>> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton, this is "bottom line." a main street perspective. mel: -- mark: welcome, we have stories in the stocks. scarlet fu is following lundberg liquidaters. the company is reporting lower sales as its company takes a hit. and a confirmation of bird flu in arkansas. and peter cook is on capitol hill monitoring a senate plan to fight cybersecurity breeches. first in ferguson, mizuho two police officers are recovering from gunshot wounds. it took place during protests following the resignation of the city police chief. no one is in custody yet. it appears the officers were targeted. >> this evening the only shots we were aware of were the shots taken from across the street. the police officers were standing there and were shot just because they were police officers. in a tweet president obama said violence is unacceptable against police. -foot justice is one all of us must travel together. last summer riots broke out in a town after police fatally shot an unarmed teenager. the police chief is the latest to leave after

mark crumpton joins us with a preview of "bottom line." ok at the state of small businesses in the u.s., how are entrepreneurs navigating the regulatory and political landscape? how are trade policies affecting business and our small businesses reaching global market? we have ahead of the small business administration joining the next hour. back to you in san francisco. cory: mark crumpton, thank you. "bloomberg west," will be right back. ♪ cory: i'm cory johnson, this is "bloomberg west." the bwest byte but we focus on one number. what's the bwest byte today? guest: 0.5% in the negative direction. cory: -0.5%. guest: that's my forecast for worldwide pc shipments in 2015. cory: that's a lot better than ibc. guest: different people count things differently. some to win one's colic a surface pro warmer in taking pc -- like a two in one, the surface pro are lumped in with pc. tablet numbers are growing for ibc, minor declining. i think this reflects what we are seeing with a little bit of some of the intel numbers that i know we want to talk a

speaking of cool stuff "bottom line" with mark crumpton coming up. what have you got? e is the shakeup in the senate. majority leader harry reid announced he will not seek reelection next year and endorsed chuck schumer as his successor. peter cook will join me with details. the u.s. economy expanded at a 2.2% annualized pace in the fourth quarter. it was led by the biggest gain in consumer spending in eight years. the chief u.s. economist for bloomberg intelligence will help us break down the numbers. i will see you in a few minutes. that to you in san francisco. cory: mark crumpton, thank you very much. "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: this is "bloomberg west." i am cory johnson. one number tells a lot. the c.e.o. joins me with that. what have you got? >> 63%. cory: i understand that is more than 62 and less than 64%. what else? what is 63%? >> that is the percentage of major national advertisers planning to increase their budgets over the next 12 months. cory: what is native advertising? >> it is advertising that looks and acts like the other content on t

i'm mark crumpton.rt" is next. ♪ trish: hello and welcome everybody to the most important hour of the session. i'm trish regan and this is "street smart." we've got stocks falling for the second day and we're going to look at wh

mark crumpton joins us from new york. mark: the u.s.epartment of the interior is teaming up with american express to enlist volunteers to preserve america's national parks and public lands. interior secretary sally jewell will join me to discuss the state of the national parks and the importance of community service in the time of budget cuts. cory: thank you very much. "bloomberg west" will be right back. cory: it's time for the b we st byte. >> i've got 4%. one is 4% of the 6 million -- $6 billion at a thai zingy agency is run by miss -- $6 billion of advertising agency is run by machines today. when you think about it, if this were a baseball game, we would be two outs in the first inning and the other team has not gotten up yet. we are excited about the 4% going into the 96%. cory: do you see this -- will we get to 100%? how big will programmatic be in advertising? randall: they already are. the upper advertising you see in taxicabs -- actually, lots of billboards are already. the barbell strategy is a good way of thinking it throug

thank you very much mark crumpton we will be right back. ♪ . . >> here is bloomberg's sam grobart. >> over 2 million procedures that involve bone grafting. everything from cancers to congenital bone defects. there is no way to see it. if you need a few's of bone, the only way to get it is to cut it out of a human. we are hoping to disrupt that process and use the body so we can grow bones from scratch. >> labs are growing everything from bone clusters to trachea is. but a bone will provide more of a challenge. researchers are aiming to do just that. can you explain to me what the need for this technology is why would someone need bone not from their own body? they would need a piece of bone out of yourself. and autograft may be more painful than the surgery that that is meant to replace. we think that epibone is better because it has an anatomical shape. it is a perfect fit. because it is alive, it can grow with the patient. we are proposing to look at it as a renewable source of stem cells. >> tissue engineers can grow stem cells into almost any type of human tissue, but simply say -

before that, mark crumpton joins us with a preview. e bank stress tests are scheduled to be released after the close of trading today. unlike last week, which gauged whether banks had enough capital to withstand a major economic shock, this week's tests examine whether they can withstand losses and still pay dividends or make acquisitions. one analyst and reporter will join me. cory, back to you in san francisco. cory: we will be back after this. ♪ >> we've got some breaking news, a takeover offer for a pharmaceutical company as it tries to get in the way on the deal according to people familiar with the matter. endo is based in dublin and reportedly is offering to pay $175 a share. they had agreed to play $158 in cash. salix jumped on the news. it has been halted from trading. valiant declined and it is still trading at the moment. a representative could not be reached for comment. this had been reported earlier but we do know that overall in terms of strategy, endo follows a similar tack trying to buy smaller companies and then cuttin

mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line." to our viewers in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines on this friday. lisa abramowitz tells us why the jefferies group ceo is turning to california in search of an edge. peter cook examines the political fallout from senate minority leader harry reid's decision not to seek reelection next year. but first, let's get you to the top stories we are following today. lufthansa may face unlimited liability payments. the germanwings copilot intentionally flew the plane into a mountain. a specialist says that would mean no caps on awards to victims families. 150 people were killed. authorities found medical documents indicating that andreas lubitz was unfit to fly but he had that from his employer. officials said they want to know about the copilot posse motional state -- copilot's emotional state. >> five investigators searched the apartment for clues. mark: yesterday, the ceo says the pi

i'm mark crumpton in new york. thank you for staying with us. get you the top stories we are following on this tuesday. let's begin with a check of the price of crude oil and the close of floor trading. new york crude is up about 4.4% trading at $51.39. french prosecutors hate was not a next and that brought down the germanwings airbus. the copilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit and then deliberately flew the plane into a mountain. that was the conclusion after investigators listen to conversations and other sounds from the cockpit voice recorder. they heard the pilot tried to break down the cockpit door as the plane was in its rapid ascent -- descent. diplomats in switzerland say negotiators want to conclude a framework agreement over iran's nuclear program by march 29. robert einhorn joins me. welcome to "bottom line." thank you for your time today. all this information we are hearing today about a possible not a deal, but some sort of agreement by marched when he what should a framework look like? robert: in has to deal with all the crit

i am mark crumpton in new york. thank you so much for staying with us.me of the stories we are following, floor trading on the screen, you see crude down about one third of 1% ending the day at 49.57. in boston, it is almost a winter for the record books, and now boston is within four inches of this becoming these know he is -- the snowiest winter on record, and more snow is forecast for tomorrow. samsung unveiling their new smartphones, the new 26 -- s6 and the s6 edge, and the edge has a screen that extends on the sides, and they are compatible with almost all card readers. samsung is trying to reverse losses to apple. that is a look at the top stories we are following. tech executives from all over the world are in barcelona for the world congress trade show. the world's biggest mobile companies are there to showcase their newest gadgets and bloomberg is there, as well, and brad stone joins us. what were some of today's highlights? >> hi, mark. you mentioned the new samsung phone. it is the show and tell of the mobile industry. all of the companies ba

rex from bloomberg and theworld headquarters, this is mark crumpton. to our viewers in the u.s. and from those joining us around the world welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and headlines. peterc cook has new details over the letter from republican senators to iran's leaders. and more with julie hyman but let's get you to the top story that we're following. billionaire investor bill ackman whose firm is the target of a government investigation into possible manipulation of herbalife stocks that no one from his office has been questioned or subpoenaed as part of that probe. in an interview earlier he said that while a contractor has been questioned by the fbi or the department of justice no one -- no employee of his was involved. ackman and his hedge fund have ways to more than two-year campaign against herbal life saying it is a pyramid scheme. he said his statements have been backed up by research. >> we have not encouraged anyone to make false statements and it do not need to make a false statement about herbalife to be negative. the truth is what is powerful and the

mark crumpton coming up at the top of the -- at the bottom of the hour. >> thank you.ordable care law obamacare once again facing a legal challenge of the u.s. supreme work. justices today hearing arguments in the case of king versus burwell dealing with tax subsidies that some citizens could get. the argument based on just a few words established the state. does that mean the individual state where does that mean the state as it relates to the country at large? greg store will help us navigate the legal maze. i will see you in a few minutes. >> we will be right back. ♪ >> i am cory johnson. "west." drones are getting a lot of buzz in barcelona. mark zuckerberg attended a conference on this. google announced they will make the first flight this year. ethe ieaee so that is only a matter of time before a drone kills someone. how do you feel about dreonones? we have more than 600 funded for this year's monkey shake them survey. we asked a lot of people about their drone opinions. >> i was pretty surprised. 17% of people that they were interested in finding drones. very fe

i'm mark crumpton in new york. thank you first thing with us. get to the top stories we are following at this hour. warren buffett calls it his kind of transaction, putting together two world-class organizations. 3g has agreed to acquire kraft foods in partnership with berkshire hathaway. the company will be merged with heintz. kraft shareholders will receive a, nation of stocks and cash -- a combination of stock and cash. >> the 3g crowd -- let's assume they have a good cash flow methodology and understand how to create value. mark: 3g and but are no stranger to this kind of deal. they teamed up to buy heintz three years ago. three americans were on board the plane that crashed yesterday in the french alps. most of the 1:50 p.m. -- 150 people on board were german or spanish. crews are back at the site of the crash today but the rugged territory is making their work difficult. investigators are in -- evaluating the voice recorder. crude up 3.5% today, trading at $49.22. let's take a closer look at the energy market. u.s. crude inventories and pr

"bottom line" with mark crumpton is coming up. he joins us with a preview. greece is once again in the spotlight. the prime minister holds talks with german chancellor angela merkel. the relationship has been tense as germany insists austerity measures continue greases to receive more bailout funds. greece faces another payment deadline and as early as this week, the country has to outline measures it will undertake if the bailout money is to be dispersed. we will have reports from hans nichols in berlin and our chief euro area economist who is in london. cory: "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: i'm cory johnson. the bwest byte is where we focus on one number that tells us a whole lot. today's fight is 0 -- the dollar amount paid and the number of patents life 360 was found to infringe on any recent case. the case was filed after a $50 million funding and they received notice another company filed a patent infringement suit against the start up. rather than settling the back and paid zero in damage because of zero patents were found to be infringed.

mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i mark crumpton and this is "auto mind." the intersection of economics and business with a main street perspective. to our viewers here in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines on this monday. shelby holiday tells us how something called one and done may affect the popularity of march madness. matt miller has details on general motors and ford's different approaches to return cash to shareholders. and phil mattingly explains why presidential candidates are loving super pac's stop first, let's get you right to the top stories we are following this hour. for the first time in 11 days, vladimir has been seen in public. the russian president met with his partner from jirga stan will stop he has not been seen in public since march 5, and that led to speculation about his health and even his grip on power. >> the president of russia is not only walking, he drives his guest's around. even drives free fast, so as they say in russ

"bottom line" with mark crumpton is coming up the top of the hour. what's going on? r the first time since 2011, philippine airlines is resuming flights between manila and new york city. its goal is to service the half-million ethnic filipinos who live on the east coast of the united states. the president of the airlines will join me to discuss the carriers strategy if the strong u.s. dollars hurting business and the search for strategic investment. i will see you in a few minutes. cory: thank you very much. "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: i'm cory johnson this is "bloomberg west." one company called teton gravity research has been making award-winning films about extremes boards for nearly two decades. their business has taken off thanks in part to advancements in equipment, video platforms like youtube. you got march madness and then this is madness -- the company gives us videos that will blow your mind. >> i think one thing that is really cool is we are shooting with the same cameras hollywood is. there used to be a big gap between the equipment we we

>> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line." the intersection of business and economics with a mainstream perspective. to our viewers in the united states, and from those of you joining us around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks in stories making headlines on this tuesday. julie hyman looks at the ceo comings and goings in retail. alix steel examines exxon's expansion into russia. and peter cook will have the details of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu 's controversial speech. let's get you to the top stories we're following at this hour. republicans say the house of representatives will vote as early as today on a bill to fully fund the homeland security department through the end of the budget year. that bill would not include immigration restrictions. facing twin options, speaker john boehner outline the situation or rank-and-file gop members during a closed-door caucus meeting this morning. the democrats say they will support this clean homeland security bill. new questions are being raised ab

i'm matt miller in for mark crumpton. today, first off, a check of the price of crude oil. you can see closing about $50 per barrel. a little bit of a swing there but far from the low of $20 that some of the most extreme analysts on wall street are calling for. have we put in the bottom? that will continue to be the question for crude. and families of those who were on malaysian flight 370 held vigils and protests to mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of the plane. it disappeared on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. any reports of the battery on the underwater locator beacon had expired 15 months before the plane disappearance, and that probably most certainly hurt efforts to find blaming the first weeks after it went missing. in the nfl one of the highest-paid players in pro football, regardless of his nasty reputation. the detroit lions defensive tackle is about to sign with miami for 114 lean dollars with $61 guaranteed. he has a tendency to step on people. euro finance ministers say greece must pick

"bottom line" with mark crumpton is coming up at the top of the hour. here with a preview of what is coming up. mark: we will have more on the stunning developments on the crash of the airplane in the french alps. it appears the copilot barricaded himself in the cockpit and liberally crash the airplane, killing all 150 people on board. barclays releases its quarterly global outlook. larry kasdorf, the managing director and head of research will join me. -- larry can tour will join me. matt: the ellen pao case is now in hands of the jury. we will be right back. ♪ cory: welcome back to "bloomberg west. it's time for the u.s. bite. here to tell us a lot is brad stone. you have been covering this trial. what do you have? >> the bite is 3 million. she says some of her peers were promoted -- mostly the men, and she was not. that's at the heart of the case that is about to be decided. cory: there is also the suggestion all of the documents that were part of the case have not been fully released yet. the judge was asked when everything was going to be released,

i'm mark crumpton. check the price of crude oil and the close of floor trading here in new york city. you see on your screen crude finishing the day of 1.8% at 47.39. starbucks has backed away from the first stage of its controversial effort to spur discussion on race relations. employees will no longer right words "great together" -- "race together on cups. the company will still hold employee forums and commit to adding stores in urban communities. one of the iconic brands in baseball has been sold. the finnish company and their sports i thought we slugger, the bat maker. the price tag, $70 million, all cash. they own a number of sporting goods brands, including wilson. turning to march madness, now down to the sweet 16 in a number -- in a pair of number two teams that lost on sunday. wichita beat kansas the first meeting between the two schools in 25 years. wichita state next depomed, notre dame. -- next opponent, notre dame. the spartans will play oklahoma in the regional semi finals. we brought tog

mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line" the intersection of business and economics with a main street perspective. to our viewers in the united states and to those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines on this wednesday. a roundtable discussion on the next phase of the banks stress tests with allison williams and michael moore. our chief washington correspondent, peter cook, will have new details as iraqi soldiers and shiite militiamen enter the islamic statelet's check out how equities are doing after yesterday's selloff -- it was the worst day for equities in two months. dow jones industrial -- excuse me, the s&p 500 is down fractionally. the dow jones industrial average , also declining on this wednesday, down fractionally. and the nasdaq composite index is down a little more than .1%. we have not seen the dollar this strong against the euro in almost a dozen years. it is almost approaching parity. the dollar is up 11% this

pimm fox: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am pimm fox, in four mark crumpton. this is "bottom line" for friday, march 6, 2015. we have full coverage of financial markets and details on apple. scarlet fu, bloomberg chief market's correspondent, explains why it has taken so long for the world's most valuable company to join the dow. and peter cook is covering president obama and the commander in chief's view of today's better than asked acted employment report -- expected employment report. a strong u.s. jobs are word for february -- jobs report for february. details of the report show the number of jobs created in the previous two months needs to be revised down by 18,000. the chairman of the president's council of economic advisers had this to say. >> we have now had 12 straight months of his is adding over -- businesses adding over 200,000 jobs each month. we have not seen since the 1970's. we are going through an extraordinary streak. we are keeping up the same pace this year. it is something most people did not expect. pimm fox: wages rose .1%. what does the

mark: from bloomberg headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line." to our viewers in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks in stories making headlines on this friday. julie hyman has details on the u.s. dollars affect on profits at tiffany. ryan chilcote will have a first-hand report from donetsk as the conflict in ukraine hits the one-year mark. let's get you to the top stories we are following at this hour. we are in rally mode in the equity market. the dow jones up 227 points right now. the s&p 500 is up just over 1%. a 22 point gain for the s&p. the nasdaq composite index jumped to the highest level in 15 years moving towards widening out it's losses. we are seeing a big jump in crude oil on this friday. crude is up over 4.5%. american airlines is flying high today. the company will be added to the s&p 500. a little more than a year ago, american was in bankruptcy. matt miller asked the ceo white to be part of the index. >> we are the largest airline in the world. those ar

. ♪ mark: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am mark crumpton.ttom line" the intersection of business and economics with a main street perspective. to our viewers here in the united states, and to those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and the stories making headlines on this tuesday. bloomberg's chief washington correspondent peter cook is at the white house with more on a congressional challenge to

i am mark crumpton. thank you for staying with us. get you some of the top stories we are following on st. patrick's day. let's begin by checking the price of crude oil in the close of trading in new york. down 1.25%. a change in the top four ube looking for ar -- uber, looking for a new cfo. american airlines ceo says the persian gulf carriers pose a threat to u.s. jobs because the middle east companies are benefiting from unfair government subsidies. investor owned u.s. airlines cannot compete with state backed lines. >> we love to compete. it just needs to be on a fair, level playing field. this case decidedly is not. and is not good for united states jobs, and we think we must have talks about it. mark: that is a look at the top stories we are following at this hour. rising demand for more fuel-efficient aircraft is pushing airbus to boost its production of its workforce playing, the single aisle a320 matt miller spoke with alan carter about production plans. alan: we have created a production facility in mobile, alabama. we will

. ♪ mark: >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am mark crumpton and this is "bottom lineviewers here in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of stocks and stories making headlines on this thursday. julie hyman has changes at mcdonald's that are more than just chicken. we will have a roundtable discussion on the latest stress tests

. ♪ mark: from bloomberg headquarters in new york i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line."ewers here in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines on this wednesday. cory johnson is in san francisco on day one of the facebook f8 developers conference. julie hyman and scarlet fu have team coverage of the heintz

. ♪ pimm fox: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am pimm fox, in four mark crumpton.ttom line" for friday, march 6, 2015. we have full coverage of financial markets and details on apple. scarlet fu, bloomberg chief market's correspondent, explains why it has taken so long for the world's most valuable company to join the dow. and peter cook is covering president obama and the commander in c

mark: >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am mark crumpton and this is "bottom line." ♪ to our viewers here in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of stocks and stories making headlines on this thursday. julie hyman has changes at mcdonald's that are more than just chicken. we will have a roundtable discussion on the latest stress tests for banks with michael mckay and outs and allison williams of bloomberg intelligence. we begin with breaking news with shelby holiday where a delta jet skidded off the highway. shelby, what is the latest? shelby: we just heard a runway here at laguardia will open anytime now. they said 2:00 p.m. the plane skidded off the runway while attempting to land. 127 passengers on board and five crew members. injuries appear to be minor. only two people help to have been transported to the hospital. they say the number could change. also, authorities are not commenting on what caused the crash. they will secure the pain -- the plane. they have reported good braking conditions. they h

. ♪ >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line."ction of business and economics with a mainstream perspective. to our viewers in the united states, and from those of you joining us around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks in stories making headlines on this tuesday. julie hyman looks at the ceo comings and goings in retail. alix steel examines exxon's expansion into russia. and peter cook will have the details of israeli prime

"bottom line" with mark crumpton is coming up at the top of the hour. ere have been reports of some progress in the arabian nuclear program talks with several sticking points remain. among them how long should the deal the question mark should the international community be allowed to conduct snap inspections and should sanctions relief be granted before evidence of compliance? robert einhorn is a nuclear arms expert and senior fellow at the brookings institute. he will join me next hour. cory: "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: the bwest byte is one story that tells us -- is one number that tells us whole lot. spencer silver has it. spencer: 100 million. as the number of users which has stop twitch just announced yesterday it was hacked, so they are still working through the details and have released only a small amount of information, but they have 100 million users and put out a general warning requiring all the love them to change their passwords and sent an additional e-mail warning people who were effected that portions of their credit ca

bottom line and mark crumpton is coming up at the top of the hour. >> tomorrow is the deadline to reachin iran nuclear talks and there are still major differences to work out. the international community wants to curb iran's nuclear activities. iran wants relief from crushing sanctions. indira lakshmanan is covering the talks in switzerland. peter cook is following the political back-and-forth in washington. back to you in san francisco. cory: thank you. "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: this is "bloomberg west." i am cory johnson. the replacement for john -- jon stewart has been announced. trevor noah has been announced as the replacement, a comedian from south africa. i have known people on the show more than three times. that's crazy. >> in a short space of time. his debut was in december 2014. he is absolutely a newcomer. a bull for comedy central and by,, but in december 2014. his extensive, the background outside of the show is what helped him. cory: big shoes to fill. he has 2 million twitter followers, he is on instagram, as videos on youtube. as the cliche goes now,

. ♪ mark: from bloomberg headquarters in new york, i'm mark crumpton. this is "bottom line."ers in the united states and those of you joining us from around the world welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks in stories making headlines on this friday. julie hyman has details on the u.s. dollars affect on profits at tiffany. ryan chilcote will have a first-hand report from donetsk as the conflict in ukraine h

eastern time, mark crumpton on bottom line will have all of that, followed by janet yellen's news conference during a 2:30 p.m. -- starting at 2:30 p.m. coming up, alibaba is getting the agreement to sell today, and given the stock performance of late, a lot of them may take them up on that offer. joe: plus, collateral damage. a year after fighting broke out in the ukraine, the economy is devastated. ryan chilcote takes a look at the toll. ♪ joe: time to bring you up-to-date on the top stories of the morning. in tunisia, eight people were killed when gunmen stormed the country from and fled to a nearby museum. authorities said the victims were tourists, seven of them foreigners. no word yet on whether hostages are being held. a few hours from now investors will be looking for hints about what the fed will do next. economists expect them to be changed -- to change their language on being patient on rate hikes. that could open the door for interest rate hikes in the next few months. fedex had a strong holiday shopping season and falling fuel prices helped to boost earnings, but that was partia

mark crumpton often is watching johnny carson on his computer. the standard for short. ""market makers" is taking a break. back in two minutes. ♪ matt: david cameron comes out swinging. he says ed miliband is not fit for the job. carol: could better pilot screening have prevented the germanwings disaster? we talked to an expert who studies psychology in the cockpit. all of that to come. ♪ just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "market makers." with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. matt: into "market makers,," i matt miller. carol: i'm carol massar. markets across t

will hear from mauricio cardenas the minister of finance from columbia when "bottom line" with mark crumptonnues in just a moment. ♪ mark: welcome back to the second half-hour of "bottom line" on bloomberg television. i really am mark crumpton. thank you for staying with us. let's get to the stop -- top stories we are following. let's check the price of crude oil at the close of trading. crude is down 1.8%, trading at $47.76. indiana governor michael pence says he wants changes to the law that opponents say would allow discrimination against gays. governor pence says it was not his intent or that of the state of assembly to in his words create a license to discriminate, says he has been meeting with legislators around the clock to address concerns about the religious freedom law. governor pence: after much reflection, and in consultation with the general assembly, i have come to the conclusion that it would be helpful to move legislation this week that makes it clear that this law does not give businesses the right to deny service to anyone. mark: indiana has been threatened with business bo