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guitar michael schenker. shaping with the lights on is a track off the new album of revelation by the group my coaching fast. shank who was born in soest it near hanover in 1955 he grew up playing the guitar with his older brother rudolph. right initially together in school but michael moved on becoming the charge for a british rock band he left out of my coaching his career spans 5 to canes band has made him one of the most famous german guitarists in the world. and he's with me in the studio michael sankoh well. it's a valid so great to have you hear about your new album revelation congratulations looks like you guys are having a blast there now this is really classic hard rock with a bunch of guys that you've worked with for years robin mccauley graham bonnet what's the message here is this is this a celebration yeah it's michael shank a fast and you know i realize that i have performed the most popular music of like this thank god but not with the original ha we have gone full circle and. cycle and you kn
guitar michael schenker. shaping with the lights on is a track off the new album of revelation by the group my coaching fast. shank who was born in soest it near hanover in 1955 he grew up playing the guitar with his older brother rudolph. right initially together in school but michael moved on becoming the charge for a british rock band he left out of my coaching his career spans 5 to canes band has made him one of the most famous german guitarists in the world. and he's with me in the studio...
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schenker v. which i wish you brought. up that this is true of both democracy. it's all actually more than one ok. you're going on tour in the u.k. next year to celebrate this album as well you'll be in japan and 15 years of michael schenker music what's what's your feeling going into that. in japan actually we're doing 4. years m.s.g. special and we do actually quite interesting show with simon phillips and on drums a set b. said we're playing 2 nights tokyo $5000.00. and then to a 2nd the fans are looking forward to it and we'll be watching from here thanks very much for joining us right. well if you've ever had the good fortune to live in paris which i did for many years you'll possibly relate to the feeling of comfort that arises when you return and 1st see the eiffel tower again for me it's a feeling of warm familiarity but jasper white wondered what it was like for people who actually enjoy the view of the eiffel tower every day. people really paris you feel. you have in front of you and to see it every night every morning it was important for me when we c
schenker v. which i wish you brought. up that this is true of both democracy. it's all actually more than one ok. you're going on tour in the u.k. next year to celebrate this album as well you'll be in japan and 15 years of michael schenker music what's what's your feeling going into that. in japan actually we're doing 4. years m.s.g. special and we do actually quite interesting show with simon phillips and on drums a set b. said we're playing 2 nights tokyo $5000.00. and then to a 2nd the fans...
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of fans of hard rock and heavy metal know him well michael schenker widely considered one of the best guitar soloists around a veteran member of u.f.o. he also played for scorpions way back in the seventy's and has had an illustrious if to mulch us career well now he's back with a new album and according to critics better than ever so we'll speak to him right after this. his trademark is the flying v. utah. shaping with the lights on is a track off the new album revelation by the group my coaching professed. shankar was born in sa should it yeah hand over in 1955 he grew up playing the guitar with his older brother the beatles. played initially together in school but michael moved on becoming that he could charge for british rock band he left out of michael shank his career spans 5 to can't stand has made him one of the most famous german guitarists in the world. and he's with me in the studio michael sanker well. it's a valid so great to have you here you've got your new album revelation congratulations looks like you guys are having a blast there now this is really classic hard rock
of fans of hard rock and heavy metal know him well michael schenker widely considered one of the best guitar soloists around a veteran member of u.f.o. he also played for scorpions way back in the seventy's and has had an illustrious if to mulch us career well now he's back with a new album and according to critics better than ever so we'll speak to him right after this. his trademark is the flying v. utah. shaping with the lights on is a track off the new album revelation by the group my...
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marty schenker with us. francine lacqua in london, marty schenker with us in new york.hat gives us not to the friedman grant, but the michael darda grant from his last essay for to we have seen the fed funds rated, inflation rolled over with another field experience. all we are going down to is a new terminal rate. forcing us down to a terminal rate of growth, terminal rate of interest, terminal rate of our limited constraints. is that is what is going on right now? on, andis what is going the bond market has been proved correct. think about where the debate was last year many people thinking the fed will be continuing to raise rates this year as bond yields rollover and the market started to pricing rate cuts. had some saying this is just a so-called term premium, the bond market is distorted. well, here we are. slowing growth, and the fed highly likely to deliver that second rate cut this week. tom: is there a dampening nominal gdp? 2000 schenker has reporters working with his weight on him. is that a way of dampening gdp? we had the data that suggested things were co
marty schenker with us. francine lacqua in london, marty schenker with us in new york.hat gives us not to the friedman grant, but the michael darda grant from his last essay for to we have seen the fed funds rated, inflation rolled over with another field experience. all we are going down to is a new terminal rate. forcing us down to a terminal rate of growth, terminal rate of interest, terminal rate of our limited constraints. is that is what is going on right now? on, andis what is going the...
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francine: julia coronado, marty schenker both stay with us. you end to carry -- former u.n. secretary-general bunki secretary-general ban ki-moon. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ those are passengers at mallorca airport. keep an eye on the stranded u.k. passengers stranded because of the thomas cook collapse. it is the first time in peace time that the u.k. government will repatriate travelers stranded on vacations. about 20,000 jobs are at risk at thomas cook. there are 150,000 to 160,000 passengers stranded. tom:, the ugly american -- tom: mi the ugly american? i didn't even know where it was on the map, and i have read all the books. francine: you have to come to london a bit more. we will go on holiday in mallorca. refusing to rule out war in the middle east after additional military aid was sent to saudi arabia. doubts remain over how fast saudi arabia will be able to restore loss output. joining us from london is bloomberg's iran reporter. you make us smarter about some of the zeitgeist in iran overall. we are expecting president trump to give a
francine: julia coronado, marty schenker both stay with us. you end to carry -- former u.n. secretary-general bunki secretary-general ban ki-moon. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ those are passengers at mallorca airport. keep an eye on the stranded u.k. passengers stranded because of the thomas cook collapse. it is the first time in peace time that the u.k. government will repatriate travelers stranded on vacations. about 20,000 jobs are at risk at thomas cook. there are 150,000 to 160,000...
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shery: marty schenker, thank you so much for your insights. let's get a check on the markets on this final day of the third quarter. here is kailey leinz. kailey: we are higher, at least -- all three major averages higher by 1% or more. the s&p trying to head for its third monthly gain in the past four months. risk sentiment being aided by more positive tones from the u.s. in regards to china investment. where you are not seeing sentiment filter through, in the oil market easy wti down 1.3%. as this is the final day of the you can see it is actually down nearly 7%, on pace for its worst quarter since the end of 2018. this is despite developments out of saudi arabia, the attacks on nike oil supply there. war, whathe trade that will do for the oil demand picture is outweighing any kind of geopolitical risk premium good wti trading at $55 a barrel. that's take a look at the quarterly performance in a sector basis for the equity market. we know it is a defensive sector that has led the quarter and the likes of utilities and consumer staples. i wan
shery: marty schenker, thank you so much for your insights. let's get a check on the markets on this final day of the third quarter. here is kailey leinz. kailey: we are higher, at least -- all three major averages higher by 1% or more. the s&p trying to head for its third monthly gain in the past four months. risk sentiment being aided by more positive tones from the u.s. in regards to china investment. where you are not seeing sentiment filter through, in the oil market easy wti down...
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we are joined by bloombergs chief content officer, marty schenker.d not react tremendously to this news, but it seems to be the type of breakthrough that could lead to a deal. marty: at least an interim deal. we have five people who confirmed this is under discussion despite some reports of an and ms. -- of an administration official denying it, we are confident the story is accurate. the way this trait issue is involving the white house, one step forward, two steps back. it resides with president donald trump. does he want to get a deal done? all he has to say is yes get it done, and it probably would be .oo vonnie: what is the incentive? will it take tonight presidential debate? marty: i do not think the debates will have any impact in terms of what donald trump thinks in terms of cutting a deal with china. what is more important is how the market and economies react to the trade war. the economy will be central to his reelection. he will try and campaign on it. if he feels the economy is suffering from this trade deal or the impasse over a trade d
we are joined by bloombergs chief content officer, marty schenker.d not react tremendously to this news, but it seems to be the type of breakthrough that could lead to a deal. marty: at least an interim deal. we have five people who confirmed this is under discussion despite some reports of an and ms. -- of an administration official denying it, we are confident the story is accurate. the way this trait issue is involving the white house, one step forward, two steps back. it resides with...
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for context, we are joined in andington by kevin cirilli, in our studio, marty schenker. who was the intended audience here? kevin: president trump taking this opportunity to speak in much more reserved stones then perhaps many of his foreign count -- more reserved tones then perhaps many of his foreign counterparts are to hearing. taking on china as it comes to trade policy, saying he believes that they have used unfair intellectual-property tactics, highlighting a very specific case here in the united states. the president urging the chinese to back off in terms of their intellectual property tactics. the president then pivoting to iran, trying to build a global consensus on that. this is the president who stuck to the script. this is a president who stuck in -- who spoke in a more measured tone. this is a president who struck a very different cord then he did just moments before the speech, in which he was pressed and asked by reporters about ukraine. but this was a president very much on message on the global stage. guy: marty, did this change the direction of anythin
for context, we are joined in andington by kevin cirilli, in our studio, marty schenker. who was the intended audience here? kevin: president trump taking this opportunity to speak in much more reserved stones then perhaps many of his foreign count -- more reserved tones then perhaps many of his foreign counterparts are to hearing. taking on china as it comes to trade policy, saying he believes that they have used unfair intellectual-property tactics, highlighting a very specific case here in...
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we have marty schenker right here. opene watching the peloton against this very dramatic hearing with mr. maguire, the acting dni -- director of national intelligence. what are you making out of the hearing so far? i think maguire is the start of the hearing. i quipped maybe they should have made it a closed hearing, because i do not think any of the congressman distinguished themselves. in his opening statement he was quite impressive. he made it clear, chronological explanation for why he did what he did and a legal explanation. the democrats questioned why he went to the white house and why he went to the justice department when his opening statement explained just that. tried torepublicans undermine the democratic process of bringing this issue up in a public setting. i do not think it sheds much light on the issue at hand. what is next is going to be the interesting thing. there is no clear strategy from the democrats that i can see on how they take this forward from here? is youone rule of thumb do not want to go
we have marty schenker right here. opene watching the peloton against this very dramatic hearing with mr. maguire, the acting dni -- director of national intelligence. what are you making out of the hearing so far? i think maguire is the start of the hearing. i quipped maybe they should have made it a closed hearing, because i do not think any of the congressman distinguished themselves. in his opening statement he was quite impressive. he made it clear, chronological explanation for why he did...
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marty schenker, chief content officer, thank you.ore, we welcome mark kimmitt who served as a general in the army. general kimmitt has held senior leadership positions at the state department and he comes to us today from washington. us.k you for being with you know afghanistan so terribly well. you know the foreign policy apparatus of the u.s. government. why do we think that president trump made this move now, did it have to do with the aborted attempt of a discussion at camp david over the weekend? mark: i think marty has it exactly right. afghanistan may have been the tipping point, but there have been significant disagreements between the president and john bolton for quite some time. look, president trump is a dealmaker. john bolton is an ideologue. the joke in town is that there is not a country that john bolton doesn't want to invade. when president trump wants to open up discussions with north korea, with iran and others, and john bolton says no, that's the worst thing, we have spent 25 years bringing these countries into li
marty schenker, chief content officer, thank you.ore, we welcome mark kimmitt who served as a general in the army. general kimmitt has held senior leadership positions at the state department and he comes to us today from washington. us.k you for being with you know afghanistan so terribly well. you know the foreign policy apparatus of the u.s. government. why do we think that president trump made this move now, did it have to do with the aborted attempt of a discussion at camp david over the...
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of the relatively new assistant secretary of state in washington for near eastern affairs, david schenkerintedly said about his fears of hezbollah and its supporters lebanon. he said, "in the future, we will designate, because we have to, individuals in lebanon", this is for sanctions, "who are aiding and assisting hezbollah, regardless of their sect or religion." that was clearly a message pointed towards christian politicians such as yourself who are in alliance with hezbollah. you could face us sanctions. i am the foreign minister of lebanon and these sanctions would not be targeting my person, if they ever happen, and i doubt they will ever happen. these are circulated for some interests but if they ever happen then all of lebanon is sanctioned. and then all of lebanon will have to deal with this. i don't represent myself, i represent lebanon. again, in an independent foreign policy, that i would like to preserve lebanon away from problems, but at the same time, i would like to protect lebanon against israeli aggressions that are disregarded by the international community. i hope that
of the relatively new assistant secretary of state in washington for near eastern affairs, david schenkerintedly said about his fears of hezbollah and its supporters lebanon. he said, "in the future, we will designate, because we have to, individuals in lebanon", this is for sanctions, "who are aiding and assisting hezbollah, regardless of their sect or religion." that was clearly a message pointed towards christian politicians such as yourself who are in alliance with...
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tom: steve eisman with us and marty schenker. more coming up.ening right now within the middle east. this is an important discussion going on among oil ministers, managing the message forward. with all the tumult, in saudi arabia over the weekend. we will come back. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: it is september, and that means a discussion of oil, hydrocarbons, the message forward. an important world energy congress, where they are trying to make the headlines, all of it centered on saudi arabia. francine? tom, we areah, looking at the new saudi energy minister, prince abdulaziz, talking there. we're are also talking about brexit, and just about 20 but it's go we heard from boris johnson, talking with the prime minister of ireland. it is very clear that the prime minister demanded some guarantees on the irish forger. he says the u.s. -- the u.k. needs to make promises to 19 free flow of goods across the irish border. something that so far has not happened. pound, 1.2348. we are back with steve eisman, eismaneman group -- from group. could a no deal
tom: steve eisman with us and marty schenker. more coming up.ening right now within the middle east. this is an important discussion going on among oil ministers, managing the message forward. with all the tumult, in saudi arabia over the weekend. we will come back. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: it is september, and that means a discussion of oil, hydrocarbons, the message forward. an important world energy congress, where they are trying to make the headlines, all of it centered on saudi arabia....
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marty schenker, chief of content and decades of experience of following the markets as well and ginanight, all eyes on houston, the third democratic debate. kevin cirilli will hold court with fewer democratic debaters. i believe mr. biden may be on the stage as well with the senator from massachusetts. that alone will be entertaining. look for our coverage. this is bloomberg. ♪ > francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. tom and francine in new york and london. the hong kong stock exchange offer for the lse, we also seen --nd, we have just --k about banks tom brought that to my attention so let's get back to marty schenker and gina martin adams. story, whatn this are the chances that this actually gets approved? think it faces considerable hurdles, not the least of which is the london stock exchange has embarked on this redefining itself as a data provider as you discussed earlier, a potential competitor in some markets to bloomberg. it also seems to me the regulatory issues, the hong kong entity inserting itself in the global markets. that is in such a major way and would face consi
marty schenker, chief of content and decades of experience of following the markets as well and ginanight, all eyes on houston, the third democratic debate. kevin cirilli will hold court with fewer democratic debaters. i believe mr. biden may be on the stage as well with the senator from massachusetts. that alone will be entertaining. look for our coverage. this is bloomberg. ♪ > francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. tom and francine in new york and london. the hong kong stock exchange...
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thanks so much to marty schenker, chief content officer.am going to speak with the president of georgia, salome zourabichvili, here at the bloomberg global business forum. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: we are back now at the bloomberg global business forum, and we welcome the president of georgia, salome zourabichvili. she is the first fema president of georgia, having served as its foreign minister after a distinguished -- first female president of georgia, having served as its foreign minister after a distant was career. let's talk about why we are all gathered here, and it is climate change. how does climate change affect georgia? pres. zourabichvili: climate change affects the whole world. we are a small country. we are a country that is located close to the caucasus mountains, a beautiful range of very high mountains. it is affecting already. we see the snow and ice melting on those extraordinary mountains. we see the floods of the rivers. on the 27,000 rivers small territory. until we see the effect -- and so we see
thanks so much to marty schenker, chief content officer.am going to speak with the president of georgia, salome zourabichvili, here at the bloomberg global business forum. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: we are back now at the bloomberg global business forum, and we welcome the president of georgia, salome zourabichvili. she is the first fema president of georgia, having served as its foreign minister after a distinguished -- first female president of georgia, having served as...
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thanks so much to marty schenker.rstand, refinitiv, which lse, bloomberg competes with refinitiv to provide financial news, data, and information. coming up, we will talk about what is going on with the yield curve. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: this is "bloomberg daybreak." i am alix steel. just a few minutes away from the latest read on ppi in the u.s.. equity futures up .1%. energybout value, banks, . in other asset classes, a mixed dollar story. , $24 billionarket of 10 year notes today after a fine. we are over 6% on the per, a little bit steeper. the reflation theme, the question, let's get the latest read on that. the producer price index on a year on year basis coming in higher at 2.3%. final demand also coming in a bit stronger and a month on month basis also coming in a bit stronger. that feeding into the steeper yield curve conversation in the last 48 hours and also are we seeing some kind of reflationary tingle? i guess i made that up. david: that is very good. they are modest numbers but higher than people t
thanks so much to marty schenker.rstand, refinitiv, which lse, bloomberg competes with refinitiv to provide financial news, data, and information. coming up, we will talk about what is going on with the yield curve. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: this is "bloomberg daybreak." i am alix steel. just a few minutes away from the latest read on ppi in the u.s.. equity futures up .1%. energybout value, banks, . in other asset classes, a mixed dollar story. , $24 billionarket of 10 year notes...
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aarti schenker with us. i will ask you, what happens next? it appears boris johnson is not inclined to resign. emma: he is not inclined to resign. that is surprising given the magnitude of the decision. the advice -- the ruling that the advice he gave to the queen was unlawful. parties in the u.k. have been calling for the resignation. boris johnson saying he will not resign and will continue to get on with brexit and taking the u.k. out of the european union. we heard he will be flying back to the u.k. early. cutting his trip to new york short. we understand he has to have a conference call with his cabinet before he gets on the plane. parliament will be reconvened tomorrow. we will get a better sense of where things go from there once the parliament -- once the prime minister is back from the u.k. and when parliament has been recalled. he was discussing with the president the possibility of a trade deal between the u.k. and the u.s. that cannot happen until brexit happens. david: there is a relationship there that goes back a well. presiden
aarti schenker with us. i will ask you, what happens next? it appears boris johnson is not inclined to resign. emma: he is not inclined to resign. that is surprising given the magnitude of the decision. the advice -- the ruling that the advice he gave to the queen was unlawful. parties in the u.k. have been calling for the resignation. boris johnson saying he will not resign and will continue to get on with brexit and taking the u.k. out of the european union. we heard he will be flying back to...
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joining us is marty schenker., how likely will it play out? marty: obviously, nancy pelosi decided to escalate this into a formal impeachment umbrella, but could have elevated it more. there was talk about a select committee on impeachment which would have raised the stakes. she did not do that, but she faced a revolt if she did not use the word "impeachment" to give texture to this inquiry. what are we likely -- francine: what are we likely to hear today? who will we hear from? marty: we will hear from donald trump at 4:00. he is meeting with the current leader of ukraine. we will get the transcript, and there is reporting that trump talks in a freewheeling stream of consciousness style, so it is unclear whether there will be "a smoking gun" in that transcript. francine: the timing is quite awkward because you have 2020 around the corner. does it mean the republicans have to find another candidate? marty: this will be extraordinarily messy and the democrats will have to manage it. they have not shown an ability t
joining us is marty schenker., how likely will it play out? marty: obviously, nancy pelosi decided to escalate this into a formal impeachment umbrella, but could have elevated it more. there was talk about a select committee on impeachment which would have raised the stakes. she did not do that, but she faced a revolt if she did not use the word "impeachment" to give texture to this inquiry. what are we likely -- francine: what are we likely to hear today? who will we hear from?...
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schenker, we get started on an eventful monday as we dive into q4.eth economy. she is with the council on foreign relations, but that barely describes her contribution, i should say, to the western world's understanding of china. with the 70th anniversary of what mao wrought, elizabeth economy, we will do that in this hour. in france, jacques chirac has died. the ceremony, bill clinton is in attendance. ambassador jamie mccourt is there as well, representing the united states of america. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: bloomberg surveillance. francine lacqua in london, i'm tom keene in new york. we have ian shepherdson with us, as we look at the american economy and the linkage to all that is going on. we are thrilled with the momentous week. we have with us elizabeth economy, the council on foreign relations. she is star fellow, the ofection -- the director asian studies one of our foremost authorities on what is away from how we go to china, which is the airport and the fancy hotels, and shanghai, hong kong, and beijing. thank you for joining us at how x
schenker, we get started on an eventful monday as we dive into q4.eth economy. she is with the council on foreign relations, but that barely describes her contribution, i should say, to the western world's understanding of china. with the 70th anniversary of what mao wrought, elizabeth economy, we will do that in this hour. in france, jacques chirac has died. the ceremony, bill clinton is in attendance. ambassador jamie mccourt is there as well, representing the united states of america. this...
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here to discuss is our reporter, marty schenker. and over in london, neil dwayne.o, marty, i'll start with you. another election? is he going to win it? >> well, that's the key question. he's banking on him winning it and it's a very important that that election take place before the october 31 deadline for hard brexit. alix: my question was who is more dysfunctional? the u.k. government or the u.s.? david: hard to measure that. alix: and luke, i was struck by the whippy action in the cable rate. really? haven't we seen this play out before? >> because a lot of people have lightened traditions on cable. on news, you're going to get bigger reactions that are fewer people involved. it's very hard. he's had kind of taken large positions that are contingent on an exchange rate that could move fairly dramatically in a short period of time based on binary political outcomes. what i found interesting is that short sterling curve. so your expectations is moved as it has the month before. so people arto realize that he might have to ride to the rescue more than he wanted to
here to discuss is our reporter, marty schenker. and over in london, neil dwayne.o, marty, i'll start with you. another election? is he going to win it? >> well, that's the key question. he's banking on him winning it and it's a very important that that election take place before the october 31 deadline for hard brexit. alix: my question was who is more dysfunctional? the u.k. government or the u.s.? david: hard to measure that. alix: and luke, i was struck by the whippy action in the...