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More like the apple watch series five. And linking up. We get an exclusive check in with linkedin ceo. His thoughts on the Company Three years after microsoft acquired the website. We begin with one of our top stories this week. Oracle announced wednesday that the ceo is taking a leave of absence for health reasons. They disclose the move along disclosed the move along with Quarterly Earnings a day earlier than results were scheduled to be released. The company did not specify what issues he faces or how long hes leave will be, but the executive chairman released a statement saying quote oracle has an extremely capable cfo and a deep team of executives with long tenure. We will cover marks responsibilities during his absence with support from the rest of our strong management team. To discuss, i spoke with a Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst and our Global Executive editor tom giles. As far as his leave, there have been signs that he may not be unwell. What was not expected was the
Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. There is quite a lot of going on in the markets. It is what is happening with crude oil, 59. 21. That is nymex. Brent is much higher. We have to look at some of the prices at nymex. It is having a huge impact across the board. We are seeing stocks relate to oil price as well. If we have a look at the airlines that have been impacted. Lets get that board up, ryanair down 2. 7 . Bp worried about possible shortages. We will have a lot more on the story. A lot more on the barranco attack. Get to thets bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Viviana would begin with Boris Johnson. A law would stop him from forcing through a no deal brexit. We have been told he will reject any deadline extension. Ahead of the Prime Ministers first negotiations today with European Commission president. Over to hong kong, this we can protesters set fire to a subway station. Police hit back with tear grass and Water Cannons. It is now into its four
Exchange, we bring a market moving news from around the world. Kong ifus from hong enda curran, we have Annmarie Hordern and emma chandra, and Michael Mckee joining us in new york. I want to show the slowdown. Bloombergs enda curran has more. Enda . Enda i think it was quite weak across the board, alex. The worst single month meeting retail002, which saw the sales side of things confirming that even though a lot of it was due to the slowdown in the car market, the auto market, there is a feeling that consumers are starting to track as well. The activeixed, investors side of it, we saw that lacking, pretty soft reading, setting up the economy for a pretty slow in to the year. Putting pressure on the government to respond. Alix thanks so much, enda curran come in hong kong. Saudi Oil Facilities were attacked. Annmarie hordern have the latest. Tomarie that is right here 5 of global supply, 5. 7 Million Barrels a day, but half of the kingdoms net exports. The biggest infrastructure that d
We get an exclusive check in with the linkedin ceo. His thoughts on the Company Three years after microsoft acquired the job listing site. But first, to our top story. A late developing shakeup at the top of oracle. The ceo is stepping down for help reason health reasons. The company did not specify what issues he is facing. But executive chairman released a statement saying oracle has an extremely capable ceo and an x and an extra nearly deep team of executives, many with long year tenure. Joining me to discuss, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst in new york, and with us, Global Executive editor tom giles. Thank you for crashing on this. How surprising was this announcement. Announcement . Tom as far as his leave, there have been signs over the last year that he may not be unwell. The was not expected was announcement to come today. And because they had not announced until now, there was a question mark about whether they would and whether he was getting well or not. It took us a l