to security a question mark schneider. a not hands can achieve the so much more needs to be done and i think people have to be at the fox illusions my name is on the top and i work at g.w. . austria's vice chancellor is accused of promising state contracts in exchange for donations german media publish footage allegedly showing high stress. also reach the far right freedom party meeting with the woman claiming to be a potential russian investor austrian opposition parties are calling for straka to resign. britain's may. an opposition party has pulled out of wrecks at compromise talks with the government with labor leader germy korvin blamed the negotiations collapse on the weakness and instability of teresa mayes government. he said he would continue to oppose may's breck's a deal in parliament due to be brought back for a 4th vote in early june. anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets of the algerian capital for the 13th consecutive friday they're demanding that the country's interim leader step down and t

ceo has said the company is on track to meet its 2020 targets speaking at an investor update, mark schneider said 2019 is "shaping up to be a busy year for portfolio management." the swiss consumer goods giant is due to announce a decision on the future of its skin health unit by the end of the first half with colgate, palmolive and unilever among the bidders for the $10 billion unit i'm happy to bring in john cox, the head of jurp even consumer equities thank you very much for taking the time to chat to us are you expecting to hear anything when it comes to the skin care business >> i think they've made clear that the skin care business is almost certainly going to be disposed, and that will happen before the end of the first half you know, i presume in the next couple of weeks we'll get an announcement on that initially people were saying maybe they could raise $7 billion fraungs from that, but, now more recent media reports are suggesting that they could even raise $10 billion and above. it could be an interesting piece of business for them before the end of the first half. >> you know, b

this is all about mark schneider, putting his brand across the businesses.cal brands, and undoing some of the former chairman's business. nejra: buybacks are a theme, too, sony announcing a plan to buy back as much as $1.8 billion of stock. and from burberry a share buyback of 150 million pounds. manus: you have done the burberry stuff there. let's focus in on the pressure treasuries, shall we? a bit of a shift, pretty big moves across the market. nejra: indeed. before u.d. indeed. befos -- before u.s. traders could even get a coffee, haven demand kicked in. italy tensions rippled through euro area assets, and then subpar data on retail sales and perfect reproduction. u.s. two year yields spiraled to their lowest since 2018, and the benchmark yield dropped to a 1.5 month low. convexity hedging, let's not forget, had a little to do with that. christian mueller-glissman of goldman sachs is still with us. in terms of asset allocation, looking at fixed income, you are underweight bonds. must be a little painful with what we see in yields at the moment, so how ex

schneider. elena, you say, the televised debates could be make or break shocases for the 2020 presidential candidates, and the requirement has reshaped the strategy of candidates struggling to cross the donor ma markging spending priorities and altering the path of their campaigns. >> we've never seen a field like this before. that might not change, we'll probably still see 20 candidates spread out over two nights, but the way it's changing how they're focusing on it, rather than allocating resources living room by living room in iowa and new hampshire, they're aware they need to drop the national message and get people from texas and california and illinois who will be giving them $1 so they can be on that debate stage. it means spending more on facebook ads, it means pushing a digital presence more than they might have in years past. >> so you can get either 1% in polling or you can raise a certain amount. candidates are actually saying, we have to do both, right? why is that? explain that. >> i think there is an awareness amongst the campaign that they will ratchet up the requirements. there will be more pressure to winnow down the field, and limit the number of people on stage. is it going to