Welcome to Crash Course, a podcast about business, political, and social disruption and what we can learn from it.

I'm Tim O'Brien. Every week on Crash Course, I'm going to bring listeners directly into the arenas where epic upheavals occur and

I'm going to explore the lessons we can learn when creativity and ambition collide

with competition and power.

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Good morning, 730 of Wall Street. I'm John Tucker, two hours away from the opening bell,

and let's get you up to speed on the news you need to know half this hour.

Just an hour away from the March

jobs report economists say payrolls probably rose 205,000

well the unemployment rate held in an eight-year low 4.9% for the third month.

We're going to break down the numbers live with Bill Gross of Janus.

A group led by China's and Bang withdrew its 14 billion dollar takeover offer for Starwood Hotels, a surprise move that ends a three-week

bidding war also clears the way for an acquisition by Marriott.

In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg Bloomberg news, the deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salaam says Saudi Arabia will only freeze its oil output if Iran and other major producers do so.

Also Saudi Arabia plans to create the world's largest

sovereign wealth fund for the kingdom's most prize assets. Oil moving lower on

that first news, Brent right now down down 2%, down 82 cents a barrel at 3,951.

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