on well have no fear because in case you didn't know comcast yes comcast cares they do last saturday april twenty first marked the seventeenth annual comcast cares day the annual once a year about the reminds us service slaves and plebian is just how much our friendly neighborhood corporate media conglomerate truly cares about all us vassals paying for their nice suits and golden parachutes. take a listen as comcast employees imus and b c analyst nicole wallace and reverend al sharpton hyped comcast big day of giving while sitting just inches away from their corporate paymaster comcast senior executive vice president david cohn and if you look carefully hawk watchers while conan speaks you can still see the bloody carcass of net neutrality hanging from his to. big event here as we fell a great comcast cares day now and it seventeen year it is believed to be the nation's largest single day corporate volunteer advances of ads show him here this is part of the people in this building and around the world all excited about doing go to doing. this i think we can bring the world to women t

have no fear because in case you didn't know comcast yes comcast cares they do last saturday april twenty first marked the seventeenth annual comcast cares day the annual once a year about the reminds us service slaves and plebian is just how much our friendly neighborhood corporate media conglomerate truly cares about all of us vassals paying for their nice suits and golden parachutes take a listen as comcast employees imus and b c analyst nicole wallace and reverend al sharpton hyped comcast big day of giving while sitting just inches away from their corporate paymaster comcast senior executive vice president david cohn and if you look carefully hawk watchers while conan speaks you can still see the bloody carcass of net neutrality hanging from is to. mark the big event here as we fell a great comcast cares day now in its seventeenth year it is believed to be the nation's largest single day corporate volunteer event says of at his show him here every day this is part of the people in this building and around the cancun as well . all excited about doing would do go to doing twenty

the heart of the story in me and mom and comcast cares day comcast cares day comcast cares day the american cable company that's not afraid to blow its own horn or to get its journalists to blow it for their happy comcast cares day it's been almost a year and a half now since the election of donald trump and the opposition democrats still haven't moved on from the defeat of hillary clinton last week the party filed a lawsuit in new york over the hacking and publishing of e-mails from the democratic national committee the d.n.c. in two thousand and sixteen the defendants in the suit or the russian government the trump campaign and wiki leaks the timing with midterm elections about six months away may well be political but suing wiki leaks a news organization for publishing leaked material when it is hardly the only news outlet to do so could set a troubling precedent for press freedom in america. the us media have remained strangely silent on the implications busily obsessing over russian meddling in the election the moller investigation and donald trump's own rhetorical war against

futures erasing earlier losses as the dow delivers blow out earnings and upbeat guidance >>> comcast formalizes a $31 billion bid for sky. it sets up a show down with 21st century fox and disney >>> and the biggest deal of the year takeda landing shire >>> the 10-year yield at 3% for the first time in a few years. the futures are erasing most of their early losses thanks to boeing the dow trying to avoid a six-day losing streak. the raise on boeing's guide includes adjusted eps, operating cash flow, commercial airplane and this is after profit is up 57%. >> yeah. bowing is a brilliant company. what they did is take a look at what everybody said yesterday that screwed it up and said we're not the same including, by the way, the cash flow i mean, cash flow is important because lockheed martin said we're not raising cash flow. and lockheed martin reversed terribly here is what is happening now at hedge fund desks they'll say wait a second, are they talking about commentary in china? are they going to talk about incredible backlog demand? are they going to talk about raw costs? i think s

comments from caterpillar. there is news from comcast comcast formalized its cash offer for sky. the total value of the bid is about $31 billion. comcast also including a number of commitments in the deal including maintaining the annual budget for sky news for ten years at a minimum of 2017 levels, and establishing an editorial board to assure the independence of sky news 21st century fox has been trying to buy the 61% of sky that it doesn't already own. but the attempt has been rebuffed by regulators concerned about fox having too much control over british media this deal comes in -- >> it formalizes what we knew was likely to happen there was still a question mark out there. but now this starts the clock. this begins the race to how does fox come back? >> this is a 16% premium to fox's original bid because disney is in the process of buying fox, does disney make a bid? now we're in this whole new dance. new element of where this all goes >> andrew, you followed these rules closely. the rules in britain are different and unique about how you have to go through with some of these de

. >>> comcast volunteer day including many of us here at bay area worked side by side at makes our communities better. >> part of the largest volunteer efforts in the u.s. every year and put on by our parent company of comcast. >> reporter: hundreds of new trees, and nearly as many volunteers putting them in the ground scorched by the north bay fire in october. >> it's my neighborhood so i'm going to help take care of it. >> this was my drive on the way to my house. i want to have it look beautiful again. >> dug will never forget that night six months ago when he and his family escaped the flames, but lost their home. >> rebuilding together, getting to know each other. >> reporter: volunteers from nbc bay area and comcast working hand and hand with those hardest hit by the fires, bringing new life to the charred land and giving two schools a new look. >> it was nice to meet and talk with them. >> to be here now today and see people bringing this community back, making it stronger than ever it's inspiring. >> reporter: inspiring for fire survivors too who met neighbors they never knew and made

. >> thank you for all that. >>> comcast has submitted a 22 billion pound bid for sky formalizing an offer first made in february. sky has withdrawn its support for fox's offer and independent directors from the pay tv group said they will now engage with both comcast and fox comcast has offered 12 pound 50 pence per share, fox offered 10 pounds 75 pence per share. let's look at those shares this morning to see how they responded to the news. both fox and comcast are trading up on the day. sky is trading slightly softer much higher than that 12.50 pound bid that has been put through by comcast fox is also benefiting from the fact that sky shares rallied, and they have that 39% already interesting stake in the company. so whatever happens, at least that 39% stake is appreciating in line with appreciation of the sky share price. to talk to us more about this, i'm happy to say paolo pescatore joins us on the line good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so the ft front page says a three-way bidding war is about to start over sky. do you read this as well is this the formal beginning of

unfortunately you'll be as they come in. >>> comcast formalizing its $31 billion bid for sky, setting up a potential showdown with fox. comcast the parent of cnbc reporting earnings and julia boorstin joins us with the latest >> hey, jon. on the earnings call this morning comcast ceo brian roberts was pressed on the company's focus on buying sky and whether they might be interested in buying other assets roberts said that they loved comcast's core business and that the sky bid is not a diversion from that, but it's an opportunity, an opportunity not a necessity. >> the question of scale, and looking at the future, again, i don't think we have to do this, i don't think international is broadly is a strategy, i think it is a unique asset in sky's case that fits well within the mix of businesses we've already got and is aligned with our existing strategy of integrating content and distribution >> on the call nbc universal's ceo steve burke was bullish about the ad business going into the upfront ads sales period and positioned what nbc's assets are as a contrast to youtube and facebook a

minutes. >> great weather indeed and a good day to get outdoors. >> today was our comcast volunteer day. across the nation and 20 countries, around 11 -- 100,000 volunteers and us are volunteering in the comcast day in bay area. >> reporter: very uplifting event here at the lewis education center. they put a fresh face on the school with fresh paint and new landscaping here. part of a 17-year commitment from comcast from comcast cares where thousands of projects have been done. more than 7700 projects by millions of volunteers. the company has donated more than $20 million in grants. they did it with shovels, paint brushes and a little elbow greece. >> it's about regrowth and the strength of the people who live there. i think that's a touch l way to be able to express that. >> reporter: nbc bay area staff, management and onair personalities were among the 300 volunteers who gave up their saturday to pitch in. >> today we're bringing back hope to all of these families that had tough years. >> we hope today's an example for others to come out and help these communities. >> i think it'

comcast and they and they need to send a technician. >> i was disappointed. but what were my options? put it on my calendar and i wait a week. and at the end of the day they never show up. >> reporter: he says he called comcast. where was the technician? >> oh, we screwed up. >> reporter: he had to wait another week. >> he sai said i wanted to canc with you guys. i said you are not providing my service. >> reporter: matt did cancel and thought the whole thing was over until six months later. comcast had charged an early termination fee and sent it to collections. he contacted "7 on your side" and we contacted comcast and said there was confusion over when that technician was actually scheduled. however, comcast waived the cancellation fee and took it off his credit report telling us comcast is on a mission to reinvent how we -- we strive to work with our customers to correct the situation promptly and resolve issues to the customer's complete satisfaction. we have earnestly sought to do that in this particular case. our understanding that we took the necessary steps to respond to and

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. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. francine: credit suisse shares wealth growth on the management unit. a milestone for markets. the 10 year treasury old jumps to 3%. and a new deal. french president macron wants to negotiate a new deal with iran. good morning. i'm francine lacqua. new york.is in i'm excited about speaking with the chief executive of credit suisse. i want to ask in what comes after the two year plan. it ends in november. clearly have the update on where he wants to cut costs? of thee immediacy consolidation movement. i want to compare them with deutsche bank. it is an important conversation. francine: let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with taylor riggs. taylor: just breaking, china granted an additional fund. as leaching steps up the efforts to open up the $40

. now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. >>> welcome back. it's 7:15 on your saturday morning. hazy skies, low-lying clouds as we look to san francisco from san bruno mountain. you can see the sunshine is trying to breakthrough there and it will be here today. sunny, clear skies expected. temperatures from the upper 60s to the 80s. a great saturday to get out. >>> trendy, pricey and sleek, but tesla is getting a failing grade from the better business bureau, an "f" for how it treats its customers. the bureau recorded 65 and complaints. nearly 20% of the time, tesla didn't even respond to the complaints. no response from tesla, by the way. it's not the only silicon valley tech giant to get an "f." google ended up with a "d." >>> now to a big concern for parents. some tech companies are illegally collecting your kids' data a as they play games on phones and it's apparently happening without parents' permission according to a new study out of uc berkeley. it found more than 3,000 kid-oriented android apps collect

want to be someone who helps others ... and teaches them new things. every year, comcast employees and their families come together on comcast cares day to give back. it's a celebration of their year-long commitment to their communities. what do i want to be? i want to be someone who cares. >>> countdown to the midterms. voters go to the polls 198 days from today. no smooth sailing for mitt romney failing to secure the nomination, so he has to run in the june primary. >>> and the latest polling in texas shows problems for senator ted cruz tied with his democratic challenger. and the latest on the betting odds, the republicans are given a 60% chance of controlling the senate. and the democrats have a wedge over winning the house. >>> and the reporter who released the recordings of his interview that he now believes were was donald trump, explains why he thinks the president was so eager to get on the forbes list back in 1984. >> he used the forbes 400 and the statement of inflated as sets to borrow millions and billions of dollars, which he used to build atlantic city and overleveraged

tried comcast and they say they need to send a technician. >> i was disappointed. but what were my options? put it on my calendar and i wait a week. and at the end of the day they never show up. >> reporter: he says he called comcast. where was the technician? >> oh, we screwed up. >> reporter: he had to wait another week. >> he sai said i wanted to canc with you guys. i said you are not providing my service. >> reporter: matt did cancel and thought the whole thing was over until six months later. comcast had charged an early termination fee and sent it to collections. he contacted "7 on your side" and we contacted comcast and said there was confusion over when that technician was actually scheduled. however, comcast waived the cancellation fee and took it off his credit report telling us comcast is on a mission to reinvent how we -- we strive to work with our customers to correct the situation promptly and resolve issues to the customer's complete satisfaction. we have earnestly sought to do that in this particular case. our understanding that we took the necessary steps to respon

places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. >>> we've been talking a lot about president trump breaking his silence on stormy daniels. this is what he said. >> mr. president, did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. no. >> why did michael cohen make this, if there was no truth to the allegations? >> ike al is my attorney and you have to ask michael cohen. >> do you know where he got the money? >> no. i don't know. >> this made a bunch of news. let's bring back john avlon and michael smerconish. michael, this was seen as a big deal if you're stormy daniels's legal team. somehow he is opening the door here to -- yeah, right. to being deposed or somehow changing the story. you go. you do you. >> michael avenatti, i think michael avenatti is a skilled trial lawyer and has emerged as an enormous burr in the saddle of president trump. at this point what are we fighting over? stormy daniels is seeking to get out of a nondisclosure agreement. for what? so she can tell her story? what did i say on "60 minutes" three weeks

parent company comcast. charter with their mvno, they use verizon spectrum, for example, to deliver wireless services not to mention, the competition that they will offer, namely, combined sprint and t-mobile to the cable companies in getting into the home and providing what would be a broadband product through 5g we'll see, jim i don't mean, in any way, to make light of the fact it's going to be tough for them to get by they think now is the only time they can do it they are under enormous pressure at sprint given the debt load at the company. you know that. we've watched for years. the cap x requirements from the 5g build out are beyond the wherewithal they have in terms of what they have available to spend on it. and so this is a deal that kind of has to happen for sprint in many ways. i'm not sure what the company looks like if it doesn't. >> david, one thing that is clear, they answer a lot of objections that people are going to think of. whether it's wait a second comcast added more subscribers than t together. wait a second. we're not going to cut jobs. we didn't do it before

comcast cares, un dia en el que los empleados de esta compania, se unen para mejorar centros de estudios de toda la nacion.... banner lucrecia gabriel arlen con videos en las redes sociales.... y fotografias en las que se muestran cansados, pero sonrientes mas de 100 mil empleados de comcast, la compania matriz de telemundo, se unieron a amigos, familiares y voluntarios para participar en mil trescientos proyectos de embellecimiento en parques y escuelas de la nacion.... como parte del dia de servicio "comcast cares" "dando un porquito.... san jose" en san jose, el equipo de telemundo 48 se unio para darle una nueva capa de pintura a la escuela intermedia agustin boeger.... pero ese fue solo el inicio de una manana de trabajo comunitario... "contento... otra vez" al norte de la bahia, en santa rosa, otra cuadrilla de telemundo48 se unio a colegas de nbc para renovar una de las escuelas de la zona afectada por los incendios del norte de la bahia.... "parte de es... no estan solos" y es quese eels espiritu de comcast y telemundo es momento de conocer el tiempo en la bahia pasemos

transaction get through right military concerns. vonnie: does this mean comcast's potential bid is dead in the water? joe: i don't think so. we are waiting comcast to make a formal offer for sky. they are still very much in the game. is makingike disney move on the front. there be any changes to sky news if the parent company were to disney versus comcast? joe: that is difficult to say. i think sky news is likely to continue in its current form. comcast runs euro news in europe and has more expertise and synergies. i don't expect major differences between how disney and comcast would run. mark: sky shareholders have been crying for a higher bid from fox, particularly want disney entered the equation. does this pave the way for a higher bid from fox for skype? joe: it seems like this offer today deals with the concerns that people might have had. now it is a question of will they bid higher in a have a definitely seen it. verdicte cma gives a and will the secretary decide? 1 andhe verdict is on may then on mid-june. they are very much expected to. mark: joe will be busy. joe mays, bloomberg med

comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. kennedy: dow doesn't like trade wars and there is a good reason. they are from isolationist policies and they never deliver what they promise. when you are nursing a broken hand and restraining order they are less terrifying. after all, those trade deficits won't reconcile themselves. but in the end it becomes a series of regressive taxes. we all know our economy is deeply linked to china's and ex trikaight ourselves would be like wrestling with crazy glue on our fingertips. china is being childish and selfish by stealing our intellectual property. our president needs to tell their president to keep their meat hooks off the digital stakes. there is no sense in tanking the markets and taking them down with a game of chicken that will have predictable results, namely hurting our economy, hastening inflation and punishing lesser earners and pushing them of

inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. >> that is some of our reporting from tic toc on bloomberg, which streams live on twitter. let's take a look at the days biggest movers. a colder spring is slowing plantings of wheat and corn in the u.s. and russia. palladium appears to be holding its five-day losing streak, coming up a little bit at the far end of the panel. gold is retreating in the wake of a stronger dollar. out -- checkeck edge,oomberg commodities which talks about the biggest stories and trends in the will of commodities. let's get you to the first word news with mark crumpton. tennessee waffle house where four people were killed has reopened. the company will donate its first month of sales to help victims of the attack. the company's corporate staff at theh the wait staff facility, who said they wanted to go back to

inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. shery: i'm shery ahn. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg markets. you are looking at a live shot of the white house. president trump and the heads of the government for the baltic states will hit the podium for a news conference. earlier there were some comments on amazon by the president as the leaders arrived at the white house. stocks react.the they have bounced back from that initial pressure and we are seeing the dow up .9%. most sectors on the s&p 500 in the green rising .7%. materials are falling. the nasdaq is also up .5%. all averages are in the red. 17 states and the district of columbia and six cities sued the federal government today saying a plan to add a citizenship question to the census is unconstitutional. several states have joined a separate lawsuit filed by california's

ahead, a maj beer cost concern for thoad saving or y in retirement. >>> comcast has confirmed its $31 billion bid for european pay tv operator skye. has prompted skye to drop its offer from rupert mourdock and fox. they said a comcast/skye get together makes sense. >> love our core businesses and anybody who's viewing this as some diversion from that is not reading us properly in my judgment. we didn't choose to put play or any other asset in play. that event happened around and the question is, do we take a look at it and engage. >> separately, comcast earnings and revenue were out this they topped estimates by the he super ympics and bowl. they rose by 2.5%. comcast is the parentompany of cnbc which produces this program. >>> twittereported the second profitable quarter and blew past analyst expectations, revue and monthly active users. shares were sent down more than 2%. >>> at&t shares dropped after earnings miss and that is where we begin tonight's market focus. after the bell the telecom giant delivered weaker than expected profiten and r even as it added more customers duri

can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. >> a possible chemical gas attack. >> the u.s. president unlaeeash a tax. >>> also this hour, secret con v conversations to discuss where it will happen. >> 5:00 a.m. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. >> news room starts right now. what we do understand volunteer groups say at least 48 people killed and more than 500 wounded and fears the death toll could continue to rise. the images ahead we want to warn you are very graphic but it is important to see. >> it happened in eastern ghouta outside damascus. there have been reports of chemical attacks. again, this is disturbing. >> this is the evidence experting will be examining. women, children and men now lifeless on the floor of the underground shelter where many have gohad gone to hide to cove their faces to escape the gas. some of their eyes frozen in shock. cnn cannot independently verify the videos. >> another shows doctors treating patients in drocrowded hospitals. it's not just children, score

actually for everybody else, for comcast, fox, verizon, disney. this case will be transformative for the industry, regardless of which way judge leon decides. >> and at&t has positioned this deal as a big way for it to better compete with some of the are getting into and i've getting into and i've already gotten into the media content distribution business in their own right, google and facebook of the world. they've talked about how having this additional data and consumer information can help them in the digital advertising world. how big it is that pot and his or enough of that i to go rent when you're looking at all of these different players and all of these online content providers and traditional telco are getting into this place in addition to the net flick in the virtual mvpds you just talked about, you see more consult -- consolidation happening as a necessity as more people tried to buy for this infinite amount of dollars? >> guest: it's a great question, and i think that's in some ways what is going to decide this case is at&t has argued that you need to have tremendo

-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. loupe lou president trump securing a new trade deal with south korea and boosting the autoexport and limiting steel. the original trade deal with south korea and creating by former president obama and hillary clinton was disastrous. and the u.s. trade deficit soarred from escape pillion to 23 billion last year. my next guest said the original south korea trade deal was one in the american history. and joining me is a key architect of america first trade policy. peter navarro and director of the council. >> a day for the history books. this is top three worst deals in american history. you have china get in the wto. and three hillary clinton and obama. as you did. we hammered our auto industry. and the president in that campaign renegotiate. and promise made and kecht and

. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. lou: primp today declaring -- trump today declare he stands with our allies. >> there has been nobody tougher to russia with that said, i think i could have a very good relationship with putin, it is possible i won't. you will know about it remember this getting along with russia is a good thing, getting along with china is a good thing, getting alon with other country, is a good thing not bad. lou: joining us dr. going to go. great to have you with us. today heads of baltic states, at white house. it looked as though president was purposefully putting his thumb in the eye of vladimir putin. >> what about collusion? yeah. it warmed my heart as child of parents who escaped the captive nation during revolution of 1956 in budapest to see american president stan next to 3 nat

vonnie quinn. and i'm mark barton. the european close, mere minutes away. comcast has thrown down the gauntlet to rupert murdoch's 21st century fox and disney. the company formerly offered $41 billion to purchase the british to bypass the part of the company they already own. murdoch does decide whether to raise his side of the bid as part of their $52 billion deal announced in december. a preliminary agreement has been reached to purchase for $64 billion. the japanese company will have a foothold into the one of the drug industry's most coveted sectors and gain access to a pipeline of medicines for rare diseases such as hemophilia. that is your lame -- latest bloomberg business flash. next we are off the lows of the day but we are down for the second consecutive day. the dax, lower. cap's, lower. i will leave you with the currency board as we approach the close. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome to the xfinity store. i can tell you about... streaming the most free tv shows and movies on the go. yeah, and... xfinity internet. it's so fast! and you can save by... by getting up to 5 mobile

can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. >>> michelle wolfe scorches trump for skipping out on the correspondent dinner. as she did that he was scorching the media. welcome. >> i'm gnnatalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. newsroom starts right now. >>> at 5:01 we start with new developments on the korean peninsula putting forwrd a new time line to denuclearize. it will shut down next month and foreign experts will be invited to north korea to ensure transparency of closure. it is from his landmark summit. north korean leader had a lot more to say. he is literally pushing pyeongchang into the future. also despite all of the threats mr. kim says he is not actually the kind of person to fire nuclear weapons. the overtures come ahead of a diplomatic breakthrough through with u.s. president donald trump. he also says talks with mr. kim could be just weeks away. >> we'll see how it goes. again, whatever happens happens. i may not work out. i leave. so we'll have hopeful a very successful negotiation and we'll be doing the world a big favor. let's

. >>> speaking of the stock market, watching comcast stock. the media giant just made a $30 billion bid to buy london tv operator sky. it's a really big deal. stocks are up this morning for comcast. i want to show you here on my computer. they're at more than $33 a share. that is up more than 1% right now. comcast's bid for sky tops the bid made by 21st century fox, and sky already responding this morning, and it's withdrawing its recommendation to shareholders to accept that fox bid that was made earlier after this comcast bid came down just this morning. so stay tuned. it could go to comcast. back to you. >>> attention online shoppers. are some of those reviews you're reading on amazon actually fakes? a new report says yes. despite amazon's attempt to stop paid reviews, they're still popping up for popular items like bluetooth headphones, speakers and diet pills. "the washington post" owned by jeff bezos reports a vast majority of reviews for products in popular categories appear to violate amazon's prohibition on paid reviews. abc's rebecca jarvis says there are red flags to watch out f

news right now. comcast formalizing its bid for sky broadcasting. he offers a 16% premium over the 21st century fox bid. comcast offered 22 billion pounds. twenty-first century fox is the parent company of fox business. obviously, we know comcast came in, wanted to really disrupt the deal fox had with disney and now we see their formalizing this bid just for sky. >> right. this gets back to the deal between disney and news corp. it looks like they are following through with the efforts to disrupt video. maria: and perhaps fox was ready to sell sky anyway. is fox going to fight for sky with a comcast formalizing the offer at this point? we'll see. >> it looks like we have a fight on her hands. >> also watching first-quarter results in terms of twitter, bowing out this morning. facebook reported "after the bell." are we still at connecticut performance in terms of profitability? 19% growth is the expert patient for the first quarter. >> debating whose numbers you're looking that. for the first quarter, but we should get better than not when it's all said and done. just a quarter of t

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rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. surveillance, i'm mark barton in london. it nejra: the trump administration is pushing for a nafta deal to announce improve next week. according to people familiar with the talks, cabinet members will meet to try to achieve a breakthrough. they say the white house wants leaders to join in on unveiling the brown -- broad update a week from friday. technical talks will hammer out the finer details. it the trump administration has announced fuel efficiency regulations for cards and light trucks are too stringent and must be revised. the environmental protection agency also said it was considering whether to revoke the waiver that allows california to set its own tougher admissions rules. it grew criticism from consumer and environmental groups. and vladimir putin have discussed having a some of the white house. they talked

november 6th of last year and as others had reported, as well, the comcast bid was above that of disney. however, to be fair, they were not apples to apples, and it was made clear, as well, guys in the background of the transaction. some of the key areas of difference and why the fox board, as i had reported on that very day they announced the deal was resistant to comcast a lot of it came down to deal protections and regulatory review for example, disney was willing to offer $2.5 million break fee. comcast no break fee whatsoever and more importantly, those regional sports networks, 22 of them that disney was buying. there's an anti-trust risk and there is belief for comcast and there would have been a need to put those back to the new fox and there was a belief that there would have been a lot of them put back and so it's not really the $34 and change that they're talking about. it is less because the ebitda involved that would be going back to new fox, which by the way, they'd be paying taxes on receiving no premium on those assets and that takes the overall number down. so wh

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customers that sky has. technology is highly valued by comcast. there could be synergies on the pay-tv side. there is a time deadline for the regulators to decide whether they can buy the rest of sky. when is it? >> the regulators have until may 1 and then the u.k. government will decide in about june time whether it wants to allow fox to acquire sky and we are also still waiting for comcast. it all comes to a crunch i imagine around june or july. david: what is going on with the author -- offer to shareholders? >> comcast is still working with european regulators trying to get its ducks in line. that regulatory process will start and comcast hopes that can get done quickly. david: thanks for a much, joe mays. spotify makes its trading debut after opting for an unusual direct listing. this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. ever

continuing media merger mania there is moves this week as comcast corp is bid thirty one billion dollars to buy european television operator sky p.l.c. the offer beats an earlier offer from rupert murdoch's twenty first century fox fox already owns thirty nine percent of sky but once it all but there's more to it than meets the eye and here to discuss is veteran media consultant and more importantly the host of the big picture here on r.t. america holland cook himself holland thank you for being here sure appreciate it your best ok so try to explain this the disney's involved somehow it's hard to figure out where all the players are you can't tell the players without a scorecard but the play book will be eerily familiar rupert murdoch owns fox which owns a chunk of sky the big pay t.v. thirty nine percent and he wants to own more until comcast as in n.b.c. or perhaps your cable company stepped in and one upped his offer so rather than owning lots of sky murdoch could end up owning none of it because it is still with me so with you fox which murdoch owns and agreed to sell disney it share in

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they're facing from cable companies such as comcasts that are moving more aggressively into the wireless industry but question still is will it be enough another question actually is while this regulatory review goes on and on, will sprint still be the tough competitor it has been to t-mobile here is marcelo claure >> we don't back off as a matter of fact, we're even looking for friends right now. tomorrow we go back to competition. we're going to try to attract t-mobile and at&t customers. this is going to be the largest investment continuing to build our 5g network we're going to continue to run the company the same way the last four years. we're going to continue to compete and we're going to continue to win. >> of course, the financial wherewithal of this combined company will be such that it can truly compete with the likes of at&t and verizon in terms of building out a network sprint weighed down by all that debt, facing the enormous cap x needs it would simply knew it wasn't going to be able to meet the challenges alone, and has been trying for years to figure out a way t

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, back to you. >> thank you very much rick. comcast, the parent company of cnbc trying to top box with a $31 billion you bid for bryn sky. julia boorstin joins us with more. >> reporter: comcast is challenging a lower takeover bid by 21st century fox which already owns a 39% stake in sky. comcast is looking to buy a piece of those assets that disney is getting as part of its fox takeover comcast may go, its offer at 12.5 pounds a share official saying that sky would be comcast's platform for growth across europe. comcast ceo brian robert saying on his earnings call this morning that the deal is an opportunity but not a necessity. >> in the question of scale and looking at the future, again i don't think we have to do this i don't think international is broadly is a strategy. i think it is a unique asset in sky's case that fits well within the mix of businesses we have already got and is aligned with our existing strategy of integrating content and distribution. >> comcast higher offer prompting sky to withdraw its recommendation to share holers to support fox's 10.75 pound per share of