e built a massive olympic park and the impact it's had on the capital and the economics on the capital have been hugely positive. >> so it was worth spending all the money and the time to get the olympics? >> without question. but you can organize a successful sport event and you can organize an unsuccessful sport event. getting it right is challenging. it's very difficult putting these massive projects together and getting particularly the structure, the infrastructure, right and in place. >> do certain things have to happen in a specific order before you even get to the breaking ground? >> you need to have political support. at a federal level and at a city level. and down at a local level. if you haven't got political support -- because you're rehousing lots of people, you're moving companies, you're looking at a planning commission, you're having to open new railroad stations, it's a massive undertaking. if you haven't got the political support, it's a challenge. >> one of the thin

it is 6:00 in london this friday morning. bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories that will drive the day. we have the latest in hong kong on the tension in thailand. ryan chilcote is live in saint it is berg at russia's biggest business summit. and hans nichols has the latest on ge's bit. first, live to saint petersburg. don't miss our interview with the ceo. ,n thailand, schools are closed tv stations are under the command of the military, and international broadcasters including bloomberg are off the air. the military seized control following a six-month political stalemate and economic growth in the country. for the latest, let's go to hong kong. zeb, this has been boiling for a while? >> it certainly has, but it took the military just minutes to accomplish with the protesters have been trying to copley four months, which was to dissolve the government and seize control. that is exactly what we saw yesterday after several hours between the rival lyrical factions. chief, rful mili

on thursday, secretary of state jumper it was in london for meetings on syria. he spoke to reporters after the meeting calling the upcoming june 3 elections in syria a farce. he responded to allegations of chlorine being used as a weapon in syria. on ukraine he said the u.s. will impose more sanctions on russia and its proxies if they interfere with the scheduled may 25 elections in ukraine. the british foreign secretary spoke first to reporters. we will show you both of their remarks. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to begin by expressing my deep condolences to the people of turkey over the terrible mining disaster. foreign minister davatola has been with us today. and i've said to him the u.k. stands ready to assist our friends in turkey in any way that we can. and the ministers gathered for the friends of syria core group meeting and observed a minute of silence in memory of the lives lost in turkey. i've hosted a series of meetings this morning, starting with a meeting of the foreign ministers of france, italy, germany and the united states a

in london.credit suisse, now the np. -- bnp. reporty's first earnings on the christopher bailey, the luxury labels latest numbers are breaking now. germany's central bank sends a warning. the bank sees risks. alcatel lucent looking for tel aviv for its latest research center. >> israel because it is the innovation country and we are the innovative company. it makes a lot of sense. >> welcome to "countdown" everybody. it has just gone 7:00 in london. a number of companies in london today. burberry, the first numbers coming through. this is under the leadership of christopher bailey for the first time. .e are getting those numbers caroline hyde is here with us to take us through the details. >> beat across the board, sales up 17%. half it is up eight percent -- profit is up eight percent. this is for their last fiscal year. overall, it is looking like a .retty stellar for burberry this is the biggest luxury brand in the u.k., record sales and profits. christopher bailey remains creative director a

, organized by the london marathon organizers. interesting to see the camaraderie come together. we are hoping to raise 100,000 u.s. dollars for the seeing is believing charity, which will be matched by standard chartered. i will go specifically to east africa and the child i help. seeing is believing charity there. >> is a race has been going on for years. you think there's been a surge in popularity given the 2012 olympics? were all very focused on keeping fit. to think it is one of those waves coming after the big event? >> yes. just a difference a running can make inmate in helping you feel better. i'm very keen that my children are active in sport and physically active. they will perform much better at school, feel better about themselves, be more confident. there are so many differences. certainly, since olympics came, you see people saying, oh, that looks fun. i met to garden try that. it makes a lot of difference to people. then you see the transitions to the corporate world as well. people start to draw the parallels from

london time. stay with us. 21 minutes past 6:00 here in london.countdown" will be back in two. ♪ >> welcome back. this is "countdown." six 23 a.m. guy foster is here with us. trade data out of china signaling an improvement in global demand. you been focusing in the decline of the currency in the first quarter, the biggest quarterly decline ever. what are the deflationary pressures that might emerge from a continuing decline in the chinese currency. is a scenario here where you give very disparate views and what's going on specifically with the currency some very firmly asserted, but for one i would be fairly upfront in saying there is a lot of uncertainty coming from this. we have to entertain different hypotheses about what the chinese are attempting to do. the court cases they are doing what they said they are doing, risk and move into a situation where they have a liberalized currency regime. and then situation, after a bit of volatility, we will end up concluding that we are somewhere approaching fair value for the rmb. the concern would be,

so i was out in london living in a gay man's life in london. the word mind you i need to tie the knot make it this year. mike is coming when attend the wedding and to have to cope with many friends that are a dozen elevation siblings. this moment. when i pick them up again though. we didn't want that. the state a cynic might start by ninety and had to come out as a gay and lesbian like oh that specializes in indian athletes many in dc reached his dragon again sigh of st east asian heritage. do they she opened the new twenty years ago. to be the least he dictates that the president of the drug running companies that's why now all we did see lots of changes and shifts hands and many more young people being able to be held in the way. and that's not the case at school. they received and many of the cocoa if you can face exclusion from their families if i see a nice hands. even through the gates and lesbians. he reads to korea for a system put in the ot pt scene seems is based on a thirty foot exceptions of people caught on. little did i need one e

we are joined from the office in london.ts as the world cup is not far away. >> i think ultimately it has had good momentum behind it. it is down about 8.5%. get ado feel that as we little bit of world cup fever behind us, we can be it -- see a bit of a pop there. investing in and acquiring the stake in leeds. what is more attractive than a guy all kidding doubt? resealable bit more buying in those stores. to that is no answer but i do hear that they have been training to try to mimic the humidity conditions they will have to play in brazil. this could be good for sports companies. have numbers out earlier today. think we might need a few drinks to wash it down with. dated a help to offset the problems here in europe. 209 from 200 to last year. nevertheless, i think it'd trade something like a premium and they are experiencing some headwinds and not really any real changes this year. if i have to choose between the two companies, i will pick the ipo. but they are still subject to those speculations that could very well suppo

here in london.k at the newspapers. john, let's start with you. you have something thought-provoking. >> inflation report tomorrow, many people think it will be a big debate and push back "the telegraph" is going with enough is enough. higher interest rates now. a lot of people with savings over the last five years with absolutely nothing in return. when you put up interest rates, a tax on the poor, those with the higher margins are going to get hit pretty hard by an interest rate hike. big divide here. eventually the savers are doing the right thing. >> we will be revisiting this story many times tomorrow. caroline. i never thought i would say this. >> this is also from "the telegraph." headlights. who knew. ems to be rice in west yorkshire. and the police have been set up sell to owbars and other owners who need new parts and speed up the growth of marijuana. who knew? you have to have your lights locked down as well as a fuel tank. this story made me chuckle. this is a story in "the times." have a

if you're in london, england, there are a different set of rules. you, for example, can't report on an ongoing trial in london. that's what it is. it doesn't have anything to do with what we write. we write the stories we think are interesting and we distribute them where they are allowed to be distributed. >> we'll hear more from mayor bloomberg throughout the program. he talks to us about wall street, some of the credibility issues, capitalism, joe, you'll enjoy this and also his views on high frequency trading. we'll bring you that throughout the rest of the program. >> i'm sure our views on capitalism are in sync. >> very much in sync. >> i'm sure. >> he's very smart. >> very much in sync. >> his views on high frequency may surprise you. we'll tease you there a little bit. >> yes. i'm a little bit -- i don't think it's a huge -- i'm not going to spend the rest of my life think about high frequency

. >> on thursday secretary of john kerry was in london for meetings on syria. after the reporters meeting calling the upcoming june 3 elections in syria a farce. responded to allegations of chlorine being used as a weapon in syria. on ukraine he said the u.s. will impose more sanctions on russia if they roxies interfere with the scheduled may 25 elections in ukraine. foreign secretary spoke first to reporters. e will show you both of their remarks. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlem gentlemen. expressing myn by danica patrick condolence -- deep condolences to the people of turkey over the mining disaster. u.k. said to him the stands ready it assist our cannds in turkey any way we and the ministers gathered for the friends of syria core group observed a minute of silence in memory of the lives lost in turkey. hosted a series of meetings this morning starting ith a meeting of the fortune ministers of france, italy, germany, united states and the crisis in cuss the ukraine. we unanimously welcome the government's efforts to promote constitutional reform includi

. >> tell us about london the. >> london. well, still there. [laughter] the queen. >> [inaudible] >> i was. we were actually in wore chest shire -- wore worcestershire. i'm the only person you'll ever hear uttering the words i'm wintering in worcestershire this year. [laughter] we did. >> [inaudible] >> well, that was before. i'm going to brag on my wife. we went, she took me along a couple of years ago, she was getting -- she has more advanced degrees than a person with a lot of advanced degrees. [laughter] she got a diploma from the london school of hygiene in tropical medicine. and she would -- this is a very intense three month course given at the most prestigious school for hygiene and tropical decide. and she would bring home her homework and sit next to me on the couch, and i, of course, would be reading the original -- [laughter] in the original greek. and i would make the mistake of looking over at her textbook which would be open to some color, two-page color spread on some revolting form of nemitode. [laughter] and then she'd say, wh

. >> 6:40 here in london. we will take a short break.we come back we will have analysis on bmw. those numbers coming ahead of estimates. it made ay said strong start to 2014. we will have announcements next. >> welcome back. >> time in london is 6:43. bmw revenue beat estimates. joins us from berlin with more. 2.0 nine. in at the expectation was for 2.0 4 billion. a clear win there. it looks like revenues were down just a little bit. mean you saw a strong profit margin. the expectation was for a percent to 10%. it looks like they may be on the upper end of that. we want to focus on that margin. we saw they looked good. theyanalysts decided and began tanking. we have seen bmw is out front to be the number one auto sales. they are ahead of audi, ahead of mercedes. they have done this on the strength of their crossover models, the suv's everybody in the emerging markets seems to want to buy. take a look at some of the numbers from their numb -- from their models. the x three is a little bit smaller. and then the x one is more of a hybrid. t

london cabdrivers, 10,000 of them are protesting.ay that the rule that drivers operate under are different from taxi drivers. they do not have to pay for licenses or permits. parisian drivers blocked traffic from airports. cars in brussels are subjected to a 10,000 euro fine. it is making huge roar -- it is causing a huge uproar within the industry. >> i know at developers look at it is so slick, it is beautifully made. many use it as a rising star of how you make a very easy to use app and make it mobile. i am rated as a user. the minute i get in a taxi, i can say if that was a good ride and i can say whether i was a good or bad passenger. it stops uber people picking me up in the future. it allows uber to say we do not want you as a driver anymore. hopefully making the standard of drivers better. >> have you got any friends doing the driving rather than being the passenger? it is trying to entice people to make some money over the weekend. them and have a discussion how are you liking it. they really love it. they say other taxidri

it is manus cranny in london.l the victory priced in to the move of the rupee and the equities market. >> exactly. i have and index which is up 16% today. we have a target of 25,000. a victory of the bjp majority, which seems to be the case. we are advising investors who at indices in other countries, including china. staying with india for the moment, do you feel the currency move, the space and time that they have been given in regards to tapering is a plus for them? can the currency move higher on this? well, the currency can continue to move indeed. especially since we don't have the final results and we are not yet -- there can always be a surprise. close.k we are very in our view, it will be other drivers which will take the lead. towhat would cause you change your view? if we saw a substantial majority going to the bjp or the nda as a , would that level of control in terms of decision-making in india, with that change your mind at all? is that something you think india needs stronger leadership? is that som

london, you don't have british people. russian oil industrialist, brothers from india who have a huge conglomerate and selma hayak and her husband is going to move there as well, and they're always billionaires, and in tax policies driving these people there. >> so, their taxes are lower so they're moving there toy pay their taxes? >> here's what happen -- >> lower in london -- >> ow only get taxed on what you earn in that country. so if you have all kinds of businesses all over the world, you personally don't get taxed on that in that country. so that's what the is drawing people and attracting people and you may say that it's unfair but let me tell you, london is benefiting from this in many ways them last time i was in london and it wasn't that long ago, really looks like it on the up and up. economists call it an -- people flock to the area. >> officials say the apartments are occupied by no one and phantom neighbor. >> aheard a fabsy car that was finished in suede on the outside. that's how rich people are. >> be very

it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 p.m. in donetsk in eastern ukraine, the scene of intense fighting between government forces and pro-russian separatists. dozens of rebels are believe to have been killed in retaking the airport, and there are reports in the last few hours, a large ice hockey stadium has been set on fire by a group of unidentified men, another reminder of just how close ukraine is and danger is descending into full-scale civil war. the country's prime minister says it will not be possible to have bilateral talks with russia to resolve the crisis without international mediation. nick chiles begins our coverage. >> reporter: the battle for donetsk airport after some of the most intense and deadly fighting so far between government forces and pro-russian gunman, the authorities say they're back in charge here as well as helicopter gun ships, they deploy fighter jets. as tensions remain high, still it seems sporadic gunfire around the airport, the struggle here is not over, and all this both underlies and adds

in london. exclusive interview, russian prime minister dmitri medvedev said a second cold war may emerge from the crisis in ukraine and weighed in on the sanctions on his country urging mastercard and visa to stay in russia and saying he did not want the companies to leave russia. >> in fact a great number of our people are used to using foreign payment systems. mainly visa and mastercard but also american express. other systems are widely used. will not be focusing on sections -- sanctions. i am a holder of an international bank card. a russian card issued by a foreign payment system. there are 200 million cards of this type in this country. or than the population count. i would like to stress that i do not have a relationship with a foreign state. i have a relationship with the bank that issues my card and it never occurred to me that my payments to pen on the political stance of a foreign state. therefore i would like to know that in the context of our law and the u.s. and eu law what these a

the daily mail owned property company has a london listing. with thealk strategy chief executive of the biggest bank in the united arab emirates. what is their agenda? we will tell you what that is. stay with us. ♪ >> we open with chinese purchasing managers index. miners getting some relief. harris unchanged. the dax rising. >> i am manus cranny in london and this is "on the move" streaming online, on your phone, apple tv and the new amazon fire tv. here is a couple of stocks. we have got daily mail rising about 5.25%. they announced the much-anticipated cashing in on their property website, zoopla. looks like they are going to go for an ipo. racing is set to come. the ua shins are adding up to one billion pounds. they are going to seek to cash in on that. royal mail, stock declining. in october.ipo back what we saw was operating profits. so the markets were a little bit disappointed on those numbers. it has had a fairly good run as of late. those are a couple stocks. we are getting the purchasing managers index figures from europe this morni

highly coffee grounds produced in london's coffee shops.chemical and mechanical process to extract the oil and process the remaining waste. >> when did you come up with this idea? don't tell me you were sitting in starbucks. .> not quite as elegant as that it came out of an architectural project. i came up with the idea. i started drilling down into the technology and combining three different technologies. >> what is the scale of this? how much biofuel are you producing? this is not going to be a solution for the world energy crisis by any stretch. london produces a huge amount of coffee grounds. there is nothing unique about that. the scale of the waste is enormous. this would still be a drop in the ocean. >> who are you selling the biofuels to? the biodiesel for road use. >> is profitable? >> highly. this is where you call a second-generation biofuel. ethanol would be a first-generation. a lot of criticism is that they compete with crops. how does coffee grinds compare with other second -- second-generation biofuels? efficientore environ

you know on home soil like london tube omens were veterans of afghanistan to iraq. they used a very different ball game and that is western oppression of muslims and for that they didn't need to go in flight and a someone. yes i mean each sort of conflict as their own victories on the tree in many ways. this one is obviously a lot more focused on trying to be back this regime that is not truly muslim according to them for a stay in afghanistan the eighties or in the last decade in iraq is more about pushing out a foreign invader on so it's possible that because the focus is not necessarily about a western country or see the soviet union the context of the eighties that there might not be the same oval ball back but the fact is is that people when they get to syria are still enjoying these groups that are very much dislike the united states and western european countries and therefore are very much still willing to go after them and they the much larger pool of potential individuals to then go back home and commits a max and it doesn't take many people to do somethin

we're live from london on bloomberg television.ings here at bloomberg -- we have an open floor thing that happens here. basically, it is designed to improve communication between employees. it works pretty well. one ad agency has taken things a step further by seizing every staff member -- by seating every staff member at the table. this is a mega desk. when i was growing up, i was thought that a main desk would be the character of an office. feel had a real community like joining a club. wouldn't it be fun if we could all say that one desk. as he thought about what this should be, we wanted the desk to be different in character. only after that you realize that the table is climbing up and down. it curves and moves in different ways in different heights all the way through the space. >> the affordable way of doing this was to use plywood. cover that in one liquid process. on isace that you work very smooth. the underside is how you understand. >> you create a lot of informal gathering spaces for people. the structure allows us to

time in london is 7:24.orainian candidate polochen is set to win the election. >> we are going to be speaking with the economy minister of ukraine, his first meeting with the media since we saw this victory last night, indicating he will win without a second .ound thank you for joining us. it looks like we have a clear win in the first round. have.ks like we are you happy as the economy minister with the ukrainian people's choice? good for theenko economy? >> i am happy there was free and fair elections. i am happy they get to elect their president. i am happy they will have a strong counterpart backed by more than 50% in the first round. >> is it market positive? >> i think it is market positive. of the about the impact economy overshadowing things? >> we have an antiterrorist operation to de-escalate the situation and bring back order and bring those guys under control. you quantify? >> we will see that later. is west important thing need also to engage the people who live in the region into policymaking.

will either bloomberg's headquarters in london.ark barton. >> russia's prime minister has been speaking exclusively to bloomberg saying his country is being pulled into a new cold war with the u.s. and its allies. this wasore, i'm sure a direct file nation of clients. individuals trusted those payment systems. >> the army chief said the move is not a coup, and that people shouldn't be concerned. thailand's stock index dropped for the largest amount in two weeks after the announcement. say the offernot was hostile, but he said he would not call it super friendly. certainly, we did reject the offer of 55, but we had other things that concerned us also that we did not get resolution to because of the hurry with the bid itself. as we stand right now, this is the last and final offer from pfizer, and that is what the plans are. are you getting the feeling that the deal is dead in the water? >> the deal is not 100% dead in the water but it is very unlikely at this time according to u.k. takeover rules. there are a few things that could h

. >> who sent me to london to blow it up?eporter: who? >> gerry adams. >> reporter: the arrest of gerry adams seems to be based on a series of recorded interviews given by former i.r.a. members to researchers from boston college collecting an oral history of the northern irish conflict. the northern irish police got hold of the tapes through the u.s. courts. adams has long denied the allegations and says they can't be tested now anyway, scott, because the people who made them have since died. >> pelley: adams arrested but as far as we know, not yet charged. mark phillips in our london newsroom, thank you, mark. victims of sexual assault on campus may not be getting the help that the law requires. an oil train derails and explodes in flames. and he once starred alongside a cartoon rabbit. we'll remember actor bob hoskins when the "cbs evening news" continues. continues. ...and a choice. take 4 advil in a day which is 2 aleve... ...for all day relief. "start your engines" apples fall, but the apples of your cheeks dodefy gravit

it shows that, yes, london still holds that top spot, but it is very close indeed.l have more on that one as well in gmt. i can't leave you hanging. for the month of april, heathrow has 6.2 million passengers, 50,000 more than dubai. lots going on. you can tweet me '6@bbcaaron. all back to you. >>> we know aaron is a star, but even he is eclipsed by hollywood a lister tom cruise who has been asking to land a helicopter here in the middle of london in trafalgar square. that's exactly what happened in his film "edge of tomorrow." the bbc's sunny nugent went to meet mr. cruise and his co-star emily blunt. >> you do know what's happening to me. >> what happened to you happened to me. >> you picked emily for the role. >> i wanted to work with her for a long time. >> what about her that you thought. >> action, intelligent. >> stunning, beauty, incredible wit. >> how did you do that? >> come on. >> come find me when you wake up! >> at the moment when you're doing a plank on your hands, was that really you? >> hell of a story -- >> we were trying to figure tout best way to

in london.t of thought into how the experience is -- provide you in stores. >> walk into a starbucks and you are going to feel a pretty laid-back environment and that is exactly what starbucks wants. that casual experience is actually the result of tons and tons of very well-thought-out details. you haven't even walk in yet but already, starbucks is working on it. start with the door handle. designers like to call this the handshake between the customer and the store. this door handle that and get here by accident. is providing a little bit of advertising, getting you thinking about the coffee you are about to buy. flow,cks is all about getting people in and out of the stores in the most efficient way possible. they need to get people to the back to place their order but how they do that without hanging a giant order here sign? that use lighting and visual cues. notice how the merchandise and food is back there and it is lit more brightly than the rest of the store so that when you walk in, you

i'm anna edwards in london.treaming online, on your phone, on apple tv and now on the new amazon fire tv. additionalee any costs for customer compensation. we will continue to watch the stocks through the morning. it is all about jobs today with march unemployment figures do out from the eurozone this morning. the april jobs report out of the u.s.. jonathan ferro has all the details you could be looking for. the market is looking for 218,000. it is going to be more about the headline number. underemployment, average earnings, hours worked. this really is about a second quarter. given the weakness we had in the first quarter and that pathetic gdp read, this first quarter really does matter because you cannot blame the weather anymore. that excuse is dead. the comparisons to 2011 are going to pick up. if you don't know what i mean by that, that is when the second round of quantitative easing and it. a year later, the fed had to crank out the stimulus again. ecb is looking for clues as to whether it needs to add an

campbell herematt in london. a tonight, don't miss conversation with the t-mobile president and ceo, john legere. >> let's move on. let's go from telecoms to television. bskyb shares are rallying and shares are advancing. ryan chilcote has been watching this story as the tv landscape changes. the numbers, ryan? >> third is just one number you need to pay attention to, 74,000, that is how many pay-tv subscribers btb -- bskyb added. that defies expectations from the analysts who thought this lose skyrter bskyb may tv customers, may see a drop, which didn't happen. dough andome serious has been somewhat successful in bringing tv customers to its business. billion topent $1.5 get rights to champions league games. there has been an astounding amount of money to get those 38 games per premier season. we still have some pretty good results today from bskyb which is going to give bt a running going forward. >> ryan, thank you so much for all of that. here is what else is on our radar. passengers are facing long delays at

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you are on the alternative investment market in london.ns to move to the main market or list on nasdaq in the u.s.? >> a few minutes ago we announced an acquisition of additional shares, which i am actually buying from the partners. i did a management buyout seven years ago. i am doing chapter b on management buyout. basically, the way we see the financial market -- from a telit point of view -- we are considering the move to the main market in london. i am not saying we will and i am not saying that we will do and is really stock exchange listing stock exchange listing. but that will enable us to list on the israeli exchange. nasdaq is also a potential listing for us but not before we reach significant market cap such as $1 billion. >> when might we expect that? you are worth about 250 million pounds right now. >> we are worth over $400 million right now. i'm obviously not able to say when we will be worth $1 billion. i can share with you the vision of becoming a 2018 a $500 million company with platform as a service to be about $100 mill

i'm francine lacqua here in london.are watching bmw after first-quarter profits the estimates, rising suv sales helped offset expansion costs. and 4 x 4's here in europe. we need to get that straight. >> to recall them suv's or 4 x 4's? i think you go off roads, francine except for posh weekends on your estates in the cotswolds or something. there are two numbers that jumped out at me year. 1, 25% increase of sales in china. the store in china is an suv story. auto market may be coming back just a little bit here in europe during through the clear beat by some $50 million. is a keyt margin metric. it is at 9.5% on the quarter, compare that with mercedes which got hit on this last quarter with just seven percent. audi is still in first place with 10.1%. i went to give you quick graphic. take a look at suv sales in 2009 very 27% of the market. in 20 13 they were up to 30%. in just a couple of years they're going to be 40% of the market. that is for in every 10 drivers. of course, we have to factor out your lack of a drive

we called the show an american in london. he believed in being an american.ravitated back and forth. and later in life, moved to chelsea. the area was filthy and quite dangerous. the river itself is flowing really fast back and forth. a very vigorous river. they tried to catch the real city at that time, what did it look like? you see him being very realistic , very careful, and very skillful. but we are slowly collecting and seeing a wide range of trends. it begins to appear in his work right to the 1860's. it is one of the great features of the century. it is very beautiful and shows the influence of japan. it becomes this eastern dream. this is the first time we were able to have the full range around a particular focus. i think it shows how interesting and important an artist he is. >> are great mcdonald on the stunning work. you can find much more on our website. thanks for watching and we will see you back here tomorrow. ♪ >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, new

it is still holding onto its gains. >> time in london is 10:22.e will rush to those pfizer headlines once again. stay with us on "the pulse." >> welcome back. this is the pulse live on bloomberg television. streaming on the ipad and bloomberg.com as well. >> time for a look at the biggest stories in new energy. providers of market data for oil and biofuels may have conspired when the ordering benchmarks for fuel cells. this comes in the wake of an international probe of thanks. lighthouse is going greece. obama is seeking to make climate change part of his legacy. he recently announced a set of plans to promote energy efficiency and solar power use, including a new goal of $2 billion in energy efficiency upgrades to federal buildings. shrimp shells may be the next replacement for plastic. the team developed to the bio plastics from a material which is the second most abundant organic material on earth. >> did you have any shrimp and holiday? >> i had a lot. it is not all fake this time. >> it is not makeup, israel. real.is time for what is happeni

. >> reporter: how did london feel different?ondon was different just because i was injured a year out from the olympics. >> reporter: she had a tethered spinal cord, a birth defect as an adult led to pain on her left side and a loss of feeling in her feet. before the 2012 london olympic trials, surgery and recovery that surprised even her doctors. >> i had spinal surgery. i pretty much had to relearn how to walk, and you know, before i could even run. so -- i was not completely healed when i was on the start line of london but one of my proudest races. a lot of athletes i talked to at the olympics, oh, my biggest regret. getting fourth. i'm like, my biggest regret, hitting a hurd's. winni -- hurdle. fourth i was really proud of because i had spinal surgery. a lot of people, not making the team, going there, making the team and gaining forth, for some reason that's one of my proudest moments. even though it didn't turn out the way i wanted i know i faced so many odds to get there and get so close that i kind of just, you know, sm

and also a chap from film london who promotes london is a filmmaking capital. >> do prefer that to theezzanine experience? >> i think so. >> you are a classy guy. >> let's give you a quick check on those indian markets. of historic day in terms market. the dollar rupee sees his second week of gains against the dollar. taking the, mr. modi outright majority with 272 seats. it is an historic day. we will be back in just two. ♪ >> 55 minutes into the trading day. at the close of trades this week. let's see where the markets take us. . little bit of a decline we will wait for some more ecb rhetoric. >> i think we are building up and heating up towards that big meeting on june 5. it is not equities, not even the euro. it is this rally we have seen in spain, and italy. they have moved back a little bit now. is it is actual mass of correction. we have had inflation and the eurozone come down from around 2.5% to 0.5%. that is a big move. according to mario draghi, it is down to food and energy. >> the move has not been that big. to question is for the ecb do something. will they disappoint? a

fore have partners lined up london and dubai, but we need to walk before we can run.open in the states and when we do that we can be overseas. >> what about raising money? >> and has been a little bit of a challenge. isot of early stage capital interested in tech businesses. we have an online component, but we are actual product. thate a cash business generate revenue unlike a lot of other startups, so we are open to a couple more investors and we hope will to be able to close soon. >> thank you for joining us. the founder and the chef at mah-ze-dahr bakery. it is time for my clue number three. ♪ >> it is mr. guest monday. dea who my guest is. but we have a few clues. let's bring out our mystery guest. thank you for being here. a mentions you are restaurant. do you have more than one location? >> yes. >> do you have a location in new york? >> yes. >> do you serve food as well as champagne? >> yes. >> champagne brunch. i known for food or champagne? >> brunch. sundae, doesn't have ice cream? >> it does. >> gold flakes? >> it does. >> are you an italian restaurant? >> n

president bill clinton spoke at a conference here in london. optimistic about a deal between china and the u.s. about greenhouse gases. >> i'm encouraged by the agreement that the president of china made with praub to try to do something about hydroflour rbons, produced almost exclusively by room air conditioners. the people of chind india and other hot places need and deserve air conditioners but they can be produced so they don't emit h.f.c.'s and it can make a real difference and create new businesses. >> did you listen to his speech? >> did. it was a terrific speech. i have to say, the president is known for giving terrifically good speeches. he talked about how to expand capitalism and make it more exclusive. he talked about what the clinton foundation has done to bring down the cost of drugs and also in a way where the generic suppliers were still actually making a -- >> mark carney said we want more we and less me in global finance. stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse" live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. i'm

he's with us in our london studio. what do you think the staudaudi have found here? >> they interrupted a substantial cell that they claim was linked to hopa in yemen and the battlefield in syria. giving the material that they picked up with these people, it seems some sort of plotting was take place, but we don't know the specifics beyond what's reported. we haven't seen coverage of exactly who these targets were they were thinking about assassinating or a huge amount of detail to the connection to other groups. >> syria to the northwest not actually bordering it but pretty close. yemen to the south. if they came from both countries, it would appear if saudis feel they're getting encircled. >> the saudis have long worried about radicalization within the country and worried about links to battlefields abroad. i think they've got somewhere in the thousand-plus people who have been reportedly going to fight in syria. they have a long-standing connection with yemen, which is an organization closely linked to a lot of senior saudi figures within it. they have lots of lin

i'm francine lacqua in london.treamingn the move," online, on your phone on apple tv on on amazon fire tv. this is a stock on the move. it is bskyb. our reporter ryan chilcote is on top of that story. gaining 4%. a reminder that there are a lot of indices closed in today's trading session. some ofpressing with the figures, especially in terms of advertising revenue advancing gaining-- four adds, 6.6% as there have been more tv subscriptions. that is one of the biggest gainers today. on to m&a, sprint is said to be planning a bid for t-mobile after meeting with banks to look into financing. let's get more from our international correspondent hans nichols in berlin. hans, talks was a little bit about timing. how far along are they and when might we see a deal? >> well, we might see a deal announced or formal bid in june or july, francine. what they want to do is make sure they have the financing. this is sprint executives backed by softbank. sprint.s owns 80% of they want to make sure they have the financing lined up

. ♪ >> i am mark barton in london.treamingn the move," online, on your phone, on apple tv and on the new apple fire tv as well. airbus reported a drop in first-quarter earnings. shares are lower. it delivered fewer commercial aircraft. fell to before interest 700 million euros. return on sales growth for this year. earnings were last year were restated to reflect account changes. top storys on our today, pfizer and astrazeneca cheese facing u.k. lawmakers to explain the future of jobs in britain. it is a controversy i'm next guest knows all about, having dealt with job losses in the wake of the astra and zeneca mergers 15 years ago. joining us to discuss this is sweden's finance minister. good morning, sir. thank you for joining us. >> good morning, good morning. for or against this deal? >> well, we are quite for it in sweden. takeover ofed the the pharmacy 15 years ago and that was the operations in sweden very heavily over the couple of years. the track record of pfizer when it comes to jobs is very clear. they have