And from cows to coding. We meet the woman with a remarkable career that began on a farm in rural illinois and has taken her all the way to the shining lights of silicon valley. And with polls now open in the uk General Election, we promise a politics free programme. So let us know what you make of the stories were covering today. Get in touch in the usual way. Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. When we say politics free, we do refer to the uk election and not the politicking going on at the moment in the middle east. We start in the gulf state of qatar, where concerns are growing about the economic fallout after neighbouring arab states cut off diplomatic and trade ties over its alleged support of terrorist groups, something doha denies. Late wednesday, top Credit Rating Agency Standard and poors cut qatars Credit Rating, with a warning it could be cut further still. Its stock market is down almost 10 in the last three days, and its currency is at an 11 ye
It is seven in singapore and midnight in london and a huge cyber attack is continuing to spread Around The World. It is freezing Computer Systems and demanding that a ransom is paid. It began in ukraine and has a ready hit Global Companies including wpp, the british advertising agency, and merck, the american pharmaceutical company. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well. But during the day, it became clear that the problem was not contained in ukraine but was spreading. Reports came in of companies affected from russia across europe to the uk and also the us. Those affected included oil producers, shipping and pharmaceutica
It is seven in singapore and midnight in london and a huge cyber attack is continuing to spread Around The World. It is freezing Computer Systems and demanding that a ransom is paid. It began in ukraine and has a ready hit Global Companies including wpp, the british advertising agency, and merck, the american pharmaceutical company. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well. But during the day, it became clear that the problem was not contained in ukraine but was spreading. Reports came in of companies affected from russia across europe to the uk and also the us. Those affected included oil producers, shipping and pharmaceutica
Illinois lottery players wont be able to buy tickets after this week because of the state budget impasse. Powerball ticket sales will bes is 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow, maybe millions will be suspended at 9 00 tomorrow. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists. Im Alisa Parenti. This is bloomberg. Emily im emily chang. This is bloomberg technology. Blue apron lowers expectations and its valuation just hours before its trading debut. We will dig into the reasons behind the sudden reality check. Plus, the attack continues to wreak havoc as its assault on networks across the globe enters a second day. We will do a deep dive on this latest virus. Insight from outer space. On the new age of discovery. Peggy whitson joins bloomberg from the International Space station to break down the new race to orbit new worlds. First, a cyber attack similar to wannacry enters its second day, infecting computers in at least 65 countries, according to microsoft. The attack is being carri
Loss on son on some sour derivatives. Trading, 30ities minutes away from the finish of the wednesday session, what a session, down slightly for the fifth day in seven. Much lower earlier. This is sterling, biggest again upoh gain since april 18, 1 , highest since june. Mark carney saying the bank of England Monetary Policy Committee may need to begin raising Interest Rates soon. These are sovereign bonds, commodities. A lot to talk about, returning to the u. K. , house price data from nationwide, crisis rebounded in june, halting the worst streak for markets and eight years with values of 1. 1 from the previous month, the most since april of 2015, annual rates of change to 3. 1 with the average gone last month 211,000 pounds and change, the increase following three months of falling prices, the longest stretch since 2009 when the economy was in a deep recession. Love that chart. French Consumer Confidence surging to its highest level in a decade. First month in office, sentiment rising