one of the newest trends in student housing is luxury. diana olick joins us with the trend on granite countertops and luxury. >> are you kidding me? >> it is the competition among developers. this luxury student lifestyle is getting ever more lucrative. the standard developed by athens based landmark properties is aptly named because apparently this is what students today demand. the resort style pool, fitness center, racquet ball, sauna, game room, private study lounges

as experiences we are talking about of luxury. use -- even bank -- yvonne: you said k use technology but technology -- you technology can use but not the other way around. why is that? and wang: we look at apple hermes. apple sells iwatch is in hermes store. that is not going to change the fact that technology is technology and it is now luxury. the very essence of luxuries timelessness. yvonne: we have to leave it there. thank you for your insight on the chinese luxury. qing wang joining us. more to come. stay with us. ♪ john: with all due respect to scott walker, that hold back down thing? not so much. scott walker of wisconsin, the antiunion crusader is dropping out of the presidential race. >> today i believe i'm being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive, conservative message can rise to the top of the field.

not talking luxury condos but student living. why college isn't what it used >>> like it or not, most everyone has waited in line. one annoyance is another opportunity. professional line waiter. >> there's a line somewhere? i just try to avoid that. i just, i am not a line person. unless it's pouring rain or something, no. it's just an hour. it's just time. >> in retail, things like that. >> if you want something enough, you'll wait if line for it. >> if it's like something i really want, like limited edition, sold only on that day, like 100 copies of something. i don't know, like it has to be something i really want though. >> good morning. ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for your cronuts? >> americans spend roughly $30 milli, 30 million hours in the line. at the doctor and 28 minutes in security lines every time we travel. the question becomes, when is your time your money and waiting if line for concert tickets or the latest tech gadget if that isn't worth your wait? that's when you call the founder and ceo. robert samuel.

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robert: the luxury industry is the luxury industry.at wealthy -- you look at a wealthy percentage of people that will be spending. what are your indicators? robert: the stock market is very connected to it always, and i was say that the global market is connected to it. particularly new york, has been dependent on international tourism. you see countries like your russia -- like russia or brazil or china being greatly affected, it affects the overall retail climate. my home town was definitely affected by mr. goodale working for tommy hilfiger. mr. hilfiger is doing better than good, with rafael nadal wearing next to nothing. that still works? robert: we see cycles. i think that this could be a really good tommy hilfiger time. he is opening stores, opening international stores. he is focusing on his u.s. business, and the underwear is everywhere. they pushed it in a way that other brands cannot. -- it was held the not calvin. brendan: there was an outcry was wearing sleeves on the court. he had been wearing sleeveless jerseys, and he p

the luxury lifestyle. you think of college living as cinder block living. now that grant is out, swimming pools. what's my line? you just don't have time to wait online for that big ticket for the concert or anything else, hire someone. really. "on the money" starts right now. >>> this is "on the money" your life, your money, your future. now becky quick. >> whether you are a parent, may some day become one or know someone who is, you know that having time to bond with a newborn can be difficult. it's often at odds with work schedules, too. but major companies like microsoft, netflix and adobe beare expanding the coverage. that's our cover story, new baby, new rules. >> juggling family and demands and a new career has never been easy. they found that 75% of millennials want flexible hours and they want it to be on track for a promotion. it may be hard to have both because the labor department says 13% of u.s. workers have access to paid family leave. that may be changing, at least in the tech world. >> we were noticing that most of our new moms were going o

emily: apple does not want to a luxury company, but they are adding luxury accessories.hat you make of that evolution at apple? >> i think they want to appeal to everyone, high-end, but also within reach. very important about this year's launch is they have reduced the prices of the older iphones by $100 apiece. that will spur a lot of sales of those phones, which are still popular in many parts of the world. the watch, plus discounts on great phones, shows apple once to appeal to everyone and have products for everyone. emily: two questions, would you agree with that? second, you are creating a white -glove experience for the delivery of electronics, including for iphones. tell us how that works. >> with the iphone, you go to at&t's website, order a phone online, take free-hand delivery. we can hand-deliver and set up the phone and you have a use it in as fast as four hours. so someone on the site right now , delivery tonight in new york or san francisco, which we think is a breakthrough and how to buy a new product. emily: is apple a luxury company? >> apple is a compa

one of the newest trends in student housing is luxury. diana olick took a trip with more on gran it countertops and swimming pools. >> i am not kidding you. it's the new case of off-campus student housing and the competition among developers heats up the luxury student lifestyle is getting ever more lucrative. the standard developed by athens based landmark properties is aptly named because apparently this is what students today demand. the resort style pool, fitness center. racquetball, sauna, game room, private study lounges and laden apartment suites that would balk at the idea of the cinder bloblg walls. the most expensive lease up the fastest. >> catering to more than the 10% or so of the unit types making them super premium. you know, offering larger square footage. more amenities for those residents, maybe two story rooftop town homes with private rooftop patios. >> how do students pay for all this? prices actually aren't much higher than where they're soaring and target big public pools with lower constitution. landmark taking the

these are still luxury units.y are going to be slightly smaller and so overall, that lowers the overall price point of the unit. they are going to have a couple of threes and fours with that is not going to be the majority of the building. mark: basically those days when mayor de blasio ran on affordable housing, happened to that? this is probably the beginning of maybe a shift. they bought the land at a certain price and still have to make the money for the risk they are taking, but they are going to be at a lower price point than what we are seeing. mark: thank you so much. betty: this is where i sign off. mark: to go by your luxury apartment. coming up, i will be talking to a top u.s. economist on what she thinks about the fed's decision. michelle meyer will join me next. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to the "bloomberg market day." now, the latest on greece, where once again politics is dominating the discussion. you are looking at a live sicture of alexis tsipra speaking at a rally in athens, fighting for his politica

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you can get a sport band for casual, or a more luxury brand. think apple is a premium brand that serves a luxury customer and in everyday customer. they have to deliver merchandise strategies for all. thank you both to my guests for joining me. i'm going to try out my rose gold phone. ceo john thain tells us why his next phone won't run on blackberry's own operating system. emily: blackberry takes a beating. the company posted a wider than expected loss and smartphone shipments hit their lowest level in eight years. ceo john chen says the worst is over. he's hoping that consumers will come back for a handset that runs on android operating system. i'm asking him why he is now working with google. >> the thing that has always hurt us is ecosystem support. in working with google in being able to put up blackberry know-how into the latest upgrade system, that should appeal to a lot of people, especially professionals and more high-end consumers. emily: if you're high-security customers embrace -- if your high-security customers embrace the handheld

luxury retailers are feeling the pinch from consumers.ngearnings not lecherous, net income down nearly .25 in the first six months through july. they're blaming slow demand in china for that demand -- but that the. we bring in brian and from they joinia, lori and us for a roundtable discussion on the state of retail. too many stores and not enough product seems to be the reason they are struggling? how do they turn that around? brian: absolutely. they need to get better control of their own inventory and better understanding of the current consumer. one of the things we track is the overall global consumption of emerging markets and international consumers like chinese consumers. what we saw it prada was a build. ahead of demand in china and in substitution for actual demand which means chinese consumers travel to europe and japan and they don't necessarily ada in china pr and they spent a good amount of time trying to sell in china. scarlet: laurie locks come away in, is this a problem specific to prada because other companies like gucci

luxury, uncompromised.ursuit of perfection. >>> this is what you get when japanese car engineers designed a wheelchair. it's packed with tech. bill has been using the wheel for about a year to commute to stanford university where he teaches. >> i've had multiple sclerosis for 18 years, and about a year ago my situation caused know enter what i call wheelchair land. >> why did you decide on this one? >> this wheelchair is very sturdy. it's very comfortable. it's well-designed. and it has really innovative front wheels. >> it has the omni directional wheel. what that means is it consists of 24 small wheels. and those wheels allow you to go forward and backwards, of course, but also sideways. this maintains the maneuverability, and this also allows you to go over obstacles, because of its large circumference. >> wheel engineers have tried to re-imagine every aspect of a wheelchair. you can even control it from a smart phone app. the technology was as important as the look of the chair. >> emotional transition

the luxury company slowed expansion of new stores. product sales have been slowing in china as the government clamps down on extravagance. now, angular merkel's us -- defense or actions. what will they mean for her legacy as chancellor? that is what we will be seeing next. live pictures at the border of hungary and syria. today is an important day because of the fed decision tomorrow. analysts are still split. it has increased from a 26% chance monday to a 36% chance of the fed hiking rates. we have that decision tomorrow night and we will hear from the chair, janet yellen. shares rising in europe for the second day as we approach the countdown to the decision. we are seeing gains and energy producers after we have worse than expected forecast data. we saw some weakness in the u.s. recovery yesterday. we are expecting a little bit of data out of the u.s.. investors are still split on what action the policymakers will take. 32% chance of a rate increase. the shanghai composite today has actually gained 4.2%. the biggest daily gain sinc

luxury suv sales were up 17% through august. that's five times better than the industry as a whole. reporting live in fremont, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> pretty exciting, thanks a lot, bob. it is 4:50 right now. if the credit cards in your wallet don't have one of those new high-tech chips, you're not alone. tomorrow is the industry's self-imposed deadline for switching to the new cards. a new study finds millions still have not received chip-enabled cards. starting tomorrow the stores will be fraudulent for fraudulent transactions if they don't upgrade their terminals to accept those new cards. >>> happening today, thousands of leaders from across california will be in the south bay to collaborate on getting more women involved in politics. the annual league of california cities conference and expo is later today at the san jose convention center, encouraging more women to take part in local politics. it's to improve statistics of women cisit sitting on city cou across california. >>> coming up, 70,000 barrels of crude oil a day. that's what would roll through one bay area

. ♪ take this place, for instance, the trident hotel, luxurious, expensive, luxurious.n it comes with a castle? what kind of person would own a building like that? who? why? then, this man arrived and kind of answered that question. all of this belongs to michael lee chen, local boy turned billionaire, one of the richest men in the world, and my host. he's invited me for dinner. >> we'll try some rum before we go crabbing, right? right, yeah, that sounds like a plan. but first, we need crabs for that dinner, i'm told. caught in the traditional style. a drink is in order. >> cheers man. >> crab in. >> crab in. ♪ >> a lot of crab holes. this time of year the port antonio is crawling with crabs, i'm told. it will be really easy, just scoop them up and it's back to the pool. >> i'm looking, a lunge at them. it's hot. >> i think it's that rum. >> it's sweltering freaking hot, and dark. >> did you find something? >> yeah, yeah. >> awesome, man. >> but it doesn't seem to bother the hotel chefs who risk dismemberment for a tasty dinner. >> we want him alive. we have questions t

, particularly the earnings also giving a boost to other luxury stocks like lvmh up 3.4%. burberry up 2.5. dior up as well. >> meanwhile, swiss conglomerant richemont is up thanks to strong growth in europe and japan that offset weakness in asia pacific markets, the middle east, and americas. also lifting swatch by virtue of strong performance. that's up 3% itself and sticking in the retail space zara owner inditex rose 26%. up 2.78%. all in all a wonderful day for retail here in europe. susan. >> well, as you mentioned, latest retailer results indicating the recent volatility that impacted even the most resilient chinese shopper. courtney reagan takes a look at how the turmoil effected consumer depending dynamics. >> global retailers, particularly high end brands and fashion houses have long kounlted on tkounlcounted on the chinese consumer for growth. while most are counting on china recent economic slow downs and market volatility caused some concern for retail executives. the bad news is retailers results seem to reveal chinese shoppers are scaling back shopping in cer

they are not as hung up in general on big luxury rands. example, on the carnival brand, but others would be. betty: is there one brand that you would like to get on board that you haven't gotten yet? arnold: in terms of a retail brand? i would love to get bentley, rolls-royce automobiles. if we could sell a couple automobiles on board, that would be nice. betty: whether it is the promise of the emerging chinese market or the appeal of the next generation of millennial cruisers, these two titans are laying it all on the line, and moving ahead to shake off the negative news of the past. royal caribbean's flagship vessel, quantum of the seas, won't be top dog for long. in 2016, they're rolling out a bigger, better, bolder cruise ship, the harmony of the seas, with the ability to carry more than 5000 passengers. it will be the largest cruise ship in the ocean. arnold donald is pulling out all the stops with carnival's vista next year. his goal is to see the rest of the world climb aboard. arnold: cruising is the greatest vacation value there i

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monica: consumers with a taste for luxury? our neck story goes in that direction as well.ome products need time to age.re and only get better with the price tag also goes up and in this case we are talking about a piece of cake. would you fork out 500 pounds for a slice of this? >> this piece of wedding cake has a long history. passed down through the generations following the royal wedding of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip in 1947. now it has gone to auction in england. >> we estimate that one could make 300 pounds to 500 pounds. other examples have made a lot more. one made 100,000 -- 1750, but that was in pretty perfect condition. as you know, we have now sold it for a very good, i think, 500 pounds. >> the original fruitcake could still be edible because of the high alcohol content, but we were not able to find out if the successful hitter was going to have his cake and eat it too. monica: it looked kind of bitter, but otherwise english wedding cakes to look like that. max: i have heard of peoeating r anniversary, but 50, 60 years later? i think you have to be pr

and they are not as hung up in general on the big luxury brands.arnival brand, but on some other brands they would be. betty: is there some one brand that you would like to get on board that you haven't gotten yet? arnold: in terms of one retail brand? you know, i would love to get higher items in. like maybe bentley or rolls-royce automobiles. if we could sell a couple of automobiles onboard, that would be nice. betty: wow. [laughter] betty: that would be nice. that's a big ticket item. whether it is the promise of the emerging chinese market or the appeal of ushering in the next generation of millennial cruisers, these two titans are laying it all on the line and moving full speed ahead to shake off the negative news of the past. royal caribbean's enormous flagship vessel, the quantum of the seas, won't be top dog for long. in 2016, the company is rolling out a bigger, badder, bolder cruise ship, the harmony of the seas. with the ability to carry more than 5000 passengers, it will be the largest cruise ship on the ocean. for carnival ceo arnold d

up next apple's new partnership , with a french luxury powerhouse.will tell you which luxury designer is going high-tech with apple in the apple watch. and why apple is betting on the ipad pro. ♪ tim cook: this is the ipad pro! [applause] it is the most capable and powerful ipad we have ever created. it is amazing, advanced technology and innovation. ♪ emily: time for the daily byte, one number that tells a whole lot. today's byte is $1100, the starting price of the hermes strap for the apple watch, and perhaps the flashiest part today. apple is partnering with the french luxury brand to create a leather strap for the model and special faces that represent traditional hermes watches. if you want the hermes strap and watch face, only $1500. to the ipad. the larger ipad designed to attract business users, but also musicians, designers. apple says the ipad pro is faster than 80% of pcs shipped in the last two months. it comes with a stylus or apple pencil. will it jumpstart demand for the ipad? jackson withjohn me. horace dediu and ben bajarin and om ma

lexus saw victory in the luxury race.s not only stock markets that plunged, oil was not aired crude was sold off heavily. david: wild swings, not only overnight, but what we have seen the past four days. you look at the oil market, compared to chinese stocks, looking like a kid with no personality. is monday,art, that you have the three day -- that is tuesday by the way, you have that three-day rally. a loss of 8%. look at the trading range. it has been a wild ride. let's took -- let's take a look at brent. that is an 8.5% drop. it confused traders from what we saw on monday, the message from opec that they will not be shouldering the sole burden of oil prices. let me get to comments from the iranian oil minister in an interview overnight. ,et's keep this chart here essentially reinforcing further what has driven oil prices down. outputll be boosting regardless of where prices are. they are looking at one million barrels more by march. we are at 2.8 million. they are looking at 3.8 million by march, up -- of 2016. target

angie: what do forecast for luxury retailers and that luxury space in hong kong? that a dwindling market? is that something that will not return quickly? >> there will be a point of stabilization. it's hard to say when that is. there is a structural decline over the last six months that will affect portions of the market for another year or 18 months. you will find people will still want to come in to hong kong and by fashion jewelry but it's from a basis of what we have enjoyed the last two years which was accentuate the buyer by trading. angie: we love talking to you and we love talking about this because it is a barometer with great exposure and asia. you have exposure elsewhere as well. talk about how this global environment has impacted your ability to offset some of the slowdown where it's more quicker growing areas of broad. -- a broad. those areas of business are most important to us. in hong kong, we see good growth. that is coming from china, interestingly. there is still growth. whether it is 5% or 7%, there's still growth. all of this is very strong. i

very nice jackets though. >> what about the luxury space in general?> luxury space is always fine. it weathers every storm. >> it will be fine. let's acknowledge that the last month with china, some high-end retailers have really gotten clobbered here. i opened my mouth a month ago about tiffany's and ate my shoe and my foot with it. frankly i agree with josh that tiffany's will come back, as will the rest of the high-end luxury retailers. the china damage is done. now it is time to move forward. >> i'm kind of mixed on luxury retailers because i don't think that they're really super cheap and i don't think you get the benefit from the lower gasoline prices. i think you look at the low end and those stocks have gotten hammered. dollar stores in particular. i would be very specific on dollar stores. i think dollar tree has issues. i think dollar general has come down enough. i like their business mix so i'm a little bit more favorable on that end versus the high ends. >>> coming up, the missing link. the sector stephanie has her eye on tracking for its

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. >>> imagine having a high end luxury kitchen for up to 90% off. you can if you're interested in a recycled kitchen. cbs 2's emily smith chains. >> reporter: jonathan and barbara have a budget for their new kitchen and high end taste. >> i look for discounts and i somehow came across something that said dishwasher, $300. click the link. >> reporter: that's when he found green demolitions, a 43,000 square footwear house filled with high end luxury furniture in fairfield, new jersey. >> i wasn't really getting it at first, the fact that you could buy an entire kitchen, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole kitchen. >> reporter: we met with the founder, steve feldman. >> this kitchen would probably be $200,000 new. under $10,000 you can get this kitchen for $9,000. >> how old is it? >> about 10 years old. >> reporter: it's all gently used, recycled furniture. >> we get a phone call from an architect, kitchen designer, real estate agent saying my client is going to be renovating their home. we talk to them about how much money they're going to save, they'

porch brands and put on leave until details of the emissions cheating scandal are cleared up and luxury car maker audi says 2.1 million vehicles worldwide have benefitted with the software. switzerland competition investigating several international banks to manipulate precious metal prices, swiss and germany's bank as well as hsbc in barkleys both based in london. separatist coalition in spain's catalonia region has won landmark election and took 62 seats out of 135 in the regional parliament and if they join forces with the left wing party they will have absolute majority and allow them to pursue independence and we report from barcelona. >> reporter: it looks and feels as if nothing can stand in their

angie: you are saying small luxury things. it's been the big luxury items that have been hit by the end t extravagance -- anti-extravagance there. greasing the because they're slowing down we start looking at more affordable luxury spaces? >> absolutely. very high-end luxury handbags and things though sort of goods and manufacturers i would tend to avoid. however i think the more affordable items whether it's cosmetics are certain coffee brands. certain restaurant brands. they are powerful global brands which will do very well in china and some of whom have said recently they have not seen any impact from the slowdown. the chinese government is very clear in trying to transition the economy from fixed thestments towards consumer. it is painful for some companies, particularly the materials in the commodities. i think the last decade was really about commodity related buildout and demand on commodities. their opportunities there. angie: we're going to leave it there we ran out of time thank you for joining us. up, a record fine

at the same time, we are seeing hurtingand luxury goods due to the crackdown on anticorruption and a slowing economy. the currency link also hurting competitiveness because of exchange rates weakening across asia apart form japan. economists in australia thing adjusting the hong kong dollar peg would be harmful. monetary authority saying it is too early to consider adjusting, because the currency is not fully convertible. it looks like the hong kong dollar peg is here to stay. rishaad: thank you. we'll take a look at singapore's property developments bracing for tough times ahead. they are bracing with housing curves and out home prices are expected to decline further. singapore.in is in isspoke to phoenix property a short time ago. they say is a situation of supply and demand. how bad it -- that is a looking? h unbalanced, it's not looking too bad. haslinda: singapore home prices were at record highs, among the highest in the world. so high, they prompted the government to come up with cooling measures now it's an additional stamp introduced last year, prices are using. -- asing. tr

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. >> reporter: it looks like any luxury hotel room, spacious, well appointed, right down to the robe and slippers. but this resort isn't in a big city. it's a tent in. the middle of montana on the shores of the black foot river river deep in the rocky mountains. the ranch says they set the standard for glamping. one of the reasons, assigning every guest a camping butler to take care of their every need. >> all you have to do is call a number here and you go straight into the camp butler phone. >> reporter: some of the tents are more than 1,000 square feet with electric blankets and indoor plumbing. celebrities and ceos are regular guests here. gwyneth paltrow posting these selfies while relaxing by the fire. >> we're grilling up a little beef flank steak. >> reporter: but the wide array of activities come at a price. and that price usually works out to at least $10,000 a week for a

considered luxury but not so well run car, right? pretty unreliable?ious reliability issues, and they acknowledge this. it has a five-year 60 mile from -- 60 mile warranty plan. it is about 10,000 miles further than most competitors. they are hoping to take away any reason to not buy one. mark: this is all about millennials, isn't it? >> they want younger buyers for sure is. it is all about families and the heart of the market is different. they like to get people in there sooner and trade them into the bigger sedans as they get older. mark: once they get their hooks in the, they want to keep them what are thetty: right now there are about 80,000 cars globally per year, which is not a lot. mark: look at the chart. uire sales versus land rover cars. >> very telling. they make suv's, which people are into, and they are at a very high price point. that brand has been going to investors for them. mayy: not a lot of people remember this, but they are owned by the company in india. they want toevamp put together, but how much has it changed under indian owne

john yang, nbc news, fort wayne, indiana. >> i wonder what a luxury horn sounds like? do it for nbc "nightly news" this sunday. lester holt will be here tomorrow and i'm thomas roberts reporting from new york. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and have a great night. >>> american pharoah has won the triple crown. >> intercepted at the goal line. >> the following is a presentation of nbc sports. >>> darlington racew since 1950 the track too tough to tame has been the site of moments that have helped forge the history of nascar. for decades the southern 500 on labor day weekend was tradition here. after a 12-year hiatus the race is back where it belongs. >> the following nbc sports program is brought to you in living color. >> the sport that continues to look forward for any advantage it

he adds ford did not build it's empire on luxury cars. good point there. >> but when ford built the cars, there weren't many other car manufacturers back then. >> that's a good point too. >> it was horse and cart. it's a differ world but it's awesome. i love those doors. >> those look amazing. >> reminds me of back to the future. >> that's it for today's show. >> u.s. squawk box comes your way next. i'm jerry bell the second. and i'm jerry bell the third. i'm like a big bear and he's my little cub. this little guy is non-stop. he's always hanging out with his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat and be ready to get up. there's no "deep couch sitting." it's definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. this is kind of fun. that comes from my floor? eww! this is deep couch sitting. deep couch sitting! >>> good morning, u.s. stock futures jumping right now on this final trading s

many manufacturers are unveiling high-end luxury models.therine: the roar of the v8 has been replaced with the near-silent tom of the electric hum of the electric car at the frankfurt auto show. workers were to reduce o2 missions. >> we will deal once again the question, what are appropriate incentives to get electric cars on the road? catherine: high-end manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon. audi unveiled its first fully electric suv. they plan to enroll 12 electric waddles. >> before the end of the decade, we will bring 20 electric and hybrid cars to the market, from small cars to the audi a8. gilles: catherine: mercedes -- catherine: mercedes and bmw are expanding their presence, taking on tesla. >> having the most respected names in the automobile industry come out and say electric is the way forward and make a very public commitment to build electric vehicles for us is a huge win. tesla is leading the way. catherine: the market share for electric cars for the first half of 2015 barely reached 1% in the u.s. and france. tax incent

the story in frankfurt has been a mix of optimism and luxury.$260,000.starts this is a lamborghini, a starter of all the ceos we talked to, none expressing pessimism. the ceo of lamborghini says it was an opportunity. >> the slowdown in china, stable now, new car stepping in, and this is an advantage for us in a week market like the chinese market. we have other markets that are much stronger. europe's biggest carmakers looking outside europe to propel growth. for the ceo of peugeot, iran. our partnertion of for our premium brand, this is now done, signed, and we are going to kick off this new partnership this month and to run. .- this month int towhile most ceos want compete in the station wagon or sedan game, there is not a company that once to lose market share in the suv or crossover market. coming up next, the haze blanketing parts of southeast asia worsening. we will bring you live to singapore for the latest when "first up" continues. we are back in two. ♪ angie: it is 7:30 a.m. in hong ferry bringing passengers into the central business

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now we're selling people luxurious homes like this. >> donette smith is bill's partner. she loves the small-town world of aspen real estate. >> these houses are gorgeous. and they're enormous and on this amazing hill. you can see the gondola in the background. what does something like this cost? >> which one? the one we're in, it would probably sell for about 9 million, 10 million. across the street, 15 million to 20 million. >> with millions of dollars at stake and a growing international clientele, it's no surprise that big companies took notice. local independents like bill's sterling homes, bj's bj adams & company and dale's properties of aspen now face stiff competition from big-time brokers like christy's, sotheby's and coldwell banker. how do they compete with the deep pockets of this big brand? >> i got the price reduction. >> the answer was to form a single four-person agency. >> did you feel like you had to merge in order to compete with some of the other stuff that was happening in aspen? >> yes. >> it was time. >> i think we needed to figure out ways we could