On the markets. This is a phenomenal asset. The return on those insurance those instruments could be quite spectacular. There is much more growth than a lot of the skeptics think there is. I dont think there is enough confidence today that we have broken out of the 2 growth world. Anchor it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Anchor hello, and welcome. Im vonnie quinn. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews from around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. The week began with a fresh batch of Economic Data from china. Chinas secondquarter gdp data show the second economy continuing to grow at that brisk rate of 6. 9 . Gdp was better than expected. , there expecting 6. 8 estimate of economists at bloomberg. Factories are pumping out goods at a faster clip. Goods production at 7. 6 , more than a full percentage point more than the estimate. Retail sales much better than expected, 11 . We w
On the markets. This is a phenomenal asset. The return on those insurance those instruments could be quite spectacular. There is much more growth than a lot of the skeptics think there is. I dont think there is enough confidence today that we have broken out of the 2 growth world. Anchor it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Anchor hello, and welcome. Im vonnie quinn. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important business news, analysis, and interviews from around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. The week began with a fresh batch of Economic Data from china. Chinas secondquarter gdp data show the second economy continuing to grow at that brisk rate of 6. 9 . Gdp was better than expected. , there expecting 6. 8 estimate of economists at bloomberg. Factories are pumping out goods at a faster clip. Goods production at 7. 6 , more than a full percentage point more than the estimate. Retail sales much better than expected, 11 . We w
Are positive, up. It is a Dollar Strength story in the session. The euro is on cti. The headline number is largely in line. Treasuries are unchanged on a 10 year yield. Crude is softer. We did trade norse of 50 a barrel earlier in the session. Alix it was 52. M a monday, Discovery Communications is buying Scripps Network for 14 billion. It is up 1 . It is 90 a share in cash. This comes on the heels of discovery saying net income was down 8 in the second quarter. Its all about the unification of these companies as they compete for ad dollars. Versus Congress President trump. The president said on twitter dont give up republican senators, the world is watching. Repeal and replace and get to 51 votes. This comes after he threatened to remove government subsidies. Meanwhile, you get a joint statement from the house. They emphasized the importance of tax reform. They said we are united that the most important action we can take to grow our economy and help the middle class is to fix the roa
Shanghai up. Early trading in europe, modest advances across the board. Cac is up. If you look at crude oil, last week was big for oil up 4 for the week, in spitting distance of 50. Up to 49. 78 a barrel. Corporate news the big one, Charter Communications announced it is not interested, i repeat, not interested in buying wireless carrier sprint follows news friday that sprint was interested in merging with charter to create a media outlet controlled we understand why a deal is attractive for softbank. Could kill any chance of deal between the companies. The wall street journal saying the ceo could make a formal offer anyway take a look at shares of sprint. Put context around whats going on sprint up close to 6 . Charter up marginally as well. Surprising sprint is where it is sprint had been talking back and forth to t mobile. Thats been the natural partner. T mobile effectively spurned sprint and sprint has gone on this sort of merger talk spree with anybody who will listen surprising
That has trouble adjusting to the military members. It is a new face. Donald trump was elected because he is different. He is bringing in a different staff. Reince priebus, is a nice guy. He is party with a relic we beat with donald trump. He was brought in to bridge the gap between paul ryan and white house, didnt happen. Health care failed. Now he is bringing in something, bringing in the new muscle. He works well with military guys. Neil you have to be a i believe to tell them, carl, you cant do this sir, not a good idea, sir. I dont think general kelly will have any problem telling anyone what is on his mine. Neil fine. Is the president going to listen to that . That is the question. Neil i asked that question, higby. Do you think that will happen or what . I do. Neil i can do that because youre remote but go ahead. I do think he will listen. Donald trump respects the military more than just about anyone else on that Political Landscape so i think he will. I love carl, but i think