And we look back at the past week in business, when us markets had their worst day since november, and the economy was the main focus in the uk election. Thats all with our Business Editor, simonjack. We always want to hear from you. Its easy to get in touch with the programme just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. It is friday, we have got that friday feeling. We start in france where the new president , emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. He now has to try and win a majority in next months parliamentary elections and implement the Economic Policy he says can turn the country around. So what is Macron Economics and can it solve frances problems . Macron calls himself neither right nor left, hes a centrist, and, sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of figures from the left, right and centre. He says his Economic Policy is based on the nordic model. Whats that . Basically,
Debt crisis in greece is back in focus. Well tell you all you need to know. And well be getting the inside track on one mans effort to make musical millions. It might look like a kids toy, but with some of the biggest names in music want to get their hands on it, we meet the man behind the lightblock pad. So today we want to know, what was your first Musical Instrument . Did you learn at school . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to Business Live. Violin. It was good, bad and ugly we begin with us President Donald Trump who is about to leave saudi arabia on his way to israel. Thats his next stop on his foreign tour. Over the weekend in riyadh he signed agreements Worth Hundreds of billions of dollars between saudi and american firms. The deals are said to be worth more than 350 billion over the next ten years and build on americas decades Long Alliance with the Worlds Largest oil producer. Now saudi arabia is trying to diversify its economy away from oil after Crude
Markets are trading higher, taking their lead from asia. And i sit down with the man who makes hollywood blockbusters without the hollywood budget. Jason blum tells Me Why Making Movies On The Cheap gives him more freedom to make betterfilms. And as the boss of] crew says he underestimated how technology would revolutionise retail. We want to know how has it tech changed the way you shop . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Do get in touch about your Online Retail shopping experiences. What did you buy in the midnight hour after a Big Night Out . That will be interesting we start with the price of oil and whether that goes up or down will be decided later at a meeting of the worlds top producers. Opec the organisation of the Petroleum Exporting countries is led by saudi arabia, with other major producers including iraq, iran and nigeria. Theyre being joined by non opec members inclduing russia and are expected to announce a deal later to t
On the last few days. The ftse just starting up a little bit. Well take a look at what this means for prices at the pump. And following the vice like grip of the handshake between president s trump and macron, were getting to grips with the perfect greeting and asking how important is the handshake . Hello and welcome to Business Live. Yesterday it was nato, today its the g7. A different place, sicily this time, a different combination of world leaders, a different agenda. Lets take a look at why its important. These seven countries account for getting on for half of the worlds wealth about 46 . But many of them are struggling with comparatively stagnant economies. The International Monetary fund is forecasting the worlds economy will grow by 3. 5 this year, butjust1. 9 in the g7. Also high on the list of worries the rise of Trade Protectionism after President Trump came to power promising to put america first. The other g7 members will be pushing him to soften this position. Then ther
And how to stand out in a crowded market . We meet the firm thats using Computer Games to encourage us to buy more. Well explain how it works. And as critics blame ba for too many cost cuts we want to know is the golden age of travel over . Do you want more frills, not no frills . Let us know, use the hashtag bbc bizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. The no Frills Airline ryanair has reported its latest set of financial results. Europes biggest carrier by Passenger Numbers announced a 6 jump in full year net profit to 1. 46 billion. Ryanairs performance is a sign that its cost cutting measures are helping the business compete as overcapacity continues to dog the industry. Earlier, we spoke to neil sorahan, rya nairs chief financial officer. We saw our unit cost dropped by 11 last year. Excluding fuel, they were down 5 . So we are seeing unit cost savings coming through on all lines. There is a huge amount of uncertainty about brexit. There is no direction as to which way the uk