muelhaeuser, president and ceo of manitowoc foodservice.nies continue to score government contracts in the millions? this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: we have breaking news. stepping down as chief investment officer or george soros's family office, less than a year in the role. k had been the head of promoted before being to this role. he will remain in his current position until a replacement is found, then he will return to running a credit portfolio at the firm, according to people familiar with the matter. a spokesperson or george so was declined to comment. there is a great tidbit in that story as well. this will be the seventh time that there is a new chief since he by soros scaled back. obviously, a lot of turnover happening. maybe there is a conflict of direction. maybe soros just changes his mind a lot. time for the bloomberg business flash, a check on the top stories in the news right now. u.s. retailers were little changed in january. americans flocked to car dealers at the expense of other merchants. excluding cars, sales fell .3%. jun