On a space station . Good question. Well, i did go to work for nasa which was a big help for me. I decided being an astronaut was a goal. Really what i also work on was aircraft control systems. Thats where my main work at nasa was on. That could play into working on the shuttle, also helping out. I just got lucky in the selection process. Thats really there are so many qualified people who try to be astronauts. It takes a little bit of luck just to get in. I just happened to get a little lucky. Had all the requirements needed and just a little bit of luck and i made it. So commander, in about 30 seconds tell us about the best experience youve had onboard the space station itself. Well, the best experience is, well always looking out window and the best way to look out the window is not having a window in front of you, thats going on a spacewalk. Thats probably the best experience. Its a fantastic feeling. It is a little pressure on you at the same time but, boy, its quite an experienc
Caroline Benjamin Netanyahu claims victory in national elections. We are live in tel aviv with the latest. Manus today marks the First Anniversary of russias annexation of crimea. We will bring you exclusive coverage from the wartorn region. Mark welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. I am Caroline Hyde. Manus and i am manus cranny. Mark will Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras exit the euro . We bring you the latest as greece runs out of cash and time. Caroline were getting some news from into text. Fullyear sales, 18. 1 billion euros. That is an increase of some 8 on the previous year. They are leading analyst expectations when it comes to give it to to ebitda. They also proposed a dividend. They said store sales rose 30 . The issue here is what is it when you factor in foreign currency changes . This is a country whose number three market was russia. The russian ruble has lost about 30 since june and they have about 400 shores 400 stores in russia. That is going to be impacting them. Now
Seven weeks ahead of the general election, we look at the politics at play. Mark welcome to countdown. Anna i am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. A poll shows Business Leaders could live without netanyahu as Prime Minister. We go live to tel aviv. Anna 6 00 in london. Lets kick off with the price of oil. West texas intermediate fell. It is the lowest level in six years. The plunge comes after the International Aid agency says international output could strain storage capacity. Mark american production and stockpiles are at the highest level in three decades. The drilling rigs are at a record pace. We will keep an eye on the oil price throughout the morning. Manus the stocks are at a fiveyear high. Li has the National Peoples congress vowing to press ahead with Structural Reforms and support the economy. There are some really there was some really graphic language used. Talk us through what he said and meant. Yvonne eloquent statement yesterday. He talked about the message of the
With the dollar and the euro. It could be interesting positioning and worth talking about. Bullish bets 18 of the major commodities on the bloomberg index. Dropped by 35 . Bullish bet by 35 on the commodities. Lets check in. Nymex down. So much a Storage Space and you run out especially in oklahoma. Storage tanks flowing and almost white the rate in norm at almost twice the rate it normally does. Krugman is down 1 . Crude is down 1 . Brent is down. Gold traders run away at a pretty fast pace. Reduce on the gold market. Gold in a little bit of a bind nymex and brent trading lower. Premier keqiangs comments about getting involved in the chinese market. Black rock saying dont be cruel. Get ready for an 8 drop as a the 70 level according to black rock. The dollar is down by 0. 4 . Taking a breather. Wait to see if janet yellen and the fomc is prepared to remove the word patient. Dollar strength, 2 beige book reports so far this year. Dollar strength was mentioned six times. Youre not seen
Market to ensure Market Participants do not think she will go straight for the hikes. We are going to get the Unemployment Rate and the average. Standard saw this floating through this morning and it was raised by bernstein to outperform 2015 earnings. Significant upside in the stock. It will be 700 and they are building the capital organically. There is less of a possibility and probability of having to come to the market. That is one of the individuals to keep in mind. Banks were concerned. That is a leader on the board. The european retailer has huge exposure to russia and over a third of the stores are in russia. We are looking for demand. Stores and 88 markets. A lower euro should add value to that. There is 40 last week and earnings are up 7 . Dividends are of 20 . A brisk march higher and the euro is virtually unchanged. Where we are, i am saying the overall is going too far and too fast. The final phase is looking for a rebound and it goes against the calls you have been readin