vonnie: coming up, we will speak with neil borofsky. can see the column on "bloomberg view." ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am francine lacqua in london. vonnie quinn is in new york. data coming out has not really played out on the currency market. japanese yen, 107.10. fromnor kuroda held off adding any stimulus. crude oil, 46 yesterday, touching 47. euro-dollar is interesting because we had the consumer price following, and then banks with rbs posting a larger net loss than expected because of dividend payments to the government. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. nejra: in north korea, a u.s. citizen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on spying charges. the country's supreme court found him guilty after a brief trial. no other details were available. an american college student was sentenced to 15 years for so-called antigovernment activities. puerto rico may find itself in technical default unless the u.s. commonwealth can strike a million bondr $422 payment. a planned rescue