retail sales have been weaker.we will have a picture of the world's two biggest economies which are at each other when it comes to trade. it'll bea other when it comes to trade. it'll be a good indicator of the health of the world economy, and what the us is doing, which has been the forerunnerfor the is doing, which has been the forerunner for the rest of the world. whether that deviation carries on, whether china has slowed down. it would be adjusting to see what that does on wednesday. despite these record sales on single state, invented by alibaba, it has slowed. and that adds to the data from last week about china's economy about a slowdown. i think it was $1 billion of sales in about 85 seconds. prydie phenomenal. but you mentioned earlier that it is down about 18% on last year. —— which is pretty phenomenal. i think the market is still waiting to see what the health of the economy is saying. but i think it shows that the consumer is pretty strong, given the levels of sales we have seen. what is on your radar

they're conditioned to buy on sale. we shod see a trend more towards online sales. especially with toys "r" us going out of business. and that's likely to come at the expense of department stores. >> right. b >> theger concern is as you look into the early part of next year. d there is a lot of uncertainty on tariffs. if we see a u ratchetin of trade tensions and you know tariffs that we have on the $200 billion in chinese goods, that's going from 10% to 20% early next ar. and then we may see that broaden to allse chi goods which has a bigger effect on the consumer getting to the important spring shopping season. >> i'mnterested in how wall street has been responding to 's retail earnings and sales figures. nordstrom down shrply target down sharply. wal-mart down sharply. is it possible that even though ever ody expects ablowout holiday shopping season that maybe that will be as good as it gets and it will be a peak of sorts for retail?hi >> i that's the fear out there. and it's kind of odd because the economic numbers we have been gettingug -- alt mixed have been g

they stopped breaking out amc versus -- mac versus laptop sales. we saw that segment become less important than the iphone. in termsthe forecasts of how important the iphone will remain for apple compared to services? heaven: -- kevin: four years, there have been discussions about why it's bad that the iphone makes up about two thirds of apple's sales. now we are no longer going to have the unit numbers. we are not really going to know what that means. i guess the good news, the silver lining, is that revenue is still growing at a remarkable pace. it's also alarming because unit sales were up 0%, revenue was up 29%. the good news is, we should assume people will continue to buy iphones in the same quantity. even if they don't get much growth in the future, revenue is still going to be fairly consistent. we are talking huge numbers. about one hundred billion dollar holiday quarter coming up for apple in a few years. they are not going away. this is a very marketing pr decision not to see those negatives on the balance sheet anymore. trendskevin, giv

comparable sales down 7/10 of 1%. full-year comparable sales would be unchained notes -- unchanged. such --ke shack with was such a hot thing. scarlet: people talk about it having this new your premium because investors in new york know about it. later on, everyone around the world got to know about it but it has this premium as a result. caroline: i'm interested to dive a little more into cvs with paul sweeney. we seem to be in line here. the adjusted earnings per share is slightly ahead of expectations. the key question is the management here. there will be questions about that on the call. paul: this company has had a tremendous turnover on management. let's move as was forced out of wascompany -- les moonves forced out of the company and he was one of the longer serving ceos in the media space. very much aligned with cbs the corporation and the stock so his leaving longer-term -- intermediate-term even could have a significant impact. the question for the border management team is, where is the next ceo coming from? will it be an internal candidate like this coo or are they goin

if you get a sale it doesn't matter where itomomes the online or the store. you just want the sale. and we've seen that this best by. the bes by online has contracted but the self store is growing. anh all the online investments you make that's the mentality you have to have. >> so they are buying. >> yes. >> they feel better about the economy. so who stands to benefit from that? >> the big four, in i my portfoli wal-mart, target, amazon and best buy. c season s an electro for the most part. they have massive shares in the consumer electronics base. on the other t end of spruk, the department store, nordstrom looks really good. macy's is performg well. dillrds had an investmen grade rating. and the other end of the spectrum isho is suffering? the lower end of the rating category is really suffering. i mean knows are names we'll -- well series isn't there anymore because of bankruptcy. but niemann markus is down to jr . >> j.c penny. >> just a notch above for jcpenney. >> reall petsmart, everybody loves the pets. >> the petnd space is siege. mikki covers pets for us. you have online

sales in september dropped 11.6% from a year ago. smartphone sales have been weakening all year with quarter china shipments down 10% from a year ago. we spoke to one wried consumer, a corporate lawyer, and he told us he cut his g monthly spend a quarter. >> translator: first of all, i'm cutting back because of the uncertainty in the chinese economy. for example, china's local government are suffering from high debt. the fragile financial system is also becoming a risk.se secondly bec the top market has increased the pressure, my investments have shrun quite a lot. >> reporter: doesn't go well for foreign brands, whichend to ess higher in this market across industries. if the consumption downgrades as it's being called here holds, there could be two pential outcomes -- policymakers here could have a bigger headache on their hands as they try to manage and meet their economic growth targets, and this could be another potential head wind for u.s. markets. vichbters are already worried about a china slowdown so if there's a widespread r

home depot sales outpace the company expectations. in the third quarter both the number of transactions and the amount shoers spent increased. sales to professionals like contractors tpaced those to do-it-yourselfers. though diy sales were strong. projects of $1,000 or more grew 9 peppers in the quarter. the good, enough to outweigh the negative like higher costs and lower hurricane related sales compared to last year.ve home impnt ceo craig men et eer says thes outlook solid even as sales of existing homes moderate withortgage rates prices.ong with home strong growth, historically high consumer sentiment and unemployment near the 50 year lows are what they calve drirs of home improvement. leading the retailer to raise the forecast for sales and profit. for nightly business report, courtneyn rea in long island city, new york. >> home depot is i not the only one reportings. earni jcpenney and macy also offering insight about the industry and the holiday shoppin season. greg melick joins us to talk about in fact you upped the forecast f

what portion of these sales are finance sales as opposed to outright purchases >> it's a great question for roughly in some indications 95% consumers. you know, leasing is a bit of a lower percentage, closer to 30 or so percent of total transactions, but what we are seeing is there's some wiggle room with respect to a 1% move in rates for an auto loan really only amounts to $15 or $30 on a monthly payment. will they not option that additional premium package i think that's the offset for right now. >> the stocks have done well the market has gotten hammered the last month, but auto makers are up 10%, but still down for the year what's the thesis? >> i think there's scarcity value in terms of high growth. a tesla, which is extraordinarily volatile and a fun one to cover, but evs are growing massively. that's a high-growth story carvana has broken through, basically a nationwide presence in online only sales, so there's scarcity value, if you will. high-growth stories, and we look at some suppliers that are, if you will, poised or maybe able to leverage into technology or autonomous vehic

and now they're doing $51 million in sales.cause i know exactly the structure problems they had in developing their business. i know the obstacles they jumped over. i know how to franchise, how not to franchise, and i think this is a franchise play. i have an offer for you. and i could actually take more advantage and be more aggressive, 'cause none of the other sharks are interested. barbara, if you get greedy, i'll jump back in. i'm gonna offer you $600,000 for 30% of your business. -ouch. -whoa. but what i don't want you to do is judge me as a financial partner, because i'm a heck of a lot more than that. i'm really savvy in your space. and whatever your dreams are over the next three-to-five years, i have no doubt in my mind that i could get you there really fast without making a lot of mistakes. so, barbara, thank you for the offer. i really appreciate it. we're profiting at a 15% profit margin, which means i'm able to pay you back a lot more faster in case that this wasn't a good deal for you. so, 30% is a lot of a percen

sales were dropping 13% every year, now the sales, unit sales basically stagnated the past three yearsapple says, why should we tell you? it is not helping our investor story. they want to refocus the attention on things like services and how much revenue they are still able to wring out of the iphone. they have huge profit margins on those units. anna: they are pushing prices up. >> exactly. they have been exerting stronger pressure on suppliers. take this together and you get off larger margin. anna: they tell us more about this prices and a little less about those sales volumes. ,hank you very much, alex webb bloomberg opinion columnist joining us with the latest on apple. ,ext, the ceo of erste bank they upgraded their guidance today. we will ask what the future holds. ♪ anna: good morning. is anna edwards, this bloomberg. united states president wants to reach a trade agreement with china at the g20. the iphone maker says it will data, as itng sales falls 7%. oil approaches their market. sanctions for iran kick in monday. how low will exports fall as the u.s. is set to grant lower

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alibaba delivers a shopping sensation, singles' day with a sales sales in 24of hours. shery: let's get a quick check of the sales in 24 hours. shery: let's get a quick check of the markets close on friday. there was pressure for stocks as tech shares led the decline and we have weaker earnings pressuring the market, the nasdaq down 1.7%, the s&p 500 lower by energy stocks. 10thost ground for a consecutive session, the longest losing session ever. over the weekend there was signaling from saudi arabia they might cut production. we got some earnings from disney helping minimize the damage in the dow jones which felt .8%. not much happening with futures at the moment, but as long as investors have to wait, including plenty of economic data out of asia. see how things are looking now. haidi: plenty of data, and chinese domestic indicators. gdp from japan, the decisions from southeast asia, thailand, the philippines to first word news. ramy: all right, thank you. sterling opened weaker in early asian trading as prime minister theresa may fights to keep her brexit plan alive

th sparked a boom in jeep sales over the last decade. bw the company is trying to stent the jeepnd with a pickup truck geared for a different type of pickup buyer. >> the left out buyer is nice to have truck tire, doesn use it for day to day utility, doesn't need it for employment or anything. somebody that likes to have a bed, likes to tow things recreationly. doing things they had t like to do rather than things they need to do. >> while americans love pickup trucks they are incredibly brand loyal which is why the chevy silverado and many f 150 are top selling for decades. >> truck buyersre looking for certain things we made sure we deliver for every one of these and everything jep has. we give you everything you want and more. the open air freedom that onlyi jeep can you. >> jeep's gladiator rolls into the showrooms next year few edict it's a serious threat to the established brands, there is no doubt jeep is looking to shake up the truck world. phil lebeau, nightly business, los angeles. >>> finally, tonight the fearless girl statue

cbs reported better than expected results on strong ad sales. >>> u.s.opped forecasts on high prices and shipments but the company is cutting its full-year outlook. it says it is seeing lore customer orders as steel prices fall back from highs >>> weight watchers shares are down sharply today the company's earnings and revenue missed forecasts and subscriber growth fell for the second straight quarter. i thought we had to call it ww now, because you can't talk about losing weight. that's down 15%. >>> time for the top trending stories, contessa brewer has those. >> halloween is over, so holiday cups at starbucks come in four festive designs. each one inspired by different starbucks holiday coffee flavor. starbucks is offering a reusable holiday cup this year which looks like the plain red cup that was so controversial a few years ago. but this one you get for free with your holiday drink order. if you remember to bring it back with you, you get50 cents off your next one. seems like a big deal, yeah? >>> elon musk is making some big headlines this morning

sale limits could be announced next week. about the growing number of young people trying e-cigarettes. overall smoking rates are the lowest on record. as predicted, the fed stood still in their meeting of 2018 but remains on course to hike next month. economic activity is rising at a strong rate. it repeated plans for further rate increases in the coming months. they added that risk to outlook seems balanced. the european commission's latest forecast for the italian commodity is more pessimistic than those of the populist government. the finance ministers says those numbers are inadequate and the government will stick to their plan. says's new chairperson elon musk will be reined in despite run-ins with regulators. she is a tesla insider and takes on the role immediately and will leave her post as cfo and head of strategy in australia. chairman.had been day onnews, 24 hours a air and on tictoc on twitter. this is bloomberg. shery: let's check on the australia markets with sophie. what are the stories? sophie: stock is taking

it was a diffent story for pending home sales. contract signings to purch previously owned homes unexpectedly fell by 2.5% to a 4-year low providing more evidence that the housing market is starting to struggle. irchlt and on the labor front, first time unemployment claims rose by 10,000 last week to a 6-month high. that could raise concerns the labor markethile still historically tight may be starting to soften. >> and now knows minutes from the federal reserve's last policy meeting, giving investors more insight into the central bank's thinking on the economy and the path of interest rate increases. eve liesman in washington tonit. >> dpiet being overshadowed by the minutes they included clues dout theection of the interest rate policy. whil fed officials were upbeat on the economy and the outlook, the minutes show more concern about downside risk nanle rev when the statement came out in november. officials worried about tighter financial conditions, that is both a rise in interest rates and the decne in stock prices. they worri

how are the sales? our sales to date are $24,000. what were your sales last month?t month, they were probably 1,600. 1600 units or 160o...? dollars. yes. $1,600? we were in seven stores. seven stores. we just -- we got a purchase order last week for more than what we've sold all year. it's gonna put us in an additional 50 fresh market grocery stores. your purchase order was for how much money and how many units? 2,300 pints. and we'll make about $6,000 on it. greiner: what's your mode of selling? how are you trying to get your product out there? we don't do any marketing or anything like that. um -- how are you getting into the grocery stores, though? 'cause that's very hard. we approached the fresh market. yeah, we went and talked to the manager in normal, illinois. he looked at our packaging. he tasted our product. and he was like, "this is gonna be huge." and how much has he sold -- has that one store sold? $11,000 of our sales last year. over a year? in just one store. do you really think, in one store, a product that only does $11,000 can stay on the shelf? it'

the e—commerce giant hit a record $1 billion in sales injust 85 giant hit a record $1 billion in salesn in the first power of this 24- billion in the first power of this 2a— hour shopping spree. shoppers from china and across the world snapped up hot items like iphones, furniture is, milk powder, cosmetics but despite the record haul, the annual sales growth rate fell from 39% to 27% at below and have estimates and the slowest rate in the event's ten year history. with an increasing number of promotion events per year, consumers no longer feel that singles day is the only opportunity to get good bargains. alibaba is also facing new challenges. new rivals in the market. a slowing economy and stock dropping 16% thanks to china's trade war with the united states. singles day is the world's biggest on line sales event, outstripping us shopping holidays like black friday and cyber monday combined. despite the drop, alibaba's singles day is still the leader in these kinds of e—commerce and events. still the leader in these kinds of e-commerce and events. they have nailed it, as they say. so

sales decline. sales go up sales going down. it's not the end of the e-book revolution. e-book is now a format. in the sense that it should be. >> our distributor talks up. of pricing. people don't want to pay that for e-books. i blame amazon. they had decided if we can price all of these books really low cost people don't value e-books. when we price our e-book we sell bucket loads but if there 99 cents they had been trained that they're not worth the price of a regular book. i want to price all of my e-books at 299 but i think we would see a surge in readership. they value the product of the paperback. what are the things that happened. as you remember there was a litigation involving amazon in the publishers and it was the publishers who insisted on getting the prices up on e-books because they were putting traditional print publishers and retailers independence in barnes & noble in problems. but it really has resulted in the decline in percentage and whether it means more money or not for the publishers we will find out. he was on the panel last year. stephen is a pu

david: i don't like to pay sales taxes.ere are five states, we have to give them kudos, alaska, delaware, new hampshire and oregon, only you five states in the country that don't have a sales tax. >> so instead of shafting us online, why don't they lower taxes at the local level? david: already these politicians are counting their chickens. illinois budgeted in the fact that they will get 150 million dollars from internet sales purchases. >> you need to cut spending and get rid of the sales tax for your local merchants. it's not fair. david: you sounds like donald trump. >> he has a lot of points. >> always is the problem with politicians. when they start a tax, you know it starts low and it does nothing but get higher and higher and higher. >> merry christmas, everybody. david: any tax to be lowered or eliminated i'm in favor of. >> you have got to have an equal tax thing across all businesses or it's not fair. you are creating winners and >> welcome to women and money. 40% of american women are the breadwinners for the fa

adobe and azure, adobe and microsoft verses sales force amazon and google.e -- that's the world and those two are doing very well. >> how are you making that decision if you are a chief technical technical or whoever makes that -- what are you basing it on, money? >> savings you go in the cloud and you get to lay off a lot of people >> i know that, when you are choosing between the two >> it is about partners. 60% of what sales force gets is what the partners tell them to do when you bring in delloyd, he's partnered with sales most of the ceos do not have the ability to understand who they should get they rely on somebody else to make that decision >> consultants handed off to the sales force. >> microsoft must be doing quite well, too. >> yeah, microsoft this morning is doing fairly well >> i have never seen so many guys on the call before. >> they have the cfo and benioff and they got stephen taylor? >> did you see me on the call. >> four different people on the call >> he mentioned me which is the thing that i am concerned about is the layoffs it will com

best buy is expecting tepid holiday sales because of apple sales. we heard apple's iphone is under pressure. the number of people buying iphones. best buy depending on sales for iphones. back to you. >> alison, are people lined up outside or have all of the online sales shortened those crowds? >> reporter: it is really early. it is 5:00 eastern. this store doesn'tastern. no one lining up yet. the online sales, they, of course, they stand alone. then again, you think of the door buster sales, you can't get the tvs online. there are draws the stores put out here for the black friday shoppers who like to get out of bed early and in the cold and get here for great deals. dave. >> windchills in the single digits. that will scare you away. alison, thank you. check back in with you. >>> the president invoking b bedlam and chaos with the phone call to the troops. it started normally enough with the president wishing a happy thanksgiving surrounded by gold on a world wide conference and offering his appreciation. he quickly broke norms with the political ton

single day sales were coming in at $30 billion. if you want to jump on the bandwagon, there is a chance that we might see a little bounce in hong kong and china. haidi: there is a lot of event risk. >> absolutely. there is so much going on this week. i would be watching brexit headlines. earnings, andh also the fact that it is a tech stocks. on.e is a something going there will be people watching to see if there will be information on the trade war. a lot going on this week. a lot that could turn markets around if there is something good there. haidi: thank you. let's talk more markets. joining us now in sydney. this oil story, it will be particularly difficult for markets. opec neither put up or shut up. russians are sitting on the fence. maybe they want more attention. it is very much about what he wants. it makes it difficult. we got a bounce today that will like the mexican peso other currencies are not going to like it. the rupee has been under some much pressure because of the r.b.i.. it is something that should get a lot mor

i find, looking at sales, there are always sales all the time.it does not seem to be a big difference between any other time of year. 0r to be a big difference between any other time of year. or is that a mistake i am making? you are right, as consumers we are suffering from promotion fatigue. we are constantly bombarded with messages about discounts and sales. i think the appeal of black friday has become a bit diluted this year, in part because it is no longerjust a 24—hour discount frenzy. in fact, it has been spread out over a couple of weeks. it is probably better to call it black november! i found a black friday deal, but i found it on monday, the beginning of the week. i was checking all through the weekend to see the price of this item and make sure it had been discounted. how do we know that retailers don't but the prices up just before black friday and then bring them down ain? friday and then bring them down again? there is absolutely an element of that, retailers artificially inflating the price to reduce them on the day. as consumers

comparable sales up at 5.1%. strong but slightly below the street's forecast. digital sales up 49%.nce target has been reporting that traffic was up more than 5% in the quarter and if it performs to its fourth quarter expectations, it'll ultimately have the strongest annual growth in a decade and hit a new all-time high for earnings you can see, though, shares are lower. best buy beating estimates comparable sales up 4.3% the street was just expecting 3.5% growth there, so that marks seven straight quarters of positive comp sales. best buy also raising full year guidance for earnings and revenue. kohl's also beating on earnings and revenues and posting a fifth straight quarter of 2.5% the department store raising the low end of its full year guidance shares also lower at this point. and lastly lowe's earnings beating estimates. also above consensus, comparable sales up 1.5%. but that's just about half as strong as the analysts had forecast so i think the market is starting to worry that maybe this is as good as it's going to get going into the important fourth quarter i think the ba

same store sales surpassing expectations u.s.e store sales up 4%, the highest rate in five quartering. china same store sales up 1%, key as coffee giant second largest market here is what the cf the o had to say on the call. >> we acknowledge 2018 has a year of change with challenges as we sharpen our focus to drive growth from scale. the starbucks grand is incredibly powerful and beloved by commerce. we are a brand staying relevant by constantly challenging the status quo, elevating the customer experience, investing in and empowering our partners, operating with discipline and adapting with agility. this is increasingly important today as consumers are interacting with brands in completely different ways and starbucks is leading this transition both in our stores and digitally. >> chief operating officer roz brewer told cnbc that comp skrergs acceleration was driven bip extreme line the in store experience other highlights include 5 million active rewards members up 15% year offer year the morning star says the comp beats in th

the baltimore "sun" reports in the first nine months of legal sales, medical marijuana sales totalled $67 million. a market resech firm predicted sales would reach $46 million the first year. sales have already surpassed that number and predictions are being recalculated. now medical marijuana sales a expected to hit $100 million in ecember. >>> itoks like not as many people physically shopped till they dropped this black friday. researchers say foot traffic was down by 1% from 2017 but online sales are where the money is made. black friday sales reached a record $6.2 billion. people also spent another $3.7 billion on thanksgiving day. that number is 28% from a year ago. more busy saypping are ahead, they know it, they include the third saturday in sundayefore christmas, that's december 23 when everyone starts getting their last-minute shopping done. 29 days until christmas, ladies and gentlemen. >>> fromto black friday cyber monday, today is expected to be a record-breaking day for shopping. 's predicted $7.8illion will be spent online today. but numbers out this weekend show shopper

obviously a fairly robust sales process.reholders, $1.35, they will be relieved because they got the deal done. i think it's a slightly lower price that could have been achieved earlier in the process, but they are going to participate and you will see them as a good fit. this is what we could call a quasi-strategic private company. they have some good synergies with interest in the business. >> and italian energy producer has won the right to develop major private oil fields in abu dhabi in a deal that could be worth $20 billion over 40 years. >> this is a big one. that is the first big deal we will put in production, and it is a huge deal, it is supposed to produce at the top plateau. and 150,000 barrels per day. it is a huge deal. >> when will we get to those production levels? give me a time scale. >> timescale, i'd say we can talk about 2022, 2023, something like that. ♪ >> when i look at bayer versus novartis, glaxo, the dax, it's a disappointing picture. investors over the last five years are losing money with bayer,

julia has that >> sales force on the top and bottom line. 3.7 billion estimated. you can see the stock is trading lower. it is down about 3%. that is because of the guidance. it is coming in lighter than expected it is between 54 and 55 cents adjusted per share wall street had been 55 cents per share. it is despite the fact that the 2020 revenue guidance asq4 revenue guidance back over to you >> mark benioff, that will be tonight mad money at 6:00 p.m. not tomorrow, tonight at 6:00 p.m. how many times have we heard beat, beat >> shares are down why >> probably because of the guidance >> there seems to be moderation of orders of demand across enterprise or the expectations got too high i think we had such amazing rates that the estimates were a bit high >> are ceos lowering guidance to sort of -- not kitchen sink. there are so many macro factors out there it seems to me it is more than we have seen with some of the more enterprise companies is that wlaen you see the guidance weekend maybe others aren't spending as mump money they are not putt

alibaba's singles' day sets a new sales record.rude's plunge has everyone talking about oil. >> the market looked firm in 2019. iswhat you are also seeing kind of capitulation on the part of financial investors. >> if we need to cut production to keep the market balanced, we will do it. kailey: trade is hot in this week's interviews. >> the fundamentals seem to be fine, but sentiment is getting to a danger zone. >> we want to make sure if the world sneezes, new zealand doesn't catch a cold. kailey: it is all straight ahead on "bloomberg best." ♪ kailey: hello and welcome, i'm kailey leinz, this is "bloomberg best," your weekly review of the most important news and analysis from bloomberg television and around the world. let's start with the top headlines. on monday, signals from saudi arabia gave investors hope that oil would snap its losing streak. francine oil is higher this : morning as saudi arabia said it would reduce crude sales in december. speculation has risen that opec and its allies will cut output next year. >> saudi ar

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sales were off by 7%. i talked to you about the sales price.ge selling prices all -- is actually at a record. people are buying 7000 bucks in change. that is $2000 more than pickups from its other rivals. take a look at fiat chrysler. they did not disappoint. they actually surprised the upside. 16% year on year change could the expectation was 12%. the jeep and ram brands, the big autos, up 9%. and 14% respectively. that is really the story. if you have a big auto, you are probably doing well. a.l. molly surprised how much americans love those big cars. they are the size of two cars in asia. [laughter] ramy: you are right. the thing is, if you are a purveyor of a sedan, you are still getting slammed. for example, when we are talking about honda, toyota, those are the cars that are actually getting hit. toyota, they did see some big numbers in terms of the big companies here -- big car companies that the corolla, as well as the prius, both of those fell in addition to the jeeps as well. were just the name of the game. also with honda, basically

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training center is also a marketing and sales opportunity. foreign representatives come here to be shown the military maneuvers technology and expertise on display and line metallic wires new deals worth millions. journalist g. fleet leaks has found out that the armed forces of the united arab emirates have already paid for visits to the combat training center. some like dot net see it doesn't apply to mr nichols of a cultural soldiers told us that the combat training center is a big trade fair and a successful one there is now a center in the arab middle east and others are interested to the fight of it to say what a surprise thought on the us all this again raises the question of boundaries. to the to what extent should the boy industry or support climate are in selling advanced technology with a call particularly when we don't know what role this market where you know yemen or syria or in the conflict between iran and saudi arabia who should be like this outside. the united arab emirates purchased a combat training center in twenty ten. ru

have become a matter of survival or even sales to dictators if need be able. to examine the gobi at least that. france has grown dependent on its defense industry in recent years the country's economy stagnated and unemployment rose but the defense industry flourished in twenty sixteen french arms exports totaled some sixteen billion euro ends. with support from then president or long island does so also sold its fighter jets to egypt and qatar. the current french government is also not doing things along shortly after taking office president michael moore agreed that france would deliver weapons worth some twelve billion euros to cut down the deal includes twelve for fire fighter jets political and economic game seemed to go hand in hand. that backing by france's government and military is the envy of the german firms the federation of german security and defense industries is headquartered in central berlin it's a lobbying group for the country's arms industry. and the associations director hunts christophe at sport dean is a former board member of tousen co

alibaba's singles' day set a new sales record.rude's lunch has everyone talking about oil. >> the market looked firm in 2019. >> it is seen as a kind of capitulation on the part of financial investors. >> we need to cut production to adjust -- to keep the market balanced -- if we need to cut production to give the market ballast, we will do it. >> the fundamentals seem to be fine, but sentiment is getting to a danger zone. >> we want to make sure if the world sneezes, new zealand doesn't catch a cold. >> it is all straight ahead on ."loomberg best ♪ >> hello and welcome, i'm kailey leinz, this is "bloomberg best." your weekly review of bloomberg's news and analysis and top interviews. let's start with the top headlines. on monday, signals from saudi arabia gave investors hope that point would snap its losing streak. >> oil is higher this morning as saudi arabia said it would reduce crude sales in december. speculation has risen that opec and its allies will cut output next year. >> saudi arabia is back in the swing factor, ready t

col and macy's online sales grew doubleigits for the 37th quarter. as the retailer rains in discounts a to dree degree, the many consumer keeps buying. macies upping the forecast excting sales and earnings to strengthen further into the fourther qua macy ceo told me he thinks the retailer will beat the last year's hiday season growth sales rate which is when the winning streak began. he says the back drop for consumer pending is good. confidence is strong.in the.com bs is humming and our penetration is higher in the fourth quarter if. for stores we are going into tha fourther in a healthy place with momentum. vit some analysts and investors aren't ced the winning streak continues. >> they are investing in stores after a few years of investing in eco and the stores seem to move along and getting sequentially better as we go and they expect them tget better in the fourth quarter. a nice job with that. but the market looksst t and says is this as good as it gets. >> there are head wednesday. macy's says sales to nurpists weative weakening through the ye

they collect revenues of about 15% of sales on a marketplace sale on their own sales they're lucky toat all and the bricks and mortarguys are trying to copy the amazon model and all they do is find out that it ice almo it's almost impossible to make money doing it so they have arbitrage taking place as sales shift, at least mix, from being in the store to online so amazon's a marketplace -- they're selling weapons to everyone, they'll make money doing that. bricks and mortar guys have to figure out what they're going to do. >> are we done talking about amazon as a price leader >> you ran the price compare sons, we saw third party data and they're not always the cheapest option. >> on friday we ran numbers. >> so we'll see that there's enough companies that allow you to check against amazon so if amazon was the original price transparency it comes full circle and when you're in your sweat pants on your couch you have to ower so if price matters, the reality is that's where you gravitate but we found shipping and returns and other conveniences if you're going to be the mall, you need to

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and sales could decline. most importantly, the bigger picture is that the fundamental technology driving these vehicles, batteries, and battery prices, are falling. years,next five to seven without any subsidies, these vehicles will be cost competitive on an upfront basis engines.ustion it is important to put this into context. over the long-term, electrification does not rely on subsidies. in the short-term it would put a drag on sales in the u.s.. emily: what is it mean for tesla more specifically? being an electric car company building a factory in china. if you are talking about the tax credits, it does not mean much for them. the trade war is a bigger problem because tesla is exporting a lot of vehicles to china. they will build it -- they will build more there. it does not hurt them unless they intend to sell their chinese production to chinese buyers as opposed to bring them -- bringing them to the u.s.. that would be problematic if the trump administration is calling the shots on trade. salim,david we

sales of deutsche bank fell to an all-time low.ore than half of the $230 billion in suspect funds handled by the bank was funneled through another lender's u.s. unit. a person familiar with the matter identified the letter as deutsche bank. that could make the german bank liable for penalties. boston scientific has a lead to buy its reddish medical rights represents 37%at premium over the company's closing price yesterday. makes medical technology devices for doctors, especially in the field of cancer. in london the price of sold homes has risen to a record high. inventory is surged by half. the market has been hit by brexit uncertainty and affordability issues. and now takes the average lender more than 14 times the average salary to buy a home. that is the highest multiple ever. that is your bloomberg business flash. says years ofo low interest rates and quantitative easing have squeeze most of the returns out of assets in the u.s.. in an interview with bloomberg, dalio said expectations for investors. ray: if you are an average

excess tors like sales course and oracle.next, this is bloomberg. ♪ selina: this is "bloomberg technology." i'm selina wang in san francisco in for emily chang. now back at the our top story. apple shares are on the decline. the investor shares are doing nothing to soothe investor sentiment. the stock is now down almost 5% in post mark trading. investors are concerned about apple's numbers, suggesting weaker than expected demand for the company's pricier new options. the c.f.o. is currently speaking on the call and saying apple will stop providing unit numbers for the iphone, ipad, and mac. investors will not like this. let's bring in our panel with tom giles and julie ask from forrester. tom, does this come as a surprise? we knew the average selling price would be more valuable to investors than the actual units sold. tom: we know investors pay close attention to the average sale price. they want to know, are they buying the higher end models? asp's came in as much higher han analysts were expecting. that is a good sign. you