caroline? caroline: quite a lineup of people taking to the stage. who will you be sitting down and being able to grill through the morning? anna: we are going to talk to the labor here and a professor. as about the macro environment. he will be moderating a conversation with the fed. and the london stock exchange, the ceo. he has transformed the business. and city u.k. will be talking to us as well. caroline: fantastic lineup. anna edwards live for us. more european review now and mario draghi will be getting the latest read on the eurozone recovery later this morning. pmi figures from france germany , and then the eurozone. will they support a ecb's president optimism? david joins us for more. pmi numbers, contractual, looking rosy, isn't it? david: the latest number supports the upward revision to the forecast is last meeting. an acceleration of growth from the expansion we found of the last quarter. caroline: i keep hearing the word "complacent" as people are calling get and george soros feeling a grexit. david bank -- david: ignored a grexit and

back to you, caroline. caroline: let's get to the top story this hour. the founder of the world's biggest hedge fund, ray dalio, is sending a warning to investors. he says if the fed raises rates to quickly the collapse of 1937 could be the result. the stock market slumped by more than 50%. emirates president tim clark contested that the airline gets subsidies from the uae government. he reiterated that gulf carriers are playing fair. >> it is important that the united states government understands that we are here in a fair market and we are doing the right thing by consumers. caroline: starbucks' race together initiative is off to a rocky start. they are encouraging baristas to talk to customers about race in the united states and that generated a slew of criticism on twitter. starbucks said the company knew it would not be easy, what felt it was worth the discomfort. you can find more on that story at bloomberg.com along with many others. mark: george osborne will today unveil his last budget before britain goes to the polls on may 7. jamie murray loo

caroline? caroline: thank you hans nichols. mark: singapore is beginning a week of national mourning over the death of their founder, lee kuan yew. he guided them until global success story. let's get one more from haslinda. did his influence go beyond singapore? haslinda bank for sure. he change singapore's fortunes and turned to one the richest cities in asia and he is known to be a visionary well respected by his peers elsewhere in the world. not a surprise hit influence goes well beyond singapore. china, for one, and economic model for china. he experienced to help open the chinese economy and the early days. leak one you and -- li and two pink were close friends -- li an d xinping were close friends. market? mark: a key question, how will singapore be without lee kuan yew? haslinda: that is what singaporeans are grappling with. most of us only know singapore led by lee kuan yew and as much as a country is looking for change, no one really knows how exactly to get there. a promise by the son of lee kuan yew he acknowledged

caroline: welcome to "c ountdown," i am caroline hyde. why he backs the takeover did. -- bid. manus: airlines are adapting new rules in the wake of the german wings crash. caroline. : the french prosecutor suggested the pilot was locked out of the cockpit. manus: under the regulations already in place, a commercial pilot cannot be left alone in the cockpit. easyjet, air canada and norwegian air are among the carriers confirming they will amend their procedures. caroline: it's go to bloomberg's aviation correspondent. tell us more about this to any cockpit rule that resides in the u.s. >> after 9/11, there were so many rules about 9/11 and they made a firm rule anytime one pilot stepped out, a flight attendant had to step in to make sure they were two people in the cockpit. part of that were if the first were to fall sick, the flight attendant could warn the other. it is not just about terrorism. in europe, the lots are different. it is left to each country and airline in europe to decide how they want to handle it. we have a few airlines saying we are going to have two people

caroline: i am caroline hyde. manus: i am manus cranny. caroline: coming up one heartthrob leaves the richest boy band in music history. he says he is ditching one direction but will the four others carry-on to make more megahits? stay tuned, that story is coming up. straight to manus for a quick check on the market. manus: this story sounds very reminiscent, let's talk but something slightly closer to my heart which is the equity markets, you are looking at two big global themes. one is holiday's geopolitics the numbers were much worse than estimated. durable goods were down one point or percent, jpmorgan has a comfortable growth target, have a look at the bottom of your screen, the philly semiconductor index. that is the biggest movement in that interact -- index. what is happening in the technology industry? look at the longer term and you understand the turn down back to futures. indicating 2.38% in the dow down 1.6% at the moment, the nasdaq at its worst day in trading in 11 months yesterday. the s&p which was below its to date moving

caroline: parking outside. guest: our story today says the fee to store a barrel of oil is going from $.20 to $.80 per dealer -- barrel per month. so there is a big company in germany and the netherlands they are up 25 or 30% this year. mark: usa storage fees up $.20 to $.50 a barrel. >> that is where you deliver the futures contract to there is demand for that because that is considered the pipeline crossroads of america. >> i love the line of tank farms and you see the image of the oil storage all the way around. mark: tim colton. manus: where are we going? leaders met in brussels today and greece and russia will talk on the agenda but the more important meeting may be on the sidelines. we are joined by joan hayden in brussels marcus in athens, joan let's kick it off with you. we have the banner agenda and then mr. tsipras and his private tea party with merkel, draw the and aland, what is the agenda echo >> the main thing is energy union and we are not sure how much progress will make on that but we are focus

caroline: let's kick it on. it is rugby's tournament. 2013 will be recovered for some of the big hits severed by high-profile players. in the u.s., compensation claims for concussions have cost nfl hundreds of millions of dollars. our lawyers in the u.k. are warning they could face a similar bill unless they tackle the issue. >> a gray afternoon. the home of saracen and the home of big hits. >> it is well-publicized that it is stronger and faster. >> that is leading to more head injuries. >> the concussions have been increasing a lot over the last couple years. >> they are pioneering research into causes of concussions research that starts on the training ground. this is how practice sessions start for the players. the patch, made by a seattle-based tech firm, monitors the force and direction of head impacts. >> we want to make sure we are not damaging our players. if he was to run into one of our players and 30 years time, and to have loss of memory. >> the study will run for three years. it could help better u

caroline is there. i'm there also. caroline is focused on u.k. property here at the london property. >> the south bank. >> loving a bit of london. up next, 38 days to go before the u.k. elections it would look at the party strategies. stay with "countdown" on the election. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." prime minister david cameron set the whole of his tory party campaign. ed miliband spoke to activists. have a listen. >> i know what this world needs. frankly, i don't think ed miliband is it. some people that say, don't make this personal. when it comes to who is prime minister, the personal is national. the guy who forgot to mention the deficit could be the one in charge of our whole economy. the man who is too weak to stand up to the trade unions at home will be the one facing down our enemies abroad. the leader who thinks leadership is climbing aboard the latest bandwagon could be the one making those make or break calls in the middle of the night. >> also coming up, we hear from labor leader ed miliband did he will unveil his manifesto .

caroline: sorry. you carry on. andrea: we had hundreds of military gendarmes trying to go to the mountains. it is not easy to access. they will go back again this morning. they stopped last night. families of the victims will gather in the area. both the french accident investigator and the german investigators are on the scene now with people from airbus trying to figure out what happened. i think we are going to get more news later. caroline: yes. our hearts go out to the families. we keep urging to find out for those families related to the accident what happened. what is the latest in the investigation in terms of the black ox is -- black boxes? one has been found. andrea: is the cockpit voice recorder, we think. as soon as they can get that to paris, which will do today, you can start reading it. once it works they can start reading the conversations between the two pilots in the plane. they can also hear any background noises. even if there is not conversation between the pilots you can hear warnings if there

caroline: m.g.m. officials and the county will tout a different story saying at least 62 locally owned minority businesses are involved. >> we have about 24% minority participation. totally untrue. caroline: this will become the sixth maryland casino and the governor was asked how many is too many? >> when this one gets done, it will be the crown jewel of everything we got in maryland. caroline: now, m.g.m. says don't expect this just to be a casino. this is supposed to be a full fledged resort with an entertainment and sports venue here that is expected to be state of the art. and so far, construction is on schedule with an opening date of around summer of 2016. live in oxon hill caroline tucker abc 7 news. maureen: an annual rite of spring is under way in the district. mayor has dubbed it the war on potholes. crews kicked off pothole palooza today across the city and expect to fill 12,000 potholes in coming weeks and they aim to repair reported potholes within 48 hours. a lot of work out there. doug

caroline hyde is in barcelona with the ceo of renault. caroline. caroline: i am indeed, francine. it is carlos ghosn, . let's kick off with all things mobile. it is also connected cars. electric vehicles has been an area that you are pushing. how are they selling them? where is the competition. guest: it is growing. the shares of electric cars worldwide are growing not quite as fast as we would like them to grow, and we understand why. people want electric cars cheaper. we are continuing to cut the cost. then, they want more infrastructure. they want to be able to charge the car everywhere. infrastructure is being developed quicker in some areas of the world and slower in other areas. they would like more autonomy. so i think it is a technology which today is the technology of the future. many carmakers are coming to it even people outside the car industry which in a way, is refreshing for us. we are the first ones to get into electric cars. people have some doubts about who is going to join and now the whole auto industry is joining. it is going to be slow and steady. caroline: w

caroline: big pimpin'? [laughter] mark: "countdown" continues next. ♪ mark: european equities head for their strongest quarter since 2009. caroline: proposals to boost greek finances, the prime minister seeks to rally a consensus and parliament. manus: deadline day for iran talks. john kerry warns of issues in front of talks on iran's nuclear program. mark: "countdown welcome to caroline: we are getting some breaking news. a flurry of u.k. numbers today. kingfisher is the u.k.'s largest retailer. we are expecting sales to drop by about 1%. we are expecting profit before tax to be down $.11. we have gotten something from thomas kerr. mark: we are expecting numbers from the operator any second. the chinese company will buy a stake. this is the big news. you are getting some details? caroline: 6.85 pence is the final. slightly less than expected. sales are up 2.9%. adjusted pretax profit, 6.7 5 million pounds, exactly in line with analyst estimates. she is outlining plans to organize kingfisher very differen

caroline: >> 290 fields are the big investments. the ground is probably frozen about six inches deep. caroline: they had to protect the investment. >> it was easy to make the call early this year because of the amount of snowfall. there was no chance we get out the fields ready by march. caroline: field openings will be delayed until at least april 1. >> we will not start soccer until the eighth. we have seven days to hope and pray the weather is good. caroline: the rec department is not worried about delays, and neither is this soccer captain. >> we've been inside too long. caroline: he has faith in field preparation. >> montgomery county is really good about taking care of the fields. caroline: these conditions can be found all through montgomery county. you need and paste just to get through. -- you need an icepick to get through. >> the baseball field is a special soil a sandy mix that needs to be dried and scooped out. we will revisit the overall in the middle of march and let people know whether we think we can have them open

cory: thank you, jay and caroline. "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ cory: you are watching "bloomberg west" where we focus on technology. russia has expanded its presence in latin america in ways that signal, quote a clear return to cold war tactics, end quote. that's according to the general commanding u.s. southern forces john kelly. in a statement to the senate armed services committee he said that russia is stepping up efforts to gain influence in the americas. president putin accuses america of meddling in his backyard by backing the government of ukraine against pro-russian separatists. iran's supreme leader likes that letter from the republican senator about as much as president obama does. ayatollah al ali khamenei said it makes him question whether the u.s. can follow through with any deal. >> these gentlemen, the senators who openly announced when the current administration is no longer in office the deal that america is agreeing with you and the commitments it is making will be null and void. this is

caroline hyde is standing by for an exclusive interview. caroline? >> that man is bob -- we're talking music and comedy. we're talking viacom international media network. talk to me about what you're launching today because you going front and center mobile in terms of some offerings. particularly mtv. >> mobile is an important area of activity for viacom. you look at smart phones and 3g and 4 g networks. we're seeing them as the largest source of our internet track. come through mobile. expansion through the app world as well. we see that as an sbreg really a part -- integral part. mtd is designed to be used with our mobile offering. it is useded in germany, switzerland and romania. addition to having voice and data access, you get access to mtv content. gets you access to 1,500 hours. it is bundled into your mobile service. it is a different service. for example in switzerland, we have about a 3% share of all mobile subscrishese. we do it with telefonica in romania. we are about to make play available in those markets through the relevant app store

caroline: she embraces her cat fancy. so she quit her finance job to pursue her real passion. >> get the animals out of the shelter and put them in the cafÉ which becomes their home and becomes more playful. caroline: about 10 to 15 cats will come from the washington humane society. >> it's a great way to get the animals and cats exposure. >> every single cap that makes their home at the cat cafÉ is adoptable, which means that you can have your cake and cat too. caroline: the department of health is figuring out how to have animals alongside food and drink. crumbs and whiskers got zoning approval this week and is working out a lease on the property on o street. feline supporters have donated more than 30 grand through kickstarter. >> this keeps the fun part. i just want them to have fun. caroline: but they will have to wait until at least the summer to have your cat fix.

caroline: arlington county says it's listening. in arlington, caroline tucker abc 7 news. scott: metro is about to roll out its newest rail cars. the long awaited 7,000 series cars will be placed in service on the blue line on april 14th. among the improvements wider aisles, new seats uncarpeted floors and digital sign boards. metro will phase out rail cars that have been in use since metro opened 40 years ago. starting tomorrow commuters should expect delays as the reconstruction of the 16th street bridge in northwest washington enters a new phase. drivers are being urged to use georgia avenue as an alternate route. the work on the bridge is expected to take four months. only one lane of traffic will be open in each direction on 16th street as well as on military road. people in arkansas and oklahoma are cleaning up after a series of tornadoes swept through several communities killing one person and causing widespread damage. >> like this. scott: at least seven tornadoes struck parts of oklahoma and arkansas yesterday. in sand springs, he canoklahoma a tornado damaged a g

caroline, let's start with you. caroline: on russia, which was on the agenda like greece in brussels, they decided to put off the decision to aging summit. -- a june summit. the eu sanctions expire in july. they might extend these until the end of the year. which would match the timeline of the minsk agreement. [no audio] guy: we seem to be having technical difficulties from brussels. you are looking at live pictures from brussels as leaders gather in enter the building. we will monitor what they have to say. we will get a sense of where we stand on two issues of russia and greece. let's go to athens. marcus is standing by. how would you characterize last night's minisummit? what progress was made as mr. tsipras met with leaders of france, germany and the ecb? marcus: a month since the february 20 agreement which culminated in the minisummit and relations reached a low. people or complaining about little progress. a chance to press the reset button. greece now has to submit a list of reforms. one of the keywords in

here is caroline hyde. caroline, what are we getting excited about? convince me that i need this watch on my wrist. caroline: that is what tim cook is going to do today. we got plenty of details already. six months ago was when we heard they are launching an apple watch. some of it is going to be in 18 karat gold. there are three models, including a sport version and high-end luxury edition. there is aluminum, steel, six different types of straps and touchscreens. i think what everyone is going berserk about is the price point. it starts at $349. what the you pay for and 18 karat gold watch that they say is harder than normal gold? it has even got a polished sapphire crystal face. $20,000? that is what some are speculating. not much compared to a rolex but it is pushing up the price point. what is the battery? are you going to have to charge this? the promise is, it will last an entire day. we want details on that anda apps as well. tim cook wants this to open your car door for you, to monitor your health. what are the key apps that are going to make

we are looking at -- the open to caroline hyde. carolina by -- caroline: the 60th day of declines. greece could run out of cash by the end of the month. wednesday is when it they would start renegotiating. will they be able to strike a deal? it is dragging stocks lower. cac 40 up by 0.1%. interesting data from china. shares falling over there. showing to the extent of the rest of the world not really piling in chinese commodities anymore. record stretch of the clients. 36 months. consumer prices are on the up a little bit. maybe more domestic demand. outside, they are showing the rest of the world is not up to scratch to the united states. you said it, it is all about dollars to rent. the euro's weakness. interesting move. bond buying still going. it is all about u.s. to read in anticipation of a rate hike -- stress in anticipation of a rate hike. interesting story with the kiwi. the new zealand dollar. all the related to a baby formula. risks threat to poisoning of baby milk. new zealand is the number one derry supply in the world and dairy exporter, is reputation at risk. really

let's get the caroline hyde. caroline: let's check in. 12 seconds into the open and we are looking at stocks to gain a little bit. the ftse up 0.2%. france falling a little bit. the stoxx 600 7.5 year high. that is where we closed yesterday. there is room to go further, so says wayne bowers. he is head of investment ceo of the european element. almost $1 trillion of cash to splash. he says, take profit in overweight united states stocks, plow them into europe and japan. that is where you should be reinvesting in your stocks. ftse up 0.3%. let's check on how bonds are doing. ecb we are in day four of the bond buying. they've got to be buying 60 billion euros worth month on month. we are seeing borrowing costs coming down in greece. that is on the 10-year. italy continues to fall as well. spain looking flat. germany just inching up that little bit. the key moves we saw were in the euro. this is where we are seeing a little pot higher. at one point, we were below $1.05. seems to be a little change of direction if yo

caroline: she is not alone. >> it is too big. not the right fit. >> something that's not feasible for that space. >> property down. caroline: these neighbors have been speaking out for more than a year and the prince george's county council told the planning board to take a second look at wal-mart's site plan. >> simply want to add 21,000 additional square feet already approved on that d.s.p. for that area. caroline: there are a number of businesses that remain in this shopping plaza. some of those businesses tell me this decision will directly affect them. the barber shop has been waiting five years for something to replace the vacant grocery store. >> and i understand the concerns of the neighborhood. and i agree with some of them partially. but as i said before, i'm bias. we have a business to run. caroline: the school next door also wants foot traffic. >> i like something to come on to make sure take care of the business. caroline: wal-mart officials say the store will create $242 million annually and jobs. the neighbors say

caroline hyde. caroline: iss currently up almost 6%. that is the world's biggest cleaning company. it is moving. this is a stock that only sold shares for the first time back in march last year. eqt are selling the last of their stake. they are selling a 19% holding. many analysts are saying this is a positive because it removes the uncertainty that had been present on the stock since that initial share sale. they knew that the ongoing share sales would continue from some of the big private equity holders of this stock. at last, we see it going into the market. iss itself will be buying one million of those shares. up 6%. one of the biggest losers today tod's. dividend didn't live up to expectations. only two euros per share. many wanted to see 2.5. the ceo sounding confident, saying revenue and profit will grow again this year. jonathan: thank you very much. if you remember, 12 months ago, i was in a cafe moaning about how expensive my breakfast was getting. investors are bullish. coffee prices were surging. it feels like a distant memory. today everyone getting bearish about the

here with more is caroline hyde. good morning again, caroline. so are people celebrating? >> maybe. but i do think the champagne is on ice for the time being. i'll get to that in a moment. it is the first time six rounds of stress tests all of them passed. ufrle them have sufficient capital. an 8% buffer, that protective layer. even with unemployment soaring to 10%. even with house prices plummeting by a quarter. even with wall street crashing by 60%. these banks are strong enough they have enough capital reserve they would be able to lend to companies, to individuals. basically the federal reserve added up all the losses and said if you put this to the test, actually there would still be significant losses. that is less than was the case last year overall. interestingly, trading would hit jpmorgan chase the most in the united states. the biggest damage would be to consumer lending. 39% in this scenario would be felt in consumer lending. i think it is a positive in this nightmare scenario these banks are strong enough. thursday i'll probably be back here again discussing it. this is

caroline hyde with the details. caroline: it has been 11 months that this deal has been in the making. april 2014 was when they first announced it. $40 billion to create the world's biggest cement maker. the biggest deal in europe since glencore. they've managed to get through those compromises. key among them is a compromise about the finances. basically holcim realize they were outperforming lafarge. profit, sales why should every holcim shareholder get one lafarge share? why should a lafarge share holder get one holcim? holcim is a little sweeter than that. they sweetened the deal for holcim shareholders. for every 0.9 holcim shares, you will get one lafarge. for every one lafarge, 0.9 holcim. a sweet deal for holcim. lafarge also there were problems about the chief executive taking the reins. it was bought that bruno lafont the man who smokes his cigars, choose gum, was taking the helm of the company. they didn't think perhaps he was the man for the job particularly to do with his cost-cutting record. now, they'

caroline: i am an addict. probably cause i have a house and i have declaration. that is where it starts. you can pin pictures. overall, dug around your house and your wedding cake and your holiday plans -- decca rating your house and your wedding cake in your holiday plans for you can pin it -- decorating your house and your wedding cake and your holiday plans. you can pin it. they have 17 million active users in the u.s. we do not have international numbers. they are scaling up. they have a line of investors. horowitz, a japanese company. jonathan: what do they want to use the money for? that is the big question. we do not have a clear read. caroline: it is revenue-like like many of these huge, elit companies. e the snap chats. a lot in the do not bring revenue. think twitter. where they can build. advertising. advertising models. since january, they have an advertising option out there in the united states for companies such as gap. the same way when you tweet you see a tweet in front of you that is followed by a certain company. you have lots of pins and spons

embassy here in tokyo, specifically against caroline kennedy. in japan, been holding some 68 months. very respected in japan. but seen as those threats are more specific to caroline kennedy and police are investigating whether there is any connection between the 30 calls made last month and the 30 calls made this month by 52-year-old man. >> 30 calls. that sounds like an awful lot. is that why the flag was raised here? the red flag about this? that this is out of the ordinary? >> reporter: yeah. look it would appear so. and i should note that we are working our contacts with the police. we are waiting for confirmation. one of our producers is on the phone to them at this very moment. so until we get that specific, you know confirmation it's really hard to tell. but you would have to assume 30 calls made specifically against caroline kennedy certainly raising the red flag for authorities, particularly in light of what happened. with the u.s. kbar toambassador to south korea. a horrific incident in seoul he was slashed across the face with a knife

caroline hyde is here to elaborate. they do these tests. much curley burley is made -- much hurly burly is made. why do we care? >> they can whether a storm. stock market plummet by 63%. this is the kind of pain the u.s. reserve revels in. it makes each bank work out whether they can whether the storm. they can. they are more financially -- this is the first time since these tests have been run. they make these banks jump through hoops. it is getting better. there is four to $90 billion. -- there is $490 billion. >> if i am right, this is a quantitive estimate. there is part two of the drama. some people say part two is more interesting. what is next week about? >> thursday is when you have to wait until. that is when the reserve will say gay ornate. -- will say yeah they ornate. nay. if they are skirting near that requirement, they may not be able to. if they only managed to keep a percent in the coffers. last year, citigroup past -- citigroup passed. this is another issue. goldman sachs only had 6.1 in the capital buffer. >> skin of their

caroline hyde has details. caroline: at least $1.4 billion. this is what has been reported. it's all to settle federal state claims that commerzbank was yet another lender that violated u.s. sanctions. i means they were dealing witht blacklisted country such as iran sudan. and of course this builds on the amount of european company said to be doing this. . bnp paris remember the record of the fine they had to take because they played guilty. they said, we violated the u.s. sentience. commerzbank with 1.4 will kill all birds with one stone. it will pay off the justice department. the federal reserve, the manhattan district attorney and the new york department of financial services. all of them will get their pound of flesh. but also resolve on money-laundering matter that has been going on with u.s. it is adding to it. 22 cases so far of financial institutions having violated sanctions. they are coming fast. guy: now we need to make sure you're playing by the rules. this isn't the first time. caroline: decade ago they got caught for this. it was claimed that that they violate

caroline: yeah, it is unique. those that have taken the approach of working with pharma companies already have been selling chunks of genetic data to pfizer and companies to partner. now they are doing it on their own. cory: do you think selling data to pfizer will hurt the cousin now it will be a competitor and not just a partner? jay: i don't think so. there are so many paths to success. it is unlikely whoever there customer would identify the same target and be competitive. cory: what is the hardest part for them starting this new venture? jay: i think it will be raising the money to support drug discovery. it's experience a important -- it is extremely important. this industry is unique in the world in that it takes between 10 and 12 years to target, to actually launch a product. it probably costs on the order of a billion dollars or more per product. 90% to 95% of the time, you fail along the way. you need capital to really drive the discovery forward. it's a challenge for anybody. we are in a good environmen

caroline koning reports. -- caroline connan reports. caroline: a picture of agriculture in france. ♪ this drone is flying over 15 hecters. the unmanned aircraft takes hundreds of pictures. it will be analyzed. >> this is the sensor with 4 lenses and the data is on the memory card before it is transferred. caroline: a french company has the farmer to save money. with just 2 drone flights a year. the farmer equipped with a gps can go exactly where needed. >> they like to see. advise them and see the people behind it. caroline: france is one of the most advanced countries with agricultural drones. they were one of the first to regulate. for this farmer who took over his parent's farm, the drone will save a lot of time. >> today, it is a revolution for agriculture. our parents were not the drone generation. to increase profitability. caroline: commission 20,000 flights this year. drone generation is looking up. mark: live pictures of israeli voters headed to the polls. the election is today. more on that after the break. ♪ manus: joinin

tom: caroline, thank you so much. caroline hyde from our london news bureau this one. -- this morning. howard is a modest, modest owner. he is invested in -- meerkat, is it? meerkat and periscope. all the rage in the last 24 hours. all that pushed aside by women's wear daily's comment on amazon and mr. bezos and net-a-porter. we need to get up to research speed on this. the valentino minidress, $3490. i need the samurai cantilever -- st . laurent cantilever sandals. have you ever shopped on net-a-porter? howard: no, sacredness. my wife doesn't have that -- no, thank goodness. my wife doesn't have that expensive at case. tom: this is the further digitalization of our life that mr. bezos has led for 20 years. howard: they are doing this for a reason. as it is breaking, i have not thought quite through this. brendan: when he acquires, he also acquires ideas and talent. he did that to learn how could they are doing. it cannot just be that he is acquiring a catalog, because that is easy to do for amazon. howard: no, this i

caroline. caroline: i'm looking at the leaderboard. keep an eye on per rally. up 3.5%. the reason that it is rising is on the back of some italian press saying maybe there will be new investors. it would be along with one of the biggest investors, the chairman ofp pirelli along with unicredit as well. there will be a restriction -- a reconstruction. the italian newspaper says they may be delisted after a bit. keep an eye on that particular stock. meanwhile gold coming off of its highs today. it was droning higher yesterday and it is pushing up. fresnillo, a big silver minor but also a gold miner, is up almost 3.5%. the reason is that the federal reserve is pushing back potentially any timescale and the rate of rises we will see in interest rates. fresnillo and any sort of mining stocks are looking pretty rosy this morning. on the downside is the u.k. retailer next, down more than 3.6%. is it a fashion faux pas? that is the key question. they are downsizing their full-year sales forecast. no longer will it be 7.5%. they are only going to reach as high as 5.5%. that is wh

francine: caroline, thank you. caroline hyde will have more on the story later in the show. will adidas be third time lucky? joining us now is the niece capital fanned her -- nice capital founder. the bottom line, a lot of people by nike products and they don't want to do the same with adidas -- buy the key products and they don't want to do the same with adidas. -- nike products and they don't want to do the same with adidas. >> it is still disappointing growth because the industry is doing so well. nike has made life very difficult. it spends more money on marketing and technology to make its products feel superior. competitors cannot just seem to keep up. francine: what do people want? there are a lot of people that wear trainers or sneakers, if you are in the u.s. watching us come out every day because it has become cool. -- watching us, out every day because it has become cool. what would you focus on if you were adidas? >> it is a combination of all of the things. adidas has underinvested compared to nike in all of them. who is willing to pay how much more in terms of

caroline, thank you very much. more from caroline later in the morning. stay with us. ♪ . . anna: good morning and welcome to on the move. we are in the city of london and moments away from the start of european equity trading. let's start the brief. stocks selling drags the s&p into negative territory. the euro drops to a 12 year low against the dollar and bond yields hit the lowest level ever. in just a few minutes, mario draghi will speak about the effectiveness of monetary policy. the group formerly known as the troika arrives in athens. will they pry open the books? this is what we are watching. european equities are set for a small bounce. also, quite substantial losses in markets yesterday. let's get caroline hyde with the details. caroline: the equity markets followed suit and have awoken to the issue that the united states may be raising rates. it puts downward pressure on the united states. the biggest fall since january. emerging market stocks have been falling for nine straight days. the longest losing streak since september. yet, we are opening up .4% on the fts

they threatened caroline kennedy's life and the life of another u.s. consulate general based in okinawa. this is based on sources quoted in the asian press. but obviously the u.s. government doesn't want to comment on that and they're not giving any more detail than that. if they were taking additional precautions and security, you could see why they wouldn't want to give any detail on that as well. that's what we're left with. the fact that sources there are saying this investigation is going on. but how far does this reach and is it causing any changes? >> right, changes, michelle obama just landed there this morning. we never expect to show these pictures of a first lady on a goodwill tour. this is to highlight the importance of girls education. we don't expect to run these pictures in conjunction with, is she okay, are they derailing the trip as all because of these threats and is she even going to be meeting with ms. kennedy? >> reporter: according to the schedule, she is expected to meet with caroline kennedy. as would be expected for a trip like

in alexandria caroline tucker, abc 7 news. leon: he's a church pastor and a cop and now he's in jail. >> i think the incident is sad. sick. leon: the troubling charges against him. >> signal of a larger problem. leon: a warning from the "7 on your side" i-team about metro riders holding infants and tugging at heartstrings. plus -- hot coffee hot topic. >> any time people are willing to talk change can occur. leon: the novel idea from the chairman of starbucks that forced him to close his twitter account. >> now, abc 7 news at 5:00 on your side. leon: he works as a police officer and as a pastor. alison: but tonight, darrell best is accused of sexually assaulting two young women. he just appeared in court within the last hour and brianne carter is live from d.c. superior court with the new information. brianne? brianne: well, alison that's right. within the last hour, we've learned that he is going to be held without bond in this case. we're learning much more information according to these charging documents that have been obt

i know someone else, caroline hyde. caroline: just a few moments, are we complacent? that's what people are talking about. a ticking time bomb in greece is what a capita group is saying. eric nilsson calling it ended game stop. they could slip out of the eurozone into chaos if they do not make a u-turn. meanwhile, stocks opening pretty much flat. ftse pretty much flat, 0.25%. last week, we close at values that take the global equities to highs. $68.4 trillion is the value of global stock market if you're looking at the country world index. that can buy you elites four times united states gdp. where else do you go when you have the economy flush? the u.s. backing off from immediate rate hike. japan, not to mention the rest of the countries around the world. people are going into stocks. pretty much flat and concern about what greece will do concerning its finest. king dollar up 0.1%. meanwhile europe pretty flat for you want to watch is commodities. a high on oil. trading in the united states is up. saudi arabia over the weekend record amounts of crude. all about 10 mi

. >>> the death threat against caroline kennedy, ambassador to japan. word coming just weeks after that attack on another u.s. ambassador. >>> the close call tonight in this home the explosion in the children's play room. and the new warning. >>> and, so many families have tried to re-enact those scenes from "the sound of music," but no one going back like diane sawyer tonight. what we never knew. julie andrews, knocked to the ground? the real story behind this famous scene. she's with diane, revealing the secrets. >>> good evening. and we begin this wednesday night with those two developing stories, an arrest outside phoenix tonight. that manhunt now over. after a terrifying day there. but first tonight, the horrific scene, a terror attack tourists families getting off buses, targeted by gunmen as they walked into a museum. tonight, the hunt for possible accomplices. at least 20 killed in tunisia. the windshield of their tour bus shattered by the gun fire. this young boy and girl scrambling to safety. and tonight, this video shows the chaos and confusi

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anna: thanks very much, caroline. china's construction bank international an arm of china construction bank will now offer europe's first eds that invest in europe's money market. here to tell us more is tony hung, executive director of china construction bank international. he has just opened trading on the london stock exchange. thank you for joining us. what is it you are going to be offering here in london and why have you chosen london? tony: we are very excited about this. the product we are offering is the first to allow the european investor to invest in the onshore money market. we are providing this product, hoping that it will encourage the usage of rnb and we want to provide the european investors for them to handle their liquidity. we have great expectations for the product and we believe there is very big room for rnb etf product in europe. anna: what other products might you decide to offer to international investors? do you have plans for any further products in the pipeline? tony: i think we are very

anna: caroline hyde, the latest on apple. opec secretary-general said the crude oil will balance out for the second half of busy year after a glut of 2 billion barrels of oil a day have sent the price plunging. he maintains opec will not cut production because of the rise of shell output. an report by malaysian a safety investigations team gave if answers to questions surrounding flight m h 370 which went missing one year ago yesterday. they found one unusual data. it is unclear whether that hampered search efforts. families held vigils and protest. a russian court indicted five men in connection of the murder of opposition leader boris ne mtsov. one admitted a role. it is one week after nemtsov's murder prompted protests. denied a role in allegations of corruption. they allegedly took kickbacks. the top court does not have authority to probe brazilian president who said brazil is learning from the scandal. president: with some pain brazil has learned to practice social justice and apply the hand -- that is what has been happ

the ambassador of the united states to japan, caroline kennedy. with first lady michelle obama just arriving in tokyo, is enough being done to protect their lives? >>> missed terror warnings? an air force veteran who tried to join isis pleads not guilty. now there are new questions more than a decade after being warned of his alleged terrorist sympathies, why wasn't the fbi tracking him more closely? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> we are following breaking news. a deadly attack in tunisia. a manhunt is under way for three gnmen who fled. growing concerns right now about security at u.s. diplomatic facilities. warnings are being issued. now one embassy is being temporarily closed. tonight, there's also concern for the life of caroline kennedy, the u.s. ambassador to japan. she reportedly received death threats that u.s. and japanese officials are now investigating. >>> the first lady of the united states she just got to japan. that's sparking new s

developing stories police in japan are investigating death threats to caroline kennedy. a man who spoke english, called the u.s. embassy in tokyo many times last month saying he would kill caroline kennedy. >>> breaking news overnight from northern california. stockton police are investigating a drive by triple homicide where three people are dead and another four are injured after a shooting outside a small grocery store. stockton police had been posting on twitter and they confirm three deaths. >> it's unfortunate, owe know that we live in a city that has so much to offer and we're trying to make it better and these things tend to happen. these random act of violence. >> it is believed to be gang related. officers have been on the scene all night and so far there is no word of a suspect. >>> also this morning, a syrian government claims to have shot down a u.s. drone. the pentagon released a statement saying the unarmed predator drone was struck down. they lost contact of the drone over syria and are investigating the crash. u.s. expanded its campaign against isis in s

let's get caroline hyde with the details. caroline: the equity markets followed suit and have awoken to the issue that the united states may be raising rates. it puts downward pressure on the united states. the biggest fall since january. emerging market stocks have been falling for nine straight days. the longest losing streak since september. yet, we are opening up .4% on the ftse 100. we are getting back some of the falls we saw yesterday. speculation is growing on whether the federal reserve will raise rates. there is divergence with the rest of the economies. you have china cutting rates and the ecb buying bonds. all of this is to inflate the global economy. you have the united states starting to rain back and increase interest rates. that is on every investor's mind, as is greece. we have the ecb and the imf to getting talks in brussels and creditors going over to athens tomorrow. let's have a look at the effect on the currency market. it was the first to react to the speculation on the reserve raising rates. -- the fed

ambassador caroline kennedy. a lot of questions, so let's get straight to anna coren live in tok tokyo. what are you learning now? >> reporter: a manmade thr made phone calls threatening a bomb. and 28,000 u.s. troops stationed. as far as these calls are made, they were made this month. local media reports, people still refuse to confirm that 30 calls have been made to the u.s. embassy, specifically against caroline kennedy. the u.s. ambassador to japan who's been on the job for 16 months. she is widely respected and admired. and security, as you can imagine, at an all-time high since these threats have come to light. obviously, more so after the attack on the u.s. ambassador to south korea, mark lippert a few weeks ago in which a crazed man yielding a knife slashed his face and arm. the ambassador required stitches. in light of that, security at an all-time high for caroline kennedy. you wouldn't know it. she's gone about daily business, accompanying the first lady, michelle obama, in japan. spoke today to the m

snow and cold, even through nashville through west virginia and virginia, to the south, look at south caroline 71, raleigh-durham 36. over the course of the day a 40-degree temperature difference within one state. you can see our area have of low pressure culprit of the snow moving away but behind