Police in brazil say the search is on for 99 inmates who escaped during a prison riot. Nine inmates are dead, 14 are injured. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. , isbloomberg technology next. Im emily chang. This is bloomberg technology. Could the Biggest Company on the planet go on a buying spree. We look at apples billions of dollars of cash on hand and possible ma and a targets here it plus, bitcoins hangover. Can the currency regain its peak . We will talk about the likely ,uzz around the the first there were about 2. 7 billion dollars of mergers last year, the lowest tally in four years. Will 2018 see a new rush of merger mania . Anotherill buy yet major brickandmortar business in 2018 on top of its recent purchase of whole foods and he says that is target. The timing on this is difficult. We think it is 2018, but seeing the combination of value is easy. This is not just a revenue grab, but a demographic grab. Om d
Well, Inflation Numbers out of china and a half hour good theyre looking at factory gain numbers good numbers. They were negative for so long until september, when they turned positive. Looking at 5. 6 growth when it comes to prices from leaving the factory gate. Consumer prices. 7721, it is the China National bureau of statistics, updated with the latest read at consumer inflation. We are looking at what is happening with that. We have 1. 5 increase expected on the cpi, that is the consensus. What were witnessing is negativity when it comes to food. Were notesenting just by the National Bureau of statistics, thats the turquoise line, but the food tracker on the white line. 1. 5 level of deflation when it comes to food prices. Have a higher click. Clip, nearly 3 plus inflation. Getting taiwan, malaysia and nepal not singapore, they have a national holiday. As take a look at what is going on. Investors in singapore probably happy it is a holiday because when you take a look at the Asset
Agrees to buy a company for 5. 5 billion. Right, half an hour from the start of the trading week. No trading in the u. S. , Martin Luther king jr. Day. In japan, machinery orders better than expected, the ppi,cer price index, factory gate inflation better than predicted by economists, but still in negative terrain for december. But see how the markets are tracking. David. David thanks. We are looking at a mixed bag. Markets just opening up, taiwan, malaysia. Have a look at singapore. One of the better performers performingthe best market in asia save for the philippines. Mixed. Ight times index,verything else canceling out japan pulling things down, australia, flipped the board, some other benchmarks at the moment. Australia, that comes down to the fact you are getting a decent bid when it comes to the mining stocks, japan, strong japanese yen weighing on that index. Assets. Ook across 1. 20, roughly at those levels. Dollaryen, still close to session lows, 114. At 2. 4 yields unchanged
John dawson is having a look at what is going on for the nikkei. What is really driving sentiment . We are seeing one of the biggest gainers driving that. Looking for direction from the fed with regards to quantitative easing. Central banks really directing the money. Taiwan, malaysia, you see both waiting to open. We are also watching for the opening of hong kong. Very important, the stock story of the day is li kashings empire. He goes back to the top of the rich list. He is having chung ka holdings incorporated. This, prices on friday. Friday in the u. S. , when they open today, we will be following this. These stocks will rise. Not my words, the investors. Those are the three stocks to follow. [indiscernible] opening for australia, it is really quite interesting. Financials, tech, consumer goods, all rise. Overall, that is the impact today on australia. Clearly, the chinese open and also the hong kong story. Thanks for that. We are watching this with zeb at the moment. Li kashings
, china falling for the same reason. Japan is closed today for comingofage day in japan. Markets closed, reopening tomorrow. Quickly, look at the key markets, the story there on this li kashing story. Cheung kong is up by 40. 5 right now. Was up by 80 14. 5 , was up 18 . Those two are flying high on that story. More details later on in the show. More details also on what is going on in china with our interview with the chairman of ubs. We were talking about europe at the end of the last just before the last break. Lets pick up on that. You were talking about the asset purchase program. One of the consequences of it would be a cheaper euro. How much do you think that will help . It has already helped. You can see that the mere discussion around having such a program has already helped the euro come down from a 1. 40 to a 1. 18. We are likely seeing further depreciation of the euro, around 1. 10 is my guess. That has helped the european economy. It helps all the european economies. Any t