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david: cuomo confirming that he has in fact been working behind the scenes over the past weeks to try to lure the tech giant back to manhattan making a personal plea to jeff bezos, reportedly guaranteeing support for the project, support that they didn t have, from very vocal critics, led by congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez that of course is the first time around the governor is saying today that there are other ways that the state can get it done that could bypass these critics and so far amazon has shown no sense that they will reconsider, after being driven out of town, at this point, is this just embarrassing? should new york just let all this go? what do you think? well look, i think it s a little bit embarrassing but i can understand after the crime we ve been talking about for a couple weeks how disastrous this was for the economy of new york. it s not a killer, but look, they gave up millions of dollars in potential great jobs, a boom to that part of t ....
david: cuomo confirming that he has in fact been working behind the scenes over the past weeks to try to lure the tech giant back to manhattan making a personal plea to jeff bezos, reportedly guaranteeing support for the project, support that they didn t have, from very vocal critics, led by congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez that of course is the first time around the governor is saying today that there are other ways that the state can get it done that could bypass these critics and so far amazon has shown no sense that they will reconsider, after being driven out of town, at this point, is this just embarrassing? should new york just let all this go? what do you think? well look, i think it s a little bit embarrassing but i can understand after the crime we ve been talking about for a couple weeks how disastrous this was for the economy of new york. it s not a killer, but look, they gave up millions of dollars in potential great jobs, a boom to that part of t ....
boards of apple and unilever. and she s taken on a new challenge, chosen to be ceo of grameen america, where she has already distributed $750 million in microloans to nearly 100,000 less fortunate women, continuing her quest to ensure women have every opportunity to succeed and to lead. on bloomberg big decisions, andrea jung. andrea jung, welcome to bloomberg big decisions. great to have you here. andrea: great to be here with you, david. david: you ve spent much of your career in consumer retail business. what drew you to that? andrea: it s an interesting thing. i got out of college. i thought i wanted to be a journalist. that didn t pan out, so i went into a training program in merchandising at bloomingdale s in those days and worked my way up, and had a passion for brands, merchandising, and that led me through a pretty long career all the way up to avon. david: having spent time at senior levels, what intrigued you? what made it interesting to work that long an ....
currently, jung sits on the boards of apple and unilever. she has taken on a new challenge. chosen to be ceo of grameen america, where she has distributed $750 million in microloans to nearly 100,000 less fortunate women, continuing her quest to ensure women have every opportunity to succeed and lead. on bloomberg big decisions, andrea jung. andrea jung, welcome to bloomberg big decisions. great to have you here. great to be here with you, david. david: you spent much of your career in consumer retail. what drew you to that? andrea: it is an interesting thing. i got out of college. i thought i wanted to be a journalist. that did not pan out. i went into a training program in merchandising at bloomingdale s in those days and worked my way up, and had a passion for brands, merchandising, and that led me through a pretty long career all the way up to avon. david: having spent time at senior levels, what intrigued you, made it interesting to work that long and hard? and ....
the dax in germany up by .2. the cac in france is up by a quarter percentage point the ftse is flat crude oil ended down by about 19 cents for the week last week this morning it s down another 17 cents to 56.38. a couple big stories we re watching geopolitics. german s chancellor angela merkel said efforts to form a coalition government has failed. merkel has been working for more than a month to work with the, quote, free democrats and the greens after losing ground to a far right party in the september election if a coalition cannot be formed merkel could form a minority government or call for a new election you re looking at the euro down. big questions about what s going to happen in that country. also, in corporate news, marvell technology is reportedly nearing a deal to buy chip maker cavium for $6 billion. it s going to create a bigger competitor for chip makers like intel and broadcom it would be comprised of 50% cash and 50% stock valuing cavium at $80 per ....