Come next year, we will probably have the ecb with a stable balance sheet, and we will talk about Interest Rate movement after that. Anna welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe, our flagship morning show from london. Manus another day, another set of Earnings Results coming for. Lets go to commerzbank, germanys secondlargest bank. Operating profits, 314 Million Euros. That is confirmation that the turnaround plan is indeed having a good start. They confirmed their fullyear outlook. Loanloss provisions just below where we would expect. 196. 5 million. When it comes to net income, this is the storm. 217 Million Euros. The market had penciled in 74 Million Euros. The bane of European Bank ceos lives, capital 12. 5 . The target is 12 million customers by 2022, shareholders gave them a d rating, but a good set of numbers. Just think back to september. Is validation of strategy 4. 0. Anna we will be speaking to the cfo later this morning. He will join the team on surveillance. Matt miller is o
Billion. Sydney, just past 8 a. M. Im haidi lun. This is daybreak asia. In new after 6 p. M. York. Im betty liu. We will be looking in all the action on wall street playing into the asiapacific trading day. Two within the last minutes, we got that breaking news out of washington. President trump firing the fbi director james comey. Our chief White House Correspondent has the latest on this news. . Evin, what happened here he fired comey on the recommendation of attorney general jeff sessions, right . Reporter yes this is breaking is just coming out of 1600 pennsylvania avenue, where fbi director comey has been fired. President informing the fbi that he will no longer be leading the bureau. In the letter where he informed mr. Comey of the firing, he says i want to read it to you. He says while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three everett occasions separate occasions that i am not under investigation, i nevertheless concur with the department of justice that you are not able to
The new president takes power in seoul, korea. Right, we saw another record when it came to the nasdaq, weakness for the dow, and the s p we have this whole story about the index, some say it is a view on options. Lows, but to 24 year if you look at u. S. Policy uncertainty chart, it is in marked contrast. Indeed, we have that disconnect between the two bank. Might have more to say about the options market, traders looking for that rebound as volatility creeps into different asset classes. By the way shinzo looking stretch, so perhaps that will give some room for recovery when it comes to volatility. Perhaps traders not prepared. Rishaad that was quite something this morning, wasnt it . Sophie that was a shocking given what we heard from the fbi. Perhaps some clarity on that front . We are 30 minutes away from the open in china and hong kong. How our markets tracking. Are markets tracking . Haidi the big story is australia, south korea, and the country waits for a new president , turni
Campaign and russia. Hes willing to visit the north. The son of north Korean Refugees and is pushing a nonconfrontational policy towards pyongyang. Germanys defense minister vowing temple mature after investigators uncovered an alleged plot by soldiers to kill politicians and put the blame on refugees. And another blow to fifas image. Corruption again at the spotlight of the soccer world governing body after it ousted the top ethics judge and prosecutor. They say their removal means the end of the reform process at fee for fifa. Bren im brent goff, its good to heavy with us. Why did the u. S. President fire the man leading an investigation into possible russian connections to the Trump Campaign . That is the question democrats and even republicans want answered tonight. The fallout from the shock decision to get rid of fbi director james comey showing no signs tonight of letting up. Reporter Democratic Senators are crying political interference of the recommendation that trump sack fbi
Top bus parade this afternoon for huddersfields promotion. To the Premier League. Good morning. Its tuesday the 30th of may. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. With just over a week to go until the General Election, the main parties are returning to their key election themes, following last nights tv grilling of the conservative and labour leaders. Theresa may will put the focus back on brexit accusing eu officials of adopting an Aggressive Negotiating Position which will need strong leadership from the uk. Jeremy corbyn is campaigning on the partys promise of Free Childcare for two to four year olds and answering questions on the mumsnet website. And in the next few minutes, Nicola Sturgeon will launch the Scottish National party manifesto, promising to invest an additional £118bn in Public Services across the uk and a call for scotland to stay in the european Single Market, after brexit. Emma barnett pressed the Labour Leaderfor more details. We know from po