we will speak with alex kruger, the head of the private equity firm first reserve. let s have a look at where european equities are trading when now 30 minutes until the end of the trading session. stocks falling for the fourth day and tension has been on central bankers. in the meantime, the imf cutting its assessment of the u.s. economy. ambitions ofump s 3% growth are possibly pie-in-the-sky come up my words not the imf words. you can see the currencies rising against the dollar and bonds and commodities and cds . let s get the bloomberg barometer. well-being is positive. below zero. shows th shows the opposite. we did have some data today in the u.k.. consumers feeling just as gloomy as they were after the brexit vote a year ago. we had an index of consumer confidence dropping to 106.9 in june, a level only slightly higher than that post referendum low. this is from the center of economic and business research. a fascinating piece of data. this gauge does look at gauges s
a man stabbed eight people in finland today, killing two of them before police shot him in the five and detained him. authorities are looking for more potential suspects in the attack. the incident happened in the city about 100 miles west of the capital helsinki. officials say security has been stepped up. at the attacks in barcelona and at a nearby seaside result resort. angela merkel s main challenger says he spoke with the chancellor and both agreed to suspend campaigning. they told reporters today they made the decision as a sign of solidarity for those people affected in spain by the attacks. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 and analysts in over 120 countries. i m mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. lisa: live from bloomberg s world headquarters in new york. julie: i m julie hyman. joe: scarlet and julia are both off today and we are half an hour from the close of trading. lisa: oil rises. hat dthe question is, w you miss? julie: the controversia
lee k shang lee k shang. they are revealing a new location for the gemini bitcoin exchange. a fundamental shift in the last 24 hours, a swing back towards remain over the weekend with the markets moved to go with it. big gains in new york, the biggest pop since august of last year. it will continue with features firm. board, a bigthe day for sterling yesterday, the biggest pop since 2008. the gains continue, pretty much unchanged for 2016. the euro is just a little bit lower and the fed chair is that to speak in just a few hours time. the euro down 1.68% on the u.s. 10 year. david: ok, john. thes check in with bloomberg team for an in-depth coverage of top stories. anna edwards and it is in westminster and guy johnson is an london. is in brussels, and erik schatzker is an washington. jonathan: all reporters and the lives of the stories are stacked. withdwards joins us live the very latest on the polls from westminster. guy johnson alongside me to talk about the market rea
as we used to say. maybe we still do. we do. of course we do. you can see there the dax in particular up 1.69% off of not a bad overall year as we look at yearly returns. how is the ten-year note yield doing you ask? there it is. 2.25. and of course crude and natural gas crude in particular, so important in the movement of the market, down yesterday. market down. up today, we ll see whether the broader equity market follows through. we have the latest s&p case-shiller home price report. that was released just a moment ago. the results being shown, you can see them at the bottom of the screen. it looks like a decent october. 5.2% annual increase based on what they saw in october. 2015. verses a 4.9 increase in september of 2015. san francisco, denver and portland continue to have the hottest housing markets in the country, at least at this point. not a great year for housing stocks. home builder stocks had a lackluster year when you look at the performance thus far. th
possibility and the symptoms, etc., and he handled himself accordingly. spencer had been working in guinea with doctors without borders. he took the subway and went bowling. we have the story covered from a variety of angles. shelley holliday is at bellevue hospital, plus begin with an expert at the cdc in washington and a former world health organization epidemiologist. in the meantime, two days ago before the presidential runoff election in brazil, dilma rousseff facing opposition candidate. the latest polls indicate reset has a slightly. whoever wins will have much good news to deliver on the brazilian economy, facing a budget budget deficit and business confidence close to a five-year low. are punishing amazon. shares down as much as 13% after the e-commerce company posted its worst quarter loss in more than a decade. amazon forecast sales and profits of the fourth quarter that missed estimates. gene munster covers amazon for piper jaffray. amazon ceo jeff bezos has bee