To me, context is about pattern recognition.

It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

a number of different perspectives

so they can understand how the greater whole works,

because nothing really occurs in isolation anymore.

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This is Bloomberg surveillance. Good morning. Bloomberg off very well a lot of red on the screen today we do have Citigroup reporting

earnings at 8 a.m. this morning that will get some attention

Goldman Sachs topping the top of news at Bloomberg today embarking on its biggest cost cutting push in

years has to try to weather its slump in trading and deal making. Goldman reports

its earnings on Tuesday is forecast to report a steep drop in expenses for the quarter.

Speaking of steep drops, Volkswagen's European first quarter market chair reached a five-year

low.

Auto buyers snubbing the German carmakers efforts to resolve that emissions cheating

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