Anna welcome to the program, this is bloomberg daybreak europe. Were in the midst of earnings season. Nomura,numbers from Third Quarter Trading Profit ¥87. 7 billion versus 108 y. 4 billion the previous time. This is in comparison to same quarter the Previous Year rather than in comparison to estimates. ¥530. 6 billion. Revenue moving higher, brokerage commissions moving higher. Investment banking fees moving higher, Asset Management fees moving higher as well. So the Trading Profit moving to the downside. We seen from a number of angst concerns about fixed income trading. How much has retail and Investment Banking offset any weakness in that fixed income trading . Thats the question going into these numbers. Japanese stocks have been rallying. That could be one of the reasons weve seen brokerage commissions doing nicely compared to this time the Previous Year. Novartis, ande this is what russia has delivered. Inther dividend increases swiss franc. The core earningspershare is a ins,
But despite some more mind boggling figures, facebook revealed its users are spending less time on the network. Revenue in the last three months of 2017 came in at almost 13 billion, mostly from advertising, and around a third of that was profit. This represents huge growth again up 47 on the same period last year. Facebook now has two point 13 billion users who log on at least once a month up 14 in a year. Thats well over a quarter of the worlds 7. 5 billion population. But facebooks massive reach has also increased scrutiny, with concerns about its effect on users Mental Health and on democracy, with its role in spreading so called fake news. At the start of the year, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the company is changing its algorithms to shift the focus of its newsfeed back towards friends and family. But now hes warned investors this is already making people spend less time on facebook, a total of 50 million fewer hours per day. As our north american tech correspondent dave
That is what we have up the moment. They are likely to restore the ideological balance. It was left a vacancy and hasnt been filled yet. Have a republican appointee with a decades long record on the federal bench. Just waiting at the moment for what is going on there in formerly of breitbart news, talking to a colleague there. This is what we have as we await donald trump to get to the lectern to announce his Supreme Court nominee. Repeat, the two names are neil gore such of denver and thomas hardeman. People are standing up. One can assume that donald trump is approaching the lectern. President trump thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. When Justice Scalia passed away suddenly last february, i made a promise to the American People. If i were elected president , i would find the very best judge in the country for the Supreme Court. I promised to select someone that respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 9am in the philippines, where Anti Terror Forces are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped, and then killed a german tourist. Juergen kantners death was apparently filmed by members of the abu sayyaf group. Its thought he was killed after their Ransom Demands were not met. Mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. The philippines government says it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. Our asia editor, michael bristow, reports. Its thoughtJurgen Kantner was beheaded. Abu sayyaf militants wanted 600,000 for his release, but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. The german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. His boat was found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines. His partner was killed in the abduction. The Philippine Army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. The insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. The German Government wondered what kind
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 9am in the philippines, where Anti Terror Forces are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped, and then killed a german tourist. Juergen kantners death was apparently filmed by members of the abu sayyaf group. Its thought he was killed after their Ransom Demands were not met. Mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. The philippines government says it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. Our asia editor, michael bristow, reports. Its thoughtJurgen Kantner was beheaded. Abu sayyaf militants wanted 600,000 for his release, but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. The german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. His boat was found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines. His partner was killed in the abduction. The Philippine Army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. The insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. The German Government wondered what kind