We also have to tightly look at oil. Tom i have never seen an earnings season like this. You have to go back to early 2009 or 2008 for the excitement and mystery of what we are going to see. We have those layoffs, citigroup, and now jpmorgan. On a small number of people. Francine yes. We will be bringing you the very latest off the bloomberg. Lets get straight to bloombergs first world news. Nejra thanks. More turmoil for the brussels airport, only this time it is a walkout by air Traffic Controllers. The airport is already reeling from the terrorist attacks that killed 16 people. Todays labor strike is disrupting flight that the hub. It began over a dispute over the working age of Traffic Controllers to 58. Syrians are voting today in parliamentary elections. Some 3500 candidates combined for the 2500 parliamentary seats. President Bashar Alassad voted early in the elections, which are taking place in government controlled parts of the country. Now to brazil, where the Vice President
In on the markets right now. Ramy. Head over to ramy im going to call the session on to middle because we have going between the red and the green. You can see that we are pretty much at the zero mark across all of our major markets. Less than a 10th of a percent down across the board here. Some of this confusion might be coming from some negativity and positivity from the u. S. As well as around the world. U. S. Factory output from march down. Output upactory and china gdp up 6. 7 , which is on target. Let us also switch to look at right now and the u. S. Dollar is lower across the board against these major currencies. 1. 42 for the dollarbritish pound and one dollar will get you ¥108 down there. I will also talk about oil because it is on the mind of everyone as we head into sunday as that is going to be the round of the doha conference. Down, but off of the order of nearly 3 here. When it comes around, if those countries do fail to make any kind of freeze, you might expect to see o
Atlantic he highfashion makeover. You see if its new uniforms are a sign of a bigger revamp and we look at why two letters are all you need for an app to go viral. Lets get to our top story. Nicolas sarkozy has been charged with influence peddling after 15 rounds of questioning by police. Good morning. What are the details of the charge . Is interesting is this is the first time in recent history is that a french president is being held into custody, like we saw last night. Questioneds, he was by the anticorruption judges in the suburbs of paris before being officially charged with influence peddling. Sarkozy isolas accused of is allegedly influencing a judge, seeking information from this judge in exchange for promising the judge a prominent position as a government advisor in monaco. So the information that Nicolas Sarkozy was looking for is related to another case on alleged illegal financing of his president ial campaign back in 2007. And the investigators are looking into whether
This is front and center for monetary authorities in the united kingdom. Well, mark carney said last month im surprised we do not think people will raise rates next year. Economics we have a lot of stuff. 7 00, the Weekly Mortgage application numbers. Adp employment figures. Adp creates about 20 of the paychecks in the united states, so when payrolls jump, it we should set up a schedule here for the next 48 hours. It is three days compressed into two. Adp today, then tomorrow back to claims another private survey as well. It is essentially three days squeezed into two. All the more reason to watch bloomberg surveillance worldwide. 10 00, we have the factory orders. Flipping the page, earnings before the bell. Told you yesterday Constellation Brands was reporting earnings. I was wrong. Today, i mean it, it really is today. An item of note, janet yellen will be speaking to the iis centralbank conference in washington. Second data check. We begin the earnings dance next week. Futures cont
European headquarters in london. This is what is coming up on the show. Says it will Start Building the first suv since the 1990s. The original suv was called the rambo lambo. And detroits top five, inside access to the hottest vehicle being unveiled in motor city. That is coming up later on in the program. How could you not want a car like that . I would buy adjust just for the name to say i have a rambo lambo. We begin with the News Conference that europe is waiting for. Francois hollande is set to give a Major Press Conference later today outlining his political priorities. Of course, the elephant in the room is his alleged affair with an actress. He is polling higher after those allegations surfaced. Caroline hyde is outside the palace. Difficultg to be very for him not to talk about what Everyone Wants to know, what is going on in his private life. You are exactly right. Politics in focus. Francois hollande will be walking into the policy into the palace this morning. Parliament,