nejra: oanh ha in hong kong, thank you.'s turn to brexit and the eu johnson hanging last night as officials in brussels debated when the deadline should be. pushing fort to be november 15 while other nations prefer january 31. let's go to brussels and maria tadeo. there is no consensus on the extension, it seems. what happens next? macroneryone believe will continue to push forward with this sort of -- shorter deadline he called for? maria: he is certainly pushing and pushing hard to get a very short technical extension that would essentially city the united kingdom leave the european union on november 13. shorter than the extension requested by the united kingdom and pushed forward by donald tusk, which would see the u.k. stay until at least january 31, 2020. the thinking behind macron and other countries is if you keep the short deadline, that would keep everyone focused on focusring brexit and minds in the u.k. and would keep the eu out of a political game in the u.k. we don't know if this will lead to a general election

for that, we go to hong kong and oanh ha. oanh: tech companies should not be the arbiters of truth.t is according to facebook chief mark secular -- mark zuckerberg. comments in a speech at georgetown university, adding, "people should be able to see for themselves what politicians are saying." saleuul is suspending the of most flavored e-cigarettes. they claim the flavors were hooking teens. will continued selling meant flavored tobacco products. other products could return to the shelves if the fda approves them. and strong credit demand in china, despite a slowing economy. the online finance dinette is controlled by jack ma. it is due to the advent of mobile payment. >> it is very resilient. number.ooking at the [indiscernible] oanh: and that's your bloomberg business flash. matt, anna? matt: oanh ha in hong kong with your business flash. let's take a look at what you might want to be watching today. global financial leaders are in washington for the final day of the imf world bank meetings. we will bring you a slew of top interviews, including mark carney. that is at 5:30 p.m. lo

half -- oanh ha. oanh: new jobs are coming. they could be here as soon as this month.learned the co-chief executives said the layoffs will be handled as humanely as possible. this is the company moves to cut costs and focus on its core business. wework declined to comment. and more job cuts. hp is slashing as much as 16% of its workforce. it is part of a broad restructuring to reduce costs and boost sales growth. they will cut 7000 to 9000 positions. they expect to save about $1 billion by the end of fiscal 2022. hp is also boosting its share buyback by $5 million, and its dividend by 10%. volkswagen is in talks with other manufacturers in sharing key elect trick car technique -- key electric car technologies. it declined to comment on who had expressed interest in the new platform, which is being developed by porsche and audi. plan to is part of vw's dethrone tesla as a leader in premium electric cars. and that your bloomberg business flash. matt, anna? matt: thanks very much. oanh ha joining us from hong kong with the business flash. it has than a gloomy week for the

let's go to oanh ha. she is in hong kong.s., democratic candidates met for the fourth democratic debate in ohio. former vice president joe biden defended his son against attacks, and senator elizabeth warren faced criticism over how she would pay for her vast government programs, but the candidates were united on one thing, the need for the impeachment inquiry into president trump, and pressure on syria. sanctions from the u.s. and europe and accusations of war crimes. now, moscow has come out and said the military operations are unacceptable. a former military chief under president obama said recent actions could lead to the return of islamic state in syria. and south korea's central bank cut its policy rate for the second time this year, warning growth will be weaker than forecast as the global economy slows as trade tensions continue. the bank of korea's policy rate now matches its record low of 1.25%. guard.aught traders off loans to banks ahead of data this friday, expecting to show a slowdown in the domestic economy. an

i'm oanh ha. this is bloomberg.many bond investors will be sad to say goodbye to mario draghi. europe's sovereign bonds have surged, but can we expect support from his successor christine lagarde? joining us is liz mccormick, hugh gimber is still with us. great have you with us. you've written a piece about mario draghi being a best friend to the bond markets. our investors expecting another best friend? liz: not exactly. mario draghi has done so much. central bank policy to its limits and christine lagarde -- we've heard this even globally from the imf, is wishing for a fiscal policy which if we get growth from that, we may see more bond issuance so it is not the bond issuers less -- best friend. they don't expect the same returns that they saw under draghi. nejra: mario draghi can't take full credit for what happened to european bond markets. bonds have done well across the world. they have delivered 20% since he got in. bonds have been a winner trade for a while. nejra: you take in terms of where yields go from h

for the bloomberg first word news, let's get to oanh ha.h: democratic candidates met last night for the fourth democratic debate in ohio. former vice president joe biden defended his son over attacks, and senator elizabeth warren faced criticism over how she would pay for her government-backed programs, but the candidates were united over one thing, the need for an impeachment inquiry into president trump. and pressure is mounting on ankara to end its incursion in syria, with accusations of war crimes. now, moscow has come out to say the military operations are unacceptable. a former military chief under president obama said these actions could lead to the return of islamic state in syria. stopped j.p. morgan from claiming the repo market, according to chief executive jamie dimon, saying they have the cash and willingness to steady short-term funding markets. they went haywire back in mid-september. dimon said jp morgan did not redeploy due to liquidity. raise ang the fed to stake in bank of american, berkshire hathaway, to more than 10 per