7 00 this monday. Bloomberg is standing by, ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Hans nichols is looking forward to renzis meeting with the italian president. Its rainygle buys start up slicklogin. Elliott gotkine has the details. Is looking at hunters. First, italys Democratic Party leader will meet with the italian president in what could be the first steps towards a new government in italy. Hans nichols joins us with the details. Of last week in italy following this story. What are the first hurdles for moscow renzi . Perhaps the biggest hurdle is the senate. This happens if president napolitano asks renzi to form a cabinet. That is what we expect. He would be the youngest Prime Minister in the history of postwar italy. First he has to cobble together a cabinet. Then he faces votes of confidence in both houses of congress. It is the Upper Chamber where we expect him to have more of a problem simply because of the way the coalitions are aligned. That is what he has
Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. To russia positive richest man. He is now in berlin after giving a pardon from president putin. He spent more than 10 years in prison. He was released in a deal with Angela Merkel. Good morning. For khodoweekend rovsky walking into the first first scoffers and more than a decade after leaving his status the most popular print prisoner as becoming the most famous exile. He was received like a rockstar. Breaking between cameraman jockeying for vantage. I have not ever seen pandemonium alike in this. Did he come out fighting said he would take aim at Vladimir Putin . White the opposite. He said he does not get into politics. Quite the opposite. Tohe said he does not want get into politics. He said he will be a voice for Political Prisoners across the world. He said he does not think people should boycott of the winter on memphis. I spoke them a little bit. I asked him what he would advise. In the Winter Olympics. I spoke to him a little bit. He was
Hello. Welcome to countdown. Just gone 6 00 here in london this thursday morning. We have Earnings Releases as well as other things. The companys latest results showed a wider loss in 2013 dan previously thought. Dont miss our exclusive interview with the cfo later this hour. Elians from allianz breaking now. Neils anderson will talk to us after earnings break next hour. They own the biggest container shipping line. Breaking now. Fourth quarter has missed estimates. Analysts estimated 1. 3 one level is above what they had targeted. The actual figure for a operating profit, 10. 1 billion, up over the previous years mine. 4 billion and given some guidance. Operating profit will be between 9. 510. 5 billion. They have raised their dividend to 5. 3 euros per share up from 4. 5 and they will be looking to see whether they are planning share buybacks or will stick with an increasing dividend as well. Those are the early headlines from europes biggest insurer. Speaking to the cfo in about an
A warm welcome to the program. Are ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Jon ferro is looking ahead. Ryan chilcote is on the ground at the london boat show. We have another quarter of sliding sales. There is competition from Chinese Brands and, who better than manus cranny to talk about center stage in london. London . George osborne will set out his vision a more spending cuts in a speech and lower taxes. Not a cheery message for a lot people in one of the fastestgrowing economies in the western world. You have unemployment and of unemployment falling and Economic Activity rising. Truths andr of hard the government will not be losing the purse strings. Tempering andot this is about minimizing the governments role in the economy. Incentivizing and hiring more. Funded bynot be borrowing and, as we start 2014, really, this is about setting this up for next year. It is a big year because the election. Despite the improvement in the economy, the conservatives are losing so
Hello. Welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. Bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. Onberlin with the latest ukraine. Paul allen from sydney ahead of the g 20 meeting. In the studio, Jonathan Ferro has the details on it or leave thousand job cuts rbs is planning and managed tranny will usmanus cranny will bring the earnings from gucci. Helped by higher earnings in its property, and or casualty divisions. Those are the biggest. Net income increasing to 4. 48 billion euros. 4. 74ngs have missed the billion euro analysts had expected in surveys. Axa is also investing 6 billion euros in fastgrowing nations like china, colombia as the sluggish economy ways on european insurer revenue. Yes, profitability has risen at axa, the secondbiggest insurer in europe. Evenue up by 2 it was exactly that, 81 euro cents. We will be speaking to the man himself, the head of axa. Dont miss that exclusive interview. A deadly week of violenc