We have plenty more from the u. K. And the conservative party. And, todays nonfarm payroll figure, a rosy picture of the u. S. Economy . Good morning. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua in paris. We have full coverage of the french president ial election. Mark barton is in london. Im looking forward to the conversation with Andreas Dombret. You have our market check, mark. Mark i do. Check out whats happening to european stocks. Big day ahead. The jobs report in the u. S. , the French Election on sunday. Lets have a look at the ftse. Lets have a look at the european benchmark, even better. Highest level since august 2015 yesterday. The big move seems to be continuing in the commodities market. The u. S. 10year is unchanged. Money moving into the yen. It is a riskaverse day today. Oil, lowest level since the backend of last year. The movement down and commodities. Down in commodities continues. Lets get the latest bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra in
Sandberg on the social Networks Earnings report ahead. And our extended sitdown with anthony noto about the companys latest media deal and capitalizing on trump. First to our lead. Apple shares dropped after reporting quarter earnings with iphone revenue falling short. The iphone has always been the moneymaker for the company, but sales were basically flat yearoveryear. Not terribly surprising, given the anticipation for the next launch in the fall, where we are expecting a big design overhaul. Apple also saying you generated also announcing it generated 7 billion in revenue on services, which is 18 growth from a year ago. This as the sectors ceo says he expects to double over the next four years. We spoke with our Bloomberg Contributor David Kirkpatrick and an analyst. David when you look at the quarter overall, it was fairly mixed. The one negative with the iphone numbers. But its one of those quarters where you can only put some so much emphasis on the iphone. You of course have tha
Sandberg on the social Networks Earnings report ahead. And our extended sitdown with anthony noto about the companys latest media deal and capitalizing on trump. First to our lead. Apple shares dropped after reporting quarter earnings with iphone revenue falling short. The iphone has always been the moneymaker for the company, but sales were basically flat yearoveryear. Not terribly surprising, given the anticipation for the next launch in the fall, where we are expecting a big design overhaul. Apple also saying you generated also announcing it generated 7 billion in revenue on services, which is 18 growth from a year ago. This as the sectors ceo says he expects to double over the next four years. We spoke with our Bloomberg Contributor David Kirkpatrick and an analyst. David when you look at the quarter overall, it was fairly mixed. The one negative with the iphone numbers. But its one of those quarters where you can only put some so much emphasis on the iphone. You of course have tha
Twitter coo and Ceo Anthony Noto about the companys latest media deal and capitalizing on trump. First to our lead. Apple shares dropped after reporting quarter earnings with iphone revenue falling short. The iphone has always been the moneymaker for the company, but sales were basically flat yearoveryear. Not terribly surprising, given the anticipation for the next iphone launch in the fall, where we are expecting a big design overhaul. Apple also announcing it generated 7 billion in revenue on services, which is 18 growth from a year ago. This as the sectors ceo says he expects to double over the next four years. We spoke with our Bloomberg Contributor David Kirkpatrick and an analyst. David when you look at the quarter overall, it was fairly mixed. The one negative with the iphone numbers. But its one of those quarters where you can only put so much emphasis on the iphone. You of course have that major launch later this year, and we think the entire miss here can be attributed to th
Editorre here with the in chief to talk about this weeks issue. I want to jump into a story you wrote about a storm donald trump caused when he tweeted about taiwan and china. Vell us about how you don deeper. This tweet continues to reverberate. Officially recognizing taiwan but giving the military support, etc. Trump again shows he is not afraid. The most interesting thing about delving into this story is it seemed when it came out it was this amazing p. R. Gaffe. This is actually a yearlong lobbying effort with people close to trump, including bob dole, who have advocated for him to embrace the new approach to taiwan and a tougher stance on china. The important thing about this call is china immediately has come back and said he has been criticized on the front pages. But when you think about the policies donald trump is advocating with huge trade tariffs, for your biggest first moved to be diplomatic call with taiwan, that shows people what this administration will look like in ter