It is clear that the first would be stronger than the second half. It will be tough in 2020, to be honest. The focus is to make this next three quarters count. Kailey a major merger in telecom gets approved. It was an unusual decision. Kailey democrats unite sen. Sanders we are going to unite together. Kailey a Cabinet Reshuffle in the u. K. Takes a startling turn. Not someone walking out on the job. Kailey an exit interview with the outgoing Credit Suisse ceo tidjane thiam. Tidjane the true legacy comes after we leave. Kailey it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. I am kailey leinz, and this is bloomberg best. Your weekly review of the most important Business News, analysis, and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. We began with a familiar focus, assessing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak and measures to blunt its impact. The global death toll from the coronavirus has now topped 900
Motorola unveil a that. We will take a close look at these devices ahead. There seems to be no end in sight to concerns over the coronavirus. The death toll continued to jump after the epicenter revised a method. Thousands of passengers have been quarantined on a cruise ship in yokohama. Demand dropped this quarter for the first time in more than a decade. For market reaction, paul allen and i spoke with victoria hernandez, chief Market Strategist at Global Market investment. We are watching the headline to see what is driving the market. One of the things we tell our clients is that we want to look through the headlines when it comes to investment and strategy. We want to take a longterm approach. Yes, theook day today, virus has caused volatility in the market. We saw that this morning when they reported the higher cases of virus in china. I think we have to look at it a little bit. The market came back and gained 50 what they lost. A lot of that because the increasing cases was due
Dissatisfaction on the streets. Abigail can the u. S. Continue its expansion in 2020 even if the fed stands fast . Experts examine indicators and offer insight. Fundamentals for the economy are good. There is potential slack out there. There is still a lot of people who could work. Im happy with where policy is at the moment. Abigail it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. Im abigail doolittle. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important Business News, analysis, and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a look at the top headlines. The final week of a volatile year for the Global Economy began with encouraging signals of a return to stability in china. Chinas Economic Performance improved in december for the first time in eight months with early indicators showing production in the worlds secondlargest economy accelerated as domestic demand stabilized and meanwhile, Chinas Central Bank has ordered lenders to a
Of basketball. Wall street is looking at Sports Betting. Carol and we have amtraks turnaround plan. You may not like it. Jason here is joel weber on the issue. Lets start by talking about trains. A big travel week. Maybe some people taking a train, flying, but amtrak is in a bit of a pickle. Joel amtrak has been a money loser for years. It has a new ceo who came from the airline industry, and they talked about his plan. A lot of people who are amtrak fans dont really like this plan of his. But it could be amtrak to be profitable. Carol delays. Never on time, right . Jason it is Richard Anderson, the former ceo of delta, not making a lot of friends out there. Maybe some people making friends or at least feeling better about the economy is almost everyone. Peter coy talks about this 180 folks have done looking at the economy. Joel just a couple months ago, it was like rain clouds out. Now it is winter, and suddenly the sky seems to be opening up and everybody is like, it does not seem to
A crime . Jason all of that and more. But first, our top story this week. Natos 70th turned out to be less like a Birthday Party and more like a thanksgiving dinner for a big, dysfunctional family. Carol thats right. Not all of them got along, a few snide remarks were made, but in the end, everyone seemed to accept that theyre stuck with each other. Thats according to marc champion, who covered the summit outside london. He joins us now. Lets talk about nato. What a week it was. Marc it was. I mean, the buildup was pretty extraordinary. This was supposed to be just a celebration. It wasnt a real summit. It wasnt a full summit. They do that every two to three years. This one they felt they had to do because it was the 70th. They kept it really short because they specifically didnt want to create a big target for unscripted problems with president trump, which theyve had before. So, and then all of a sudden, in the weeks before, you had the french president , macron, coming out and talki