Equity takeover of the finance section. Carol i enjoyed it and learned a lot. It is this weeks cover story. Bloomberg businessweek editor joel weber joint is now. Private equity touches us in so many ways. Keep listeningt to jason go on and on. When we got together about the different ways private equity touches us, we realize there was a bigger story here, which was in the last decade, since the financial crisis, nobody won this decade as much as private equity. Jason now weve got questions and thats how this story shaped up. You post them to a lot of us posed them to a lot of us in the newsroom. Joel we realized there was a lot of different places we want to go. The fact d. C. Has carried interest. So far, thats bit untouchable. If things change in d. C. , we might see that change. Carol we did see lobbying in terms of private equity firms. They are spending tons of money. Joel tens of money. Also returns. Everyone wants big returns. A World Without yield anywhere, roi . O i get roy
China allows further tarifffree soybeans aheads. Of highlevel negotiations in washington next week. And we see a united front in europe. Joining the United States in blaming iran for last weeks audi attack. President trump is set to deliver his address to the General Assembly today. Morning. Welcome to the european open. The u. S. 10 screen year yield over the past three days. 1. 7 . It trading at watch out for another selloff in treasuries that would spike the yield higher. Remember, we saw on friday the , friday a up to 1. 9 week ago. Take a look at the futures this morning as well. Have gains across the screen. Even dax futures are up 0. 2 . Are going to get numbers in just about an hour and a half from now. Pmik disappointment in yesterday. Investors may be bracing themselves. Nonetheless, buying futures on the dax index. Mark cudmore, Bloomberg Markets life editor markets a live editor. Germany is heading towards recession. Brings, butisk it it is a major drag on the Global Econom
Section. Carol i enjoyed it and learned a lot. It is this weeks cover story. Bloomberg businessweek editor joel weber joint is now. Private equity touches us in so many ways. Joel we couldnt keep listening to jason go on and on. When we got together about the different ways private equity touches us, we realize there was a bigger story here, which was in the last decade, since the financial crisis, nobody won this decade as much as private equity. Jason now weve got questions and thats how this story shaped up. You posed them to a lot of us in the newsroom. Joel we realized there was a lot of different places we want to go. The fact d. C. Has carried interest. So far, thats bit untouchable. If things change in d. C. , we might see that change. Carol we did see lobbying in terms of private equity firms. They are spending tons of money. Joel tons of money. Also returns. Everyone wants big returns. A World Without yield anywhere, how do i get roi . Private equity promises that. Jason some
Help, need more credentials , need moreskills to survive in the current economy. Watch after words at 9 pm eastern on the tv on the cspan2. The pentagon wants to put more money into developing emerging technologies, asking congress for an additional 8 billion nextbudget year. Defense Department Intelligence officials recently talked about why they have put in the Largest Research and Development Budget request in 70 years. The our 10 minute was hosted by the armed forces indications and Electronic Association and the intelligence and National Security alliance area. Thank you. I was going to try and get you fired up here because those initial plenary sessions were a little bit subdued so i want you to feel free to get enthusiastic here. We got a great coming so lots of cheering for them and are going to have a great discussion. So welcome back. Before we jump into this next session, but he reminded everyone that for the plenary share and the maryland ballroom, you can email questions t
Brexit might look like. President trumps political future among the topics front at center at bloombergs forum in new york. When you added together, i think what it leads to is not a recession, but a slow down growth globally, which is what we are experiencing. Carol more on that ahead. First up, here is editor joel weber on this weeks cover story. This is one of the hallmarks of businessweek, these strategy stories that we sometimes do. It is a look at how mcdonalds has been thriving for the past five years or so. Share price keeps going up under the ceo. In the past six months, he has really doubled down on tech. Carol that is something that i did not realize. He has made a bunch of acquisitions in ai, Voice Recognition technologies. Earlier this month was his latest. What we are seeing is mcdonalds transitioning from being a Fast Food Company to looking more and more like a tech company. There are cameras at drivethrough that can scan your license plate and maybe even remember what