Currently in positive territory. And its been dubbed the uber of data science. Well be talking to a new start up which makes it easierforfirms to hire freelance data analysts. Today as a Cornish Village use their connection with horseracing to convince a dubai sheikh to help save their church hall, let us know whats your best Fundraising Success . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with a big day for this man media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. He may be 86 years old, but his Empire Building Ambition seems to be undiminished. Today he finds out whether the uk government will let him take over pay tv giant sky or whether to order a full investigation. So whats at stake . Mr murdochs 21st Century Fox already owns 39 per cent of sky. The price tag for full control . 15 billion. Sky is one of europes biggest broadcasters, with 22 million customers. The deal has already been cleared by countries across the region. But some claim it would give mr murdoch t
out. now, despite all that, i m told by my sources there s not a lot of optimism, that this particular negotiating process here at the white house is going to actually end up leading to the real deal, and a lot of effort and attention is now turning to a different process that s happening in the u.s. senate and another alternate deal that s being worked out between the two senate leaders that could instead end up raising the debt ceiling. an optimistic late night view from jessica yellin. today president obama will update the nation with a press conference at 11:00 a.m. eastern time, cnn will carry that live. let s talk about the phone hacking scandal in the united kingdom. it might not be limited to that side of the atlantic. the fbi is now investigating murdoch s news corporation. there s an accusation that his employees may have tried to hack into the phone conversations and voicemails of 9/11 victims and their families. rudy giuliani was mayor of new york during that
tough enough to withstand another financial shock. i think they ve injected themselves into a situation that s beyond their comprehension. plus a former fed boss paul volcker has a blunt message for the ratings agencies. quit meddling in things you don t understand. we have that candid interview in full. but first, though, we begin with the tide of debt that is causing problems on both sides of the atlantic. this of course with the results of the european banking stress tests out later on today. now, that is seen as one of the one of the most debted nations, italy, is of course trying to fight to stave off a bailout to become the fourth euro nation if it were to do so to request one from the imf, the eu and also the ecb. this was the scene just yesterday as lawmakers approved a four year, $57 billion austerity plan. the lower house is expected to adopt some of these measures later on today. and newspapers have been having quite a field day with this situation. let me sh