army europe. the major is deputy commanding general in europe. he previously served as commander of the joint multinational training center, multinational training center. >> multinational training command. >> in germans. enlisted as nr man, pennsylvania native, deployed all over the world, spent a lot of his career in the pacific but managed to bounce around to other places i recently learned. so again he's going to talk to us about what's going on with u.s. army europe, what's going on multinational training there and hopefully give us some perspective on how things have changed in the last six months, which i manage the outlook is a little different than it was a year ago. so sir, over to you. >> i think we took these steps well over a year ago when i went to -- got an assignment to joint national training command, general odor, a told me i'm sending you over there. i took over in june 2013. he said very clearly, and this was several months before, your mission is to get u.s. army back integrated into nato. part of our plan planning and traini

to revive a europe of leadership. a europe which cares for every man and woman. a precious point of reference for all humanity. he had said earlier on that -- called europe an ambitious political project. if you like, it's a call to try to revive those original values that inspired europe, which i think the pope wants to connect with, because he sees that as a way i think of connecting his own message, which is very much a personal one. try to reach out to personal people's concerns in their daily lives, which is why he talked about -- and you heard him talk about a little early migration, saying the mediterranean cannot become a vast graveyard. these with people who need to be welcomed in. he talked about employment. the need to create jobs for people in europe. so real concrete issues that he wants to reach out, but at the same time, as you're saying, critical of european institutions, but trying to encourage them, saying this is a political project that can inspire people. >> also a focus on the dug anity of human

states of europe? >> no. there is no support for that around europe. you can see that from the elections this year. the big step forward is there needs to be a clear recognition on the part of the leaders of europe, that looking ahead, there will be different categories of members in the european union. those in the euro area will require a degree of coordination , if not union, which is wholly inappropriate for those not in the euro area. that needs to be recognized. the euro area is the european union. it will lead to bigger troubles down the road. >> mervyn king, talking to us in florida. up next, a titan at the table. wilbur ross joins us. one of the biggest names in private equity. we will talk about his acquisition targets when we come back. ♪ >> welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." we are live from the european headquarters, here in london. me minister abe's press conference is scheduled soon. 3.e dollar yen trading 116.9 basing this on that we will see the second sales tax delayed by 1

. $164 billion went into europe. takegan had a note saying, your money into europe. that depends on whether you believe the next step will be delivered in terms of quantitative easing. is that enough to drive the european map? equities higher, oil is lower. kuroda has japan, more support in terms of his policy. let's have a little check in. rio and billiton coming lower along with anglo american. a little commodities complex shifting with a downward bias. three companies are on the move. i know that you are going to play some of that interview a little later on. theyali, they are saying are on target to deliver cost cuts of 750 million euros next year, one billion euros in 2016. they had a cap of 40%. they are free to do what they like. trying tothey are sell $2 billion worth of assets in the north sea. five people that we are familiar with say that deal is potentially under pressure. icap.a profit fall at you are dealing with is one month with colossal volume, the next month, things changing. you have a couple of individual stocks that are worth focusing on in today

out that forted europe to ask a global player such as google to adapt its structure would be europe overplaying its hand. another professor says that the parliament is attempting to influence illegal investigations. i might add that the european parliament hasn't decided what the final statement will say, what the final assembly will vote on. we understand that a second version doesn't include the ofds "unbundle" or in terms that, they are just saying, let's get tougher. >> there is a big investigation going on, which is a little like what has happened with microsoft and could have fairly meaningful impact anyway. this may be goes just a little bit, or maybe a little more little bit further away from that. >> they are backing off. i think this is all about frustration. for five years, the european question -- commission has been taking questions about this. they seem to be making no clear steps. they have had to put off any agreement to settle with google. google put some options on the table. now, the new head of the european competition chief, she said she is listening once again to competito

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it is also europe. we have a very solid base in europe. as i said, what we are missing is the belief in the future. but there are countries performing still very strongly. it is not just germany. scandinavia, countries like austria, there are a lot of well performing companies like our company. we are doing good business not just in the u.s. and china but also in europe. supportif there is more from politics, meaning new investments in infrastructure -- there is a lack of modern infrastructure in many areas of europe and there hasn't been much maintenance because of the deficit problems, but the companies start to recover, budgets are in a better order now. so all that, i think, could create some stimulus for europe. >> yup. >> i'm optimistic for the next year. seeink next year we will some positive trend. we should not have this exaggerated view. >> everything will be rosie. i will take that. better than nothing. thank you so much for coming on today. ceo and chairman of voestalpine. coming up, storage system for clean energy are popular

so it only works, europe, as a magnet, as a prize, can only work if europe is true to its values. if it enforces -- >> question? >> yes, so what do you think of that? is that a counterexample? and for you melinda, also on azerbaijan, with these people in jail, some of them have received funding from usaid from european donors. donors are already announced grant competitions. with top people in jail there's an opportunity for government to bring up a whole bunch right now. what should usaid and europeans do with this? all the best are in jail. the commissioner announced a new $3 million competition. how should people handle it? >> melinda, i think that one's for you. >> i think the second part's for me. >> why don't you tackle it. >> i'll jump right in. i really share your concern, miriam. i can't believe that many of the people i've worked with in azerbaijan are behind bars. and tom was on this point that we need to use our political leadership to stand up to this. carl made this point, too. democracy isn't just a program. it's also using our moral leadership to say you that can't

this is a phenomenon well-known in europe, asia, central america. poland enters its new road and will never turn back. [applause] the sense of our work and creates in poland problems that would hold folks back from seeking a place abroad, that would encourage them to seek meaning in their and hope for a better future in their own country. one hears sometimes that people in poland do not care to work hard. but even those who say this, know that poles work well and effectively, if only they could see the sense in the usefulness of their work. the working people know their arithmetic, too. they are working much harder and in worse conditions than their opposite numbers abroad. on top of that, are paid much lower wages. the economic system around them is absurd. to make matters worse, every dozen years, the country has suffered a new crisis, a new crunch, and time and time again it turns out that past efforts went two ways. -- to waste. show me the people who would have worked the stuck for decades under such a system. wouldn't they have succumbed to pe

europe, growth still there. it is slowing but there is still 6% growth in europe. asia-pacific, one of 2%ir biggest units, down in terms of sales. japan off by 13% because of the sales tax hike. jewelry, that is pretty resilient. but they still make the watches as well. operating profit is where it was hurting most. the stock is up because perhaps this is no surprise. they said back in september, we had the worst start to our fiscal year since 2009. fell in the middle of golden week, one of the busiest trading sessions, when the chinese in the mainland come over to hong kong. this asianseen weakness across various earnings from luxury goods companies. the big question is whether this is some short-term phenomenon or whether the weakness is going to be something more long-term. >> exactly, they have been clamping down on giftgiving, potential bribery. they are trying to make out that this isn't a long-term problem. i think the numbers show this. the cfo of richemont is saying, down 4%.ales it is actually getting a little better. they look forward. they say at the en

and to the rest of the world -- europe is back in business. this is not the moment to look back. investment is about the future. >> the eu will guarantee 16 billion euros and the investment tank is setting aside 50 stop it's designed to act as a catalyst by acting as a security against lawsuits. he hopes to attract some 315 billion euros will stop the fund aims to jumpstart projects and transform education in the digital economy. the plan calls for him to create a million jobs.% >> the markets like the talk of stimulus rum europe. we have a wrapup of all the action from the frankfurt talk exchange will stop >> the dax has been climbing for 10 days now, upwards and upwards. some people thought enough was enough but they returned quite likely, so 10,000 points is a short jump away. one of the reasons for the good mood in the market is the vice president of the european central bank mentioned sovereign bond buying. if other efforts were not successful or sufficient, it would have to be a measure and we would have to think about it. that is what p

poland's solidarity movement exposed communism's first cracks in europe. and the young electrician was lack wilansa, and he became the charismatic leader, galvanising support, bringing poland's communist government to the negotiating table. 10 years later he wept on to become poland's first popularly elected president and presided over a transition to a post-communist state. but today, as the crisis unfolds in neighbouring ukraine, the polls feel pressure from moscow. i sat with a man in from the beginning. he, again, has his eye on russia. thank you so much for speaking to us. you have been speaking so much about what is happening in ukraine with russia. and poland has been very strong in saying that the west has got to resist what russia is doing. now, in the world, many team think the worst is over, the worst is behind us. in poland people are worried about russia being expansionist, wanting to do more. what are you thoughts? >> my great grandfather, my grandfather and father said there is no free poland without a free ukraine. that is why the polls are

the new europe that former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld once proclaimed seems as divided as the old one. the only difference is russia seems willing to throw its weight around, in places where it still wields power. >> up next, the new cold war continues as i go man on man with the person who helped end soviet dominance, answers two minutes away. o. >> feu countries are more suspicious of russia's actions than poland. in 1980 a new independent trade union called solidarity led protests that challenged poland's communist regime. by 1990 poland was able to transition to democracy and pivot itself towards the u.s. and nato. a quarter century later, former polish president lech walesa says, his country is on the borderline with another cold war with moscow. rchg 1980 a young electrician climbed this gate and rallied the 17,000 striking workers who had barricaded themselves here in the gadansk shipyards. the solidarity movement was born. poland's solidarity movement exposed poland's first contraction in europe,

judge me by my record in europe. i promised we would get the eu budget and we have. -- if it wasd veto not in our best interest and i did. i do not contend this will be easy. it won't be. it will require a lot of heart pounding, a lot of negotiation, but it will be worth it because those who promise you simple solutions, they are betraying you. those who say we would certainly be better off outside the eu only tell you one part of the story. of course, we could survive. there is no doubt about that. but we need to weigh in the balance the loss of access to the single market and our right to take the decisions that regulate us. and we lose the automatic right to the 1.3 million british citizens who today are living and working elsewhere in europe to do so. that is something we would want to think carefully before giving up. test., i have one what is in the best? long-term interest of the people of our country? that is the measure against which everything must be judged. if you elect me as pie mr. in may, i will negoti

and europe deregulation. i know you're sitting on that chair waiting for what strange currency will he talk about next? >> there you go manus cranny, the man who used to have a jeep. the market opens marginally higher, if you look at the easyjet stock move this morning, down 1.8%. yesterday it was up one so the market rallying about marcus stroman -- mario draghi's comment. possibly. we sat down with mervyn king and here is what he had to say yesterday. the trouble is the single monetary policy does not fit all countries and facing up to that might be a first step to thinking how to get out of the problem. >> joining us for more perspective on the top trading on the back of those bank of england comments from former governor mervyn king, the chief investment officer at alianz global europe. here, when we see those comments from mervyn king on the ecb and he starts talking about one size does not fit all, are we back to the greece needs at bazooka and germany has the buddhas bank -- bundesbank. >> the options

acquisitions, i have already mentioned the consolidation, eastern europe, retail banking, europe. attractive. these the types of things we can look at. the focus remains on the organic growth. >> speaking to bloomberg exclusively. we heard from another bank boss today. -- he spoke to bloomberg about the investment banking revamp. >> we believe in paying able toively and we are do that once we reposition the business. as it make it more focused, we will have less very highly paid people within the organization. how far are you from this process? >> good strategy is about focusing on the areas where we have the ability to grow. we have to reshape and refocused to do that. it is part of the evolutionary process. that allows them to invest back in our franchises. >> you mentioned the most -- i wonderarea what barb will look like in five barclays. -- u.k., we have over 3 million people using mobile banking. two years ago, that probably did not exist. much better with our customers. more technology driven in the next five years. their jobs or main much easier -- will remain much easier.

the big difference between trading europe and investing in europe, let's start with that. >> europe has been a good trade. we have been long on european bonds, that the idea is that i am buying european assets because the ecb is protecting me . it has been a good trade. are you investing in europe, are you opening a factory, are you going to france and buying a house? >> know, personally i am not. >> there are a lot of obstacles, bankruptcy regimes that are very inefficient and labor laws that make it hard to higher. there are a lot of obstacles to real investment. ireland and spain have done the right reforms but apart from that other countries are uninvestible from a long-term perspective. just ine seen this not the general economy but the corporate sector as well. >> hoarding cash. >> or they borrow in the debt market or by back stock or issuing debt for tax efficiencies. how does this change? >> this changes by reforming the legal system and the labor markets, which is a long-term story but we have commitment from the governments. you do not need to spend a huge amount of money toda

>> he is talking about western europe. that would be extraordinary. what we have is a flip. emerging markets were supposed the problematic western europe seen. i do not know if we can say that western europe is exactly rosy. china is not as -- growing as quickly and russia is really in the doghouse. the car market contracted by .bout 20% per month fiat, sales of 20% in western eu effectively but the just pulled out of russia, got to have a bit of an impact. notr problem there is it is the most popular brand. it is not just about economics but also when you think of currencies they are still importing their cars. taking a hit or they are asking consumers to pay an awful lot for the car considering the ruble has come down 30%. >> we will leave it there. another good month of sales for variety of reasons. >> we're heading to the trading day. we will be up a little bit of the start of european equity trading. all that looks gloomy. take a short break. sector isation challenging. we have to deliver every day. we're doing really

in europe, only one nation refused to join the community of freedom. yet, in this age of redoubled growth, of information and innovation, the soviet union faces a choice. it must make fundamental changes or it will become obsolete. [applause] today, this represents a moment of hope. we in the west stand ready to cooperate with those in the east to promote hope and break down barriers that separate people, to create a safer and freer world. surely, there is no better place than berlin, meeting face -- meeting place of east and west, to make a start. [applause] berlin, today is in the past. for theed states stands strict observance and full implementation of all parts of the war power agreement of 1971. let us use this occasion, the of this city,ary to usher in a new era, to instill a safer life for berlin future. let us maintain and develop the ties between the federal republic of the western sectors of berlin, which is permitted with the 1971 agreement. denied by mr. gorbachev, let us eastern andg the western parts of the city together so that all the

europe is surprisingly good. -- asia to europe is the strongest growth corridor which is surprising but we think it is due to a bit of stock building. the u.s. is starting to pick up now. but has also been a little bit slow than you would expect when you compare with growth figures. do nottainer flows exactly reflect the global economy. stable, -- a stable and not too exciting global development. >> when i last spoke to you in august that day you said that profits at your oil division will be helped by higher oil prices. as we know it so happens since august 19, crude has fallen by 20%. how is that going to impact you? basically, you can say on an annual basis, $10 price drop cost us about $200 million. 20 --talking about somewhere around 35, $40, $1 million. it does have an impact. he did improve our results in your business in the third quarter because we had higher production and we also had some reduction on the expiration costs. -- exploration costs. >> your --[inaudible] alliances?ct more and we look forward to more mergers in the industry? >> we are [indiscernible] that gets the

athink we are about to see turn in the credit cycle in europe. that will add to the economic cycle. >> do we need the kind of credit that maye-style policy be some are advocating? >> i think the answer depends on whether we see credit growth coming through. >> you think we are already seeing it. >> the service data tells you demand is improving. the actual lending hasn't picked up in a meaningful way. the speed of deleveraging slowing and possibly about the turn. whether or not that comes through is key. whether or not they do qe will be depending on that. >> the issue in many people's minds is that we have a high debt load. i appreciate that deleveraging has taken place. it still has a long way to go. you have a long way to go, you have countries that have well over 100% debt to gdp ratios. in some countries, you have very high household debt levels as well. the problem is, what we are not doing is generating growth right now. the lag factor in some of the things you are talking about, how long is it going to take before we start to change the s

the conflict over ukraine and the sanctions that followed has dealt europe another blow. no where is the fear greater than in germany. europe's finest is 23589ering badly. as far as the crisis in ukraine, german exports fell. and many analysts forecast an out right recession in europe as it grapple with the fall out from ukraine. sanctions are taking a big toll on russia's already stagnating economy. oil prices put it on the brink of recession. the ruble fell to record lows, and the bank of russia projected that investors could yank $28 billion out of the economy in 2014, more than double they took out the year before. and since sanctions hit, food prices in russia have soared, in some casings by as much as 30%. and that has prompted some russians to stock up on groceries in places like poland, where the prices are cheaper. but despite the sanctions, president putins a hold on power doesn't seem to be sanctioned. >> the most immediate seems to be among the elites, and the oligarchs and the tycoons around him, where their access to western capital has been limited, they're

when we come back we'll dig deeper in the dilemma that europe faces. how far can europe go before it hurts itself economically in the process? this is inside story. >> economic jacksons on russia are having an impact. capital has blown out of russia. blanks are short of finance. and the rouble has fallen significantly. russia's actions pose a grave danger to the rest of europe. >> welcome back to inside story. i'm sheila mcvicar. that's british prime minister david cameron at a formal event in london this week. if sanctions are imposed and should putin fail to back down will tough be sanctions be given from the e.u. we've seen putin bluster a lot. we've seen him deploying his military in ways we have not seen in a great many years how much is putin bluffing here? is it possible to know how much the russians are hurting? >> i don't think he's bluffing. he's trying to make us reluctant to impose further sanctions on him. i think it's criminal as we see these military forces streaming in to ukraine for a second invasion of the ukrainian territory that the

europe is strong now. but germany is having the strongest growth since 2012. >>> $6 billion and counting. alibaba firmly on course for record breaking sales as consumers snap up online bargains. cnbc speaks to founder jack ma later today. display you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> nouriel roubini says he doesn't think the fed will hike interest rates anytime soon. factors in whether the u.s. inflation and the rest of the world could lead officials to start hiking more slowly. >> it could be sometime in the middle of the year. could be june, could be july. even if inflation employment data the right level to start hiking, the fed would like to wait a little bit longer just to make sure that if they start hiking with the liftoff, they're not going to abort it and they can go back to zero. >> roubini also said easing by other central banks could impact the u.s. economy. he's saying even when all the growth, inflation, unemployment is in the right place,

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it's europe's new deal to get europe back working. mixed reviews. italians love it, germans don't. we'll explain. hello there. christmas has come early. that's how the new president of the european juncker explained the new flat lying economy. the strategy will use $21 million to stump up 15 times that much for projects like new roads, railways, high speed internet. here he is speaking to parliament a short time ago. >> we need structured reforms to modernize and preserve our social market economy. yes, we need fiscal responsibility to restore confidence and public finances. to complete this effective, we now need to boost investment. >> eu president there. we are the correspondent joining us. great to have you on the program. makes for a great headline, right? there's not a lot of new money here. explain to viewers around the world how this is supposed to work. >> reporter: this is the sort of key to the whole thing if you like. what we've been hearing today here from jean claude juncker. eu puts up $20 billion and then uses that as guarantees if you'd like to get private financin

including in europe. so over time, of course, we would have an ongoing program looking at what opportunities may exist. we'll make an answer at appropriate times in the future rather than speculate on what may be possible in the future. >> i want to finish by talking about -- when i did my research, i saw an advertisement in those pages. talk to me about how important it is to attract a female drinker to your premium lagers and how that is progressing. >> it is important obviously given the economic contribution of a woman and of course the contribution of the population and alcohol growth over time. beer has for decades been aimed principlely at men. we are seeing a slow shift in the category with brewers in general, ourselves included to it is amixed gender and fantastic example of that. it is positioned as a brand being styled to the world of beer. it is advertised very much at a mixed gender audience. for example, here, picking it up. he finds that the par tissspation significantly higher. -- it is pa

two thirds of the sales come from europe. ,he second half of the year their weight -- they're raising the forecast. they just improved the range in terms of profitability. goldman sachs saying we feel this is turning a quarter -- a corner. vodafone has been spinning one plate in europe, focusing 19 billion pounds of investment. comlm, -- voda downgrading. at the moment, it looks like it is positive news for vodafone. >> thank you. >> staying on company news, alibaba has seen record sales today. that is the biggest shopping day. worth $5.9oods billion. ryan chilcote joins us with the latest. this is just getting bigger and bigger. salesustomers do more online. >> more presales. what is most of novel as they have a master plan to make even more money out of singles day. what was the homegrown anti-valentine's day in china to something that everyone in china got in on. just for singles, global. that is the whole idea to get u.n. me to participate in singles day. >> if there is a sale, i am there. of the people that took part in

.> now a warning for europe u.s. treasury secretary jack lew calls on europe to do more to avoid a lost decade of growth. >> more action is needed to reduce the risks the region could fall into a deeper slump. anotherd cannot afford lost decade. singled out germany and the netherlands. hans nichols now joins us with the very latest. how have these comments been received in europe? >> angela merkel is on her way to the g-20 in australia. she landed first in new zealand. yesterday, she had a domestic problem. last night, you heard something similar from jack lew, saying that monetary policy is at the end of its rope. you need to do more with fiscal policy, have more spending to boost aggregate demand. we keep reporting it because policymakers keep saying it. here is merkel's challenge. she is gettinge international pressure, domestically, it is going in the opposite direction. her council of economic advisers, it is criticizing her for doing too much to spend more on labor subsidies, more on social security, more on in

we are taking the market in europe. they are growing strongly. the new bases are all growing strongly. that traffic is coming directly from-our competitors. >> how is it the business traveler, the profile of this person you are trying to get to spend more, how is that going? what have you learned? you have turned us what your objective is. what have we learned? what are we going to see? >> an interesting statistic is 27% of passengers are traveling on business, despite the fact we have never provided anything other than low fares. we have put together a package to see if we can persuade half of those to pay the small yields about 40 euros a ticket. you get reserve seats in front of the planes, fixable tickets. we will change her ticket at no fee. >> the percentage change. what is the number now? >> it will still be 27. i think the number is growing. the number who will play a premium. as we move into the winter we have fleshed out big business frequencies, three or four flights daily between the main european cities. we expect that to rise. hope

you are saying europe pizza grow and push reforms how much of a danger is it -- europe needs to grow, and push reforms how much of a danger is it? >> we have seen a number of reforms in a number of countries and really what has been achieved already in portugal and in ireland and also in greece it is commendable in terms of social reforms. this is already a lot. this is a huge step forward in terms of stability. now what needs to be delivered is growth and that is very particular to investment and that's why the discussion on the unicef plan is so important. >> what is your main concern facing europe? >> my main concern would be that we cannot collectively design and implement reforms that will support productivity and europe. likingroductivity is while -- is lagging, while in -- u.s. it drives a wedge it is a threat for future well-being of european people. we need a strong push to see productivity in europe through the reforms. >> francene joins us now and she brought us that exclusive conversation, confusing comments coming from the ecb on one level because he is talking about not

and in europe. at the sale same time, i find this bizarre, we never really left the comforting view that liberal democracy does not have any serious contender at the global market of ideologies. as a consequence, democracy promotions became progressively limited to technical and essential and non-sensitive, non-political projects. these projects bolster civil society, ngos and institutional capacities and so on. because they are not political by definition, they cannot advance the crucial issue, that is the lack of democratic mode of thinking. working democracy requires first of all a democratic mindset. we do not address this issue. therefore, any solution to the challenges must be a political one. the very first step towards democracy revitalization must include thinking hard of why is it losing its attractiveness in the west. by thinking it hard, i do not actually mean the expert thinking. i challenge the politicians to do the thinking. because we cannot -- we need to make this issue political. w

it is now coming to europe. you have a lot of countries in the emerging markets doing more and more. what does it mean for lego? do you have a worldwide strategy for black friday? >> for our case, it is still very much a north american, particularly a u.s. phenomenon. it is true that it is spreading to other countries. we view it as a major retail promotional event. we always want to work positively with our retail partners and we of course try to support them in having an attractive offer and having their shelves full of product when consumers are out there. we're also seeing online it is becoming a major event and i'm sure it is going to be that, particularly in the u.s. and in our major key markets around the world this year. >>> thank you so much for joining us and yeah what a greath product. logue group c.e.o. and president. sticking in the retail space, black friday used to be a very american event when shoppers went wild in the shops the day of thanksgiving. let's head to caroline hyde. fights breaking ou

it is back to politicians to find ways to restore growth in europe. all of europe is suffering. germany included. for lack of growth and political initiatives. that is the -- we cannot solve it. we can struggle through it for some more years. hopefully we will find a way to move europe outside of this corner where it is today. >> do you worry about deflation? desflation i guess the -- should be the ultimate worry. we could really get stuck with no grothse. >> it is. on the other side, i think it is important to remind each other that europe is the biggest insurance market in the world. from the standpoint of if it europe, i'm sure that it has worked. a big economy if we consider europe as one economy. second biggest economy for insurance companies in the world. it is very stable. i hope that deflation won't such a scary thing as it is today in the next years. that the government intervention will help us. >> we spoke about this before. do you still see italian discounts because you're an atalian company? >> that is possible. i would say more broadly that there is a european disc

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fundamentally, what does europe do next? how does it solve this crippling unemployment problem that we have here in europe, particularly, youth unemployment. ♪ >> ferguson, missouri erupts in anger and protest. police to smoke -- police officer will not face criminal charges in the death of michael brown. in the year of geopolitics, we consider the transpacific response to a new military triumph. -- stephaniestocks ruhle guarantees stocks always advanced thanksgiving week. good morning, this is "bloomberg surveillance." daughter'say, my birthday, i'm tom keene with olivia sterns and stephanie ruhle is with us today. scarlet fu is cooking a 22 pounder. brendan greeley is watching "frozen" for the 14th time. in the city of ferguson, missouri, exploded overnight in violence. police carsorched and looted buildings. chaos broke out moments after the announcement came that the grand jury would not indict the white police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager last august. police used tear gas to try to break up the protest a

pricing will not be easy in europe. but to keep it flat, i think we see that as a reasonable and likely scenario. if i talk about asia, china, we are seeing different dynamics. still, fairly healthy scenario in china. other markets, still pretty sound and healthy development. >> all right, very many thanks for talking to us today. of carlsberg for his first interview of the day. coming up, crippling sanctions against russia haven't left a dent in the fortunes of the countries fourth richest man. we are speaking to the ceo of russia's second-biggest steel marker -- steelmaker. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." now a bloomberg exclusive. another bloomberg exclusive. 's business appears to be just as strong as steel. they posted a profit margin on levels lasting before the 2008 financial crisis. ryan chilcote joins us with the company's ceo. >> thanks, francine. we are joined by alexey mordashov, the ceo of severs tal for a number of years. thank you for doing this. i want to start by asking you about your strategy for s

we are in the middle of a recovery in europe. actually 2014, particularly for the car industry >> has been pretty good with an increase of the sales of cars around 5 to 6%. this was something we didn't see for a while. it's based upon the fact it was about time that the recovery takes place, but it's being blocked by the fact that every time you have a major decision to be made, you need to make sure that all of the european countries are aligned behind this decision. every time you have an important decision, you have two, i would say, two schools of thought. and two different attitudes is process. >> that's what we are seeing and that's what we in the business world really don't like at all. >> and broadly speaking, those two schools of thought are about os tearty versus stimulus. i mean, there are lots of versus of them in between but do we, as central banks and governments continue to stimulate the economy or do we repair the inefficiencies of these european economies that have been there for general operations? this is a tou

we basically went from europe to china, from europe to china. as i said, it has made me think about what began and what ended at different times. i don't in any way challenge the view that 1989 constitutes the end of an era of the 20th century, but it seems to me something had begun before the end that isn't just the trends that go on. if there were political events that triggered something different, and that in a quarter-century from now, if i'm in the intelligence community and i'm writing global trends 26 feet, i may be thinking about 1989 very differently. >> when i think of 1979, presume you are referring to events in the middle east. collects afghanistan, yelm in getting overthrown. >> there is a common a -- common denominator. most likely prevalent in the career trajectories of most of your students of the army while -- army war college, they had spent the last decade concerned with radical islam. if you ask them, what is the most important thing going forward, they're going to presume something they have to deal with on a daily basis --

and europe. so if that expands and tests its 14 year high which is just several basis points higher at 157, that means the spread is widening. we're either growing faster or europe slow e or a combination of both. and if it tightens the opposite is true. while it's continuous at 150 we can continue to look at the issues pushing european rates lower and add 150 to bund which is 70 and know pretty much where the year is going to go. there's been a lot of confusing talk on energy but in the end most of the early talk on this industrial revolution, where yankey ingenuity is at the epier center we are permanently bending the cost curve to energy. and especially when things like should we export energy are being debated and congress is going to change next year. and that is of course, well, is it really a big deal that we have more natural gas or more crude oil? because in the end it is not going to do a lot for the united states because it goes on the global market where it's fungible and the price is

a european player. 90% of our business is europe. the perceptionpe in europe will change. but we see also in terms of who we are, shareholders and investors are understanding us better. they are developing trust and confidence in our plans and results and they are entering our business. >> what are your thoughts on russia? last time we spoke, possibly a year ago, you were saying i may decide to add to russia. now the world has changed in that region. >> russia is a big issue. deadds another risk to flation of europe. interview prices and availability depend on supplies from russia. it doesn't help in this scenario to have the situation. we are not exposed to russia. russia is potentially a big services, financial insurance included. but it is not a very open market. with this situation, it is differently not available at all. o, speakingec francine lacqua off to read >> -- francine lacqua. .> getting reports first-half revenue. they are pleased with the performance, focusing on tight cost control. the uc parcel market remains challenging. that is where the 500-year-old bus

in europe it will rise by 12%. at a paltry performance relative to average annually over the last five years. qe.ot bank on ime of the names in here -- just noticed there are were quite a few banking names. europe is cheap on long-term averages. pretty bullish call from jpmorgan. you takemonth low, do that as being your benchmark? will the chinese do more in terms of stimulus, or do you bank on three and a half percent growth out of the united states of america? a conversation with michael o'leary, the ryanair ceo. fromf growth will come primary and 50% will come from secondary hubs or seen it. they have upgraded their numbers, so that is good news. the stock down 3%. pay $3.7oing to billion for safety. they're going to pay $25, a 44% onmium to close the business friday. they are making digital part of their business. they are going to bring the strategy forward by about three years, although we should have a look at the price. the movement in share price in the five days running up to the deal. volumes were strang

the new europe that former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld once proclaimed seems as divided as the old one. the only difference is russia seems willing to throw its weight around, in places where it still wields power. >> up next, the new cold war continues as i go man on man with the person who helped end soviet >> on tech know. >> that is immense... >> there a misunderstood... ...vital part of the ecosystem >> ...is a tiger shark... ...first one of the expodition >> can they be saved? >> sharks don't eat people... >> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america. >> feu countries are more suspicious of russia's actions than poland. in 1980 a new independent trade union called solidarity led protests that challenged poland's communist regime. by 1990 poland was able to transition to democracy and pivot itself towards the u.s. and nato. a quarter cent

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ago when allied forces stormed ashore of normandy to begin the final struggle of the liberation of europe from nazi germany. nigel hamilton is the author of the just published book "the mantle of command." among many other works, allen packwood is the director of director of churchill archives centre, the leading authority on all things western churchill. in a few moments, i will turn off the microphone to tina, the sponsor of our series on churchill of which at this evening's program is the final installment. following her introduction, each of our guests will speak for about 20 minutes and then they will join me for a conversation. we'll have time for audience questions before we close. history shifts over time and perhaps it is so with the two men who are the subjects of this evening's program. western churchill exercised an influence over the immediate postwar depreciation of allied leadership. he was admired for his determination after the fall of france in 1940 through the battle of britain and for his warning an iron curtain was dissenting after the war. his reputation was helped i