joining us with more is taylor riggs. taylor: who said luxury wasn't going anywhere?s back. up 13% year-over-year and going midard, forecasting single-digit revenue growth as well. you are seeing record profits at 80% year-over-year. like every division, from s,rfumes to handbags to wine every sales forecast wrecking much estimates. they talk about growth in europe, asia, and the u.s. they are not dependent on any one region. asia had been stable. in the u.s. from a sales by region came in at 25%. that is stable. looking at a stable picture here. vonnie: ok. mark: taylor, the tone for 2018 going forward, what is the stre -- what does the street say? taylor: the ceo came out and said he is cautiously optimistic. it highlights some geopolitical and currency risk. the street seems pretty optimistic. bernstein analyst him out with a ,rice target of 270 euros saying this stock is well-positioned on buybacks. rbc is highlighting the acceleration and gain in market share in the u.s. vonnie: taylor, thank you very much. mark: bank of america as $20 billion of extra capital. t

oprah winfrey say recy taylor?ss at first. then i started screaming. and the longer she talked, the more i screamed. we didn't know she was going to talk about her. we knew it was a game-changer. >> it said what to you? oprah winfrey would mention this woman from alabama? >> it goes back to the day that recy taylor was raped. she spoke up, and it started a chain of events where she was trying to get justice for this. and after justice failed for her, she was forgotten. >> but forgotten no more. >> for too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up. >> the issue, a deeply personal one for oprah. herself a victim of sexual assault when she was a child. >> and i had been left with a 19-year-old cousin, and he raped me. >> long before the speech heard round the globe, oprah winfrey was pushing boundaries. >> i'm oprah winfrey, and welcome to the very first national oprah winfrey show! >> the first african-american woman to host a nation

recy taylor died ten days ago. >> recy taylor's niece, rose gunther, joins me now along with me, bethd, who produced a film called "the rape of recy taylor." thank you so much. i see your red recy pins. she ordered up these recy pins for she and her colleagues to wear tonight. when you got the call to be there for miss taylor, what was all of this like for you? >> it was exciting and something that i would want to do for her because i know she would want it done. and something to carry on her legacy. >> and sitting in that hallowed hall tonight, what will you be thinking? >> what a great inspiration she were, a loving person, strong, courageous. >> speaks up. here is my question to you. so many people -- let me just be honest, myself included, we weren't aware of recy taylor's story until, of course, leave it to oprah. what's extraordinary about her is here she was, gang raped leaving church and, unlike so many women at that time, she spoke up about it. tell me more about her. >> she did. i really think her life was a vigil for justice. her brother and also rose talk about that it was

amy: taylor branch?one reason he may have let up so much, this idea of racism, poverty, and war calling it the triple scourge of evil, and it was mentioned in the film, that was not a new idea for king. it is the theme of his nobel prize lecture that they are related, racism, poverty, and war. violence of the flesh and violence of the spirit. he had done racism. he had done war in vietnam. poverty is equally violent in his worldview. so an opportunity to make an explicit witness on the third leg of what he called the agent triple scourge of racism, poverty, and war, i think was something that he knew he needed to do to make his message complete. he had been speaking, but had not been demonstrating on poverty. amy: let's move on to memphis. not the final moment of memphis, but in two parts. again, we're talking about you nor mr. jim within the sclc and dr. king's closest advisers being concerned about king going to memphis. here been invited to stand with the sanitation workers as they tried to unionize.

in 1944 recy taylor was a young wife and a mother.ng home from her church service. she'd attended in abbottville, alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church. they threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone. the men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. recy taylor died ten days ago. >> with me now nancy burrski, the documentary filmmaker and producer who brought her life, and the naacp award, congratulations for that. >> thank you. >> it is such a pleasure to meet you. in commercial break did you even know that oprah was going to mention recy taylor's name and what did you do? >> i screamed. >> you were screaming, and i was sure people would knock on my door and my apartment because i was screaming like crazy and the phones started ringing and the texting came in, and we were all so excited. we really -- we truly believe that more people should know about recy taylor. that's why we made this movie. "time" magazine came out with the cov

taylor: that is over 10 years.st voted for 1.5 billion dollars, if i am not mistaken, several months ago, increasing border security in the next decade, on our republican-led approach creations -- appropriations bill. wall,ou look at the physical, virtual, more people, technology, but also reduces costs of integration into our country, so quite frankly, is sort of pace for us of overtime. again, in 2013, you had a lot of democrat senators and publicans who voted for more security, more wall, and changes in policy. why can't they do it again? let's help the population out on the daca and young adults. david: you mentioned you are a national security guy. you are more than that. you are a former navy seal. the only one in congress. you know the security issues. a lot of us do not know what we are talking about. tell us what the real security issues are with that southern border. i was in central america, and quite frankly the transit -- it starts way down there. illegal immigration, if you will, and drugs across our

i'm taylor riggs.omberg. francine: thank you. u.s. equities have started the new year by hitting more record highs. consumer discretionary stocks led the latest rally with the nasdaq closing above 7000 for the first time. joining us this morning's daniel morris and simon french. thank you for joining us. first of all, i know we will get on to mifid, but are you concerned this is the last -- that there will be less trading volumes for a little bit because of mifid? >> not necessarily. of trading volumes, it is a question of how active investors want to be. people are trying to think find, where they want to opportunities and i think they will trade just as much this year. francine: when you look at inflation concerns, is that the wegest risk to 2018, either have too much inflation and the fed goes more than expected, or we don't have any inflation? >> i think we have divergent inflation problems. the u.s. economy will lead to the fed being more progressive than the market is pricing. that sums it up, in

taylor maria taylor conducía el martes en la carretera 121 en el condado de napa, cuando miró cómo lascaían súbitamente de la ladera de la montaña.una ladera, que tiene las cicatrices del incendio atlas y que había absorbido las lluvias de esta semana. taylor luis, sobreviviente "it's the worst thing you've ever seen and my heart is just broken." "es lo peor que he visto en mi vida, mi corazón está desconsolado" indica taylor, visiblemente afectada. taylor luis, sobreviviente "it was small things coming down then you could see something larger & you could hear the sound get louder & louder & the road was dice que primero eran pequeñas rocas cayendo y luego eran más grandes y podía escuchar el sonido que se volvía más fuerte y estremecía la carretera. "you just think i have to get out of here & i just drove as fast as i could." en ese momento, comenta, solo pensó en que tenía que salir de ahí y manejó lo más rápido que pudo.pero el conductor que venía detrás de ella no logró escapar. hernán reyes aguirre de 22 años fue impactado por el deslave de tierra, que lo dejó sepultado en un barr

and taylor was in charge. in the caliber of these people was so extraordinary that the president of mit worried aloud about the possibility staffing the computer science department. they were all working for bob taylor. and the story of how he managed and someone described him to me as a concert pianist without fingers. this is an incredible analogy. in of course there are people whose iqs are way up here. and let these people will just print everything they say. and that line captures it because he was really able to hear the music and even more impersonal computing. in yet he couldn't do it himself. he didn't really know how to code. he was able to find the people and get that moving forward. he was an amazing person to work for. and a very difficult person to have work for you. that makes for an incredible story. so far we've talked a lot about a lot of the great men and it's really important that we include some some extraordinary women who are part of this. a lot of people say it's so good. a software ent

here is taylor riggs. the influential costolo network is asking president trump not to ask the gas tax to pay for infrastructure. och support a lobbying group said the hike would undermine the recent tax-cut. pushes administration for footstep recipients to go back to work. of government says 57% working age adults getting food stamps either have a job or are looking for one. republicans call it a step back in negotiations on immigration. senate democratic leader chuck schumer has withdrawn the offer he made last week to give president trump money to help build a wall on the mexican border. the president says if there is no wall, that will not be a deal. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. vonnie: coming up from "bloomberg markets," davos getting ready for the arrival of president donald trump. anthony scaramucci joins with his take. this is bloomberg. ♪ live from london, i'm mark barton. vonnie: from

of the first question is do you see similarities between bob taylor and steve jobs?bumper charismatic, visionaries who inspired teams of people more technical than themselves to create technical innovations that changed computing but the one and research in the other in products, but both could be dismissive of those that did not get it, similarities or differences? >> definite similarities and they were actually both adopted and both told by their parents that they unlike most kids who came to parents who just had to take whatever showed up, they had been chosen specially by their parents and so there are some real analogies there and i do think they were both absolutely brilliant people with no time to waste. >> here's a question. had you felt-- fit bill gates into your story? >> he was from seattle, so this is actually something that my next book whatever it is i hope to address more. i keep my focus i mean as i told you this was a very complicated book and so my focus is tight, tight, tight on the valley. obviously when you talk about the birth of ibm pc that i n

here is taylor riggs.ave agreed to meet to talk about reducing tensions before the olympics. will discuss overall relations and north korea's offer to send a delegation to the olympics. it will be the first former -- formal talks since 2015. environmental activists are planning to fight the trump administration over offshore drilling. they proposed to open more than 90% of the coast for oil exploration. president trump told a lawyer to get attorney general jeff sessions not to recuse himself last spring from the investigation into russian election meddling. the president told -- the white house lawyer to persuade sessions against the recusal, but the efforts failed and ultimately special counsel robert mueller was named to conduct the probe. there will be a new chairman at financial industry watchdog. charles rendell will take over the financial conduct authority april 1. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloombe

here is taylor riggs.usands of young undocumented immigrants in the u.s. have gotten a break for now. a federal judge temporary blocked the -- temporarily blocked the trump administration scrapping the dreamers program. president trump says he's willing to negotiate a deal that eventually provide millions of undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship. the trump administration is backing off of plans to sell drilling rights off the coast of florida. lorna's republican governor -- florida's republican governor rick scott angrily denounced the plan. he is expected to run for u.s. senate. in southern california, deadly mudslides and flooding have killed at least 13 people. more than two dozen others were injured. heavy rains turned hills stripped of vegetation by wildfires -- turned rivers into mud. south korea's president says he's willing to meet kim jong-un under the right circumstances. moon jae-in vows to never except north korea's nuclear weapons program. the comments came after the first day of

taylor riggs has more from new york. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is calling for a vote in less than two hours to end the partial government shutdown. mcconnell and other republicans have been talking about a temporary spending bill for now with the promise to do with immigration later. so far democrats have opposed any measure that does not include protection for young undocumented immigrants facing deportation. the u.s. could send as many as 1000 more troops to afghanistan the spring according to two "the washington post." jim mattis still has not signed off on the idea. is part of a larger strategy to help afghan forces fight the taliban. the u.s. has 14,000 troops currently in afghanistan. greases moving one step closer to exiting the financial rescue program. euro finance ministers are expected today to tentatively sign off on the greeks government set of overhauls that will clear the way for another $8 billion and eight that will help greece pay off its debt obligations. the bailout is set to end in augus

taylor is taking aim at harts. like kim kardashian west who referred to taylor as a snake.ke skin suit. plays a snake game on her phone. >>> speaking of kim, he's the flash mob surprise. while the sisters filmed their reality show at an l.a. mall yesterday, kourtney and a 6 mo surprised kim with this. a source tells "e.t." kim and kanye's third child via surrogate is due any day now. >>> still ahead, mama june outed for gaining weight, just after moozing 300 pounds from gastric surgery. is there you went through hell and back to try to get skinny. >>> then, "heathers" nearly 30 years to later. we're behind the scenes of the tv remake. how the cult classic is getting a whole new twist. >>> plus, the queen's quip. elizabeth gets real in her first televised sitdown ever. why she's not as serious as you might thing. >> your nec would break. it would fall off. >>> closed captioning provided by -- at college inn we craft a because every detail matters. we select all-natural chicken and flavorful herbs and spices. college inn broth helps you make every meal delicious. college inn,

i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: taylor, thanks so much.e weaker dollar front and a tough dayee on equities and a little curve steepening. oil, a little down from the $70 level on brent. .2457.nger euro, 11 the yen, not really part of the story. i put the dollar-renminbi in the re, a stronger chinese currency. within, struggling here what the chart clowns call a narrowing penant. right now we give you full state of the union coverage. we want to go into the policy and maybe what the view forward is on budgetary items. yes, there were politics involved as well. kevin's really designated survivor for bloomberg. -- kevin cirilli is the designated survivor for bloomberg. we don't really care if mike mckee is the designated survivor . he can go or i can go. mike mckee, what did you hear on infrastructure? mike: if there were $1 trillion, but there is not. it would not even make a dent in the infrastructure problems. the one thing you can say about this speech is it had all most forward-looking items for the economy. tom: i like that idea, kevin

here is taylor riggs.can senator says donald trump's presidency would end if he fired robert mueller. senator lindsey graham told abc news congress should move forward on legislation preventing the president from firing the special counsel. there were reports last week that president trump ordered mueller fired but backed off. another blow to the reputation of german automakers. it exposed humans as well as monkeys to diesel exhaust fumes. daimler rejected the claims in the strongest terms. protesters in more than 50 cities in russia demonstrated against resident vladimir putin. one activist group of 240 people were arrested. the u.s. is considering new steps to address concerns about china and cybersecurity. according to administration officials, the government in talks to build a secure 5g network. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. this is the new 12 hour news cycle. this ca

taylor."rew taylor:"this was a family that just went to bed and then the next thing you know 25 feet of mud came through their house and took them out."taylor's nephew, andrew, says his uncle was a generous, gifted storyteller and pea-nut a hardworking man andrew taylor:"he moved his wife and kids over just about a year and a half ago. they were living the american dream."the tragedy has those close to the victims urging everyone to be kind and really get to know your neighbor.mary beth myers:"it's a good time to open the gates and trim the hedges and bring those walls down and just connect across all boundaries." > coming upare all curb marking created equal, if you look around san francisco you will see all types, red, white and blue some are official and some well, were simply a waste of money, i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly (sports) coming up i'll have all the day's sports highlights and scores. (steve)in san francisco there is a constant battle to find a parking

o our das are bill taylor and paul taylor, and they run taylor shellfish. >> and i'm brittany taylor, and this is diani taylor. >> that, too. >> and we're the fifth generation of our family to work for our family business. i really take pride in the fact that our company's part of a big community and it's very family-like. we have many families, not only mine, but many other families that have their whole families that work for us. >> the ocean is so acidic that it is dissolving the shell of our baby oysters. our farm is what has kept this family together. it's our glue. i can't imagine. it would be devastating to lose such a big part of our history. when we started farming oysters over 100 years ago, we relied on the natural reproduction of oysters in the bay to occur in order to get our oysters. but as the industry has changed, we started cultivating our own oyster larvae, our own baby oysters. so when we started doing that, we needed something like our hatchery, which is kind of like a greenhouse where you can raise up the baby shellfish and the baby oysters to get big enough so th

here is taylor riggs. taylor: the u.s.on alleged russian in appearance in the 2016 election. the treasury's department released a list of 210 of the country's richest allies of vladimir putin, who could be targeted by sanctions be a just being on the list could cause banks to refuse to do business with them. a house committee asked to release a classified memo that people bias in investigating the president. france's economy has had its best year since 2011. gdb -- gdp grew 6/10s of 1%. it has been bolstered by president emmanuel macron's reforms as well as tax cuts put in place by the previous administration. and jeremy corbyn told this is executives he is keeping his options open on brexit. going to one person at the meeting, corbin said the party would move -- rule out nothing except for a second referendum. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. to the data check thickly -- not the moves we have

," i'm taylor riggs. brink of buying u.s. nestl'' s chocolate maker. babyestlÉ brands include ruth and butterfinger candy bars. weree u.k., investors disappointed by updates from tesco and marks & spencer. marks and spencer home and clothing sales were down almost 3%. both chains are struggling with british consumer sentiment. that is your bloomberg business flash. tom: thanks so much. now, if it is possible, clear clock on nafta. the north american free trade act of a zillion years ago. delonge long has been -- has been just brilliant on the new wants his of this trade deal. sharma in london, kamal and steve blitz. if nafta went away tomorrow, what would happen to the american economy? steve: it would be not a good thing. -- the the understanding whole point about nafta is really the u.s. and mexico. if you look at the car industry, there are a lot of parts that go back and forth. it is like saying, what if you split michigan from ohio or something like that. it would really be disruptive to the u.s. eco

here is taylor riggs.kers have until midnight to come up with a bill a overt a partial -- avert partial government shutdown. last night, the house passed a measure that would keep the government in business through february 16. senate democrats say they have the vote to block it. to force democrats and president trump to extend protections for young, undocumented immigrants facing deportation. the federal reserve plans to ease up on bank leverage. the fed wants to relax a part of the post crisis demand for graphically -- drastically increased -- it's said to be opposed by the fdic. the trump administration is running out of patience with nafta talks. according to people familiar with the matter, the u.s. is serious about its threat to pull out of negotiations of there's no progress on proposals intended to rebalance trade. talks resume on thursday -- tuesday in montreal. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomber

i am taylor riggs.berg. tom: thanks so much. i would suggest, francine, and i don't know if this happens at heathrow, but this borders on national disgrace. inat at my dining room table the last 30 hours with one of my daughter's friends who sat on a at jfk.or four hours she was given half a cup of water for four hours. it wasn't just one playin -- plane. this was a national thing. unfortunately, it happens everywhere. it happens in the south of france because of the storms. you have to find out whether it is the responsibility of the airlines because they could have .nvented it or the airports i was six hours on a runway a couple of months ago. tom: i have never done it. francine: it is very difficult to travel with the elderly or very young kids. tom: do you see how her voice changes when she says the elderly? on a monday she does that. the elderly. 100cine: i'm talking about plus. to acquireiscussions a majority stake in its chinese business. china correspondent spoke exclusively on a wide range of t

let's go to taylor riggs. taylor: british regulators say fox.entry the competition in markets authorities says the deal could give rupert murdoch's family too much influence over british media. there are concessions. netflix is now on par with companies like goldman sachs and qualcomm. the market value surged past $100 billion and netflix added 24 million customers during 2017 and now has almost 118 million subscribers. president trump has delivered these sort of trade blow his base has been craving. the president imposed tariffs up to 50% on imported washing machines and solar panels, raising concern that protectionism could hurt the economy. the global economy has never been more integrated. all engines are firing up. we have synchronized growth, and that is good news. we don't have to worry about ending this too soon. it is clear the biggest risk is trade. trade in a number of ways. fundamentally, are we questioning the kind of global trade order that has been marking this global economy for so long? that i

>> leave taylor alone. this is magnificent talent. you can't pay enough for taylor swift ticket. i tell you i'm kind of friends with her? neil: i know that. when you and i opened up -- >> two old guys. neil: when you and i opened up at the olive garden, olive garden didn't all of sudden quadruple the rate for cheese sticks, you know. >> i went to olive garden in utah, in salt lake city, people looked at us like we were museum pieces. look at that italians. that is the only italian joke i could find was at an olive garden. neil: this is little greedy. all these places they thought she was bulletproof, would pay the sun, moon and stars. she is gifted singer. no adele, mind you. people said, come on, no. >> listen, she is an icon. she is spectacular. i have to tell you, you're not buying any of this, we went to the "snl" 40 couple years ago. neil: you and her together? >> no. you and i together. i wish her and i were together. she went like this. this is great. she goes up to me, i was with gal i was with at the time. and she was, she heard age range would appreciate taylor swift. s

. >> taylor swift tickets. it's always taylor swift tickets. >> you got to be frigin' kidding me!e sports tickets. >> to bowls? >> that's to be determined. playoff going now, bowl games. >> like you see all the equations bouncing through the year. >> sportswoman of the year, you're on the right track. >> you're kidding me! >> don't break her, brother. >> there's a whole lot of -- wait, why are you tackling her? >> rose bowl? >> rose bowl is right, bingo, you saw the tickets. >> hey! >> this part cracks me up because this man, here he gives us a preview of all the tackling. >> she should have put on a helmet. this is dope >> oh, yeah, this is. >> we're going to the rose bowl! >>> happy birthday, honey. >> now to what oli guessed, taylor swift tickets about to be handed out to this little girl. >> you're kidding. >> no, i'm not. brylie is reading a poem and they hand her a calendar. >> it's a calendar. what is this calendar? >> oh my god, it's a calendar! >> they're making her work a little bit for this. >> they are, but wait until she gets to september. >> taylor? oh! >> brylie, ha

cross was born in 9090, when phil taylor won the first of his 16 world titles. seen. we're never going to see another phil taylor, in any sport, i don't believe, someone who can dominate their sport for that amount of time. but at the same time it is probably the coming of me but we were saying farewell to a legend. to shout in his face at the end, i was never going to do that, i have got too much respect for him. cross has now set his sights on becoming world number one. when your year starts as well as this, anything is possible. a bookshop in a small town in dumfries & galloway which allows holidaymakers the chance to run it for two weeks at a time, has proved so popular there are now plans to open similar stores in asia. the open book has been running forfour years, and there are no vacancies until 2020. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. between the hills and the sea in south—west scotland is a small town where they like their books — a lot. wigtown is scotland's national book town, and among the many book shops here, one is available to rent

with your morning briefing, taylor riggs. taylor: the u.s.hird day. tobers of congress failed negotiate an end to the stalemate over the weekend. a bipartisan group of senators is looking at a plan to fund the government through february 8 along with promised to take up a bill on young undocumented immigrants. pence is innt mike israel, where he is meeting with benjamin netanyahu and addressing parliament. palestinian lawmakers are boycotting the meeting. angela merkel is moving forward with her attempts to form the government for a fourth time. a familiar coalition with the social democratic party has decided to put aside misgivings and enter talks on a policy platform. opec and russia are signaling their alliance may be a lengthy one. they reaffirmed a will keep oil production cuts in place through the end of the year. the oil russian minister says he is ready to continue cooperating with opec even after the cuts expire. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor ri

i'm taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. thanks, taylor.t we will do acrossday, and taylor, five hours of bloomberg "surveillance," we will look at our work with ian bremmer. also joining us, brent smith of microsoft. we talk more about technology for 2018. and then as we look at washington and the geopolitics and budget for washington, jacob lew will join us. we do that later today, on television and radio later today. an extensive conversation with jack lew. francine: there is quite a lot going on in the market. we had very thin trading over the last couple of days. first of all, european stocks, i doubt we start off with those. they are a little under pressure, down 0.6%, failing to capitalize on a positive asian session. we did see strength in the common currency. 1.2071.-dollar and the hang seng, gaining some 2%. property shares are soaring, but also a gauge of the nation's manufacturing strength beat expectations. they were just mentioning china. let's get montana, after was a pretty good pmi figures. if you look at the manufacturing

here is taylor riggs.esident trump says he would love to speak under oath to robert mueller. is investigating whether anyone close to the president colluded with russia during the 2016 campaign. you'll learn is said to be wrapping up one part of his probe, whether president trump obstructed justice. trump says he is open to giving citizenship to young undocumented immigrants facing deportation. an agreement would be part of an overall deal on immigration but the white house will be negotiating with congress. the president says the citizenship process would take 10 to 12 years. south korea's economy shrank in the fourth quarter. 1%.fell 2/10 of a drop in korean car exports offset exports of semiconductors. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. back to davos. francine: thank you so much. theresa may says she is optimistic about the city of london. the u.k. prime minister wants to make sure the financial

taylor riggs has more from new york. taylor: the european union has told the u.k.ll not have any say in eu decision-making during the transition period. they met with a new set of orders for brexit negotiations. it runs from march of 2019 to the end of 2020. in turkey, more than 300 people were detained for terrorist propaganda. authorities say they used social media to chri criticized turkey's military offensive. they are accused of supporting the kurdish militia. north korea has canceled a planned joint north-south cultural performance in advance of the winter olympics. north korea criticize south korea's news media for defaming the north. south korea called the cancellation regretful. it will be a sellout crowd went elon musk's spacex makes the launch of its falcon heavy rocket. there are tickets with a champagne toast and commemorative glass. the new rocket could be launched from february 6 from cape canaveral. news 24 hours a day powered by 2700 list and analysts in more than 140 countries, i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. mark: after more than two months

i'm taylor riggs.portant. we have to hear this. just for our global audience. "?uld you please go "roll tide francine: roll tide. tom: there we go. you are on board with alabama. francine: not sure what i just said. tom: roll tide, alabama. there is a heritage back to my youth. this is a true freshman, a child, throwing that bomb. i cannot convey what this is what everyone wants in american sports. this is fabulous. one more time, for bear bryant. say it. francine: roll tide. tom: there we go. francine: are they paid more than european footballers? we should do a show -- the money of sports. tom: this is a sensitive issue. the college kids are not paid. colorado, i was at when this was a raging debate. they are not paid. that is part of the act. it is an endless debate. should the athletes be paid? let's go on to brexit. roll may. [laughter] francine: roll may. the u.k. prime minister's attempts or reboot was chaotic. cabinet members refused to follow her orders. first, the health secretary, then the e

david: thank you, taylor. ge just reported earnings for the fourth quarter with a slight miss on adjusted earnings per share, and a big charge in a loss overall to the quarter. the stock is trading higher in the market, up over 1% as you can see there. heart,me karen it will -- who covers g4s. -- ge for us. so it comes back to power. margin, 2.8h a 3% percent, which was totally surprising. sales were down 15%, really bad. voters are down 25%, so this will continue. the order of magnitude is worse in terms of profitability. david: when you -- we knew they were struggling with power. is this worse than what the market expected? , 6% operatingy 5% margin was expected and we got 2.8%, so not awful, but not going in the right direction. and that is the big ugly, nobody knows how bad it is going to get, and it is the biggest business for ge. so what does this tell us about plans going forward, spinning things off, consolidating? does this bad performance point in a new direction? karen: i think they have already lai

taylor: this is "bloomberg i'm taylore," and riggs.ustries has made a bit of $10.2 billion for gkm, the british maker of aerospace and automotive department. they rejected the earlier offer. melrose is a british investment firm that turns around industrial companies. holiday a sales came up short -- holiday sales came up short at burberry. that is about half of the growth predicted by analysts. announcedr, the ceo plans to boost the image with flashier stores and a focus on handbags. onix is preparing an offer that values the company at $3.7 billion. iwd owns almost 3000 locations. it is the largest alternative and onex is the largest private equity firm. that is your bloomberg business flash. on to the ecb and analyst expectations for the rate hike. sayinge in an interview, -- this is a quote -- those expectations need to be in line with the current forward guidance with the ecb. interest rates will increase will be on the end of the asset purchases. ecb will decide policy next thursday. still with us, charles dumas. purchases innd se

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