yang joining us -- >> yang yang joining us from washington.o break, stocks in the united states are gaining on this friday after a very volatile week. we have been talking about the wild ride -- lots of concerns about what is going on in europe, asia, and of course, the ebola fears playing on the psychology of the market, but as we approach the 3:00 hour here in the united states, stocks are on the rise. the s&p, the tao, and the nasdaq all showing strength. stay with us. another check of the market movers is on the other side of this break. "bottom line" continues in a moment. ♪ >> get the latest headlines at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio and streaming on your tablet and bloomberg.com. that does it for this edition of "bottom line" on bloomberg television. i am mark crumpton reporting from new york. thank you for joining us. "on the markets is next" have a great weekend. i will see you monday. it is 56 minutes past the hour. bloomberg tv is on the markets. i am mia saini. let's get you caught up on where stocks are trading. as you ca

yang yang has a wrap of the big companies reporting over the next few days. >> after unveiling its new ipad and imacs, apple will be back in the news on monday first with the launch of its apple pay mobile payments system, followed by the kickoff of another big week of earnings releases. the world's largest company by market value is expected to report an increase in fiscal fourth-quarter net income and earnings of $1.30 per share. the iphone maker sold more than 10 million of its new larger six and six plus models in their debut weekend alone. some of the other companies reporting monday, ibm, hasbro, and texas instruments. yahoo!, mcdonald's, and coca-cola are among the big names to report earnings on tuesday. also tuesday, jamie dimon will speak out on his battle with throat cancer. is active jpmorgan chase ceo scheduled to address the personal topic at the urban land institute's fall meeting in new york. the newly victorious national league champion san francisco giants will face-off against the royals in kansas city in game one of the world series. on wednesday, u.s. consumer prices in september should show little change according to a bloomberg survey. that suggests federal reserve policymakers might keep interest rates low for longer. also wednesday, the inaugural twitter flight, the first ever mobile developer conference hosted by the social media giant , as well as earnings from the likes of boeing, at&t, and glaxosmithkline. amazon.com, microsoft, and comcast report on thursday. on friday, the advanced flow of the housing market will be on full display with new u.s. home sales data. a survey predicts a decline for september from the highest levels in more than six years. we can expect more ups and downs with the likes of ford, procter & gamble, and united continental closing out the big week. we will have all of the earnings and news right here on bloomberg television. >> that was yangg reporting on the u.s. week ahead. coming up, the links between hong kong and asean. predictions of a phenomenal relationship. this is "first up." ♪ -- hong kong is forumg the 2014 asean today. dave, thanks for joining us. you are usually in singapore. you come to hong kong. there are protests on the street, but there is also a lot of opportunity if you take a wider view of it. >> there is a lot of opportunity. that may be the key point. the u.s., everybody has been talking about global growth being very weak, and it hasn't been good for five years. the u.s., week. europe, very weak. despite that, asia keeps pounding out these growth rates. two years ago, 6% growth. this year is probably going to be a little bit better. asia your report, you say adds a germany every 3.5 years. >> when you grow it at a six and a quarter growth rate, you are creating a germany every 3.5 years. asia did this in the first four years following the collapse of lehman brothers. the u.s. led nowhere. japan we

yang yang is in washington.he first time in love people that a lot of people are hearing that retail jobs are paying well. many of these jobs are minimum wage. what is the catch? >> the catch here is the report actually leaves out those low-paid workers. the research was released today by the retail federation, conducted by the university of georgia. to get an apples to apples comparison of retail pay versus not retail pay, the only focus -- they only focused on core retail jobs. disproportionate number of part-time and temporary workers that aren't as common in other industries. they have been significantly skewed. the report found that retail workers earn an average of $2582 per month. the permanent full-time retail workers between 25-54 actually made slightly more than it nonretail workers of the same age. the retail industry does employ a much larger share of -- if we do consider all retail workers, the average hourly wage is much lower. take from this report what you will. it offers an interesting snapshot

yang yang is in washington with a preview. us. big week ahead for on monday, u.s.ficials will begin monitoring travelers from the west african nation of liberia, guinea and sierra leone. they come into the country from five major airports. keeping the virus from spreading . travelers will be monitored for 21 days and will have to check in with health officials daily and get their temperature taken twice a day. twitter, buffalo wild wings, merck kicking off yet another big week of earnings releases. the monday release i'm most excited for, taylor swift's new album. she has called a plate and pop. .- blatant pop on tuesday, basketball fans can rejoice for the return of the nba. the next will play the cleveland cavaliers in lebron james's once again home. we will get earnings from facebook, pfizer, burger king and bp. on wednesday, the end of qe3. the federal open market committee will meet in washington where policymakers had they intend to cut monthly by $15 billion. the central bank sixpack to delete the benchmark interest rate near zero. bank metlife and allied po

to jack ma, who has a great relationship apparently with jerry yang and ma's son who has a great relationship with jerry yang. jerry yang will be the king-maker i think if a deal is ever conducted. i have by the way no inside information on this but jerry yang is a key player as the cofounder of yahoo! and marisa is a key talent and she has her back up against the wall. there is no future in display ads and mobile as was pointed out a moment ago is still, they have a very small market share. so i wouldn't rule out thinking about what combination, what is the win-win for alibaba, what is the win-win for yahoo!? maria: it is great analysis. i guess the question is, where is the strength at yahoo! right now, charles payne? with the core business what is her big shot? >> i think they have to buy a business to have a big shot. what will they do with all the alibaba cash? listen you have starboard pressuring them not to make anymore acquisitions. you gist spent billion dollars with zero growth but everybody is champing at the bit. instant growth, instant change of dynamics of your company. alibaba buying yahoo!? i don't know,

yang. -- yin and yang. these two figures are titans, not just of the navy and the civil war, but of the prewar united states navy also. david g forget from tennessee and will remain loyal to the union. farragut had been at sea since he took a midshipman's commission at age 12. at age 14, he had commanded a prize crew in 1814 serving with his adopted article on the uss essex. truly one of is the great sailors this country has ever produced. farragut is hispanic. he has spanish ancestry on his mother's side. buchanan, first superintendent of the naval academy of annapolis. he also was one of the captains of the ship the commodore. commodorekyo bay -- took to tokyo bay. professional,, good sense of what needs to be done and how to do it. execute an operation. buchanan is more of a fiery, passionate amah aggressive officer. a driver. buck buchanan starting in 1861 allowed that passion and aggression to override his judgment from time to time. there have been twice by 1864 where this has happened and it has cost

yang is tracking the developments in omaha. we have doctor from the university of texas here to answer your questions. let's go to john yang in nebraska for the latest. what do we know, at least we have the news conference coming up, john. we'll learn more but regarding his transition and transportation to that facility there. it seems as it went smoothly >>well, he's been there for two hours. if things are going as planned, we're told he would be assessed. they're looking at his symptoms, seeing exactly what kind of shape he's in. that will determine the treatment. there is no regimen, no fda approved medicine to treat ebola. the nebraska medical team is confident because they have reached richard sacra here last month successfully for ebola. the confidence of ebola sfreepr to his mother who talked to nbc news before she came here to omaha from their home in rhode island. >> the fact he's feeling well right now or relatively well that his symptoms are not severe yet and he's also about to get fantastic medical care is an enormous relief after the very stressful few days we've been through. >> that medical care is a team o

yang. they stopped in guam and now on his way back to the united states. >> were the negotiations directly through officials talking or swelled sweden represents the united states in pea young yang? >> they provide assist tools our americans but we are not going to get into the details of howy? >> they provide assist tools our americans but we are not going to get into the details of how. >> what did north korea get in exchange for the release? >> i will not get into that we are focused on doing everything in our power, on the can't talk about that publicly, again, because we want to be able to continue to work for the release of the other americans but we do everything we can to get them home. happy that mr. fowle is coming home. >> because it's interesting that they agreed to do this without a high-level u.s. emissary going over there, whether a jimmy carter or bill clinton or bill richardson or somebody else. normally, if they have some high-pro-fail americans they are holding, they are willing to release that american, but they want some respect by sending a high-level person over there. this time, they didn't ask for that, right? >> well, you know, every case is different.