Caroline has the story of the day. Blackrock. And they are working. Assetbacked securities are different. That may come as a shock. The bond buyers that we see. The european valuation is below the counterpart in United States of america. We are looking at confidence data a little later to drop and we are looking for unemployment in germany. I will join you for those numbers. We are looking at unemployment to fall and were going to look at the data. Lets look at vivendi. No real reaction from vivendi so far and the market. Lets turn to the companys on the move this morning. You have telefonica and telecom witha doing a batter oil gdp. Royal with gdp. The assets are lower and Telecom Italia is lower. It is a 20 stake. Caroline will take you to the numbers. Telefonica is up a third of 1 and they have trumped the gross levels. I leave the honor of taking you through the details of the deal. This is one of the bigger companies. Their fees are up 11 . They are a Global Player in the sector.
Welcome. You are watching the pulse. We are live from bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Lets get straight into our top stories. Telefonica raising the stakes. The company has lifted its bid for vivendis gvt units. That counters an offer from Telecom Italia. This is getting very incestuous. It is a battle for one of brazils fastestgrowing broad brand providers. Caroline hyde is here to answer our questions. Why is it so important . It is all about brazil. It is the Fastest Growing in brazil. It is a young, growing community in brazil who all want access to the internet. You want data, videos, facebook. This is a tantalizing asset owned by vivendi. They want to clock into that expansion. Both telefonica and Telecom Italia already have friends. They want to become more present. And want to merge with gvt gain more dominance while at home their domestic revenues have been easing off. Putting it politely. Of course, we are not using these two. We are going for whatsapp to send our
It is 7 00 here in london. A parade of military might in of peace talks on tuesday. Fighting continues in the east. Angela merkel is warning not to expect a diplomatic breakthrough when president putin and president poroshenko talk. This is classic angela merkel. She is managing expectations. She is tempering expectations. She is visiting kiev, and she said, dont expect much on this meeting on tuesday. Trip washe quote. My aimed at preparing such a meeting, which wont bring about a breakthrough. Merkel also called for resolution of the dispute between ukraine and russia and gas from on natural gas transit and delivery. She said there wasnt a red alert yet, but the clock is ticking. Winter theloser to situation will demand and consume more energy. What is the latest on the ground in ukraine . These holdout cities are being surrounded by progovernment forces. At the parademe in kiev president poroshenko talked about the need for another 3 billion euros in additional funding. Quote e actu
Hello, and welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. Accepted and ukraine ceasefire in talks in berlin last night, no agreement was reached, according to the German Foreign minister. Hans nichols joins us. Was there any progress at all . Well, the foreign minister of germany says there was progress, but he did not elaborate, and he stressed several points, briefing reporters earlier this morning after the talks concluded that the situation was difficult, it comes at a difficult time, and difficult seemed to be his word. The goal, of course, is a ceasefire. And there are future victims. Over five hours of talks last outside ofin berlin, berlin, and yes, they talked about ceasefire and also the humanitarian situation in eastern ukraine. Into the meeting, the Ukrainian Foreign minister, here is what he had to say. Now all sides are heading back. Steinbrenner wants them to head out later today. Hope to get a sense of just where things stand. What is the latest on the ground with the convoy .
I am an edwards. Coke gets an energy boost. Find out why it is spending 2 billion en masse to beverage. Ferrari fever. We check out the most expensive cars sold at auction. We begin in brussels. Eu Foreign Ministers are holding a special meeting today. Two major geopolitical issues on the agenda. Yours deteriorating relationship with russia and the crisis in iraq. Hans nichols was on the ground in brussels. Hans, a lot for politicians to cover in one day. All arriving now. They go in for this formal meeting. We expect ukraine to dominate the first session that starts in an hour. The question is, what do they know about the facts on the ground . Yes, they will be taking stock about a new round of sanctions. Tohough they are unlikely oppose additional sanctions. They want to know what is happening on the ground. Putin was in crimea yesterday. There is uncertainty about what and where that convoy of supposedly humanitarian aid and where that is going. One thing that is clear is that sanct