Will he address this in any way . Sarah we want full transparency. We will make a decision when and if that time becomes necessary. In terms of the state of the union i not going to get ahead of the president s address. I know you will eagerly tune in to see what is going to be included. We have addressed it every day we have been here. It is one of the questions you asked over and over again. That. Nd more on poll after poll, frankly no one cares about this issue. It is not the thing that keeps people up at night. My guess is that will be the focus of the union tomorrow. President speaks, president s are normally optimistic. What is the state of our union today . It is incredible. I think you will hear that in the president s remarks. We have an economy that is booming. Isis is on the run. There are some great things happening in this country. You can expect to hear the president talk about a lot of those. Not only the first year but the great things we will do in the next seven years
Another 300,000 more are still damaged. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I am alisa parenti, and this is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang and is bloomberg technology. Coming up, tax big earnings on what has been record earnings. Under onech empire publicly traded roof, will explain. And taiwan may be positioning itself to be the next door currency hot in asia holland a crackdown on china and south korea. Our coverage from taiwan, straight ahead. But first our lead. A slew of the tech earnings this week. Facebook, microsoft, qualcomm, and out the back, and apple. It was a common theme in the tech reports this week. Shares and alphabet, amazon and others hit records after reports, and analysts are expecting the same. Ning us now from new york Bloomberg Tax julie for hageman. Kathy, i will start with you. Lets start with the earnings that you are watching. What are you most optimistic about . Taking our cues from
Again with investors still unnerved following harassment claims against steve wynn. Authorities in macau have been in contact to make sure that key staff meet certain standards. Global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. This is bloomberg. Let us take a look at the markets. Not a great day for equity and australia. 1. 4 andi is down by the hang seng is retreating from record highs. This is bloomberg. Emily i am emily chang and is bloomberg technology. Coming up, big tax and big earnings. Coming up, what has been record earnings. Plus, a tech empire under one publicly traded roof, will explain. And taiwan may be positioning itself to be the next door in asia. Ryptocurrency a crackdown on china and south korea. Our coverage from taiwan, straight ahead. But first our lead. A slew of the tech earnings this week. Facebook, microsoft, qualcomm, and out for that and apple. It was a common theme in the tech reports this week. The sector
Meeting but it does seem hike this really is. He should have said really twice. Or at least three times maybe. This is it. Really really. This is like whackamole. Markets that go down they find a way and its a lot of times not what youre focussing on. Did you think once again well be 8 down . They have a plunge Protection Team like us but its not working at this point. Down 40 the market is over there in three weeks or four weeks. Still up 10 on the year. And 70 in the last 12 months. Its like the wild west. We shouldnt extrapolate everything over here from whats happening over there. But 180 points here or 8 there, maybe thats commensurate. Well wall street journal today, stocks plunged scarier than greece and thats written by the head of emerging markets and global macro at global stanley investment management. They make the point which is hotly debated in the market to what extent does the market crash in china have a Ripple Effect on the chinese economy and that has a Ripple Effect
Any index it is listed on. It is naturally a very heavy weight on the nasdaq. Swingingones backandforth between gains and losses. The same is true of the s p 500, down 3 10 of 1 . Taking a look at treasuries, we see some selling on the treasuries market, the 10year yield going up. The yield on the 30year going up slightly, 2. 88 . About oil. Alk this is fascinating. We finally see a green arrow here. Holding well under 50 actually, i am thinking of rent crude. 473ork crude is down at and rent it is just under 50 a barrel for brent crude. Mark time for our top stories. Shire is making an unsolicited to makensolicited offer a biotech company. Shire says it represents a. Remium of 35 but there is no deal on the horizon just now. Shire says becks also baxalta has declined to engage in substantive discussions over the new proposal. Matt and all cash deal to buy icc health care, representing a ipcs shareice of price yesterday. The man who has been overseeing George Soross fortune will leave