good morning, everybody. you are watching the pulse. we are here in london. i am guy johnson. what else have we got coming up today? table that assemble your or transformer shelves into chairs. .eet the room bots plus, appealing to the masses. the first public play traded company to raise equity through crowd funding. how does that change the game? let s get to our top story. the scottish independence vote. sterling very much under pressure this morning after an opinion poll showing that the scottish independence campaign gained a lead for the first time this year. next week, scotland votes on whether to break up the union. anna has been tracking all the action. good morning. the poll is interesting. the headline number is maybe slightly less leading misleading, but it is the first time using the configuration they have given us that we are in front. the first time that the yes campaign has been put in front this year. that is why it has significance. upholdas another p
waking up in the united states. this is the pulse. we are here in london and we have got plenty coming up for you. mini-robots that assemble your table or transform themselves into chairs that you can sit on. meet the room-bots. we begin with our top story. sterling under pressure this morning after an opinion poll showing that scottish independence has gained a lead for the first time this year. next week, scotland votes on whether to break up the 307-year-old union. for more, anna edwards joins me now. this poll is interesting. there are a number of statistical a lot malaise anomalies that we need to think about. it is significant. he described the results of the poll over the weekend as remarkable. regardless of whether you look at the detail about whether you should or shouldn t include the undecided, if you exclude them, if you look at just who has they willor said vote yes, a 22 point lead for the no campaign has been lost over just one month. that has been repl
if you re going to get into goldman sachs or bloomberg, the local corner store, you have to work very hard. is it time up for tesco? they may close their worst quarter in a decade. terminal two at heathrow takes off. heathrow claims they have learned lessons from terminal five. we are live at the airport. hello welcome to countdown. to therm welcome program. it s just gone 6:00 a.m. in london. bloomberg reporters are standing by ready to deliver the stories to drive your day. is in berlin. ryan chilcote tracking tesco. olivia sterns has the best gig. she is live for the maiden flight of heathrow s new terminal. first on bloomberg, live from heathrow terminal two opening, we will speak with the newly appointed airport ceo in the next hour. english celebrity chef opening his first airport restaurant and it s also in terminal two. catch that interview in on the move. hooton has been excluded but his presence will be felt. , notnichols is in brussels berlin. he has m
the longest losing streak. strangely enough, something to do with profitability. analysts are raising their profits above those cutting their outlook. it is ea s versus sinceor the first time 2012. mario draghi meets his cohorts on the political side this weekend. draghi s message to european politicians, step up to the plate and back the program. some risk.assume the ecb cannot do the heavy lifting all on its own in terms of monetary policy. lloyd s is demonstrating a little bit of a bounce back. equity markets are rising a quarter of a percent. there are a couple of interesting stocks. we have a few deals. and gas assets for one and a quarter billion dollars. they have said they are in preliminary talks. that has been going on for several months. there is a deal to be done. the stock to open. airlines is definitely a feature. you have the baggage strike. unchanged.t aircraft the ceo said the strike could between 10 to 15 million euros per day. those are some individual stoc
we are live from bloomberg s european headquarters in london. i am guy johnson. we are going to check out a company using 3-d printers to tackle mobile accessories or take mobile accessories to the next level. and a classic car gets a new lease on life. we are going to take a look at the hotly new anticipated hybrid from bristol cars. haven t heard that name for a while. let s get to our top story. fresh sanctions on russia from the eu and u.s. targeting companies in moscow. they are warning retaliation with a clear threat. hans nichols joins us from berlin. in terms of what is on the list, what is on the list? we finally have the list. what we have our companies that are more than 50% state-controlled. that includes rosneft, grass ft and- gazpromne transneft. in terms of international markets, take a close look. when exxon opened, they have that $3.2 billion deal with rosneft drilling for oil and gas. that is of particular interest. other individuals they have sanctioned