Yesterday. More and more are offering flexible schedules and ability to work from home. Those new work perks are our cover story. 2017 may be the year of the worker. In order to attract employees, 80 of all companies now offer Flexible Work arrangements. Technology is helping that trend, allowing people to work remotely from almost anywhere, working parttime or flex time, the ability to set some of your work schedule. That is a boom for working parents. Balancing work and family is a challenge and 41 of working moms say being a parent has made it harder to advance their career. Offering workers flexible can cost less than raises or even salary. 50 would give up 1 per hour to work from home and 82 would give 1 own hours. Real estate and pharmaceutical and education are just some of the industries now offering flexible jobs with more businesses to follow. By 2020, its expected 50 of all u. S. Employees will work remotely. Here to talk about the growing trend that is disrupting the tradit
Daybreak europe our flagship show from here in london. Manus i am manus cranny. Biggest twoday rally on record, bang, turn it around, the biggest draw. Added,ugh the bazookas the pboc. They manipulated the liquidity. Here it is. Overnight, we have dropped by reserves,got the fx which, in on the cusp above 3 trillion. The question for the market is down, are more capital controls to come. The pboc making life difficult. That was the cause of that pain for shorts. This is a deviating it somewhat. We see how close we are to that seven number, six. 9, on the radar before then. Back, weakening, 6. 88 or so, looking towards that 6. 9 level. We did not, they did not have to drop fx reserves below that 3 trillion level to defend, but how long that remains the case. It did drop for six straight months. Manus this is the real momentum. Theresa may making it clear that exiting the eu and regaining control of the borders is a critical point for her. ,re we moving to a hard brexit a break of 122 in
What is a more normal rate . Years. O motowns moving production north of the border. Who is in the drivers seat when it comes to the auto sector . Matt happy new year. I have not seen you since. Let us take a look at futures. We are up across the board. You can see the ftse futures are up about. 5 . We have gained more than a quarter of a percent over in. Aris on the cac and a third of a percent on the dac. Looks like a positive week were equities. Guy i think that could relate to what im about to show you on the gmm. The british pound is down by nearly a full percent. Johnsonferrohe cross rate. The dollar index up by 0. 2 . Keeping a firm i on what is happening with the potential candidates to replace janet yellen. I think that is coming on the a gender as we see a more hawkish stance being taken. We will talk about oil later. Firmly in focus. Here is the bloomberg first word news with juliette saly. Agreede mcdonalds has to sell 80 of its operations in china and hong kong to a Consor
Will the president elect deliver on elevated expectations . The pound tumbles and the chancellor Philip Hammond repairs to attend a conference with Angela Merkel today. How hard will the conversation the . Be . Than one half hour away from the european open. Lets look at futures. Outlierooking at a ftse once again. Yesterday we had the ftse close up, the dax closed down. Today we have ftse futures up of 1 . Hundredths unchanged there across the board. Not a lot of actions. A lot of news today though. Is interesting is the commodity space, what is happening with gold, what is happening with copper overnight. That is an interesting story. The dollar dipping a little bit and that is understandable, given what is happening. A bit of nervousness in advance to wednesday with donald trump. Hear from janet yellen thursday as well. That is something to bear in mind. The bloomberg dollar index down one 2 10 of 1 this morning. The euro is up, we like to see the swiss franc up just to make it more
For just eat. It hits the bottom of the stoxx 600 as orders slow in the Fourth Quarter. But the company says it is on track to deliver on fullyear results. The president elect names his soninlaw, jared kushner, as his Senior Adviser. The Incoming Administration claims the move will not violate nepotism laws as the role is unpaid. Good morning, everybody. Really glad youre with us. Do does it make a difference if a Senior Adviser role is paid versus unpaid as far as nepotism . Interesting one. Shares in britains grocers this morning have been on the rise. Morrisons raising its Profit Guidance after it posted a strong pick up in sales of the festive period. The Supermarket Chain expects its 12 month underlying profit to come ahead of consensus efforts. Tesco in the middle is planning on closing two of its uk Distribution Centers in the shake up resulting in a net loss of 500 jobs. Sainsbury is also trading higher on this supermarket surge. Outperforming the rest of broader europe where w