Europe here. We initially saw quite a negative story coming out of europe. In the United States, maybe some stimulus talks helping propel the story a bit higher. The s p up by over 1 . The euro has come back. It is still negative on the day. We did have a 1. 16 handle. We now have a 1. 17 handle, but we have seen continuing dismal inflation data out of the eurozone. Yesterday was germany. Today it is france. A 0. 6 print. We get the final number friday. Alix totally different from the u. S. , in that we are able to generate some inflation. Christine lagarde with her strongest signal that the ecb will change its goal. She said it may be worth examining a strategy that allows inflation to temporarily rise above the target rate, similar to the feds shift. We need to thoroughly analyze the forces driving inflation dynamics today, and consider whether and how we should adjust our strategy in response. The anchoring of fixed rate expectations might have loosened. The wider discussion today i
Has fueled wildfires that have born burned more than a million and a half acres. Laura has become a category four storm. It is expected to make landfall tonight. We will have the latest on its movement in just a moment. Force. Rce joint the company beat estimates. We will talk to Ceo Marc Benioff live this hour. There is no one bigger than rhode island representative line. Cicil i sat down with the congressman for an exclusive interview that is ahead later this hour. If its politics you want more of, you can watch the Republican National convention tonight on bloomberg television. Viceyes will be on president mike pence as he makes the case for President Trumps reelection. We will bring you that coverage at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time. Our Bloomberg Markets correspondent Abigail Doolittle is with us. Abigail more record highs. I think you nailed it, talking about the fed liquidity. That has been the driver for the rally, right out of the march lows. The fed successfully stirred the animal
Alphabet. We will have details. Wework went from one of the most anticipated ipos to a floundering Coworking Company just trying to survive. We will look at what it faces in the new year. But first, our top story. Bloomberg was the first to report the iphone maker has a secret team working on a satellite technology, striving to find new ways to beam data directly to its devices. This is all according to people familiar with the matter. The company has about a dozen engineers from the aerospace satellite, and antenna Design Industries working on the project with the goal of deploying their results within five years. For more, i want to bring in bloomberg technologys mark gurman. What do we know so far . It is topsecret. It is operating like a startup in apple. It has the right funding. It has the ear of tim cook. It has a bunch of Aerospace Engineers and executives working on a plan to let iphones and other apple devices receive their data directly from apple developed antenna towers, s
Like Companies Like facebook and apple. Regulation, legal and legislative hurdles continue for technology, especially for overseas apps like tictoc, we will hear from Marsha Blackburn on how much more needs to be done. We begin this hour with tesla, its stock has been on a runaway rally for the latter part of the year, last year we saw shares reaching 420. Analysts recently raised his price target by 100 to 370. We are going to discuss whether tesla turnaround is working. You look backif at the last six months, it has been massively impressive, what musk has been able to do in terms of turning this around, have a base case of 370, at bulky its to 600. If they are able to execute over the next quarter to this china thesis, and theres an upward to trajectory, you could see it go higher. This gets us to a base case, i think both cases have 600, and a lot that rests on china. I have spoken to a few theral bearish analysts in last few weeks, they are concerned about demand in china. Do we h
Around the world, from riyadh to london to new york and washington. Bloomberg voices are on the ground with all of the mornings top stories. We want to start with breaking news out of london, where the labour party says it will support a general election. Boris johnson will try for the fourth time to secure election. Joining us now is emma chandra from london. What just happened . What is the lineup today . Emma we are seeing the pound off aftergher, paring spiking higher today. Saying they will now back in early general election, saying that conditions that a new deal brexit be off the table have been met. S is key because ivan the because even though the Prime Minister is asking for a general election again today, one that requires a smaller majority than yesterday, hed still needs some opposition support for that bill to pass. We understand there will be a vote on that later today. It would set the date of a new general election. The government saying that would be to summer 12th, b