Its wednesday 25th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The uk economy is growing and at a faster rate than economists were expecting. The latest figures from the office for National Statistics paint a more positive picture of the economy. The figures show that the uk economy grew by 0. 4 between july and september. Most economists were expecting growth of 0. 3 which is how much the economy grew in the first two quarters. The bank of englands main Interest Rate is at the record low of 0. 25 . Todays Economic News increases the chances that the central bank will raise interests next month. Will raise Interest Rates next month. We can speak to our economics editor kamal ahmed. Why is the economy growing faster than many experts were predicting . think weve had better manufacturing news. Since the referendum, sterling has declined in value, which means oui has declined in value, which means our exports are has declined in value, which means oui exports are more has de
A little pressure Mcduffie Tristan 15. S p futures dropping two. Lauren japanese stocks taken after tissue that is an awaited Earnings Report detailing cost overruns at its u. S. Euro. The stock down 8 . And its chairman is presented. The nikkei dropping 1 . Lets look at china. The shanghai composite up just slightly. Goldman sachs report the new iphone eight will be a game changer with the reality component. We will take a look. Uconn Womens Basketball team scores a milestone with a 100 game winning streak. In the nba, Denver Nuggets stunned the Golden State Warriors but a threepoint barrage. Nicole five to 1 00 a. M. In new york. Tuesday, february 14th. Happy valentines day to all of you and we welcome you to fbn am, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. Lauren happy valentines day. Michael flynn resigning as president transNational Security adviser over his conversations with the Russian Ambassador about u. S. Sanctions. Initially said there was no discussion of the
Watergate, clear evidence there was evidence to save Hillary Clintons candidacy and clear evidence of gross media bias. Journalists have begin 400,000 to president ial campaign, almost all given to hillary, the media fix is in. Wait, theres more. On tape, we have Top Democrats conspiring to incite violence at a trump rally. On tape, wife melania tells husband donald to keep calm at tomorrows debate, and on tape, a white Police Officer takes a beating. She was worried about Media Attention if she drew her gun. You will see it all. Varney company is about to beg begin. Has netflix had its dayments its had its day because of diversification in the market. Stuart has netflix had its day . You know is netflix a thing of the past . Ooh, theres a question. Im awfully story, folks, you could say i really got that one wrong, could you not . What a difference 24 hours does make. [laughter] today far from being a thing of the past, netflix is going to go up 20 . It will go from 99 at the close, t
New area where there is a strong Islamic State presence, this part of northern syria, on thanksgiving day, the military says. A bomb went off and the injuries to Scott Deighton from the bomb ultimately led to his death. According to the defense department, Scott Deighton was from woodbridge. Its not clear how recently he had lived in woodbridge. He was most recently stationed in virginia beach. He soldier to die in combat against the Islamic State in the nation of syria. He had a very long career in the military, since 1993. Had been awarded 19 medals, including the bronze star. He was assigned to a unit whose job it was to dispose of bombs, and it was a bomb going off that ultimately led to his death yesterday in northern syria. Reporting live in the newsroom, tom roussey, abc 7 news. The police have identified the 16yearold girl shot to death in broad daylight in southeast washington. It happened near the corner of 12th and i street, right in front of the Potomac Gardens apartments.
Retailer tesco to announce it overstated profits by over 400 million. The g20 finance ministers are wrapping up meetings in australia saying they are close to adding an extra 2 trillion to the economy, but the group is warning that europes slowdown remains a major stumbling block. And it is playing out if we take at what is happening with the u. S. Equity futures. Right now the dow futures are down by 28 points below fair value. The s p futures are up by 7 points. Although, andrew, this is an improvement from earlier this morning. Yes, it is. Thank you for that. As joe was telling us, it is a merger monday. Its already shaping up to be a busy monday for deals. Just crossing the tape this morning, germanys merck buying sigmaaldrich. That company is valued at 17 billion. Thats a huge deal. We have both executives from both companies to join us first right here on cnbc and well have that interview at 6 40 a. M. Eastern time. Also, it is official, siemens is buying u. S. Oil field maker dr