Receiving a 750 million takeover offer from a japanese conglomerate. Buying back shares in spreadbetter ig after changes to cfds. Can you do the banana song . I only know that one part. Gwen stefani does it a billion times better. European equity markets opening up on a relative flat note. Thats what were seeing at the moment. Slightly mixed markets for the european boerse. We have the ecb out of the way yesterday. We were doing the Rate Decision yesterday, looking at the markets afterwards, not holding ton that positive reaction today. And people probably repositioning now or thinking heading into the weekend that we have less than a week to go before the fed is upon us. The ftse mib and xetra dax off by a bit. The mib being dragged down by some banking stocks in italy. Lets recap the ecb, lower for longer. Thats the new asset purchase policy that the ecb introduced at the december meeting. The central bank trimmed its Bond Buying Program from 80 billion euros to 60 billion euros per
Euronext, for 510 Million Euros. Helping to clear the way for a merger with Deutsche Boerse. An upgrade for Intercontinental Group after barclays gives the hotel chain an overweight rating, sending the shares to a record high. Good morning. Welcome to street signs. If youre trading here in the uk, happy new year to you. The ftse 100 is out of the gate today hittinging fresh record highs. Joining the broader eurozone, which did see some of its highest levels of more than a year yesterday for the first day of trade of the new year. Today were looking at more strengths with the stoxx 600 going into bull market territory. Lets give you a shot of the individual bourses. The ftse 100, higher by 0. 8 . Just below the record we saw earlier in the session. Xetra dax higher, but basically flat for the main market which did enjoy sharp gains yesterday in the neighborhood of 1 . Clinging in positive territory. The french main market higher by a half percent. The ftse mib higher by 0. 13 . Yes, the
At formula one recently. And a little later in the programme well be speaking live to the boss of one of the big teams in the sport mcclaren. Zach brown also has lots of other roles. So today we want to know, what would you like to ask him . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. 0k, everybody is going, what does trump on, trump of mean . I would explain why we get to the markets welcome to the programme. We start with facebook, because despite predictions of a slowdown, the worlds Biggest Social Network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. Late on wednesday it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. They round off another year of rapid growth that has seen it become one of the biggest advertising businesses on the planet. Its massive reach has also raised concerns about the amount of influence it can have, and the reliability of information thats shared on it. So we put a Little Something together for you. Just how big is facebo
The government is expected to publish the Brexit Strategy in an hours time. The white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the European Union after Parliament Takes the First Step Towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. Last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the Prime Minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And what will happen next . As mentioned, at around noon, Brexit Secretary david davis will announce the governments white paper on exiting the eu. This will allow parliament to send the bill on Forfurther Amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. Our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. What are we going to find out . Probably very little. I think most people expect it to simply fl
Poor timing. Shares in swatch ticking lower after a fullyear net profit loss. But the companys ceo tells cnbc he sees a return to growth in 2017. Shares of novo nordisk slide after the danish drugmaker lowers its profit and Sales Outlook for 2017. Good morning, everybody. Welcome. Glad youre with us. We have another very busy day already underway with loads of earnings, lots of talking points. European equity markets this morning slightly mixed. We opened on a lower note across europe. Right now looking at some markets point together upside. The likes of the ftse 100, the ftse mib also seeing slight gains. The xetra dax and cac 40 lower. Deutsche bank being one of the main fallers out of germany, off by almost 7 , 6. 5 . When it comes to the sectors and where were seeing selling, healthcare off by 1 . Telecoms down 1 . Auto is off the most this morning. Financial services and banks also off by a half per st. Technology pulling up, travel and leisure hanging on to brightness. Lets talk