Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im kaylee towshe. Rick santelli joins us as well. Carl quintanilla has the morning off. Executive editor kara swisher. Good morning to you too. How you doing . Im in d. C. , actually. All right. Lets get to our top story today. I think well work on karas audio there. Shares of microsoft at alltime highs this morning for the First Time Since 1999, the company beating the street on the top and bottom lines and showing Significant Growth if the cloud. Former microsoft ceo Steve Ballmer joining our friend op squawk box talking about the stellar quarter and a potential acquisition of twitter. I have never, ever, ever wanted to buy twitter myself. I mean, come on. Ive got a good life right now. I dont need to do that. Of course, mike, they asked the question because he is a large twitter shareholder, not just an outside tech observer. Interestingly on microsoft this morning, people are joking that it only took 17 years to get yours. If you were h
Surveillance. I am mark barton in london. Just getting some data crossing the bloomberg terminal. German Business Confidence just crossing now. Thectation is up on previous month, up from 104. 5 to 106. 1. The actual Business Climate and improvement from 109. 5 to 110. 5. The Current Assessment is also up. So Business Confidence in the euro regions biggest economy is increasing. Have a look at what is happening to assets today. We have had two days of finishing little changed for the stoxx europe 600, up by 0. 3 . A host of Companies Reporting earnings. The longest losing stretch since may. Diversions between the euro area and the u. S. The 10 year yield is down a basis point today in germany. There is the offshore yuan. Chinese policymakers signaling they are willing to allow greater currency flexibility assets in then dollar. The german 10 year yield which i alluded to in european banks stocks Something Special happened. European bank stocks erased all their losses from the brexit vo
And then to new hampshire. I think i am entitled to come cut the ribbon of one of the Biggest Hotels in the world. Mark tonight, an exclusive interview with donald trump and the mark halperin. It will air tonight. And Hillary Clinton accused donald trump of american workers. A new poll shows mr. Trump has a new release in the sunshine state, which is a must win for his white house. Donald trump leads Hillary Clinton in florida where a raise were thirdparty candidates are included. He is getting support from independents and showing in this poll is stronger than in other recent surveys from that state. If donald trump wins all of the states that donald that mitt romney won in his run, he will still need more votes to win the presidency. And setting fires to a camp that was later torn down in france. French authorities dismantled the camp, known as the jungle. It was seen as a symbol of the migrant crisis. People are being moved to other centers where they can seek asylum. Global news, 2
Europe it will head to the u. S. Matt it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Matt hello and welcome. I am matt miller. This is bloomberg best your , weekly review of the most important Business News, analysis, and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. The week began with a blockbuster media merger as at t announced its intention to buy cable giant time warner. Now to the big deal everyone is talking about. At t agreed to buy time warner for 85. 4 billion. Is this even possible . It is possible. You just have to turn the clock back 18 months or so, when at t bought directv. That was another Large Purchase for at t and this deal is bigger. The deals have something in common, a lot of people invest at t t or indexes with because of their dividend so they look for companies that are Free Cash Flow positive that will turn money so they can keep paying everincreasing dividends. At t is still ultimately seen as a utility to many investors. Directv and time warner are big
Europe it will head to the u. S. Matt it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Matt hello and welcome. I am matt miller. This is bloomberg best your , weekly review of the most important Business News, analysis, and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. The week began with a blockbuster media merger as at t announced its intention to buy cable giant time warner. Now to the big deal everyone is talking about. At t agreed to buy time warner for 85. 4 billion. Is this even possible . It is possible. You just have to turn the clock back 18 months or so, when at t bought directv. That was another Large Purchase for at t and this deal is bigger. The deals have something in common, a lot of people invest at t t or indexes with because of their dividend so they look for companies that are Free Cash Flow positive that will turn money so they can keep paying everincreasing dividends. At t is still ultimately seen as a utility to many investors. Directv and time warner are big