Surveillance. Lets check in on your markets. You can see the stoxx 600 pretty much flat. They are down a touch, but pretty much unchanged. We did see a nice rally that started in the u. S. Filtering through to asia. Oil advancing. Havea reminder, we may little trading volumes because it is president s day in the u. S. And Chinese Markets are closed after the new year. Coming up, we speak to the former italian Prime Minister. That is coming up next. Then we talked to Credit Suisse. We talk sustainable investing. Later on, we talk bonds, the selloff, and what is next in the markets with andrea silverman. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra u. K. Prime minister theresa may and her ministers gather on thursday. May seeks to unite the factions in the cabinet. It is becoming clearer that the u. K. Wants to stay close to the union in some areas while breaking free in others. Employment numbers are scheduled for monday. Imports exports and both registered strong gains in january.
Lundstedt. Pass the mustard mccormick buys Reckitt Benckisers food business for 4. 2 billion, adding frenchs mustard and franks hot sauce to the company spice rack the ceo of akzonobel steps down citing Health Reasons as the Dutch Chemicals Company continues to battle activist investor elliott managements attempts to oust its chairman. Weve had so many numbers out of scandinavia the last couple of days and speaking to so many ceos out of that region. Ericsson yesterday tough numbers there. Great numbers today from scedbank we spoke to tele2 who are weathering regulatory problems left, right and center and electrolux and volvo are moving in Different Directions on the market today, but electrolux upgraded its north american outlook after a stronger than expected rise in Second Quarter earnings. The swedish appliance maker upped air north American Growth star get to 3 to 4 citing strengthening demand and a favorable macro environment. Its not the only firm today citing a pick up in north