Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/30/2024 10:48am
... the euro advancing gdp a little better across the top four eurozone gdp economies: france, germany, italy, and spain. all doing better than expected. under surveillance this morning, ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/30/2024 10:34am
... even if they are really cheap, is that going to take off? lisa: not in the u.s., but may be france, serbia, and hungry and that is why xi jinping is over there. annmarie: in italy they are potentially looking up opening a ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/30/2024 10:33am
... where is he going may 5? france, serbia, hungary. buy our cars. this has been an area less immune to the exports from china at cheaper price points. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/30/2024 10:32am
... consumer prices rising 2.4% year-over-year. and improving germany as it faces a troubled industrial sector. the troubles persist, but relative to expectations surprises in germany, france, italy, and spain, the right kind of surprises this time around. lisa: you put it well when you ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/30/2024 10:03am
... there is rhyming with scenario over here. gdp hotter than expected and inflation incrementally in germany and france coming in higher than expected as well. it raises the question, does this give the ecb room to cut rates and be stronger? i'm surprised we didn't see more ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/30/2024 5:26am
... talks are ongoing and police have moved in france to clear up demonstrations. protests have been held at an elite university in paris. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
4/30/2024 0:48am
... still raining. france of course was one of the main backers of the eu probe into ev's. and china has also targeted an antidumping probe that essentially looks at french ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
4/30/2024 0:47am
... france, some really interesting color details coming out from what we are going to expect from that trip. but for president xi jinping, emmanuel macron poses a figure that is perhaps more receptive to his messaging. we know that micron is planning ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
4/30/2024 0:47am
... interesting one. that kicks off may 5 and we are going to see him going to france, hungary, and serbia. and even that selection of countries is quite interesting here. his first trip to the european union in five years. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Australia
4/29/2024 11:54pm
... they will visit france and hungary on the visit. tensions have been mounting over issues including trade, spying allegations and beijing support for russia. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Technology
4/29/2024 3:16pm
... ed: all right, chris, really appreciate having you up from l.a. so far, shares of sofi are falling. we will speak to the ceo. another stock on the move. caroline: it's in france, all ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/29/2024 12:12pm
... israel agreed to hold off on an invasion of rafah. blinken is expected to visit with representatives in riyadh before heading to israel and jordan. president xi jinping will visit france and hungary as well as ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/29/2024 10:44am
... for the first time in five years. next week he is going to visit france as well as hungary. there are visible tensions right now between europe and china for things like trade and spying allegations, but perhaps top of those tensions as beijing ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/25/2024 11:39am
... then they can say we have won the fight on the labor market and we are going in the right direction. it's hard for them to do it now except as a knee-jerk reaction to what's happening in france. i'm not sure how that's the bank ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/25/2024 10:41am
... threat to european security than it is to the u.s., so the u.s. is counting on the europeans to do more. whether they will remains to be seen. president xi will be visiting france next month and that will be an interesting test in terms ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/25/2024 5:21am
... technology for the sake of technology. tom: you have been around doing this for a long time, before the sugar rush of the funding. you look at a $5 billion company in france after 12 months. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/24/2024 11:54am
... couple of good years, probably all the developed countries. the u.s. gets a lot of attention. if you think about france, maybe ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Technology
4/23/2024 3:56pm
... spain and france. we understand that bytedance says it has sent tiktok risk assessment report to the e.u., all of this is highlighting the ongoing regulatory focus for this particular social media company that opened a new probe on monday, basically threatening ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/23/2024 11:25am
... at the same time, there is this dichotomy where it seems like china is able to maybe woo france, woo germany to have some better trade deals, better business opportunities, but yet the u.s. is continuing to push away from that. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Australia
4/22/2024 11:19pm
... paul: bytedance is also fighting a battle on two fronts, across the atlantic there is trouble in the eus well. what is going on there? they are staring down the barrel of a fined rye? alex: they are, it's a major moment. it was an app that was launched in both france and spain and ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/22/2024 12:13pm
... columbia's president said leaders would come together today to discuss a way to end the crisis. and the ecb will not be swayed from cutting rates in june even if the uncertainty over oil prices, according to the governor of france bank. i spoke with jane foley said ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/22/2024 10:24am
... becoming a much bigger focal point pulling forward and more specifically, russian assets being held in europe, in france, indulge in. how close do you think we are to an agreement with the europeans on how to move forward? i think >> we are very close. you've got remarkable ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/22/2024 5:26am
... past few months. the fact that he sees this draft mou coming with some of ghana's biggest creditors including china and france, is significant. what happens next is where these talks go. they are in the $3 billion ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/19/2024 11:53am
... are the head of the axis of resistance and show they would not stand for what israel did in a foreign country. lisa: we are talking about the coalition that was unprecedented of the u.s. and the u.k. and france but also of jordan and saudi arabia. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/19/2024 5:43am
... more centralized supervision. france, italy, spain, netherlands are in favor. you had a question of harmonizing estonia and ireland. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Markets
4/18/2024 2:49pm
... that gap and get growth outlook up as we are getting inflation down. i would love to get more specific on the countries within the region. let's talk about france and italy and their fiscal situations. are you concerned about their ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/17/2024 12:21pm
... stored underneath the new york federal reserve. some might be stored on shore and some might be stored in france and switzerland vaults. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/17/2024 11:19am
... defense, alongside jordan, u.k., france, and put them altogether. iran was unpleasantly surprised at the coalition level, comprehensiveness, and most obviously the result, 99% batting rate knocking down and ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/17/2024 5:45am
... months ago with inflation at 11.1%, that is well and truly behind us. if you are looking forward in terms of long-term prospects, the imf are saying the u.k. will grow faster than france, germany ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/16/2024 12:32pm
... chairman today of the federal reserve, from jefferson. we will see if he adds to that. i do we will get much more from john williams today. he is speaking with the president of the bank of france so more probably about french issues but there is a consistent message now coming from all of ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/16/2024 5:46am
... that re-calibrates us back to 2020, pre--- pre-covid. that still leaves us firmly as number one in terms of the european ecosystem. 3.9 is almost more than france and germany combined in q1. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Technology
4/15/2024 3:06pm
... crushing attack, as they put it. it's not clear if they will have their way. it doesn't seem so. it seems that the embrace that the united states, the united kingdom, and france, it's been a ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/15/2024 10:09am
... iron dome, and you saw this unofficial coalition of the united states and united kingdom but also france, jordan, and saudi arabia. this is a very ad hoc grouping and it took a fair amount of ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/15/2024 10:02am
... de-escalate on the part of u.s. and france and germany. to me the market will not pricing a geopolitical risk that has yet to transpire. this is a market on edge with the new redline crossed. iran has never directly attacked israel. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/15/2024 5:06am
... we appreciate the u.s. standing by israel's side, as well as the support of great britain, france and many other countries. i have set a clear principle. whoever strikes us, we will strike him, defend ourselves ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
4/15/2024 0:06am
... sit in, seeing israel with the help of the u.s., u.k. tan france, knocking down 99% of hardware, 300 missiles and rockets. they could want to limit ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Australia
4/14/2024 11:04pm
... that this happened, unprecedented as well was the response, the way israel defended itself with the help of the u.s., u.k. and france to ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Markets
4/12/2024 4:54pm
... anything we have seen since the october 7 attack from hamas. sonali: how do you understand u.s. officials are preparing for the conflict? nick: it is u.s. officials in tandem with the u.k., france, ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/12/2024 12:56pm
... geopolitical risks. our report is within 48 hours we could see some sort of retaliation. all morning we've been pointing to the actual tangible actions that the u.s. and france are sending about warning signals, individuals in israel. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/12/2024 12:44pm
... market. annmarie: we've been talking about the signals coming from the united states, france, israel, tangible signals about where people should and shouldn't be. this has to do with some sort of intel about what an iranian strike would look like. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/12/2024 12:04pm
... there has been a drip of stories that are more tangible than just reports of an imminent strike. you are seeing france, alerts from the u.s. about certain embassies, where not to travel. there is intelligence behind this. israel is bracing for some kind ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/12/2024 11:32am
... on all of the geopolitical headlines overnight. a number of them. whether it is the u.s. warning americans in the israeli embassy, france has come out with a warning, telling french citizens not to go. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Technology
4/11/2024 3:23pm
... is considering building a factory in the united states as it expands from arizona to texas. the consideration would mean that it would add to its global factory facilities alongside salmon for -- singapore, elgin, and france. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/11/2024 5:38am
... -- of france has talked about the need for an insurance policy against the wrister growth. -- risk to growth. this is why it's a two-sided risk. kriti: lizzy burden in frankfurt, thank you for previewing that decision. as we say, we are watching the ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/11/2024 5:23am
... was at one point the fourth largest bank in france. socgen seeing a positive of 25 basis points impact on there's -- their ratio from the deal. it is meant to occur in the ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
4/10/2024 12:12pm
... stanley. i want to issue a quick correction. we had a full screen earlier attributed to france's domino but should have been attributed to anna wong. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Markets
4/9/2024 2:38pm
... have convinced toyota and the biggest car parts company to incorporate their technology in every single car, and you have france, germany, sweden, israel, michigan, all putting in the technologies into their ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Markets
4/9/2024 2:36pm
... stomach -- doesn't have enough ammunition, france doesn't have enough troops, and i don't know that america wants to put their energy there. america at the same time is creating some of the world conflict, creating inflation on the other side of the world. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/9/2024 5:41am
... collateral. that is more than a percent of the loan book. that is mostly concentrated in germany and in france and what is interesting is in germany you know get the pricing, you'll get updated appraisals like you do in the u.k. and the u.s. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
4/9/2024 5:37am
... presented to creditors, bloomberg said it is seeking to convert about half of its borrowers into equity. once hailed as the rising star of france's tech industry, they are struggling under a wall of debt after 3.6 billion euros are due by the end of next year. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Technology
4/8/2024 3:38pm
... hello alice co-founder, elizabeth gore. meanwhile, let's keep track on some globally traded stocks right now. atos in france, a french i.t. company, pretty embattled. it will present a debt restructuring plan as the company's top shareholder wants ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Markets
4/4/2024 2:50pm
... are in new york and boston in dallas but also france and the middle east. what about other cities that interest you? being of london, we are looking at that and just announced we are doing a big ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/31/2024 6:17pm
... france, europe, or the united states? thomas: europe. 20% of the business is in france. 40% in europe. 20% in the u.s. and 20% in asia. david: growing a business the end acquisition or are you going to do something like that? thomas: as i said i started with 80% life insurance and now we ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/31/2024 6:16pm
... to make sure it would work and integrated myself wherever i could. this point around the university is a good one. in france you compare very good schools with the less good ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/31/2024 6:14pm
... it started at 16 euros and today it closed at 31. david: the market capitalization was up almost an equivalent amount? thomas: $71 billion. david: france is a wonderful country with great companies usually headed by people born in france. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/31/2024 2:16pm
... what is the biggest place where you have the most people, france, europe, or the united states? thomas: europe. 20% of the business is in france. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/31/2024 2:16pm
... in france you compare very good schools with the less good schools. i was neutral because i came from a university that nobody knew so i was not placeable. david: when you are conducting business in the headquarters you speak french or english or german or what? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/31/2024 2:14pm
... thomas: a little bit more. it started at 16 euros and today it closed at 31. david: the market capitalization was up almost an equivalent amount? thomas: $71 billion. david: france is a wonderful country with great companies usually headed by people born in france. how did i german get to be the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 5:16pm
... david: your business is global. what is the biggest place where you have the most people, france, europe, or the united states? thomas: europe. 20% of the business is in france. 40% in europe. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 5:16pm
... this point around the university is a good one. in france you compare very good schools with the less good schools. i was neutral because i came from a university that nobody knew so i was not placeable. david: when you are conducting ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 5:14pm
... amount? thomas: $71 billion. david: france is a wonderful country with great companies usually headed by people born in france. how did a german get to be the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 1:16pm
... france, europe, or the united states? thomas: europe. 20% of the business is in france. 40% in europe. 20% of the you -- in the u.s. and 20% in asia. david: growing a business the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 1:15pm
... french knowledge, i only spoke french the whole day to make sure it would work and integrated myself wherever i could. this point around the university is a good one. in france you compare very good schools with the less good schools. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 1:14pm
... was up almost an equivalent amount? thomas: $71 billion. david: france is a wonderful country with great companies usually headed by people born in france. how did i german get to be the head of a french major company? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 1:16am
... where is the biggest place where you have the most people? france or europe or the united states? thomas: it's europe. we have about 20% of the business in france, 40% of the business in europe, 20% in the u.s. and 20% in asia. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 1:15am
... make sure this would work, and i integrated myself wherever i could. this point around the universities is actually a very good one. in france, you compare very good schools with less good schools. i was neutral because i came from a university nobody knew, so i was not placeable in the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/30/2024 1:14am
... is up almost an equivalent amount? thomas: about $71 billion. david: france is a wonderful country and they have a lot of wonderful companies, usually headed by people born in france. how did a german get to be the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/28/2024 1:17am
... 20% of europe is in france. 40% of the business in europe, 20% in the u.s. in 20% asia. david: any interest in growing your business by making an acquisition or doing something like that. thomas: we have done a few ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/28/2024 1:16am
... meetings as i can in french, if possible. david: your business is a global business. what is the biggest place where you have the most people, is that france, europe, the united states? thomas: it's your. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/28/2024 1:16am
... myself wherever i could. this point around the university is a very good one. in france, you compare the very good schools with the less good schools. i was neutral because i came from a university that nobody knew, so i was placeable in the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/28/2024 1:14am
... thomas: we have about $71 billion. david: france is a wonderful country with great companies. usually they are headed by people born in french. -- france. how did a german get to be the head of a french major company? ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
3/26/2024 12:09pm
... it is just china's economy slowing. i think it is much more of a pattern that we are seeing from china, and then you start looking at what they are trying to do in terms of selling the brand not just mystically, but globally. france went after shein which is ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/26/2024 6:37am
... that micron has created with business, which is to say, i'm going to create the stable business friendly environments, i'm going to attract companies of investment to france, which was done quite successfully, ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/26/2024 6:36am
... possibility. there was an argument from one of macron's political allies to say that they should tax what they call the super profits of some companies. that is something that has been considered in france before and rejected in part because of how ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/26/2024 6:35am
... so dependent on government spending. tom: i think -- i cannot believe you just clumped grumpy people in france together. i say that as someone with french heritage. what are the other possibilities? what other levers could macron ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/26/2024 6:35am
... promise, then it really is going to require some major spending cuts. that is never an easy thing to do. to do a cut, cuts create a lot of grumpy people if you start to get expenditures. especially in france, which is ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/26/2024 6:34am
... over one year. currently down over that timeframe. a little over 86%. back to france in the budget deficit. a redhead crossing in the last minute or so. france 2023 deficit of 5.5%. 5.5% of gdp, well above the ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/26/2024 6:33am
... saying it has entered conciliation to reach a refinancing deal. so over in france, the i.t. company getting closer, it seems to refining. it has entered conciliation to ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/26/2024 6:33am
... pressure is at 2172, relatively flat in the session. i will put that story in more detail for you in the next couple of minutes. a couple of redheads crossing the board right now. one is on france and the deficit. we will get to that shortly. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/25/2024 6:31am
... russia holds a day of mourning after the death toll from friday's attack reaches 137. france raises their security alert to the highest level. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/25/2024 6:14am
... france raised its security alert to the highest in the decision is justified given islamic state claimed responsibility. it allows for the paralympic ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/25/2024 6:01am
... a day of mourning and russia after the death toll from the terrorist attack reaches 137. france raises its security alert following the attack claimed by the islamic state. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
3/21/2024 10:38am
... work together to increase basically it's rearmament and how does it find itself. that's the big question here. i think as you suggested that france is distinct in its views ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Surveillance
3/21/2024 10:38am
... and everyone else? leslie: there is a divide and macron is pushing forward, setting france out as a leader with the possibility of western troops in ukraine is not unthinkable at this meeting doubling down on how does europe ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Asia
3/21/2024 0:26am
... states will join a european and g-7 coalition for military and financial support for ukraine in the battle with russia. we heard the president of france talking about potentially boots on the ground in ukraine. ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/18/2024 6:37am
... france, in the want reform to visit you can have your defense spending going forward for the eib. tom: if that reform came through as the french and germans clearly want to do, would it make significant difference in ...
Bloomberg: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe
3/18/2024 6:36am
... you cannot think ukraine without thinking about russia. germany and france called for the european investment bank to step up defense spending. let's bring in all of her crook -- oliver crook with the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 6:20pm
... institutions. we do a lot as well on the art side and helping artists and helping restoration of art in france. you can do a lot while being a company ceo. david: let's talk about the. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 6:19pm
... people might say you are a really attractive businessperson, why don't you go into government? you might be a cabinet officer or something. you have any interest in that or in france you cannot quite do it that way? thomas: obviously in our job, i do have a lot of links to politics. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 6:16pm
... where is the biggest place where you have the most people? france or europe or the united states? thomas: it's europe. we have about 20% of the business in france, 40% of the business in europe, 20% in the u.s. and 20% in asia. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 6:15pm
... what i did, for example, with my rudimentary french that i had from school and studying, i only spoke french the whole day to make sure this would work, and i integrated myself wherever i could. this point around the universities is actually a very good one. in france, you compare very good schools ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 6:14pm
... country and they have a lot of wonderful companies, usually headed by people born in france. how did a german get to be the head of a french major company? thomas: you would have to ask my board of directors. no, essentially, the board ran a ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 6:14pm
... thomas: i think it is more than that. david: and market capitalization is up almost an equivalent amount? thomas: about $71 billion. david: france is a wonderful ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 2:21pm
... side and helping artists and helping restoration of art in france. you can do a lot while being a company ceo. david: let's talk about the economy. the united states has a situation where we have reasonably good growth in 2023, ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 2:19pm
... david: in the united states, people might say you are a really attractive businessperson, why don't you go into government? you might be a cabinet officer or something. you have any interest in that or in france you cannot quite do it that way? ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 2:16pm
... possible. david: your business is a global business. what is is the biggest place where you have the most people? france or europe or the united states? thomas: it's europe. we have about 20% of the business in france, 40% of the ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 2:16pm
... universities is actually a very good one. in france, you compare very good schools with less good schools. i was neutral because i came from a university nobody knew, so i was not placeable in the hierarchy of investors. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/17/2024 2:14pm
... david: france is a wonderful country and they have a lot of great companies. usually, they are headed by people born in france. how did a german get to be the head of a french major company? thomas: you would have to ask my board of directors. no, essentially, the board ran a process. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/16/2024 5:21pm
... we do a lot as well on the art side and helping artists and helping restoration of art in france. you can do a lot while being a company ceo. david: let's talk about the economy. the united states has a situation where we have reasonably good growth in 2023, over 3%. europe has not grown as well. ...
Bloomberg: The David Rubenstein Show Peer to Peer Conversations
3/16/2024 5:19pm
... david: in the united states, people might say you are a really attractive businessperson, why don't you go into government? you might be a cabinet officer or something. you have any interest in that or in france you cannot quite do it that way? thomas: obviously in our job, i do have a lot of links ...