Through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program which covers immigrants from countries with low rates of immigration. France has lifted their state of emergency officially for the first time in nearly two years. Speaking in paris today the Prime Minister trying to assure tourists that the country will enjoy a good level of security thanks to their new cover counterterrorism laws. In iran vladimir was therefore a oneday trip. President putin said moscow will oppose any unilateral change to the agreement. President trump has refused to recertify video. An update on the appointment for the next fed chair. President trump has been said to pick Jerome Howell powell as the next leader of the u. S. Federal bank. That is according to the wall street journal. Bloomberg technology is next. Emily i am emily chang, and this is bloomberg technology. Coming up facebook thirdquarter numbers tried expectations with the fallout from the tech industry. Bloomberg has the numbers and Mark Zuckerbergs warning
London. We have a little bit of data out of london. We understand by speaking to people familiar with the situation that goldman will review its commodities after the worst start in a decade. They are looking into why they were on the wrong side of a trade when it comes to oil and some of the other commodities. One of the commodities had to make a huge correction and lost three to four months. We will update you as soon as we have any more news. In the meantime, lets go straight to the data. I wanted to bring you the stoxx 600. They are rising in light trading. This was one of the longest winning streak of 2017. The dollar is strengthening after they were start to the year since 2006. The ruling party was defeated in tokyos elections and it is the first day of chinas bond link to the rest of the world. The yuan. 6. 7867. Lets get straight to the first word news. Reporter Philip Hammond will today use a speech organized by the confederation of british industry to tell Business Leaders t
President s military ban. We are live with reaction from the Lgbtq Community as well as the impact the decision may have on the military itself. Reporter well, the impact really is unclear moving forward. Good afternoon. I just got done speaking with the president of Mills College here in oakland who is a former air force officer and a prominent military scholar. She says todays announcement from the president creates quite a bit of uncertainty for the future and shows a lack of respect for transgender servicemembers. Disappointment that the president would make so many statements not rooted in reality and also reflect such disrespect for the transgender individuals who are serving because trans people have been able to serve openly for a long time. The president of the university has studied equity issues in the military for years and says there are no exact figures but most studies suggest there are several thousand transgender people serving in the military right now. Under current
Are 30 minutes away from the open in hong kong, china and taiwan closed for trading, but singapore and malaysia coming online, a slew of asian pmis, the markets have a lot to digest. Lets get it over to david ingles. Happy first day of the quarter, by the way. David and to you as well, heidi. Ofeak dollar story, a bit deals. The leaders across asia, a few flat markets. South korea. 5 , new zealand, singapore, we wont get into the details. Japan erasing earlier losses. Have a look at the currency markets, inflows, the south korean won, a big movement with high beta currencies like the won. 1111 predicted in the next few months. All right, put this up and have a look at the commodity markets, and no Movement Across energy. There was a big move last week. All the information has been priced in. Next key thing is what happens to inventories. That is what opec keeps saying. Look at inventories and the main data. When we moved to june, we expect the needle to be moved a little bit. The bonds
Tom right. An extraordinary day. And to describe how the building went silent this morning as the Prime Minister esigned was just indescribable. What are you going to try to accomplish in the next few hours . See ine im just going to tom and as he said, were just going to try to get through friday. Francine here we are with more results. Thank you, fran. Stay with with that historic vote. They voted the quit the European Union after more than four deck decades. Setting the u. K. Up for years of bitter the divorce talks. And Prime Minister David Cameron thread Main Campaign and said he is resigning and a new Prime Minister will be in office by october. I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction. I will do everything i can as Prime Minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months, but i do not think it would be right for me to be the captain that steers this country to its next destination. D another says the he promises there are additional me