i am anna edwards. >> i am mark barton.t is 6:15 a.m. in london. there are two big announcements today. -- we have a reporter in hong kong with details. good morning. >> good morning. yes, new zealand has been on top of this. seven hours ago, they raised the rate. that is the third rise in as many meetings this year. it shows you they have a different system altogether. it is important to contain inflation. koreafour hours ago, leaving the rate at a certain percent. tomorrow, the bank of japan will set to leave it at -- overall, a busy day for rate decisions. what else can we expect from indonesia later? >> 7.5%. no change to rates. maybe some stimulus. they're looking at the forecasting. for now, every single one of them says it will stay as it is. >> john, who will win the world cup? england and the team draw here get i have got england. i really do. -- i'm going with anyone but england. >> oh, you are going to get hate mail. >> do you like that? [laughter] >> everyone is going for brazil. i'm being a little bit of a cont

i mark barton.ven day, between 300 and 700 devices and applications and services not monitoring just his body than his surroundings as well. he works as an ambassador to the future and he's dedicated the last several years of his life to tracking and analyzing is data. >> i've been called the world's most connected human. collecting information about my life, my body, and my environment for about five years so i can review and access. if you take application sensors, 700 are between 300 and monitoring me between any given moment. drasticallyhange over the last five years. i've lost 120 pounds and i can more is really focus on tasks. thate a recipe to make happen. every morning and night i capture my blood pressure and my blood oxygen. i'm doing really good. i met 9810. -- i'm at 98%. this allows me to keep track of my posture. the thing i really like about the house is most of the technology is not visible. i have my nest thermostat over here. durings track of motion the day. i have very small littl

i am mark barton. -- in6:00 on monday and london on this monday here at bloomberg reporters are waiting to deliver stories that will drive your day. cranny is looking at the chinese market. the chief executive of siemenss is making his case to french lawakers after presenting a joint bid with mitsubishi. caroline is in paris with the details. caroline, tell us how the siemens executive came across. the market is a different size come up the same message just three weeks after he had to testify. it was his turn to try to convince them that the siemens did was [no audio] as you know in france, convincing the french is almost as important as convincing the shareholders. he had to reassure that tidbit would safeguard investments. he also said that he would inject 7 billion euros. 14 billion euros that is more than ge. i wanted to find out what was the first reaction from the french president when he announced the bid. is the president is a good listener. he knows the facts. i'm sure he appreciates it socia

i'm mark barton. >> i am an edwards.ne 7:00 in london. new york's attorney general has a lawsuit against our quiz. -- against barclays. to explain. is here before we get into the details of the complaint, let's talk about dark pools. >> dark pools are private trading venues. the new york stock exchange and the london stock exchange. you see who is buying and selling. who's in the market and who has got what orders. offset over here, get together, nonregulated. do their transaction. do it in private. do it as a block trade. it is about internalizing orders. that is part of the issue. it's a haven for institutions. are, 40% of u.s. trade done in dark pools. >> what is at the heart of this lawsuit? raud, duplicity, deceit. those are not my words. they are part of the words eric schneiderman the new york attorney general. theirys wanted to build dark pulled business and they would stop at nothing to do that. this is lying to customers that they were protecting them. thatr complaint alleges this marketing up protections, a sy

. >> i'm mark barton.ankuropean central becomes the first major central bank to take one of its main rates negative. the latest measure for mario draghi, are they enough to get credit flowing into europe's economy? good morning. he rolled out his big bazooka. was it enough for you? >> well, it was a very high press conference, but in terms of delivery, we got very little. the cut in the deposit rate into negative territory was much expected. the ecb had already felt sterilized in the ecb program, and some of that was already in the market. the result so an announcement in the form of a new credit targeting acronym to the of of that soup of the ecb. >> peltro. >> it was a very bold tag of 400 billion. these are only coming later, after the bank stress tests. the ecb understands ultimately cost of liquidity, it is the supply. we have a lot of announcements. comings of what is an of the short-term and what is coming after, there is the question. drivemight be trying to the short-term market reaction, which ha

i am mark barton. it is 6:00 and london. bloomberg reporters ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. elliott is in tel aviv covering the iraq situation. john kerry calls on the country's leaders to unite. ryan chilcote is in the studio on the current state of play with south street pipeline. manus cranny is here looking ahead to mark carney's grilling in front of lawmakers today. it is the deal this is a lot about u.s. companies trying to avoid taxes. caroline hyde has the autopsy report on the monsanto-syngenta talks. exclusives an mineview with the head of old bank, peter weinzierl. called to unite against an al qaeda breakaway group to seek after the country's largest oil refinery. this would seem to reinforce very concerns that i rock -- iraq's very survival is at stake. bighe oil refinery is a loss. let's not beat about the bush. this is the largest in the country. there have been reports of shortages of refined products in the kurdish region. the second-biggest city of iraq fell to

i am mark barton. it is 6:00 on this friday morning in london. bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories. hans nichols is in brussels at the eu summit. manus cranny is covering barclays. caroline hyde is looking at nike . and in hong kong, zeb eckert is focused on what could be the biggest ipo ever from the u.s. as alibaba chooses an exchange. u.k. prime minister david cameron's fight against jean-claude juncker is only the beginning of a battle with brussels. it looks increasingly isolated from traditional allies. hans nichols joins us from the eu summit in brussels. good morning. tot is angela merkel's plan de-escalate the situation? >> that is a very good way to put it. merkel wants to lower the temperature. she plans on engaging on policy and acknowledging the need for reform. listen to how she made sure there was space for cameron to climb down. ifi think it is not drama the vote is not concordant. we have to find as much common ground as possible on substantial issues. i think we can find good compro

i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. standing reporters are by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. hans nichols in berlin. choosing the next european commission president. the chinawson has inflation problem and the potential deal between two french mobile carriers hit a snag a caroline hyde has that story. >> jean-claude junker's candidacy to head the european commission. they have time as the prime minister of sweden set a summit will not lead to a speedy election. hans nichols joins us. time is not an ally, is it? >> it certainly is not. what junker needs is his extension to the had of the commission to be a foregone conclusion. you heard from prime minister brian felt that this would not be the time to discuss personnel matters. on headingis going into the meaning, cameron was quite critical. craig, you spoke with reaching out trying to find a bloc. it is like matteo renzi is against junker. it is like the momentum is pushing back against junker. david cameron said we should be the way -- we should

find out who next. ♪ >> welcome back, i'm mark barton. head out to manus cranny for the fx check. volatility dropping, the dollar dropping, more momentum to come. there was a slight slur you had at the close of the day yesterday in the states. today in asian and according to london trading we are down again. takes dollar hawkishness, more to come. let's look at dollar sterling. what you have is trading at a five-year high. back -- i don't expect us to hold back. if you're trading this currency, you just roque the resistance at 743 -- -- at one point .743. this is euro nokia we would talkg -- more about the currency as the morning goes on. back to you, mark. >> u.s. president barack obama is sending 300 military advisers to iraq to assist the government there in its battle against insurgents. obama insisted american forces won't be returning to combat heard he also dispatches secretary of state to the region for talks. >> secretary kerry will depart for the mideast this weekend. he will be able to consult with our allies and partners. just

welcome back to countdown. >> i am mark barton. seven of 44.nanmen square massacre. the victims are remembered abroad. china, discussion is banned. we have more. a bloomberg review columnist. all opinions are his own. when you think -- why do you nmen square is influencing the reform drive? the thing they fear the most is social unrest of the kind we saw 25 years ago. a lot of the efforts we have have been about increasing censorship. when you think about the kinds of reforms that china needs, it needs to stop investing heavily and turn the economy upside down, away from exports. these things would be destabilizing. since hundreds of thousands of or even millions of people out of work. these things are difficult to engineer. you are seeing every time the 7.5%, thees away from official target, you see a rapid effort to stimulate the economy. stimulus packages coming from the package it does come around. -- stimulus packages coming from the government. seeing is anytime the economy in china begins to you down even marginally, see a herculean effo

i'm mark barton in london. this is "on the move" streaming online, on your phone and on the mazon fire tv. further industrial action, operating profit will fall by with the exrared previous target. ccording to aer ling us. shares down 2.01% because of that profit warning. now we got some breaking news on france's biggest bank in the last 13 minutes. one of b.n.p. paribas' co-c.e.o.s is stepping down. the u.s. had been pressuring the bank to dismiss george chodro nmp. we have details. is this linked to the alleged sanction violations or not? >> well, you have to believe it is. because his name is being deemed, tried to be pushed out in many press reports. i mean you can't disdowntown fact that regulators are under a lot of pressure to hold individuals responsible and not just go after nameless corporate eptitys. allow them to pay their fine and walk away no one's reputation soiled. regulators are taken a lot of criticism with that. >> this gentleman himself hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing. >> correct. alth

and i am mark barton. an order will cancel for aircraft.he first of liberty was scheduled to take place in 2019 -- the first delivery was scheduled to take place in 2019. they are very confident in the wide-body program and their order book will grow in 2014. >> first delivery expected this year of the 85th -- a 350. high hopes. as oil ministers meet to decide a collective production limit, angola's will minister said he is satisfied. >> the market is ok. opec is producing -- we have about 30 million. not bad. the price is good. it is not bad for us. >> stay with toback -- staying with opec. thank you for joining us. we have spoken to 10 out of the 12 oil ministers. there seems to be a view that supply and demand and global oil before is well-balanced, today's meeting, meaning 30 billion barrels a day stays the same. are you feeling as if eac and comfortable as the oil minister -- are you feeling as easy and comfortable as the oil ministers? >> everybody was very much about, having to cut back. thanks to libya and a lot of opec needs to pro

to i'm mark barton. >> it is 16 minutes past seven.he cloud has propelled the growth of the sharing economy. we are joined by executives into companies which are leading in sharing cars and parking spaces. thank you very much for coming in to talk to us. mark, let's come to you first. we have talked quite a while about the sharing economy. i would just on the start of that journey? >> i think so, yes. when it comes to sharing cars, which is what zip car specializes in, we have done a great job of getting the early adopters into car sharing, but our next challenge is to go mainstream. the reason for that is that's what our cities really need if we are to relieve the congestion and the parking stress and of course the pollution that we face day-to-day. >> you provide the cars that people than share. it there going to be an evolution of the business model into sharing existing cars that people already own? or is that some of the else's job? >> we'll see all kinds of models emerging overtime. the model you just described, that your to pied

. >> welcome to countdown, i am mark barton. >> and i'm an edwards. corp. phones related to hacking. a former news of the world editor went on to be an advisor to prime minister cameron. with the story is ryan chilcote. >> police want to interview mr. murdoch. that prosecutors are considering corporate charges. pursuing news corp. itself. we have known that for a while, but we were not able to report it. due to u.k. reporting laws. as the prosecutors were discussing the prospect of doing that, we were not able to report it. the trail is over and we can. the trial, we have rebekah brooks, the top executive in the u.k.. she was found not guilty. andy filson was convicted of phone hacking. how likely is it that corporate charges will be brought? >> now that he has been successfully prosecuted, that makes a corporate prosecution more likely. if there's a successful corporate core -- prosecution, it is more likely the prosecutors would go after members of the board. so-called controlling officers that were deemed responsible for not preventing this behavior. as

i am mark barton. >> a warm welcome.loomberg reporters are standing by ready to deliver stories for your day. the pressure on fefa to investigate the world cup bid. >> hans nichols is in berlin to juncker have a chance of leading the commission. >> to the mat sat down -- diplomats sat down in a -- in an have a cease-fire. >> the president says he wants an end to the violence by the end of the week. the question is is that actually possible. it's a question i put to the russian president over the weekend. have a listen to part of our exchange. not a candidate to any other position. i think it is a relatively important job at the moment. we need to keep helping countries out of the crisis. now that you have had this meeting. you have met president obama. how likely is a cease-fire in ukraine? what will you do to achieve a cease-fire, and how quickly do you think a cease-fire can be achieved? needs to be done immediately. they need to immediately stop pin it to operations in the southeast. so far no one has said anything to

let's bring in our football aficionado, mark barton.now he is something of a fan of football. >> i say expert. aficionado sounds better. >> the average heart rate of mark barton over the next few weeks. >> especially when we play italy next saturday. saturday at 11:00 p.m., i am gone. is going to be a big night for me. >> they have these things called video recorders. you could go to bed, wake up. >> knowing that the game is going on? >> wake up in the morning, have some breakfast, watch the game. >> the screams, you would hear the screams. >> i thought you lived in the suburbs. >> who is going to win? i tell you what, when the world cup is being held in the talking aboutam uruguay, brazil, chile, a european team has never won. keep that in mind. a european team has never won when it was held in the americans. the heat, whatever. has a 2.9% chance. they have done all the calculations. >> i would go to bed. >> who is going to win? brazil. 19.9% chance. german, 12% chance. argentina, 12%. spain, 9%. bloomberg sports doesn't even think we

i am mark barton in london. we are 30 minutes into the trading day. its friday. see how things are shaping up. stocks are opening a bit lower. it has been a fascinating run of gains for the stoxx 600. it is up for the ninth consecutive week. that is the longest run in almost two years for the benchmark stock index in europe. declines across the board today. investors are watching events in iraq. the ftse, 0.3% lower. the cac, 0.2% lower. the dax and the ibex in spain also down. these are the bloomberg top headlines today. as i said, oil prices are climbing as escalating violence in iraq threatens supplies from opec's second-biggest producer. kurdish forces seized control of the city of turco. the violence has increased pressure on president obama to launch airstrikes in support of iraq's army. the bank of japan maintained its record stimulus. sentimentin consumer and signs of strength in business investment indicate that japan is weathering a higher sales tax so far. most economists forecast the central bank will increase stimulus at some point this year to boost

i am mark barton. >> 7:53.ll be getting an indication of the health of the manufacturing data. ecb will be trying to figure out how much we are working through the market recovery. manus joins us for a preview. >> you are going to seek clarification that germany is powering ahead. you are going to go for an expansion in germany and still a contraction in france. you are looking at the 12 month in a row were europe was in expansion. 12 straight months in a row things have gotten better. ties into the health of europe. it can be the fifth consecutive quarter of growth. can tell you the whole of europe is out there spending. i have never seen as many people. i have never seen as many europeans moving at the same time. >> mario draghi will be pouring through these statistics to see how strong the recovery is. much formulating what is forward guidance mario draghi style. it doesn't exist anymore. today i tell you things are going to last forever. draghi in the telegraph article over the weekend refers to the recover

i am mark barton. >> 7:00 in london this friday morning. welcome to you. ers are by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. caroline hyde is here with a look at mark carney's investors warning. >> rising instability in iraq. elon musk is going yet away. hans nickel in berlin to see why tesla.e might boost >> back to the top stories. ray kite's -- rate hikes could come sooner than market expects. caroline hyde, what did he have to say? when are week speaking rates to go up? >> -- when are we expecting rates to go up? >> many are thinking, wow. the first major central bank to raise rates by the end of the year. the most hawkish he has it in his tenure as the head. picked upconomy has faster than he or anybody else could have expected. speculation is rising. he is adding fuel to those flames. let's have a listen. >> there is great speculation about the timing of the first rate hike. this decision is becoming more balanced. thanuld happen sooner financial markets expect. but to be clear, the mpc has no preset course. the ultimate decision will be

. ♪ >> i am mark barton. 7:24. what is your biggest worry? >> good question.his bond rally has a deeper in the sense that what we saw turns out to be global. i think markets will come through that. it is so unusual. i have never seen that before. the direct payout is higher than many corporate bond yields. if the deal went ahead five the --ld have issued a huge pfizer would have issued a huge bond deal. m&a dynamics and the long return investing on the string of income. this year it could be that bonds outperform equities. >> when do you see rates going up? >> u.k. or u.s.? just before would be controversial. we have been a low inflation house for some time. bank lending is negative. we have never seen that before. we saw it in the u.s. see negative bank lending. for us that keeps inflation low. will dominate, and he is very dovish. we saw from the brick countries, bonds stocks and currency markets, all three have an rallied on a monthly basis since 2010. when it comes to emerging markets, they have had a good rebound, haven't they? stock?e time to take -- a n

something mark barton did not know. equity is the longest rally in the emerging markets and it is the worst performance so far this year. the point is, he had the bernanke taper tantrum last year. a warning about china today. they reaffirmed concern about china and the ramifications of the elephant in the room. developed market money in emerging markets. they are also warning on banks. saying that these artificially low interest rates are not cleaning up the balance sheet weekly enough. one other entry that is not cleaning up their balance sheets is called japan. of course, we are nowhere near japan's situation, according to the head of the european central bank. >> the s&p 500 is one trading day away from the longest stretch of games in 16 years. >> that is a good one. >> that speaks to the low volatility. thank you very much. >> a standalone company combining its automotive and lighting businesses. caroline hyde is here. the company is luring investors. >> you have got to remember, it is the second most important area