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Im guy johnson. Francine im francine lacqua. We are getting breaking news out of italy. Fourth quarter gdp figures, flat. Down some 0. 5 year on year. Guy not exactly the rosy outlook you would hope for, certainly not the progress you would have hoped for if you were mario draghi. Lets shift years and talk about what the central bank is going to do today. The recipient the European Central bank goes on tour once and a while and it is on cyprus today. Francine the ecb will talk about it bond buyi...

Lowest target in 15 years for growth. They say we will aim for 7 how will that affect commodities markets going in. They realize they cannot put growth ahead of everything else. 2 10 of a percent higher and france and theyre waiting for the dax to open always a bit slower in the morning. The euro focusing on what is moving ahead of the central bank and later today mario draghi will paint us a picture of that 1. 1 trillion euro stimulus row graham. What will he be buying and when will he be buyin...

Expected to cut its key Interest Rate as the economy heads for its first recession in six years. Mark u. S. Backlash as the u. K. Eyes membership with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. We look at why joining this chinese club could cause a risk between london and washington. Anna we tell you what the stakes are of the bank. Mark welcome to countdown. Anna a warm welcome to the program everybody. Also coming up disney is not letting go of its frozen it are you the company hit. The Company...

Here are the stories we are watching ahead of the closing bell nomura is suspending a debt trader, matthew katz has been trading federalize Loan Obligations backed by highyield debt. The suspension is tied to his activities at rbs and nomura. This is according to a person with knowledge of the move. He is affected he is expected to plead guilty. This is for transactions backed by everything from mortgages to corporate loans. And though international is making a takeover offer for sale x pharmace...

Nuclear talks. We begin in paris where this stunning developments good evening. Mark what are the latest details so far . Totally stunning stuff. It was quite dramatic. Every line out of his mouth was breaking news. It is the pilot that did it. When the main pilot when out of the cockpit, he locked him out. The minute he was gone, he put the plane into descent. Mark were there any indications that the copilot would do Something Like this . No and that is what everyone is trying to figure out. He...

That they can bring inflation to their target and also start to infuse growth back into europe. Meanwhile, tensions erupting once again in greece. Good we see the antiausterity government setting themselves a referendum . Only been in power since january. The latest proposals they sent through to the eurogroup doesnt cut the mustard. Meanwhile, the United States still reeling from the very strong jobs data we got on friday. That sent shares lower because it means we are likely to start seeing ra...

9 00 tuesday morning. Welcome to the pulse live from bloombergs european headquarters. Were here in london. Im guy johnson. My colleague, Francine Lacqua in dubai today. Japan kept its record stimulus unchanged. Kuroda said he cant rule out a dip below zero. The the bank of japans 2 target slipping away. All of this money and still inflation moves south. Guy yeah, it is not a happy place for a central bank to be. Kuroda said a lot of this has to do with oil prices and he is expecting it to wash ...

The export and import numbers were toward you this morning. The euro steps bacsk from its alltime high. Denmark, portugal all off in excess of 25 . The pound is at a fiveyear low. We are waiting for u. S. Retail sales to come through. Iron ore down at 30 45 this year, 30 in the making. You are seeing the miners come under pressure. As we go to the imf, stopstart scenario. A lot of criticism of the miners. Just keep digging that stuff out of Western Australia and exporting it. Paris, lets have a ...

Sector as well. Shares in sky moving ahead amid reports vivendi is eyeing a take over. The nikkei hits a 15 year high as the bank of japan maun tans maintains its massive spending program. Greek Prime Minister set to meet Vladimir Putin one week before athens is key to make a payment to the imf. Lets get straight to our top story this morning. Shares in bg group are soaring after the company agreed to a 47 billion pound takeover bid by shell. The merger is one of the biggest in a decade and come...

Caroline we will be looking at the ecbs 1. 1 trillion euro bond buying plan. Mark stocks are headed for the biggest drop in weeks after gdp growth output investment, and retail data in china also load. All slowed. Yvonne man is in hong kong with the details. Where are we seeing weaknesses and strengths right now . Yvonne the weaknesses are definitely coming in line when we talk about retail sales and the factory sector. The Australian Dollar also slid in reaction to some of this data coming in f...