francine: thank you lothar and paul. lothar mintel stays with us.aul, thank you for being with us. stay with us. we bring you an exclusive interview with the potential ceo, mike wells and we talk earnings and brexit impact. euro stoxx slip from a seven-week high could we bring you the mornings market. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is the pulse. i am francine lacqua here in london. let's get to bloomberg business flash with nejra cehic. nejra: e.on posted a first-half net loss of just over 3 billion euros after writing down the value natural gas storage assets. that comes after -- also fuel plants -- the decision to separate unit per unit is one of the most radical responses yet to germany's unprecedented shift toward wind and solar rent -- solar generation. we'll be talking to michael said. entertainment one has rejected a 1.1 billion takeover offer. the company that owns the right to pepper pick says the offer was too low. cheers went up again today and jumped 50% since bloomberg wasrted in april that itv considering a takeover. -- it cut its