Under way before the uks General Election. We will have all the details. 100,000 hotel rooms and 20 million visitors. Dubai sets its sights high as it prepares for the 2020 world expo. Well get the inside track from the hotelier hoping to cash in on the Building Boom. So luxury hotelsment we want to know whats the best perk you got from a hotel. Keep it clean. Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. I dread to think what people will send after that comment from sally. There is just one day to go until voters here in the uk head to the polls for the General Election. Its the Second National poll in two years after the referendum on eu membership. In light of recent terror attacks, security been a key issue on the campaign trail, but the economy will be a key factor that influences how people vote. And that could be determined by brexit. Minimising disruption to the economy is one of the most divisive issues between the governing conservatives and the opposition labour party. Since
Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore the final wake of 2016 and what a year it was after days of choking smog, we counted the economic costs of chinas pollution crisis. Good morning deja, hello world. Happy holidays and glad you could join us that this edition of Asia Business report. It looks like stocks are enjoying a bit of a santa claus rally. 0vernight, it was down slightly by 33 points. 0verall rally. 0vernight, it was down slightly by 33 points. Overall it has been a rollercoaster ride. It started with what felt like a freefall in chinese Commodity Prices followed by the shock of brexit and the bigger surprise then of donald trump as the next president of the united states. We asked what spurred such volatility . It is another year of sub powered growth in global trade and that is what defines what is important for asia. That in itself allowed for the kind of populism that we saw that led to the mac and donald trump. For asia, the week growth that all
The trillion dollar Tech Industry gathers in las vegas In Search Of The gadgets that will get it growing again. Plus polarising opinion we find out whats behind the scramble for lithium and whether the boom is heading for bust. Welcome to World Business report. Im Sally Bundock also in the Programme Alibaba cracks down on counterfeiters. Details in a moment. But first. We start in las vegas where thousands of Technology Executives are gathering for the annual Consumer Electronics show which opens today. Its the most important event of the year for the Tech Industry a chance for companies to show off the gadgets we will, they hope, soon be buying. Its a huge business and also an increasingly tough one. According to the Consumer Technology association which organises the las vegas show we will buy Gadgets Worth close to a trillion dollars this year. The problem is the industry as a whole is not growing. If its accurate that figure would be down around 2 on 2016. And it would be the the f
Conservative mps say hes out of order. A warning that the uk tax burden is set to rise to its highest to its highest level for 30 years, despite continuing cuts to Public Services. Trying to fix englands broken Housing Market, the government announces plans for a million new homes by 2020. And things you can do when youre no longer president , what happened when barack obama was challenged by richard branson. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that mps will be getting a vote on a final brexit deal before that deal is put to the European Parliament. The Brexit Minister david jones told mps today that in the extremely unlikely event, in his words, that there was no deal, the government would then be having to rely on an arrangement with the world trade organisation. In other words the British Government would not seek further negotiations with the European Union if parliament voted down its proposed brexit deal. The debate on the bill to start the Brexit Process is in its final stages in th