Two fatal accidents. European markets are open and they have opened up in positive territory. Its been another big week of global trade tensions and brexit worries, so well talk through it all with newsnights economics editor, ben chu. Quietly, ever so effectively, microsoft is winning the corporate cloud game. But in an age where brands like apple and google dominate, we want to know do you still use microsoft at home as well as work . Get in touch with us using the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start with the only one tech giant that is valued at more than a trillion dollars. Its not amazon or apple, but microsoft. And it has just proved again why it is the worlds most valuable publicly traded company. Injust three months, this giant brought in almost 34 billion in revenue. About the same amount as the value of cypruss entire economy. And unlike a number of the tech giants, this company is actually making money. In fact, 13 billion of profits. How . Offic
As more and more are cut down. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has accused british Prime Minister theresa may of making a mess of brexit. In a series of tweets, he also said the us would no longer deal with the uks ambassador in washington. It comes after emails from Sir Kim Darroch in which he described Trumps Administration as inept were leaked. Our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. At a personal level, its always looked more like an awkward rather than a special relationship. The reserved vicars daughter alongside the brash manhattan tycoon. And although this is not the first time that donald trump has criticised theresa may, this is his most brutal assault yet. The ambassador he is referring to, of course, is Sir Kim Darroch, britains man in washington, whose leaked secret messages to london described donald trump and his
Tensions rise even further in the gulf. Iranian forces seize an oil tanker. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets closed on thursdays session in the u. S. Equity indices mostly lower for most of the session before they saw a rebound after the dovish comments coming out of fed officials. , being led up. 4 higher by financials and consumer stocks, not to mention the fact that chipmakers gained ground. We had a positive outlook from an apple supplier. We had some geopolitical news being felt across the market. We had u. S. Equities gain a little bit of ground after we heard the report that iran offered is attentive deal a so antative deal to the u. S. Substantive deal to the u. S. Are paring back earlier gains at the moment unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for the asian market. With that being said, is just off look set to track the event we saw on wall street. Kospi may find support after a twoday drop. Calls for fiscal stimulus from the government after t
To charges of trafficking underage girls for sex, more than a decade ago. And a balancing act for the planet. We have a special report from the amazon on the vital role played by its trees, as more and more are cut down. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has accused british Prime Minister theresa may of making a mess of brexit. In a series of tweets, he said he had told the Prime Minister what she should do about brexit and that she had chosen to go another way. It comes after leaked emails from the uks ambassador to washington, which described Donald Trumps administration as inept. Our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. At a personal level, its always looked more like an awkward rather than a special relationship. The reserved vicars daughter alongside the brash manhattan tycoon. And although this is not the first time th
Paul good morning and welcome to daybreak australia. I am paul allen in sydney. Annabelle i am Annabelle Droulers in hong kong. We are counting down to asias major market opens. Shery good evening from bloombergs World Headquarters in new york, i am shery ahn. The top stories this hour. Takes birthday in two weeks helps u. S. Stocks again as treasury yields go higher and argentinian experts in freefall as a government deals with the political outsiders shaking up the election race. Chinas property prices affecting the listed industry. Shery we meet a man who could be taiwans next president. He tells us exclusively how he plans to reassure voters and maintain peace. U. S. Futures coming online slightly higher in the asian session. This, of course, after we saw u. S. Major benchmarks gain ground, tech leading the gains. It was a lowvolume session, not surprising given that august is a slow month, but a small tin can make a big difference. The russell 2000 of smaller stocks fall into a on