here is rosalind chin. lind: goldman sachs is said to have lost 1.8 billion dollar property deal, according to those familiar with the matter, the investment bank was the original wehner of the u.s. real estate sale, before the transaction fell apart amid a disagreement. that led flex go to prevail with a deal.and it will proceed with the purchase assets worth $450 million. representatives for goldman sachs declined to comment. the uk prime minister marks the end of summer today as she gathers cabinet ministers and top officials at her country residence. negotiator david davis has so far chosen not to flinch out the public details of what they will seek in breaking from the eu, how are they will still face pressures from colleagues and executives to define what really made news when she said brexit means brexit. consumers seem to have cash burning holes in their pockets, showing some eagerness to spend after an initial post-brexit wobble. household confidence index dropped in august, regaining half of the lo

let's get a business flash with rosalind chin. good morning. alind: carlsberg has reported first half profits that missed analyst estimates. the danish brewer said earnings before interest, taxes, fell to $522 million in the company's ceo will be on "surveillance" this morning. fund is sent hedge to dismiss about 15% of its work worse. according to people with knowledge of the matter, the employees range from money managers to support staff. the cuts come after more than $2 billion in investor withdrawals from its fund this year. a u.s. giant and its german competitor have completed preliminary discussions about a potential merger that would create the world's largest supplier of industrial gases. any potential merger is likely to face antitrust scrutiny from regulators. cathay pacific has reported first half profits that missed analyst estimates. 45 million u.s. dollars as losses masked gains from carrying more passengers. billionaire steve wynn said his is 4.2 million other resort targeted squarely at adults. that is despite government officia

in the meantime, let us in the first word news with rosalind chin. salind: we are looking at currency, looking at the kiwi dollar, a one-year high at the reserve bank of new zealand cut interest rates. policy makers lowered by 25 basis points, to a record low of 2%. but traders deemed the decision dovish, amid the global yield that was spurred by unprecedented global monetary easing. brexit is undermining the outlook for the u.k. housing market. with both demand and sales dropping in july. that is according to the world institution of surveyors, saying that new buyer inquiries fell for a fourth month, while the index is pointing to the fastest decline in transaction since the global financial crisis in 2008. with the highest since the brexit vote, exactly one year after the shocked evaluating the nerve global markets. join the imf after the currency in october, option traders are the least bearish in almost two years. outlook is slowed, and the gator volatility has declined to the lowest level since november. says it is cooperating with authorities in

rosalind chin is with me today. in the us central bank has left interest rates unchanged as vices push inflation above the nation's target. the rate will stay at a ase-year low of 6.5% predicted by 27 of 29 economists in a bluebird survey. -- in a bloomberg survey. a successor is yet to be named. donald trump has made up his plan for growth in the u.s. following some traditional republican ideas. sanctions on the energy sector and he says he wants lower corporate taxes. start a smallever business under the tremendous regulatory burden you have today in our country. [applause] >> going to end it. regulationso cut massively. policymakerngland says central banks should follow a gradual approach and how it responds to brexit. writing in the times newspaper, he says if the u.k. economy slows the line with the initial service signals, he believes or easing is ugly to be acquired. -- is likely to be acquired. -- warmer weather boosted demand for bob hughes, and summer clothing -- for barbecue and summer clothing. the growth

according to official we have rosalind chin on the story. ve regulators stepped up monitoring of this? rosalind: they're looking for wild price swings and they want to dampen speculation on the stock market. the china securities regulatory commission has said there's a a german has been running it since february. they have published cases of trading. call abnormal there are not keeping it secret. they want to put the word out there that they are watching. thereing to microblogs, have been 774 investigations open since the beginning of july, and 38 accounts have been halted. it is not just talk movements. they're looking at brokerage reports, that could move share prices. strategy does seem to be working. the 10% daily limit has dropped to third -- a third. the shanghai composite, you can see this is three months, the gains since july 26 has been less than 1%. it was a percent in the two months before that. the gains have been slowing down. angie: that is not good news when you're trying to recover $5 trillion stock route that was triggered la

rosalind chin is with us today. rosalind: cisco will a 5500 positions, 7% of its workforce.eo says they are moving away from traditional hardware, . they will invest in new technologies, such as cloud computing. allianz and axa are speaking about $40 million for exclusive access in a deal that aims to complete their ends. they both declined to,. -- both declined to comment. a surge in, and advertising helped profits beat analyst expectations last quarter. the sales price was enough to move ahead of alibaba on market value. posted ao first-quarter profit that exceeded estimates, but that came on the back of cost cuts and asset sales. the ceo says it expects its smartphone business to turn a corner over the next fiscal year as it shifts to hirgher end devices and has a larger market in the u.s. and china. manus: thank you. food for thought, at nestle, the swiss group reported that it has been battling inflationary pressures across the eu. the world's biggest food group did confirm its 2016 forecast. duncan fox joins me now. so, first-quarter -- sorry, first question i have to

these are your markets and we are going to asia with rosalind chin. >> don't from has caused saidoversy again and he that those who back gun ownership can stop hillary clinton and that he wanted to abolish firearms -- she wanted to abolish firearms. clinton may be physically targeted by the gun lobby. presidents say the downing of a russian warplane has created a shadow. there are -- there was a long conversation about carrying gas to europe. sales wereuarter and cut. offset america helped this. one million people have visited and expansion plans are underway. is the original product been greatction has a great tourist destination in the summer. they will repair the budget. he repeated a view that monetary policy is unable to get the for across the world. global news is powered by 2600 journalists. on can find the stories bloomberg. >> thank you very much. markets. david, take it away. >> good morning. higher and weis are getting a slight tailwind some have suggested we may be entering a short time of consolidation and there are markets like hong kong and you canhat are up and look at w

i'm rosalind chin. this is bloomberg.let's get into the markets withavid ingles standing by. the dollar-yen is on a losing streak -- how to the aan markets he hated? -- asian markets behave? david: it's very interesting. we are really pushing to the --ide, so manus: we have a little bit of a sound problem. technically monday morning for me. we will get back to him hortly. the marketare stronger this morni. anna: it seems to be benefiting from japanese exporters. brazil's spended president took to the stand in her issuingent trial, cotry's democracy.al da death, i came close to once when for days i was tortured, suffering aggression that made me doubt humanity and life itself. a serious and painful illness almost made my existence shorter. today i am afraid of the death of democracy. was sge able to convince the senate not to impeach her? that doesn't seem to be the case. ion't thk she was tually le to bring anything new to the discussionn the enate, basically she ga a very intense and passionate in front of the whole ouny