To celebrate the bloomberg 50. Our annual list of those that have measurable accomplishments. Jason but first, the biggest ipo, saudi aramco. Those shares surge to a market value of 2 trillion. Carol a culmination of a fouryear effort from the kingdom. We are in london to talk about this. A lot of questions. Now it is publicly traded and it is an ipo but it is only a small percentage, 1. 5 is out there in the public in terms of the company. Reporter the ipo has not turned out the way they expected it to happen. If you remember back to 2016 when they initially announced plans for the ipo, the plan was to sell as much as 5 of the company. What we really have to look at is what is the purpose of the ipo . It is seen as a means of diversifying saudi arabia away from its Oil Dependent economy, to raise money from International Investors and to deploy that on projects outside of the core energy industry. Ipothey managed to do the and the valuation did not get close to what they wanted but it
Carol and we hit the red carpet to celebrate the bloomberg 50. It is our annual list of those people whose 2019 measurable accomplishments stand out. Jason all of that still ahead. But first off, the worlds biggest ipo. We are talking saudi aramco. Shares surge to a market value of 2 trillion. That magic 2 trillion come at that peak. Carol a culmination of a fouryear effort from the kingdom. Our correspondent is in london to talk about this. A lot of questions. Now it is publicly traded and it it is an ipo, a publicly held company, but it is only a small 1. 5 that is out there in the public in terms of the company. Nini it is. The ipo has not turned out the way they expected it to happen. If you remember back to 2016 when saudi arabia initially announced plans for the ipo, the plan was to sell as much as 5 of the company. More importantly, what we have to look at is what was the purpose of the ipo. The ipo was seen as a means of diversifying saudi arabia away from its oildependent comp
Thing. But we want some solutions to the problems. Solution and answers. Thats a county supervisor talking about state regulators today opening an investigation into the recent pg e power shutoffs. Blackouts that pg e insists were necessary to prevent its lines from sparking wildfires. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. More than a million customers were impacted. We went through four rounds last month adding up to ten days total. Thats about a third of october. Abc 7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow was at the cpcu meeting. Shes in the newsroom with the latest. Dan and kristen, the vote followed a series of Public Comments in which residents and local leaders conveyed the challenges theyre facing in the wake of the shutoffs. They may consider taking action if they find pg e committed violations. Commissioner cher ohm a the California Public Utilities Commission voting to formally investigating the pg e power shutoffs. The the investigation will assess whe
Domestic economy has not done so well and consumption is down on the quarter and investment spending is treading water. In that respect it would be premature to say the japanese economy is Out Of The Woods but it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky balance it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky balance for it is a positive surprise. This is a tricky balance forjapan because they have been trying to boost inflation unlike some other g7 economies yet they are having a problem, people arent feeling confident in purchasing and buying things there. How do they balance this . They balance this . Indeed, thats the they balance this . Indeed, thats the milliondollar i thats the Million Dollar question right now. Weve had a pretty good result for these spring Wage Negotiations this year and wage growth is picking up year and wage growth is picking up injapan so in that respect things are changing. But the wage gains we are seeing now are not
A further rise in business investment. Private consumption fell on the quarter as consumers struggle with rising living costs and falling real wages. How do you think investors are going to respond to this news . The japanese economy is performing quite well. I dont think it will be a big market reaction. Simply because the indications for Monetary Policy are not clear cut. The bank ofjapan is already quite optimistic about the gdp growth, and what really matters for Monetary Policy is how global inflation is. Strong gdp growth, the margin, Rising Inflationary pressures. As we have seen in the past, it can turn around things injapan, so the wage growth really matters, how much it will ease Household Burden on the cost of living. In terms of the bank ofjapan, looking at whether they are actually going to raise Interest Rates after quite some time, what do you project . We time, what do you proect . We dont time, what do you proect . We dont thinkļ¬ time, what do you project . Dont thin