underlying sales of publicis fell in the fourth quarter. the stock currently down 3.7%. >>> eutelsat reported first half ebita of 588 million euros. the group said it expected a return to modest growth in 2018 adding that it was poised to buy viasat satellite in coming months. >>> and zurich insurance which reported a 47% rise in four-year net profit improved underwriting results which helped to boost the business. its operating profit jumped 182%. the stock trading south today by 1.6%. let's get out to carolin for more on zurich. talk to us about some of the positives you saw in the numbers? >> the business operating profit is in line with expectations year on year. we are seeing a major improvement when it comes to profitabilities. for this quarter it may have been a bit higher than many people had expected at 9.5%. but there is definitely improvements year on year. mario greco has been on 11 mont was about simplifying the business, improving profitability and cutting costs. he told me this morning he is on track with this but he sees roo

let's get more with maurice levy , the ceo of publicis, the world's third-largest advertising company us from paris. talk to me about vivatech, a conference started by publicis last year and yesterday you unveiled the second year, how important is it to have the ,acking for a lot of startups especially when you're fighting for talent with the u.k.? mr. levy: the u.k. is a different story and we will come back to this. it is very important to be part in the landscape as a country which is really believing in startups, believing in digital, innovation, a sign the government is behind it, we are seeing this in most countries, in the u.k. where cameron was important in fostering digital and making sure that investment were flowing in, it is the case in israel and the nordic countries, just about time that france is taking the same kind of options. and we have seen the french ronernment pushing and mac has been instrumental in pushing the direction of supporting digital innovation, startups, investment. and we launched last year vivatech which has been a tremendous success. we have 45,000

there is a sector of fax from publicis.ng on the back of what is happening with total and so is royal dutch shell and interesting to see rio trading higher as well. to theet us come back bank. in some ways, and we will talk to the guest with this -- about this little bit later on, in some ways, europe is a binary outcome for some of these banks. we either end up with total disaster on the political front or we end up with actually , ecb tha,economy ecbmproving economy, an that steps away and get a slightly steeper curve. if you are a banker, you might feel like it is not in your hands. matt: in one sense, that is the case, but for some banks, commerzbank been one of them, they really have taken the reigns, you know? saidin has come a and -- has come in and said, he's going to sell off assets that they do not consider core and he is going to split the bank into two units. i'm going to speak with stephan engles about this. they are doing what they can. the market i think is rewarding them. they were up 6% this year. they were

together, we have a shared obligation to restore the public publicy enacting the integrity act of 2017, which will place a additional restrictions on both the executive and legislative branches of state government. help us finally bring the transparency that marylanders want and deserve bypassing the legislative transparency act, which provides for all sessions of the general assembly to be live streamed to the general public, and let's remove the last vestiges of an archaic political patronage system, which enabled criminal acts to take place. let's finally clean up this mess by enacting the liquor board reform act, and isn't it time that we finally passed the redistricting reform act so we can remove the politics and the politicians from drawing their own district lines? [applause] governor hogan: free and fair elections are perhaps the most basic promise that those in power must provide the citizens. the people of maryland desperately want and certainly deserve talents, fairness, and bipartisanship in our state. an overwhelming majority of all marylanders of all parties and from all

my question for you as a publici servant is healthcare right or privilege? if you deem it a privilege, how is a constitutional free you to use tax dollars for healthcare that you provide free severe self's on you do not provide it for the rest of the american people? >> really when we look at this and talk about our unalienable rights and those of the rights that cannot be taken away from us, we look at healthcare it's not in unalienable rights is our founding fathers look at it.ha people say healthcare is a right we should have it, i believe it's a privilege if you go across the globe you can see the privilege we enjoy in america is different than the privilege in some of our third world countries that we have visited. so when we see that it really becomes a component, how how do we make sure we provide a safety net for those that are truly in need? were compassionate company. we look at that and it's important that we do as a country provide that safety net. at the same time, your point is well taken. when you mandate things obviously offer less government

the fact they are thickening their military activity in eastern ukraine, they don't want a lot of publiciso to that. secondly, they unveiled a cruise missile that can be weaponizzed to tactical nuclear weapons that you reported on last week, they did not want a lot of publicity about that, to be sure. i believe those are primary reasons. lou: they deployed the new cruise missiles in violation of treaty, that really amountses to nothing anyway. to two sites within russia. the one that i got a kick out of is nbc reporting with breathlessly, that the russians, based on their source, a former foreign minister of the russian government, they are trying to find out what is happening inside donald trump's mind. they want a psychological profile. i heard that, i just laughed, as if donald trump were first leader military or civilian of this government, in history to be psychologically profiled by the russians, they do that with everyone, don't they? >> absolutely, i am not convinced that putin, early on with this presidentty, particularly jo george bush, he was a former kgb officer. i think they w

quote out of indiana," indiana, itt of says public officials a acknowledge that it took the much publici outbreak of hiv to help turn the perception on the issue. it goes on to say that lawmakers are focusing on the needle exchange program in house bill 438, a proposal, they say, would make it easier to establish programs is local health officials deem it necessary. it passed the indiana house chamber and will go through the legislative process on the senate side. by the way, the indiana governor, eric holcomb, talking about the issue in his state of the state address as well. [video clip] problemcomb: this is a that has taken an enormous toll across the country, and indiana has not escaped the pain. since the 2000, deaths from drug overdoses have increased 500%, and we are 15th in the country and overdose fatalities. this epidemic causes ripple effects with devastating impact on our children and families, our cities and towns, our schools, government agencies, health care system, and our health care costs. hoosierl fashio, we have heroes on the front lines saving lives everyday. they in

cases, not just because there was injustice being done, but also because these cases allowed for more publicireater fundraising, which allowed them to pursue the more slowly moving, plodding school desegregation cases. it was much more exciting for a local reporter to go in to the courtroom and report on some godforsaken murder of some poor woman, and got a poor sharecropper accused, than it was to take this slow plodding approach about desegregating a nursing school in rural maryland. so there was certainly a sensational aspect to it and all that again came back to the finances. this was part of how they would fund the longer running fight to desegregate the education system. narrator: but the criminal cases which created the most interest in the naacp were also the most dangerous. jose anderson: you can't imagine the setting in these courtrooms. if it were a criminal case, you had shotgun-bearing sheriffs in the courthouse. you do have the threat that someone wants to kill one of the lawyers. so every time they approached the courtroom or made a legal argumet, they were in danger. he was al

it will be a very special year for publicis. as you know, maurice levy is handing over in june.evy did mention the political risks surrounding the french and german elections this year. he said that uncertainty is becoming the new normal. francine: thank you so much. caroline connan in paris. richard jeffrey is still with us. we talked at length about the political system in france last week. how do you know view the spike in spread between the german and the french 10-year and what it tells us about france's economy and future? richard: i think that's spike is telling you more about the politics. when we take the economic venture -- temperature across europe, i would put france in the lukewarm category at the moment. i think it is fairly clear that germany is picking up economic momentum and that is helpful. another positive sign is it looks as if into eurozone trade is beginning to pick up. that had been flatlining for a long while. that is a good sign that there are still problems economies in the southern part of europe, including italy. france is almost trapped between germ

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