For european markets. They are all headed in One Direction at the moment. Well be getting an expert view on how long it will last. A vision for the future. Well be talking interactive billboards and Digital Advertising with one of the industrys leading companies. Dentists are calling for an end to the workplace cake culture. Is there too much junk food at your work, or does it make a happier office . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. It is never too early for cake and chocolate, just get some false teeth today, markets in the us, the uk and most of asia have been open for the first trading session of the year. In 2016, surprise political results caused tremors on both sides of the atlantic, but a new report suggests theres been a sharp increase in Business Confidence for the year ahead. The professional Services Firm Grant Thornton says the number of companies expecting to grow their annual profits is at a two year high. Indeed, here in the uk, the
Begin the trading week. In positive territory. We will talk about what will move them later in the week later in the programme. We are joined by a french entrepreneur described as a Rock Star In The World of proud funding. She will reveal to us her latest plans shortly. And the winner is. La la land. Moonlight . Sort out the autocue what a night. What is your Warren Beatty moment . Get in touch. Welcome to the programme. One of europes biggest mergers looks like it is off. The London Stock Exchange and its german rival the Deutsche Boerse say their coming together is unlikely to be approved by the European Commission. The merger was supposed to be worth just over 30 billion and would have created a giant trading powerhouse that would better compete against its big us rivals. When they announced the deal last year the two Companies Said together they should be able to make cost savings of 475 million a year, about 20 of the combined groups operating costs. They had already agreed to sel