we can speak to our north america correspondent. good to see you. this investigation, it s gone and also from directions is 2021. what else do you think will be put to the people in this grand jury? be put to the people in this grand u ? . ., ., ., ~ jury? the election fraud, making false stations, jury? the election fraud, making false stations, racketeering - jury? the election fraud, making false stations, racketeering and | false stations, racketeering and conspiracy is extending the investigation onto what donald trump did but some associates like rudy giuliani did. they re also looking at some of those delegates that were presented as the electoral delegates, a different panel that will come forward and say that they were actually going to be supporting donald trump in the electoral college. they ve already interviewed a number of them and some are actually cooperating with the investigation. the actually cooperating with the investigation. actually cooperating wit
as of today, the bosses of britain s biggest companies will have made more money in 2024 so far than the typical worker makes all year. and that pay gap is growing. the average pay of the top ftse 100 chiefs amounts to £3.81 million per year, including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary is just under £35,000. sorry to upset your lunch or dinner. joining me now is chris roebuck a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. hello, lovely to have you with us on the bbc. that will be tough to swallow, won t it? are those figures justified? i swallow, won t it? are those figures “ustified? ~ , ., swallow, won t it? are those figures ustified? ~ , ., ., ., justified? i think you need to ask the question. justified? i think you need to ask the question, lobbyists - justified? i thin
including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary isjust under £35,000. chris roebuck is a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. i asked him if these huge payouts are justified. we will come back to that in a moment. but essentially he told me a little bit more about the talent poaching that the city had to be careful of unless they paid the ceos competitive salaries. this is what he told me. well, i think you need to ask the question. lobbyists are saying, yes, they are justified because we need to attract the best ceos to the uk or to keep them here. but, actually, this is not consistent across the world. if you look at some of the data on that ratio. if you say, if we re at 200, the us is at 270, but funnily enough german is only at 136, so the ratio of germany ceo play to empl
fleury sent this report. the december notes from the us central bank s last meeting showed policymakers are feeling better about inflation. they agreed with investors that interest rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree it will come down this year. but they offered no clues as to how or when that will happen. to remind viewers, the federal reserve started raising rates in march 2022 to tame inflation. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark rate to 5.5%. inflation, by the time of the last meeting, had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. meanwhile, new data out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to 8.79 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour but is still well above pre covid levels. that is consistent with the fed s goal. to slow the economy without triggering a nasty recession. the feds first rate setting meeting this year starting january 30. investors are holding their breath is beneficial t
that s according to the think tank, the high pay centre who have calculated that the average pay of top bosses will overtake the average full time workers annual pay by 1300 gmt today. joining me now is susannah streeter. happy new year. anybody looking at those and struggling on an annual salary of 34,963, the average, will be aghast. take a through the figures. be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. ., , ., , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , ., ,, figures. it really does stick in the craw, figures. it really does stick in the craw. doesn t figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this has - figures. it really does stick in the i craw, doesn t it? this has come out today and at a time when the cost of living crisis is still swelling in the uk and the ftse 100 has also the uk and the ftse10