of mergingeculation the telecom unit with orange in france. he would consider some sort of merger, but they haven't that with whom. -- haven't said with whom. i will be back a little later. creditare looking at lease. be close.d they could end this are but with lotg price. i think it's a -- eagern anticipated. than anticipated. it could be over soon. you and i spent some time with the man. they have made a provision. have they been big enough? >> i am checking what teachers are doing at the moment. futures are doing at the moment. markets are getting a little bit of a bounce. >> have a look at the markets. we had a heavy loss and inequities markets. you see the ftse up attempt. -- attend. -- a tenth. the equities market that hasn't been where it has been. seen spanish bond yields hitting record lows. germany yields lower. the widest since march 17. , butch of economic reality where the money has really been made is in treasuries. returned 13% this year. in theey has been made bond market. really, it is a pessimistic view driving them lower in

unit and rifle. the two are in talks. the telecom has been struggling with half it ability and cutting prices to tackle tough -- withion in profitability, and cutting prices to tackle tough competition in the market. warays the continuing price will undermine investment. >> with fewer operators, we do invest inhe means to high-speed broadband for all french people. that will cost us. >> sharp drops earlier in the week. we are seeing the u.s. markets turning positive this hour. the u.s. instruction market is expanding at its quickest pace in six months according to the commerce department. let's talk you through the european close earlier. mostly higher except for the franco? down a quarter of a percent. let's talk you through some of the companies. u.s. officials are ordering general motors to pay a penalty after gm delayed recall in cars with faulty ignition switches. the carmaker has admitted there was a problem years before they issued a recall back in february. the problem has been linked to deaths. the penalty is the maximum pos

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telecoms. >> one of the things here in the united states is that we actually do have a first amendment and the second and fourth the memo that protects our right to free speech. those are government rules, rules to prohibit government from censoring free speech and invading our privacy. the problem that we are seeing these days is that a lot of free speech is taking place via private platforms. more than one billion people on facebook, people using twitter, people using social media to speak. these are private entities that can censor free speech at will, read the fine print. we have a law that protects free speech. the government does have a role in making sure that free speech is protected. it is more important for us to have a regulatory structure that prohibits these private entities from blocking free speech than it is to just let them decide what they're going to do with our communications at will. >> joshua steimle? there is just a little delay for folks to understand. >> when it comes down to it, tim and i and everyone else, we agree on the ends we want to accomplish. we all want a mor

there are only a few major carriers in the u.s., delta, united, there are only for telecom providers, are only three primary -- i mean come is this all getting so concentrated that prices are going up for just basic services like my cable bill? >> there is no question that the rock band providers, particularly cable, which has its connection and two thirds of the u.s. has pricing power. i think they are on notice. they have been put on notice by fcc chairman tom wheeler not to push too hard. >> you really buy that? after what i see with the airlines, you buy that the politicians in washington are going to be able to police these guys as they do? called have a weapon title ii. >> explain title ii. oh, it is your title wednesday. >> medications act of 1932, remember that, basically allows for classification under title i, information services, and title ii, for common carriers. right now, isp's are title i. there has been some push to regulate them as title ii, common carriers, which should allow the fcc on a slippery slope to essentially regulate price, and that is the nightmare scenar

. >> what the united states says it does not do is spy on behalf of commercial american firmdz. it doesn't take information from china telecom and give it to at&t. whereas they say what the chinese do-- and the evidence suggests very strongly that they do do this-- they might steel from westinghouse and give to a state-owned enterprise that compeets with westinghouse. to the chinese, this distinction makes no sense because the chinese view economic security and national security as a whole. >> rose: we turn now to broadway and daniel radcliffe starring in a new play called "the cripple of inishmaan." >> what makes this play great is it pulls off a very tricky balancing act between two totally different tones. it's both incredibly cruel and brutal and-- and-- and sad in some ways, in terms of billy's life, in the way people treat each other. and yet it is also kind of a laugh a minute. >> rose: we conclude this evening with director james gray and actress marion cotillard. the film is called "the immigrant." >> the first time i read the script i-- i don't know exactly how to explain but for smee it was the-- they looked like

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the united states says it does not do is spy on behalf of commercial american firms. it doesn't take information from china telecom and give it to at&t. with the chinese do, and the evidence suggests strongly, they might steal from westinghouse and give it to a state owned enterprise that competes with westinghouse. to the chinese this distinction makes no sense because the chinese you economic security and national security as a whole. there is no question from the snowden revelations that the u.s. does go after chinese companies. including china telecom. there is a long other list. the other difficulty i think the u.s. runs into is one that richard touched on. if the chinese are spying to understand american positions in trading negotiations, the u.s. has done that for years. act of the 1990's, we wired up the limousine of the japanese chief negotiator in auto talks. he later became prime minister. we did that to get economic advantage in those talks. >> let me add. if you look at the most sensitive documents mr. snowden leaked, the intelligence budget, if you look at that, it sets out that the intelligence comm

. >>> and telecom is part of an idea to merge its t-mobile unit with sprint. the journal reports the key sticking point. and nissan is predicting a 4.1% increase in profits for the fiscal year to end next march. that's short of where the street was. analysts were. it's also forecasting that profit margins are a little lower than japanese this aggressive expansion plan. >>> and hillshire foods is buying pinnacle shareholders. they will get $18 a share in half a share in hillshire brands. $6.6 billion, although that does include pennical's look. >> i did my work, i'm done. >> becky and then back to me doing something else. we'll take a look at the economy. the co-director at the john hopkins center for financial economics on the markets with david bianca, the chief strategist and deutsche bank. he correctly predicted the shots of the stock market. the blast performance. we have definitely nailed people when they call it -- it was a great girl. what happened there? okay, so what does the first quarter number be and what will the revision be? >> if you add zero to

telecom before a full manager. 4g licencse. sony, the losses may be coming to an end. they said the units first profit in a decade. corporatethe top headlines. i am mia saini. ukraine's new leader said he is ready for talks with russia has pledged to end the violence. alsodent-elect poroshenko vowed to step up the fight against separatist forces. ryan chilcote sent us this report. poroshenko saves him and russia a second round and he has to save the country. we know now. the object of progression. every single night, ukrainian soldiers are giving their lives to restoring law and order and peace. and to me, not only as the president and future commander of chief knows importance, what try to do my best to bring security. >> that is already being tested. since election day, separatist warningdidn't days ballot boxes. ruiningspent days ballot boxes. the kremlin said it is ready for direct negotiations with ukraine's future president. ryan chilcote. >> over to china now. the sentiment has been open the doors and they will come. that was the thinking years ago when chinese -- when hotel opera

the telecom giant is in advanced talks to acquire directv for $50 billion, according to people familiar with talks paired under the plan, directv management would continue to run the company as a unitat&t. they could make a deal in the next few weeks. we're back with more here on bloomberg television. ♪ welcome back to the second half-hour of "bottom line" on bloomberg television. i am mark crumpton. thanks for staying with us. let's check top stories. an algerian -- a nigerian government officials at all options are open in efforts to rescue almost 300 abducted schoolgirls from their islamic extremist after his. reconnaissance aircraft started flying over the west african nation today. the militant group boko haram said the girls will only be freed up to the government releases jailed inmates. retail sales growth slowed in april with consumers shopping less online and cutting back on purchases of furniture and electronics. the commerce department says retail sales rose just .1 of one of 1%. -- .1 in surged in march following a harsh winter that had curtailed shopping. excluding autos and gasoline, grew .1%.es the takeover of astrazeneca. ian reed testified in parliament today. the

telecom italia up by 4%. goldman sachs loses market. they are on the potential for consolidation. since the stock higher. >> these are the bloomberg top headlines. deutsche bank has to expand at fixing trading in the unitedgrowth the strongest. that is in an exclusive move would bloomberg. the moves are in response to a changing market. of issues that fixed income were facing. we position the bank well for a. i frankly would not depict what we are doing right now is a pushing or leaning. this is part of the natural cycle of the business. we have done very well in certain areas. others who rely to target incrementally. >> european leaders have aclined john paul younger quick endorsement as the next european commission. they won the most election seats in the election for european parliament. the call for a more centralized european union has called detractors when the anti-eu parties are showing gains. ukraine's government says it will press on with military operations against pro-russian rebel fighters after a day of significant casualties. forces fought double -- dozens of rebels in donetsk. it may be internationally recognized that part of ukraine, but crimea post annexation starting to feel very russi