Good afternoon. Im senior fellow with National Security program. Its my great honor to welcome Peter Frazier who is the head of gas, coal for the International Energy agency. He is here to launch the coal 2017 coal has been the worlds dominant fuel for a century. Certainly the robust deployment of renewables but then combined with the cheap gas and has been putting quite a bit of pressure on the generation. So the coal 2017 is one of the ieas signature publications. Its previously known as a midterm coal Market Report. It provides comprehensive analysis heater is here to walk us through some of the analysis and help us better understand where the markets are headed to in the near to midfuture, i guess through 2022. Previously between 1998 and 2004 he was a senior electricity policy adviser. This is his second tour. In between peter worked at the Ontario Energy board. From 1989 to 98 he was an Energy Policy adviser at the ontario ministry. It is with my great pleasure. He will speak for
Figure in focus as investors search for clues about the next fed rate hike. With the u. K. Election less than a week away, we speak to iain duncan smith. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua here in london. Theres a lot of news today and that has loads of implications for all the data across the board. Lets get straight to it. Global stocks are up. The nikkei 225 stock average topped 20,000 points for the 2015. Time since this is mainly as private american hiring data bolstered confidence in the economy. We have to wait for that jobs data today coming through. This is what were seeing for pound, weakening a touch. Look out for pound. We are just seven days until that election, june 8. Yen, im seeing a little movement. 111. 56. Crude oil, we will be speaking to the opec secretarygeneral shortly. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra we start in the u. S. The Trump Administration has asked the u. S. Supreme court to reinstate its travel ban
710ths green arrows for major in deksz. Ftse up. Germany, dax up. Gains in france after the French Election there one of the biggest majorities theyve seen in post war france. You can see crude oil markets up slightly still below 45 a barrel following developing story from london, a van plowed into a group of pedestrians outside a mosque injuring ten people it happened as worshippers were leaving evening prayers. Metropolitan police say the driver of the van was taken into custody and theyre treating the incident as potential act of terrorism. Almost one year since britain voted to leave European Union. Formal brexit talks begin today. David davis is meeting with eu chief negotiator in brussels that kicks off the process that must be completed by march, 2019 discussions come less than two weeks after Prime Minister theresa may and her conservative party lost the majority in parliament, adding to further uncertainty when it comes to these talks. And becky alluded to this in other politi
Against gawker. But first, new alliances forged between traditional automakers and the ride hailing challengers. The news comes as a car industry braces for change, especially when it comes to the future of car ownership. By investing in the main players, the biggest car brands are hoping to secure a place in the future. This week toyota tied up with uber and vw took a stake in gett. Here we take a look across the space to see who is leading the pack. Carmakers are choosing sides in the ride hailing wars, this week alone volkswagen invested 300 million in gett and toyota committed an undisclosed amount to uber with plans to get into the car leasing game. In january, General Motors took a 500 million stake in lyft and lets not forget apples billion dollar bet on didi. With traditional Card Companies Car Companies looking for a piece of the pie, which are leading the pack . Fueled by mega funding, uber may get all of the headlines, but lyft is taking on a much bigger rival and through In
Hulk hogan in multiple cases against gawker. But first, new alliances forged between traditional automakers and the ride hailing challengers. The news comes as a car industry braces for change, especially when it comes to the future of car ownership. By investing in the main players, the biggest car brands are hoping to secure a place in the future. This week toyota tied up with uber and vw took a stake in gett. Here we take a look across the space to see who is leading the pack. Carmakers are choosing sides in the ride hailing wars, this week alone volkswagen invested 300 million in gett and toyota committed an undisclosed amount to uber with plans to get into the car leasing game. In january, General Motors took a 500 million stake in lyft and lets not forget apples billion dollar bet on didi. With traditional Card Companies Car Companies looking for a piece of the pie, which are leading the pack . Fueled by mega funding, uber may get all of the headlines, but lyft is taking on a muc