for starters, macau has been darn good of late. in fact, the gamers have been pretty much consistently improving. okay last month just okay over the past year and a half. at least up until what we saw in the most recent numbers. in 2016, macau's total gaming revenues were down 3.3% which is actually, believe it or not, a very impressive figure when you consider the numbers were down double digits in the first six months of the year and last year the numbers were flat-out great. we don't yet have the official figures on macau's total casino revenue, but adding the numbers up month by month which is the way you do it, looks like macau was up 19% versus 2016 in local currency more importantly, the cadence of these numbers, the lyexactly whu want to see. for instance, last january they were up 3% april, may, up 18% may through november they were up more than 20% nearly every month a very nice acceleration of course, wynn and las vegas sands have been underperformers in 2018 largely because the december numbers were up a little degradat

's i would say wynn macau air.e is fi vonnie: here. exposedally these macau companies trade higher.m saying, imagine steve wynn walked away, is this 50% drop with him out of the picture, or would it drop even further? >> i would expect we could see ongoing volatility. this relates to the direction of one direction and how quickly the border directors respond -- board of directors respond. we have to see their response. vonnie: how is that board being advised right now? >> on friday, they set up a special committee of outside directors to evaluate these allegations. vonnie: what does that mean? >> that means the board has to make a decision or not on whether they have to force a decision. turned 76 on saturday. the issue of succession has been raise before. that issue with the brand name is one that is exasperated by this particular controversy. vonnie: our thanks to brian egger. shery: we are looking at the present having lunch with members of the un security council in the white house state dining room. mrs. tate playback. that includes rex tillerson, john kelly, nikki haley, and n

many people i talked to in macau believed that kim jong-nam and his family were in macau under beijing'sn. >> reporter: but even in exile, kim jong-nam still worries about the fate of the north korean people under the rule of his half-brother. and perhaps unwisely, he begins speaking out. in tokyo, i met one of the few he confided to -- japanese journalist yoji gomi. how did you get a chance to meet kim jong-nam? >> i came across him at beijing airport. i am very surprised, i start interviewed him, a lot of questions at the time. >> reporter: gomi landed a rare interview with the elusive kim at a macau restaurant. >> translator: i learned a lesson, not to do reckless and immature acts. i made a big mistake so it somehow aroused father's anger. >> reporter: but perhaps the most reckless of his acts was criticizing his brother's rule. in a series of published e-mail exchanges with gomi, kim wrote, "the kim jong-un regime will not last long. without reforms, north korea will collapse, and when such changes take place, the regime will collapse." >> kim jong-nam said to me, north korea should

clearly, steve wynn is a very important figure for that company whether macau or stateside. size of it quite a surprise. clearly, he's not going to be someone around for counted coun decades given his age. >>> turning overseas, saudi prince alwaleed bin talal is speaking out this is quite a story. cnbc's hadley gamble joins us with more. >> reporter: well, details are finally beginning to emerge from prince alwaleed bin talal's stay he gave a tour of his rooms before he checked out. he basically said there was going to be a financial settlement with the saudi government that's according to this reuters report but no details have yet emer emerge. >> there are no topics there's just discussion. but rest assured this is a key operation that we have and we're just in discussion with the government on various measures and that i can't divulge right now because we're in discussion with them. but that's the whole story i'm in my country. i'm in my city no problem at all. >> reporter: now, the saudi officials that i spoke to last week are telling me they're very interest ready to cl

overall in the absence of what is going on with win macau. -- wynn macau.p a three-day -- as chemical players lead gains. chemical gaining 4.6% this morning, climbing to a fresh record after boosting its full-year operating income view and raising its dividend forecast. we are also seeing gains for the topics which is headed for its best month since october, despite events over the past month. 9452. sustains for the topics towards the end of this month. to first month since abe power the yen and topics are set to rise more than 3%. another fact,, -- the best january since 2013. let's check in on some digital currency stocks. those are exposed to the major hack of bitcoin exchange coin check. the secretary of japan this morning to the government is ready to take action on the heist if needed. are gettingcks ground including mixed points which operates a rival exchange to the going. the president -- to bitcoin. they want to expand their crypto listings. elsewhere we are seeing crypto stocks falling in korea and china, where the debate is raging about policyma

this city, in fact we have wynn palace, as well as wynn resorts just here in macau. now, a lot of pressure here on shares here. they're expecting investors to be rotating out of wynn ma cau like sands china and entertainment. and even closing up the day 1% as of the end of the fourth quarter market shares, 17% for wynn and we're go to be watching, of course, how this continues to unfold the worst case scenario, now, we're just speculating here, talking to analysts that steve wynn would be expected to step down we're not saying that this is going to happen. if and when it does happen there is suggestion that there may be m & a activity and for players that want to get into the macau market that haven't yet come here. but there's a lot of work in the pipeline as far as the u.s. listing. he's got paradise park currently under construction, that is a water park in las vegas. alongside a new land parcel that he got next to wynn and his encore which is the two landmark properties that he owns in las vegas. regulators could potentially even take away his license this is jus

the big advantage macau has is it is so connected to china.e and infrastructure perspective, it is easy for people to have a good time. have excellent products. if you look across the board, it services all parts of the business from the high and to just family leisure and entertainment. markets,look at other like singapore or the philippines, they have a segment of the chinese business, but due to the location and currency and visa restrictions, they also have more diversity when it comes to gamblers. they cater to the high-end southeast asian players. yvonne: all this leading up to the chinese new year, a lot of happiness and money flowing. margaret huang, thank you. coming up, earnings and growth. how asia-pacific stocks extend all-time highs. how long can this continue? market strategy next from ig markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ betty: this is "bloomberg daybreak: asia." i'm betty liu in new york. yvonne: i meet on man in hong kong. asian stocks getting a strong start to the year. optimism on earnings. also, the u.s. government shutdown app

i want to stress that hong kong macau taiwan and tibet old parts of china this is not objective fact in the consensus of the international community we welcome foreign companies to come to china and invest in companies. at the same time the companies that come to china should respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity abide by china's laws. the feelings of the chinese people this is the minimum requirement of any company going to another country to carry out business and investment. marriott meanwhile has apologized on its website writing they respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity the hotel operator is only one of several companies facing chinese wrath over sovereignty issues the country's aviation authority has demanded an apology from delta airlines for listing taiwan and tibet as country's. fashion brands and medical device makers. being given a deadline to correct their websites. and that's all for this edition. so this is the view from my seat in the one section. sarah willis knows her stuff. and conductor. and she shows just how diverse classical musi

what about in macau?f us who have not gone to the casinos in macau, where is it in the market place? brian: also very high. i would say wynn is one of the gets it from that the high-end customer. scarlet: what happens to the high-end customers in china? words they not coming because of the anticorruption crackdowns? brian: business had been quite weak for a number of years but it is on a resurgence. fourth quarter dnp revenues were up 22%. the market is down and now it is coming back. julia: we have seen analysts moving here, particularly tied to uncertainty and the importance of steve wynn to the brand and business. as he started out by saying is important as macau is, for the generation of this company, actually massachusetts here and the decision here is critical, too. explain. brian: this is a casino yet open in mid-2019. it will open up close to boston. the massachusetts gaming commissioner says they will review possible further steps. because they are a newer gaming commission -- it was a gaming law

the stock in macau not as much as the u.s. why?ith the fracture property, they have a tailwind, they're doing very well in the vip business. they will get a big release for the chinese new year when obstruction is taken away. the fundamentals are at their back. in the u.s., in my view, the corporate governance and regulatory oversight issues loom larger. shery: our bloomberg intelligence gaming analyst, thank you so much. let's head to the white house press briefing. right now sarah sanders talking about the state of the union. bradford7, corporal stepped on an ied while in iraq. he lost both of his legs. after modeless surgeries, he became the first blind marine to reenlist. a nonprofit rescue and recovery organization responded in 2016 to flooding in south louisiana and in 2017 to hurricane harvey texas. in his team have helped thousands of people across the south. technician who saved 62 children and staff members from a raging wildfire that encircled their camp in southern california. serves as a police officer in albuquerque,

shareholders will be all but wiped out. -- wynn macau plunged macau plunged again. up, the coin check heist puts cryptocurrencies back in the spotlight. a look at risk and reward in a special report on taiwan. this is "bloomberg markets: asia ." ♪ rishaad: this is what is going on at the moment, the bears are out, and bulls should be putting their hats on. mccabe dump -- nikkei down three quarters 1%. hang seng recovering to be flat at the moment. selloff in government bonds and the united states that is a deepening, not taking yields above that 2.7% handle at the moment. that's the highest since 2014. looking at what else is going on, some dollar strength not coming to the rescue here, particularly for the nikkei 225 -- to ensure three quarters down. haidi: the question is, is this really down to rising rates and concerns we are heading into a bear market proper when it comes to the bond market? look at the terminal, there is another indicator that maybe this market is heading for a logical pause, if you want to be optimistic. mrs. on the bloomberg. -- this is on t

to the downside though, casino players and macau under pressure.at weaker than expected growth in gaming revenue and macau, 14 point 6% below the 20% estimated. some of these casino stocks have fallen heavily. 6%, itsown as much as biggest drop in a year, coming back a little. wynn macau off by 4%. some relation stocks falling as well. british american tobacco down 5%. some of these stocks did well in the friday session. have a look at sector moves. real estate leading gains, but that pick up in financial stocks. the i.t. sector still looking solid. it will be interesting to see what happens when japan comes back online thursday, but a solid start to the equity momentum over the course of the first trading day of 2018, following on from that big rally in regional stocks last year. tracy: a solid start indeed. thank you so much. to iran, where a dozen people are said to have died in increasingly violent protests. president rouhani has defended the right to protest, but said iran is failing and it is time for change. he posted a series of tweets, inc

wynn macau.h in focus in hong for the second consecutive session as we see the fallout from the sexual allegations against the chairman. and in korea, there is an upgraded forecast of about 6%. we are live from london at the top of the hour for bloomberg daybreak: europe. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> you're watching bloomberg technology. over the weekend, new york attorney general opened an investigation over a company that follows trade follows on social media platforms. reporting on the obscure american company which, according to the new york times, collected millions of dollars in a shadowy marketplace or social media fraud. joining us from arlington, virginia is the founder of a company that specializes in destroying bot networks. and for data democracy, that has advice congress on disinformation campaigns. advised congress before where twitter, google, and facebook testified. i know you read the new york times story, did any of the surprise you? >> the idea that influences spots on twitter has b

ynn macau falling 7% this morning.. leading regional tech shares. along with regional players, i.t. stocks leading gains on the regional benchmark, excluding japan. .8%, extending gains into 2018. one of those movers jumping amid the cryptocurrency craze. is jumping along with omnitel and vidente. rishaad: thank you. >> china enters the new year showing strength, the caixin manufacturing survey ahead of expectations in december. the forecast had been for a decline to 50.7. the reading will be welcomed as policymakers prepare for critical battles with that, poverty, and pollution. europeanst change in investment rules take effect wednesday as regulators seek to prevent another financial crisis by boosting transparency. mifid ii includes cash and derivative instruments, foreign-exchange equities and commodities, as well as fixed income. the longest winning streak in , and hedge funds see more gains in the coming year. the nine components tracked by , cotton with a two decade winning streak. prime minister malcolm turnbul

macau's gaming revenue, 25%. afteresorts extends games topping estimates.ings happening now, have a look at the stock movers. on the back of the new trade, the tariffs from the u.s., and of course, about any minute speck we heard from the south koreans looking to reinstate some of these tariffs on u.s. goods. ngjin energy, is down. lg electronics, the washing machine story, and the broader picture tells you when you look at dollar-won, some strength coming through. have a look at the shanghai composite. here is the snapshot at the open. overall% gains for the index. the hood, whether we are getting any movement across the energy space, not at the moment. for thisird of 1% index. the broader picture, lots of things to consider. in 30 minutes, we get gdp numbers out of the philippines. later, inflation out of singapore. in two hours, the boj comes out with its rate decision. a bit too early for them to move, that is the consensus so far. it is before breakfast, too early. although have a look at this chart. at some point this year, this is what they might hav

based marriott hotel chain which is apologize for referring to tibet taiwan hong kong and macau a separate country is in an online survey adrian brown is in beijing. well marriott's customer loyalty program has found itself at the center of assortment with china's government its blunder was to categorize tibet taiwan hong kong and macau as countries this happened in a customer survey and of course the inevitable firestorm has now happened on social media the gaffe was identified by chinese netizens and some of those medicines and are calling on people to boycott the marriott hotel chain one newspaper in central china even says that marriott should be kicked out of the country now the hotel has apologized repeatedly it says that an investigation has now begun and it denies supporting separatist sentiment in china but the company is still being punished the marriott website and chinese up has been closed for a week to make matters worse the friends of tibet group put a post on twitter praising marriott for recognizing tibet as a country and that posed received a like from someone in the marr

mark: could the repercussions of this be felt beyond macau? >> it very well could.s a new casino market. they are in the process of developing the implementation of their gaming law. regulators tend to look at what other regulators do in terms of finding suitability. massachusetts in its review of next steps pertaining to the massachusetts property that wynn will open there. vonnie: how would that part of the business respond? >> the board of th directors will likely oversee what regulators are going to do. the massachusetts gaming commission are working on issues over what might happen. we don't think there's that much risk to a license replication. regulators have looked at things like financial misconduct or felony convictions, not personal misconduct. there could be an outside scenario under which things like personal conduct play into the thinking. vonnie: does he have to go? does he have to break ties with his company? the board of directors set up a special committee of outside directors to review the accusations to determine whatever appropriate steps might

there's outrage in china over hotel giant various online blunder for listing tibet hong kong macau and taiwan as independent countries and spreading to other well the international brands many internet users say they're looking to expose four of businesses for not respecting chinese sovereignty as israel brown reports. well marriott's customer loyalty program has found itself at the center of a sovereignty row with china's government its blunder was to categorize tibet taiwan hong kong and macau as countries this happened in a customer survey and of course the inevitable firestorm has now happened on social media the gath was identified by chinese netizens and some of those medicines and are calling on people to boycott the marriott hotel chain one newspaper in central china even says that marriott should be kicked out of the country now the hotel has apologized repeatedly it says that an investigation has now begun and it denies supporting separatist sentiment in china but the company is still being punished the marriott website and chinese up has been closed for a week to make matter

macau appears to be doing the same.company and the chinese publicly traded arm have both launched independent investigations of the boards of those two companies. betty: we are still getting headlines from wynn macau. they have formed a committee to investigate allegations. of course, we heard reports yesterday that the parent company under patricia mulroy said they are going to cooperate fully with any requests from the government. when you look at analyst reports, people are saying the concern is that mr. windows the company. imagine what it would look like without steve? chris: no, it would be hard. he is 76. it's interesting to see the reaction that he is such an important figure that the company could lose almost 20% of its market value. you could make an argument that wynn becomes a takeover target, and it's not unusual to see stocks rise in situations like this when a key figure is departing and the company is up for grabs. that is something analysts suggest may happen down the road, but first, we want to see wha

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so it's something with the casino names that are atrackeding money flow it's not -- it was macau thatout it going, but now i think it's a casino event. >> does it strike you we went from et aamerica trade and the appear tide for gambling >> and crypto. >> and pot stocks. >>> the same thing, in both venues, but i will say evident a global growth economy, and you have the stock market at all-sometime highs there's no reason why it shouldn't continue to work. >> sounds like a search for return they're looking everywhere for them. >> we all love it. >> that's a good one, dan. >>> coming up, twitter thinking about 8 and a top executive could be jumping ship. you're watches cnbc, in the meantime here is what else is coming up ♪ match maker match maker ♪ look through your book and make me a perfect match ♪ >> announcer: our traders a a a number of names tacked -- while bitcoin is getting crushed, another risky assets is on fire, and here's a hint. we'll head down to the largest onr conference to talk to the spsoof one of the biggest. at fidelity, trades are now just $4.95. we cut the price o

there's also the issue of multiple compression in macau. that could be another $30 a share.es to this puzzle we don't know. >> worst case scenario >> we this morning published a piece that suggested that it could dip below 150. >> what would you do at that point? is that a place to get in or is that -- >> i think that there are an awful lot of unanswered questions, but there's still value here. >> adam, what do you think so you're a ceo coach. i mean, if you had steve wynn in front of you, what advice would you be giving him? >> he's going to have an army of crisis managers around him right now. i do think this story is going to push a broader focus to all of corporate boards. boards have a long list of things they have to worry about. it's getting longer. cyber security now they're going to have to be worrying about sexual harassment i also think it's going to put a focus on the lack of diversity on corporate boards in general roughly 20% of directors on american boards are women. there's a lot of boards with just one woman, some of them with actually no women at all and al

. >> narrar: the man is checking in for an air asia flight to the chinese territory of macau. >> he wentone of those self check-in kiosks to get h boarding pass. that's when he was approached by the two ladies, they sort ofom flanked him eft and right. n rator: two women appear to bump into him. one appears to put a cloth over his mouth. then the women walk calm off and no one else seems to notice. the whole thing has taken less than five seconds. >> think he immediately felt the effect. probably less than a minutett after he wasked. that's why when you see the cctv hein front of the entrance he first made contact with the policeman, he was, rushing through something. but, since it happened so fast, they didn't know that this is a serious matter. >> by the time he was walking towards the clinic, he was already dragging his feet. he was sweating profely. his coordination went haywire. he had a minor seizure and then he defecated. he died in the ambulance, by 11:05 i think, he was pronounced dead. >> narrator: the dead man was travelling on a north korean passport with the name kimhol. but

are there risks to the share price of wynn macau? impact on business operations in the short-term, it could be a perfect excuse for investors to change. wynn hashen macau -- already outperformed its peers. shares have more than tripled since the new project with the palace opening in 2016. this time, the issue would definitely hurt the investment sentiment and be a good excuse for investors to take off. betty: when he be facing too much pressure to have to -- would he be facing too much pressure to have to resign? is there going to be a likelihood? what could happen if that were to happen? daniela: who knows. this is a good question to ask. we don't have grew to, and we don't see any fines, but to be honest investors are going to pay some premium to win shares. shares.s if anything, it will bring potential challenges to the stable management -- stable management structure. that would be a big thing to watch. you.e: thank we will see how the shares perform in an hour's time. commonwealth bank has turned to an internal candidate to rep

marriott's offense the company had listed taiwan tibet hong kong and macau a separate countries on its website while the latter three are indeed part of china taiwan's international status is more complex with many countries recognizing the island as a sovereign state china's take on the issue is clear. i want to stress that hong kong macau taiwan and tibet all part of china there is no objective fact in the consensus of the international community we welcome foreign companies to come to china and invest in companies. at the same time the companies that come to china should respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity abide by china's laws and respect the feelings of the chinese people this is the minimum requirement of any company going to another country to carry out business and investment that. marriott meanwhile has apologized on its website writing they respect china's sovereignty and territorial integrity the hotel operator is only one of several companies facing chinese ruthe over sovereignty issues the country's aviation authority has demanded an apology from delta ai

. - they've been methodically re-acquiring china, tibet, macau, hong kong, taiwan waiting, and this can be seen as part of what they regard as a legitimate acquisition of territory and seas that were taken from them illegally and immorally. - [narrator] it was in 1947 that china advanced what's called the nine-dash line, marking its claims to sovereignty over parts of the east china, south china, and yellow seas. - they conducted fishing activities long time ago in this area, but based on the contemporary international law, people may argue saying that conducting fishing activities doesn't really qualify of making this kind of territory claims. - the nine-dash line, when you see it on a map, is like a great loop, it's been called the cow's tongue, because a tongue hanging out and curving at the bottom, and it essentially is china's historic, not legal, but historic claim to most of the south china sea. - [narrator] china lays claim to the paracel islands, and to the north, the senkaku or diaoyu islands in the east china sea. - china's principal sovereignty claim is to taiwan, which is j

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after the marriott hotel chain apologize for referring to debate to de baets taiwan hong kong and macau as separate countries brown has a story from beijing. well marriott's customer loyalty program has found itself at the center of a sovereignty route with china's government its blunder was to categorize tibet taiwan hong kong and macau as countries this happened in a customer survey and of course the inevitable firestorm has now happened on social media the gaffe was identified by chinese netizens and some of those medicines and are calling on people to boycott the marriott hotel chain one newspaper in central china even says that marriott should be kicked out of the country now the hotel has apologized repeatedly it says that an investigation has now begun and it denies supporting separatist sentiment in china but the company is still being punished the marriott website and chinese up has been closed for a week to make matters worse the friends of tibet group put a post on twitter praising marriott for recognizing tibet as a country and that posed received a like from someone in the

here in macau parts of our city we now have people working in. six parks a. mother patter is a showcase city it reflects everything that i would like to be efficient clean and safe. it was built by investors with the promise of rapid growth and a new prosperity. start cities like this one are now planned for areas all over the country it's hoped they will bring the kind of progress india is looking for. so. we've come to shanker mother's home. his telling his two grandchildren how life suddenly changed when the city was built . it was a dramatic transformation. look this was our old house. the cow shed was right next to it and that's where we kept our livestock the family owned thirty five hectares of land they turned it over to investors you know run the new city. by the i mean as a farmer i only had one set of clothes. there as me i would watch my clothes in the evening and leave them out to dry so that i could wear them again the next day to the market. later that's what life was like back then while that i might build up on. india is looking to modernize.

and marks & spencer has sold its 27 stores in hong kong and macau to the uae‘s al—futtaim group for anr franchise deals overseas, so it can focus on its core business in the uk. look at the markets. there you have the ftse not really moved, down half a percent. up 1a, that is because it has bought the berlin airline, and investors think that is a good thing. marks and spencer, that is following the sale of its shops in the far east. the pound against the dollar at 1.357 and the far east. the pound against the dollarat1.357 and a the far east. the pound against the dollar at 1.357 and a half. hundreds of thousands of migrants remain stuck in libya after the number trying to cross the mediterranean sea to europe has been reduced by police patrols. a european union policy of encouraging libyan groups to monitor its coastline has reduced migrant travel by 70% since july. however the un has described living conditions for the majority of african migrants as inhumane. more than 5—thousand — mainly nigerians — have been repatriated and those returning from libya have told harrowing stories of

course on their website they by accident i suppose posted a separate site for taiwan for tibet from macau in hong kong that is entries in china doesn't like that chinese are now boycotting marial which is american and agro that has ramifications well jump around here a little bit so you mention. what about these programs like myriad starwood joining together how is that working or do we see more consolidation like that in the hotel industry yes we are going to see it in the middle market the middle market is growing exponentially mainly because of the experience will demond versus product demand you find that millennial is and also actually the graying of america millennialism graying of america both want greater experiences and that's what's causing a lot of this growth what's the number one experience trouble that's what's causing . like the exponential growth is coming from the drive for experiences versus products now when you when you talk of the growth i know dylan did this report recently they talked about a five or six percent growth in your hotels for this next year are they righ

course on their website they by accident i suppose posted a separate site for taiwan for tibet from macau and hong kong that is entries and china doesn't like that chinese are now boycotting marial which is american and agro that has ramifications well jump around here a little bit so you mention. what about these programs like myriad starwood joining together how is that working or do we see more consolidation like that in the hotel industry yes we are going to see it in the middle market the middle market is growing exponentially mainly because of the experience will demond versus product demand you find that millennial is and also actually the graying of america millennialism graying of america both want greater experiences and that's what's causing a lot of this growth what's the number one experience trouble that's what's causing . that yeah it's like the exponential growth is coming from the drive for experiences versus products now when you when you talk of the growth i know dylan did this report recently they talked about a five or six percent growth in hotels for this next year a

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they took a commercial flight from the capital jakarta to get to timika in a province from to macau the team took a small plane to get to a gats then they travelled by boat through the river inlet and into the jungle to get from a gas to a tart neistat is now at a church in a gas that's being used as an emergency clinic from where she explained what she saw what we found heartbreaking scenes in the village where many children had died one of the hardest hit villages twenty seven children were reported that because of malnutrition of course of that we bodies they were very vulnerable to think like measles and chicken pox and what we found is that none of these children had actually had proper vaccinations and also no doctors had visited this area for over a year people told us they are worth writing also was not only the among skinny children and babies but also their models are in very bad condition so many of these babies are already born malnourished and they won't have a good chance to survive the first five years the people who are really feeling that they were left alone they were

wynn macau is slipping in hong kong. a last look now at asian currencies.ar is rebounding, tracking that rise in treasury yields. the malaysian ringgit is snapping a six-day rally but the thai baht is stronger for a ninth straight session. trading at auan is october, 2015 high. ♪ let's talk about what's been happening with some of the saudi data, specifically from the saudi monetary authority. before we get into that and lay the groundwork for you. in terms of the data that we , it shows point of sales are recovering. sectorims on the private is the way that the saudi monetary authority describes loans to the private sector. loans to the private sector are coming down. cities one of two each particular data point. the private sector, the public sector, which of course have also been moving. i want to cross over and talk a little bit about another story out of asia that is really important. , they areldings looking to expand in emerging markets. told bloomberg that now is not the time for more am and m & a.r more we will get back to the saudi conversation in

also changing -- macau has gotten hit in terms of the highflyer revenue, high-stakes revenue, but nows to be a little bit of a turnaround where morgan stanley is concerned. ge taking a leg lower in premarket, down 4%. they are taking a $6.2 billion charge on the fourth quarter in terms of issues with its legacy insurance business. ge capital will have to make about $15 billion over seven years, after a review of its portfolio insurance company. it was hit by the crisis and it is hit again, and they have to take more reserves in write-downs. united health is boosting their forecast because of the tax cut, up 2% in premarket. they will invest much of the benefit in improving technology, but did not give other financing details. they are the biggest u.s. health insurer to post results. jpmorgan looking at their effective tax rate for 2018 and forward at 19%. that coin tumbling 20%, but hedge funds having a heyday -- bitcoin tumbling 20%, but hedge funds having a heyday. and jonathan keene ferro from 7:00 to 9:00 on the radio, and then pimm fox joins in. they are totally talking jim o'nei

a quick check on macau casino operators. morgan stanley raised the sectors outlook.leading gains on the back of the update their. haidi: thank you, sophie. republican congressional leaders don't believe they have time to complete a fiscal year spending deal by friday, even if it happens to be a breakthrough in negotiations. a person familiar with talks saying they are weighing a stopgap extension until every 16th. more.itor joins us with the more cynical of us are expecting the kicking of the coin -- of the can down the run all along. any chance of dr. deal will be done -- a daca deal will be done? >> it's looking like a less chance that they will get a deal on daca, that is for the undocumented immigrants brought here as children, being allowed to stay. it was an obama era law and president trump says he does not want it, he wants to see a change. see a change. democratic leaders in congress are demanding something be done with daca as the price for their vote on the spending bill. the government funding runs out at the end of the week, they have been back and forth