Alibaba raises 21. 8 billion dollars in its share sale. Welcome to countdown on this historic day. Lets get straight to the history, the top story in edinburgh for the scottish vote story on the independence. The votes are being tallied. Early vote tallies put the no campaign ahead. And that edwards anna edwards is there live. Shes been up since the wee hours. 1 30 a. M. The numbers started to trickle through. We started to see an early lead for the no campaign. 32 counts, six in the know campaign. The 32 counts of reporting. We have a great deal about the story now. The no campaign. Not means it looks as if the campaign has done enough here and its to remind you that this is no to independence, no to breaking up the United Kingdom. No or no thanks, he says he has been humbled by the amount of support the team has seen. The Scottish National party leading the yes campaign. Alex hammond on twitter congratulating the people in glasgow voting yes to independence. They did make some big wi
Competitiveness. Now theyre looking at everything. At individual taxes, theyre looking at Corporate Taxes, you go way over here on the end, madam speaker, you get to the International Tax rules. Thats how well we work with the rest of the world with our tax system. America ranks dead last. I bring it up because im reading from our treasury secretary, his comments at the urban Institute Last week. Hes talking about american corporations moving their headquarters overseas. Not moving a factory overseas, but moving their International Headquarters overseas. And he says this. He says, this practice allows the corporation to avoid their civic responsibilities. While continuing to benefit from everything that makes america the best place in the world to do business. Worst place in the world to do business. Thats what the Facts Foundation tells us. I read on from the secretarys speech. He says, best place in the world to do business, our rule of law, our International Property rights, our sup
This is bbc news, im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines. Nearly two Million People across most of the north east of england are set for tougher coronavirus restrictions from midnight, after a rise in cases. We do not take these decisions lightly. We agree with the local councils that we must follow the data and act, and the data says that we must act now. A similar story in south wales where almost half a Million People in Rhondda Cynon taff will have stricter lockdown rules from 6pm this evening. Meanwhile a sharp decline in the turnaround time for testing as the system struggles to keep up with demand. The british people honoured their side of the bargain. In return, the government was supposed to deliver effective testing and tracing. The government failed. If you have any questions on testing, do send them in using the hashtag below and well answer them in half an hour with a virologist and senior clinical lecturer. And back to spurs . Real madrid striker gareth bale is due to fly to
Abducting her is behind bars in virginia this morning. Where is hannah . Fox friends begins right now. Its time for fox friends. Thats right, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the show. A a big jampacked show for you this morning. A big star on the show this morning. We are going to invite you to take over social media on his behalf. Do you know his name . Are we talking about the eagles or andy grammer. Andy grammer is here plus anna kooiman for all four hours. All four hours. Take that work break we were talking about last week. First, we need to get right to this. Big news this morning, fox news alert horrific murder in the heartland. A woman beheaded by her former coworker and now authorities are trying to figure out if this is a random act or a lone wolf jihadi trying to send a message. Elizabeth prann is live in washington, d. C. Good morning, elizabeth. Good morning, anna. Fbi says investigators are looking into the suspects background. While the Oklahoma Police department is wai
U.S. Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected, While Other Data Suggest Solid Economy By James Christie Good day. U.S. retail sales fell 0.8% in January, an unexpectedly large decline that.