is this a sign a national front victory is realistic. and a 60 billion euro brexit will, mp s strike back at the austrian chancellor s estimates at the cost of leaving the eu. program.o the this is bloomberg markets: the european open. let s have a look at what the futures suggest we will be doing at the start of trade. looks pretty much unchanged at the start of the trading day. potential for some bigger markets, the ftse 100, the dax, negative. slighter not overwhelmed by positive earnings surprises this morning. a mixed back from a host of european conquerors. let s see the asian section. yes trillion sx 200 down by 8/10 of 1%. the asian session weighed down by moves in commodity related equity markets. that shouldn t take away from the fact we have seen the fifth weekly gain in asian shares. global equities pushed over $70 trillion. a little bit risk off to what is happening over in the asian equities session. the commodities picture on the other side of this screen, ir
price but is still banking on $40 a barrel. we are going to ask the company s ceo at 8:30 london time. the g-20 story front and center. carnies point is an interesting one. and schaeuble still banging the drum about structural reform. he sees that as the only way forward. hans: there isn t a whole lot of structural reform heading in the direction schaeuble would want in germany. toy have all these refugees build housing for, to feed. that is a lot of fiscal stimulus. at the bundesbank, they are talking about having 0.25% increase on gdp. schaeuble in some ways is making the opposite argument of what he s doing at home. guy: plenty to talk about. we need to talk about the cpi story as well. inflation, let s run you through what the market looks like with 28 minutes ago until the equity market open. is a risk on story. it has been a risk on kind of week. stoxx 600. 1.2%. ftse looks like it is opening up 1%. a littlealk basf later. ats: let s take a quick look some assets. brent
good morning, everybody. you are watching the pulse. i m guy johnson. to 20 feetrs fly up high. meet the hover board. this looks like a fun way to spend your summer. ofs, live with the ceo bentley motors. this is a books wagon owned business. we will talk to him about his exposure to russia and how he views the ongoing geopolitical story in relation to his business. talking of which, we have been talking to a number of big bosses this morning who have significant business in russia. ceo.f them is unilever s he says he is committed to the country. caroline hyde joins us. he said earlier this month that a land ofssais asa as opportunity. is that the sent to government this morning? he is not steering away from that. in june, he was meeting with the deputy prime minister saying they were looking at acquisitions over there. they recently bought a makeup company and russia. in russia. they have more than 6000 employees. an .com think. company.glo-dutch is the pressure buil
cityient here in new york tested positive for ebola. a very good morning to you all. this is countdown. welcome to the show. we have breaking news. we kick it off with basf. chemicals,es to plastics, oil and gas, that is the mix of basf. let s give you the numbers. earnings, 1.84 2 billion. they were looking for a number of 1.7 6 billion. that is a little better as well. they beat analyst estimates. the big discussion was, will they hold on to their targets for 2015? let s see what else they are saying here. 2013 slightly below levels. they still see slight increase in their earnings this year. that is a very robust call. a lot of the analysts out there were saying this institution is going to find it pretty difficult to stick to their targets for 2015 and beyond. att to recap, revenue, sales 18.3 billion. that is a beat. earnings come in at 1.8 billion. that is a beat. 2014 will see earnings rise. . ay with countdown we will get the insight into those numbers later. t