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Speaker 1: investment on Bloomberg Radio. Good morning everyone, Bloomberg Surveillance, Michael

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Speaker 1: McKee and Tom Keenan. Is a perfect day in New

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Speaker 1: York right now, though, Michael, let's get you know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: bring in bringing Rob here, because what's so great about

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Speaker 1: Rob in December is the lack of hysteria, and then

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Speaker 1: in January there's a little more, and Rob gets exhausted

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Speaker 1: by March. So do you think, Rob, what do you think, Michael,

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Speaker 1: what's the level that you could be? Sunday is the

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Speaker 1: first day of spring and Rob Carolin has to come

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Speaker 1: on and tell everybody it's going to snow. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure that doesn't make you particularly popular. No, and

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Speaker 1: it's not doesn't mean I like doing it either. I

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Speaker 1: mean I gotta shovel my driveway to guys, So if

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Speaker 1: I don't have to do it, that's a positive. And

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Speaker 1: you know, looking at the date of this morning, I

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Speaker 1: can tell you that the models have started to shift

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Speaker 1: or moderate snowfall. So that's good news. The trend is

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Speaker 1: Three to six inches of a slushy snow could fall Boston.

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Speaker 1: It develops in the afternoon on Sunday and ends Monday morning.

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Speaker 1: shifting further eastern. We look Rob carollin, thank you very much. Well,

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Speaker 1: don't care if it's only three inches. It's still supposed

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Speaker 1: this uh sound from Christine Legarde. This really sets up

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Speaker 1: Phil Verliger on global oil very well. Leguard, as I

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Speaker 1: Here is Madame Lego. What I think I can tell

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Speaker 1: love Phil the idea of the counter factual. The ultimate

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Speaker 1: What would have happened if that hadn't occurred, Well, if

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Speaker 1: But what we would be doing is developing this incredible

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