Francine welcome to the pulse , l ive in london. Im francine lacqua. Coming up later in the program we speak exclusively to the zalando managing director rubin ritter as his company beat secondquarter sales estimates. Francine after that, we will speak to the rwe chief finance officer. Make sure you stay tuned for both these interviews. Manus a rare briefing has been held in china. As the central bank worst to restore calm following the devaluation of the yuan. Francine the currency experience its worst loss in two decades as the peoples bank of china says it would intervene. The Deputy Governor also in charge of the foreignexchange told the media respects the market, fear the market. He did not mention intervene the market. That is probably what he was thinking in the back of his mind. Manus indeed. And try to get some sort of market context. Class test. Lets talk to mark. Weve seen a little bit of a bounceback. Mark lets start with the dollaryuan. This is whatever one has been focuse
Again. The california democrat taking to social media to say she is running for a fifth full term. Global news 24 hours a day, pourd by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Corey this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, russias google connection and googles russia connection. The Big Tech Company saying they took money from the kremlins hackers. Well discuss googles role in fake news. Plus, tech and taxes. Apple c. E. O. Meets with french p. M. In paris as they waive sweeping overhauls of digital platforms across europe. And a wide ranging interview with the former microsoft c. E. O. Steve ballmer. His thoughts on twitter, trump, immigration and his enduring legacy. But first, to our lead russia linked accounts used google to influence the 2016 u. S. President ial election. Google investigators found that nearly 5,000 dollars, theyre also investigating another 53,000 in ads spending coming from russia at large. First reported in the Wa
Are seriously injured in more than a dozen fast spreading wildfires in a north California Wine country. A fire official says at least 1500 structures are destroyed. And turkeys president says the washingtonspute that is having is very saddening. The dispute started after turkey arrested a national that worked in a u. S. Consulate. And senator feinstein is throwing her hat into the ring toin, the democrat taking social media to say she is running for a fifth term. Global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries around the world. This is bloomberg. Cory im cory johnson, in for emily chang. This is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up, russias google connection and googles russia connection. The Big Tech Company saying they took money from the kremlins sponsored hackers during last years president ial election. Well discuss googles role in fake news. Plus, tech and taxes. Apple ceo tim cook meets with macron in. Emmanuel paris as they waive sweep
Barcelona, you are out of luck. Yields moving down by 10 basis point and a softer stock market in spain. Down by 1 led lower by financials. Also watching brent crude up by 1 with the home of barkindo speaking Mohammed Barkindo. They say come join us in a cut, we need you. Jonathan lets head to spain. A moment of truth for catalonia. The president is expected to address lawmakers today. The National Police force is set to be ready to arrest him if he declares independence. Maria tadeo is in barcelona where she has been for the past few weeks. Get us up to speed. Maria two things you need to know. One is that is about to give a press conference. He will address the parliament at 6 00 p. M. , but there will be a press conference at 1 00 p. M. Nothing unusual. There is a story we put on the terminal, our very own scoop saying theres a unit of Spanish Police that will be ready to arrest him if they think it is necessary. That means if we get a declaration of independence. The whole Parliame
Voice activated virtual assistant. We will speak with the Vice President of alexa. A wideranging interview with the former ceo of microsoft, Steve Ballmer. And we will hear from the ceo of starbucks to hear how the company adapts in the age of technology. This week we took Bloomberg Technology to seattle for the geek wire summit. We spent time with the biggest names in the region including amazon, microsoft, and starbucks. Lets kick it off now with my exclusive interview with amazon Vice President of alexa devices. She told us that they would not rule out partnerships with major rivals like apple and google if it means improving their voice activated technology. I am focused on trying to reduce friction for customers and drive towards what we call our Customer Experience north star. Really the idea there is that alexa is more humanlike. So, it is conversational. So we can shorten the path from where the customer is starting and where they want to be with less and less work on their par