catch my full conversation with steve balmer then. move her, french streaming service expand into the crowd a u.s. market. we will catch up with the ceo. our caroline hyde. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: the french streaming group, deezer, is looking to expand into the u.s. it is a cutthroat business where spotify and apple music are already competing. 's ceodown with deezer's and asked how the entry into the u.s. market is going. we have seen good traction when it comes to new customer registration. we have seen good feedback when we talked to the customers. we have been here for a while in the united states. sohad a cricket and partners it is not a completely new entry , but our business has been received quite nicely. emily: your biggest competitor in europe is the same as here and that the spot is fine. -- spotify. what differentiates your service? have a different approach when it comes to what we will give the consumer. we try to have a individual private so people can have the music they want. the second point is we have diversify

steve balmer stopped by "squawk box" with a lot to say. and then there was this. >> you've done some math on your hand. do you see this? >> i saw that. >> put your hand up. >> i'm getting on twitter and elsewhere, what is this math? >> i'll give you a hint. has to do with the federal budget. fits on his hand. the answer next on "power lunch." >> need two hands. there's no one road out there. no one surface... no one speed... no one way of driving on each and every road. but there is one car that can conquer them all, the mercedes-benz c-class. five driving modes let you customize the steering, shift points, and suspension to fit the mood you're in... and the road you're on. the 2016 c-class. lease the c300 for $369 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. this is the new comfort food. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. let's get comfortable with our food again. the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting du

emily: my conversation with steve balmer, former ceo of microsoft.une in for my full conversation on "studio 1.0." he's also the owner of the l.a. clippers. always full of controversial things to say. you don't want to miss it. coming up, we had back to las vegas and ibm's world of watson conference and speak to stewart butterfield. ♪ emily: the secretive silicon valley startup may be heading toward an ipo. palantir technologies. the company is well-positioned to go public. they were previously valued at $20 billion. lately, they had seen increased affections overcompensation -- increased employee defections , backlash andion its reluctance to go public. turning to another major tech exit -- snapchat trying to raise as much as $4 billion. that could value the company at $25 billion to $35 billion . snapchat is going for it? guest: they are going for it after this year of ipo drought. they are going to kick off 2017 with a bang. $4 billion on the high-end is what they are looking to raise. this is ambitious, given that last time, they were in about th