To reasonable policies. Francine good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. We have great guests. We will be talking dollar, pound, and some of the greek bonds. First things first. Thats check in on your markets. This is the picture. Banks in the u. S. Yesterday leading the rally, as janet yellen, with her comments yesterday, seemed have buoyed equities. A lot of banks in europe are still gaming. 1. 6 for the industry in europe. Stocks in general are gaming. A next bag in terms of earnings. Lot has been playing out on the currency markets. Chinese stocks in hong kong jumping after record new credit fueled optimism for strength of the chinese economy. Lets get straight to the first word news. Here is nejra cehic. Trumpsides to donald president ial campaign had contact with russian intelligence officials according to the New York Times citing former and current officials saying intercepted calls show repeated contacts with senior russian intelligence officials in the year before the e
And well be asking a nobel Winning Economist for his perspective. Three cheers for al blackman, hip hip hooray. A royal marine convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan will be freed within weeks, after his sentenced is reduced. And why sunscreen, Cold Remedies and Gluten Free Food may no longer be available on the Nhs In England, to save money. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the vote in the Scottish Parliament, due to take place right now, on the Scottish Governments demand for a second referendum on independence. If the motion is approved, theresa may will have to respond formally to the request although shes already said this is not the time, in her view, on the eve of the start of the Brexit Process. The vote had been due to take place last wednesday, but was delayed because of the Terror Attack at westminster. Nicola sturgeon the First Minister wants a referendum by the spring of 2019. Lets ta ke lets take a look inside the Scottish Parliament right now.
pretty bad. Imf world bank, not many phones. Not many planes. Tom we have news right now, this does continue on, we are now indicating challenges. German confidence is actually very very low. Emerging markets and also because of the influence that russia is having in the middle east. Expecting 6. 5. Tom you see that in futures as well. You see it in yields. Breaking also getting news from volkswagen, so they are progressing 1 billion a year. Tom vonnie quinn is in new york. Vonnie good morning. There has never been anything like this in the brewing industry. Sab miller is being bought by ab inbev. One out of every three beers sold will come from one company. In china, imports are now on the longest losing streak, they fell for the 11th month in a row. Plus, domestic demand in china has been falling. There are reports that Russias Embassy has been hit by fire. A Russian News Agency says there was damage but no injury. There is report of Russian Military action in syria. A newrland is im
I am Jonathan Ferro joining you and london with tom keene london. So much news. What takes your fancy . Up we go, we will re liquefy. Navigate that, and at the same time is tweaking communication. We will discuss that. Lets get to vonnie quinn with bloomberg first news. Ta recall of defective airbags is more costly than the multimillion fine. They will no longer use takata airbags. That was their biggest customer. Honda says that they misrepresented and manipulated test results. They say that theyll use a more inflatedemical to its airbags. The other airbags caused eight deaths. Say that the fine could be a record. The russian jet apparently had no warnings of trouble before it crashed in the egyptian desert. Includees black boxes no discussion of mechanical or system problems. All 224 people on board were killed when the airbus crashed. Most were russians returning home from vacations in egypt. Bodies were burned. Most of them will be identifiable. News of a diplomatic salt between ch