To know for the trading week ahead. Investing in the future. Later in the programme well speak to the boss of a company hoping to develop the next generation of coding geniuses. And also today, do you hate mondays . Ido the green party in the uk want to introduce a three day weekend. Would you want one, and would you work longer hours to get one . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. How about if you still work longer hours but you still have to do a five day week . That sounds like what we do here welcome to the programme. We start in italy where the Foreign Ministers of the worlds biggest economies are meeting in the historic city of lucca. This year italy holds the presidency of the g7 group and rome has already made it clear that one of its priorities is fighting all forms of protectionism. But why does it matter . Well, its important because the g7 accounts for just over 46 of the worlds wealth. And this meeting is important because it comes before next months leaders summit. Last mon
This is bloomberg surveillance. We have a lot of news out. There is a new poll out. And we need to focus on bronze. An it has been extraordinary 20 four hours in finance and american politics in general. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news with taylor riggs and breaking news. Yes, we are following that news, a new Bloomberg Politics National Poll Shows Hillary clinton maintaining her lead over donald trump. Candidates, her lead goes close to the margin of error. Donald trump was in North Carolina when hes suggested that gun supporters could stop clinton. Abolish,y wants to essentially abolished, the Second Amendment. Judges,ets to pick her nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people maybe there is. Taylor the Clinton Campaign responded quickly, saying what he said was dangerous. Quoted saying that he makes threats because he is a coward. The brazilian president has been impeachment trial. , turnbull winning reelection last month. Trying to derail the survey bu
Health of retail looks like. Tough to get handle on retail these days. So diverse. Plus after a recent rash of airline glitches, there are new calls from congress for airlines to overhaul their i. T. Systems. We will talk to that man there, senator Richard Blumenthal, one of those lawmakers behind the initiative. He and senator marky from massachusetts sent a letter today to those airlines seeking answers to the latest glitches here. And reporting earnings after closing today, tech giant getting toward layoff 14,000 employees, nearly 20 of its work force. Shares down about 1 on the news with those earnings coming up. Over that over the next couple of hours. Lets get to fed minutes and markets reaction in a minute. First a closer look at todays earnings mess in retail. Courtney reagan has the low down for us. Plus some recap of the special guests you had last hour. Courtney . Hi, bill. Remember last week we talked about retail resurgence, but i said, whoa, not so fast . Today targets tr
Will it or wont it come with a headphone jack . Fascinating buildup to the open. Gold surged, the dollar plunge, and futures market in the green for a moment. The probability of a rate hike now pushed back as low as 24 . Rookie forward to see how the session develops. Big moves in japan. The back end of the curve we have seen the yield dropping. The curve is flattening out again in japan. The yen is also getting stronger. This largely depends on what is happening, but the move is significant. Yesterday, we saw a really solid auction. If the market is still interested in longduration japan. Lets get everyone caught up with what we need to know. Er german Industrial Production fell the most in two years in july as manufacturing suffers him subdued mobile trade. That missed analyst estimates of a. 1 rise. It is the latest data released since the u. K. Vote has weakened. The u. K. Chancellor when the senior bankers in london later to set up the government plans to support the economy and s