Doing very well, up by. 4 . Will play out. Is thiso think it means. 7 . An see pound down by would a trade truce make you happier or a more aggressive investor or do you think this is if we look at the sectors doing something that is going to take uncertainty around global trade well. Even though we see longer, possibly past the 2020 and trade policy is going to persist. It is not just between the u. S. Elections . Truce would a trade and china. Markets up, we shouldnt we still have overhanging europe riskon. That as too at the margin make us more the potential for auto tariffs and we have gotten quiet on aggressive as investors if it that. I do not think that should be was a real truce and not just completely taken off the table. We have other uncertainty some agreement to talk. So that is a look at some of the associated with things like that the tariffs are moving brexit. Markets. Lets look at the other side of is isuggests to me the markets, dollar index. The dollar just a touch to
All options are open. Opec and its allies say nothing is off the table when it comes to rebalancing the oil market. A. M. In dubai. Midday in hong kong. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. Been, weekend has especially in the United States with the equity benchmarked indices hitting records. It is not so much that they are hitting records, but the pace it is being done. These are your friday closings for the s p 500. 7 for the dow jones. The nasdaq was up 4 10 of 1 . It was not all positive because General Electric tumbling after slashing the 2017 profit forecast. This goes to the story of optimism around what donald trump is doing in terms of possible tax reform and tax cut. U. S. Dollar reaching a threemonth high. Up 6 10 of 1 . In terms of other asset classes, we are carefully watching 10 year treasury yield approaching 2. 4 . The president was moving closer to selecting the next fed chief. We are getting more commentary of around john Jerome Powell and janet yellen. A couple of k
Lagarde tells bloomberg of the ins is talking to china about the risks exposed by excessive debt. The superjumbo deal that the emirates is said to be negotiating. We are live at the dubai air show with the latest. It is 8 00 a. M. Here in dubai. I am yousef. This is Bloomberg Markets middle east. I hear there are some ancient tribal rivalries heating up in the middle east. Im not talking about any of this. I am talking about them versus boeing. You are live on the scene. The dubai air show is finally here. The last dubai airshow was 179 billion and recordbreaking deals. That is a high bar to live up to. In the time since a lot has shifted. The Competitive Landscape has shifted. We are talking about the visa bans. Numbers tell a story, middle east operations are growing at the slowest pace in eight years, the monthly growth. Lets look politically. The tensions are a lot higher with the standup up with qatar that has halted some key air routes. The economics have shifted as well. Have dr
Sir ian holm has died. He was 88. Sir ian played Bilbo Baggins in lord of the rings, and was oscar nominated for playing the coach in chariots of fire. Sarah campbell looks back at his life. He was one of britains most familiar and most reliable character actors, oscar nominated for this performance in chariots of fire. Go back again, get it level. Ill watch you, and observe. Harold pinter said he was his favourite actor. If i can see the big prize hanging there, believe me, i wont waste any time. He was terrifying as the treacherous android ash in alien. At five foot five, he was often cast in diminutive parts. In the borrowers, he played one of a family of tiny people, opposite his then wife penelope wilton. Screams come with me in the passageway. You do me wrong. At the national theatre, he was an acclaimed king lear. Thou art a soul in bliss, but i am bound upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears do scald. Yet, for 17 years, he refused to appear live because of stage fright. Gand
A father and his two children were killed when they were hit by a car yesterday at dalton in furness in cumbria. Joshua flynn, who ws 37, his 15 year old son cobyjay, and his 12 year old daughter skylar had been enjoying a fathers day walk. A local man has been arrested on suspicion of three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and of being over the alcohol limit. He remains in police custody. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. Yesterday afternoon, joshua flynn, his son coby jay and daughter skylar went out for a fathers day family walk, but they never came home. They were run over and killed on the outskirts of dalton in furness, in south cumbria. The 47 year old man who was driving the car which hit them was arrested for drink driving and was also detained on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. The family were walking along this pavement yesterday afternoon when a silver peugeot left the road, came up onto the kerb, demolished some fencing and then hit them.