President is in brussels meeting with key leaders from the European Union but will the worlds two most powerful Trading Blocks reach a deal . The American Food giant, kraft heinz, walks away from its proposed merger deal with rival unilever. It would have been the largest merger ever. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, a nose for talent. Indias Perfume Industry takes on a unique hiring approach. But first the us Vice President mike pence meets the president of the European Council donald tusk in brussels this morning. They will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical Fire Crackers at each other in recent weeks. While mr tusk described trump as a threat to europe, mr trump has praised the uks decision to leave the union and angered many nations with his travel ban. Between them the us and the European Union are the worlds two biggest Trading Blocs figures from 2014 puts the value of all goods and services traded between them worth over one tr
Making sure everyone gets in on the act. Well meet the woman putting disabled Actors Centre stage. Supermarkets say were buying more organic fruit and veg. Do you think its worth the extra money . Do you buy organic . Let us know. Just use the hashtag, bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. The us Vice President mike pence meets the president of the European Council donald tusk in brussels this morning. They will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical Fire Crackers at each other in recent weeks. While mr tusk described trump as a threat to europe, mr trump has praised the uks decision to leave the union and angered many nations with his travel ban. Between them, the us and the European Union are the worlds two biggest trading blocs. Figures from 2014 put the value of all goods and services traded between them worth over 1 trillion. And that favoured the eu. It sold 91 billion more stuff to the usa than the other way round. Something the Trump Administration would like to change. A
As they warn of a significant cost to the economy. Non League Sutton united face arsenal in the fifth round of the fa cup. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Dozens of local authorities in england are Planning Council tax rises of almost 5 , according to their umbrella body, the local Government Association. The money is needed to pay for the rising costs of social care, but the lga says that Many Councils will still be forced to make cuts to services as the extra money will not be enough. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. This is social care in action. After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support in social care is immediate now. The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately. The government says extra money is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise from council tax and business rates. Alison holt, bbc news. We just heard a report from izzy secombe, chairman joining me from o
Relatively mixed. 0f they are treading water and relatively mixed. Of course, that first round in the election on france is on sunday. Traders are gearing up for that. We will take you through the markets a little bit later. Now, it might taste good, but could it also do good . We will meet the woman behind the Chocolate Brand which is co owner and by farmers in ghana. Also, as facebook begins work on mind control technology, we want to know, is mind control and social media a risky combination . Just think of the havoc it could cause. Let us know what you think. A very warm welcome to the programme. So, once again we start with our focus once again we start with our focus on whats going on in downing street. In less than an hour, the head of the European Parliament is due to meet with british Prime Minister theresa may. Thats Antonio Tajani, who is visiting as the uk prepares for an election which will be dominated by britains exit from the European Union. The European Parliament has
corner of fuchsia things, items but it s obvious that our sheer talent, which is abundant, is not going to get us to this level. we need some merch. even though we re in our barbie era, that may not be enough for us. so, the other thing that i couldn t help but notice is, i mean these women are wealthy and actually i want to show the audience here, the list of the most wealthy women includes some names you don t really know, but they re not really as wealthy as the men. i mean look at the men on this list. i mean elon musk, $200 billion, jeff bezos, $143 billion. the wealthiest self-made women on the list, diane hendricks, $15 billion. judy love, $10 billion. i mean, we re talking about a lot of money here, but it is amazing to me, i mean, what a huge delta there is between the