Matt we have markets sapped in terms of their rally stamina because of amazons profit. Seen int reduction have a couple of years. The reason is one jeff bezos promised he would be delivering since the ipo. They are investing for growth, spending 1. 5 billion dollars in order to get customers free one day delivery and market share. Nejra they are certainly delivering on that. That has helped sales, but not delivered as much as investors might want. Boris johnson wanting to deliver that election by december 12. Jeremy corbyn has said labor will not back in election unless no deal brexit is taken off the table. If johnson succeeds, he may push brexit through by november 6. The other Sticking Point is the to know more about an extension at the moment. The eu saying, we need more details about the u. K. Election. A little bit of a catch 22. Matt absolutely. It is interesting labor makes both of those demands. No deal off the table and wants to know about the extension is going to get from t
Also in the programme its all a big conspiracy. Thats the message from nissan boss Carlos Ghosns lawyers as he pleads not guilty to corruption charges. And are you worried about the rise of robots or can automation actually improve yourjob and life at home . Well have a report from singapore. Think all start ups are run by millenials . Think again well meet the woman who took a couple of decades off to raise her children and is now making waves in the Beauty Industry by capitalising on collagen. The anti ageing industry is on the rise. So how much do you spend on trying to look younger . Or do you think its better to leave it all to nature . Let us know. Use the hashtag bbcworklife. Good to have you with us. Do send in your comments about the ageing industry and looking younger and older etc. We will share them later. We start with the electric car pioneer tesla, which has caused quite a buzz on wall street by posting a surprise quarterly profit. Shares in elon musks company have charg
To daybreak europe. Lets recap those numbers. Unitbs Wealth Management bringing in net new money in the Third Quarter, almost 16 billion, meaning assets in that unit hit a record. Atrd quarter net came in 1. 05 billion, a clear beat on the estimate of 9. 71 billion. Beat on therofit, a estimate for ubs. Profit came in at a beat, but ubs seeing 100 million restructuring charge at the Investment Bank in the Third Quarter. It also warned that lower Interest Rates would hurt income from lending compared to last year. The ceo, we will speak to later, saying in the statement, we continue to take action to grow productivity. We also have some breaking news coming through from novartis. A lot of numbers to come through here. The 2019 guidance has been raised. If we look at Third Quarter for operating profits, that comes in at 3. 75 billion. The estimate is 3. 59 billion. Third quarter core eps, 1. 41, eight on the estimate. Third quarter net sales also beat the estimate. Up in the high single
Long time before it recovered september highs. How long . Try about 25 years. In other words, the highs we reached that year, at the peek of that bull market, september third, 1929, were not realized again until november 23rd 1954. You hear about catalysts and Hedge Fund Managers at time, were not called Hedge Fund Managers. Were worried about the giddiness building. It was too far, too fast a great comeuppance. Herbert hoover who was providing over roaring market. He came into office in 1928. Things were swimmingly two years later. He would not survive in the next election. Someone who was considered laughable shot rising to the white house, you might remember the name. Franklin roosevelt, Big Government spending liberal, who many said who would have no chance taking 1600 pennsylvania avenue in the middle of a financial crisis. Reminders that unexpected developments can change outcome of elections. We saw that in 2018, john mccain, fellow named barack obama were deadeven until the met
Prime minister also proposes a three day schedule for the votes. Trade talks on track. President trump says negotiations between the u. S. And china are advancing ahead of next months apec summit. Will they be ready to sign a deal . And ubs Wealth Management assets reached a record high with rich clients adding nearly 16 billion in the quarter. Sergio ermotti strikes an upbeat tone. Still a very Challenging Market condition. Am glad we were able to grow solid performance in this difficult context. Matt less than a halfhour away from the european open, im taking a look at the pound. You can see threeday trade, maybe its more exciting if i put it into a six month perspective here. And bouncing1. 2975 along under the 1. 30 level. We have broken it yesterday for the First Time Since may 10. Take a look at futures. We saw this morning a mixed picture in futures, a lot like the mixed picture we saw in asian stocks. Dax futures and cap gaining. Ftse futures down. You see these numbers are so