Bank shares are pulling down that market. Battle of the bands well speak to the boss of a Company Bringing the likes of hozier and bastille straight to your living room. Today we want to know, as more car brands consolidate, does it matter which badges on the back of your car . Is there enough choice in the car . Is there enough choice in the car market . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Do get in touch with your thoughts on this story. Our top story today. General motors, as was widely expected is selling opel and vauxhall General Motors will sell opel to psa group the French Company that owns peugeot and citroen. The price . 2. 33 billion. As we speak, both companies are hosting a Press Conference in paris. Buying gms Loss Making European Operations will make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. And it will be a giant. Last year, psa and gm europe sold a combined 4. 3 million vehicles an
$1.2 trillion are expected to give up. that s supposed to mean automatic cuts in almost every federal department in 2013. same bottom line $1.2 trillion half from defense, half non-defense. but congress can and likely will change it. meantime stock markets are tanking again,down jones down more than 2.5% today. again the u.s. credit rating may be in for a down gragradedowngr. much more on fallout in our face time segments minutes from now. in cairo, 1,700 people have been wounded during the worse violence to hit egypt s capital since the revolution. at least 20 people have been killed. there are now reports a government official has resigned over the violence. coming up we head to cry row aia live report. the former head of the fbi will lead the penn state investigation, an independent panel. i m committed to ensuring that our independent investigation be conducted in a thorough, fair, comprehensive manner, leaving no stone unturned and without any fear. the panel