This is the pulse, live from london. Step for mankind, one giant leap for Bloomberg Television. Breaking down the business of zero gravity. To our top stories, Francois Hollandes visit to the u. S. Begins today. Politics, taxes, and Technology Top the agenda. Man is pretty joins us with more. This is very important manus cranny joins us with more. This is very important after his personal scandal. No drama obama white house. On a more serious note, the protocol is not top of the agenda for Francois Hollande. The worst ratings of a sitting president , below 20 . A personal mulling a personal mauling in the press over his private affairs, and in the press someone who increased millionaires. He has 70 industrialists with him. Apany that kerry i company that carries more people, alston ceo. Iran, theria, ukraine. They are very in line with the u. S. , they are hawkish. Is pursuing Tech Companies for over . 25 billion, he wants to curry favor. He is a contradiction in so many ways. A very u
Alix steel alongside me as cohost today. Good to have you here with me. Really ignoring some disappointing news we got earlier about retail sales and business inventories up. Offset theenough to rally because we had the time warner table deal. We will get to that in a moment, but first, the stocks we are watching as we get into the close julie hyman is keeping an eye on them. One of the stocks we are keeping an eye on is facebook. Not really any headlines that have spurred the gains today, but what is notable is facebook is trading at a record high. Track thisteresting stock has gone on. Goodyear tire rubber is the best performer in the s p 500 after it came out with its earnings which Beat Estimates even as revenue fell, missing estimates. Goodyear has managed to to boost its bottom line and they are also boosting its relationship with sumitomo of japan. A lot ofdecline concerns about slowing sales growth at the grocery, cutting its forecast for fullyear sales eatingwith competition i
Market for real. They have some real backers, Richard Branson among them. Building a real city in the middle of the ocean. The idea behind the institute. Can a city give rise to its own government . Lets get headlines from my radio cohost carol massar. American International Group said Peter Hancock will be its next ceo. Ceoock will replace the september 1 of this year. Says the satellite maps accurate. E theyre hoping to use Skybox Technology to improve access and Disaster Relief efforts. Shares of radioshack have fallen after the retailer reported a loss last quarter citing sales drops for the ninth straight time. United airlines is the latest carrier to change its frequent flyer program. March,next month the new reward system will be based on the amount of dollars that you spend rather than the number of miles that you fly. Joining me now to discuss this is the founder of pointsky. Com. Services to maximize your frequentflier miles. And defense analyst george ferguson. What is unite
Where have all the flowers gone . And how will we remember life under lockdown in years to come . Museums ask for suggestions about what we should preserve to capture this period of our lives. A minutes silence will be held across the uk at 11 oclock this morning to remember the key workers that have lost their lives to coronavirus. The Prime Minister will be among those paying tribute. More than 100 nhs and care staff have died with the virus so far, as have transport and other key workers. It comes as hospitals in england start planning to restore some nhs services that had to be postponed because of the pandemic, with a priority for cancer and Mental Health. Meanwhile new zealanders prepare to return to work today as the country eases its lockdown restrictions. And in the us, President Donald Trump has denied any responsibility for an increase in calls about injecting disinfectant, following his comments last week saying that it could be a possible solution to tackle the virus. The