and one luxury watchmaker gives us his view on the apple watch. also, the glock gun is one of the most historic firearms ever made. we look inside the family drama behind this well-known brand. and i will sit down with legendary historic musician sam moore, the ultimate soulman. all that and more over the next hour. first, let s get headlines from shelby holliday. it was a historic day for alibaba. the stock rose more than 38%. the valuation is larger than amazon and ebay combined, and more valuable than all but 10 companies in the s&p 500. founder jack ma was on the floor of the exchange today and discussed growth. very important is we want to build a company, not by a company. we want to make sure our ecosystem helps small guys. anything that can help small business grow, we will consider. ma is now china s richest man, with an estimated net worth of $21.9 billion. the nfl commissioner promised that the league will get its house in order. he rejected calls for resigna
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welcome to countdown. a warm welcome to you. it s just gone 6:00 a.m. tech.ng news in partneringsoundcloud and we will speak to some of the key people in this deal. let s get back to some breaking news. we are hearing back from the forecastaising their from ¥1.7 trillion to 2 trillion yen. it means this would be a prophet record they are now forecasting. this is the highest profit they would have ever made if they do manage to deliver on the ofl-year net income forecast 2 trillion yen. an upgrade to the full-year income forecast. we have the first half 2014 net but theoming in headline, raising the full-year benefitorecast possibly from the weakness in the japanese currency. n joins us from hong kong to put some of these numbers in respective. better than expected results. the positive results coming out of toyota because of cost cuts, because of a weaker yen, because of price increases. especially with bank of japan easing monetary policy. the yen has dropped to sev
welcome to market makers i am stephanie ruhle. i am matt miller come in for erik schatzker today, again today. i will just criminally take this seat. just permanently take this seat. erik, are you watching? the top business stories we are offering you this morning. the ecb is ready to jump in if the euro-area economy needs more stimulus. saysresident mario draghi that the bank governing council is unanimous on that score. must pushat europe ahead on structural reforms to the economy. earlier, the ecb raise expectations of higher incomes, and encourage firms to increase investment today and bring forward to the economic recovery. earlier, the ecb kept interest rates at record lows. here is one for matt shares of tesla are rising today. therefore busting forecasting robust growth for the next three years. here is elon musk. year-over-year, as far into the future as we can project, that is quite a big percentage growth for manufacturing. we would like to grow