These are your markets we are getting some data. Manufacturing pmi coming in better than expected. Little bit ofa optimism when it comes to the stoxx series the stoxx 600. Treasuries falling with the bonds. U. S. Looking daughters holding dollars holding pretty steady. Coming up tomorrow we speak to the Goldman Sachs chief executive, david solomon. Meantime we will speak about euro markets. As get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. Viviana Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for failing to deliver brexit by the deadline. Speaking to sky news he took responsibility for the failure but blamed parliament for refusing to back his timetable. One concern for his riot one concern for ryanairs ceo is the upcoming election may not decide a thing. My fear is this election would result in more delay. That could be good in that it means it means the transition to continue on ad infinitum. The economy needs to see in into this uncertainty. Viviana over to hong kong where 200
The boardmasters festival in newquay is cancelled just hours before it was due to go ahead because of fears of severe weather. We because of fears of severe weather. Are live there have these plagued your Summer Holiday . Apparently you need to master the hard stare if you want to protect yourself and your chips from seagulls. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. The heaviest of which will be in scotland. Drier tomorrow, then some torrential rain and gales coming your way on friday and saturday. Ill have more later. Its wednesday, the seventh of august. Our top story. Uk supermarkets are seeking permission to Work Together to co ordinate Food Supplies in the event of a no deal brexit. Theyre hoping the government will waive strict competition rules which normally prevent rival businesses from forming pacts. Victoria is at a wholesale market in birmingham. Victoria, what more can you tell us . Good morning to you
Thank you gentlemen thank you so much for coming to this discussion would also like to thank our sponsors the Mississippi Arts Commission and please be reminded that the panelist will be signing autographs, their autographs outside in the author 10. If you need a copy of of the book you can go to the book tent. Thank you. This is book tv lives coverage of the first annual mississippi book festival held in the state capital in jackson. Theres an author panel discussing native daughter eudora wealthy who won the pulitzer in 1971 for her book the optimist daughter. The next author panel will begin in about half an hour. Well bring that to live as well. While we wait heres an interview conducted recently with mississippi native author john grisham. So john grisham what are you doing in new york city question mark. The mpa happens every year, signs and books this morning, hanging out last year we were here and had a lot of fun. Carl and i were on stage for about an hour and we could have go
Bring that to live as well. While we wait heres an interview conducted recently with mississippi native author john grisham. So john grisham what are you doing in new york city question mark. The mpa happens every year, signs and books this morning, hanging out last year we were here and had a lot of fun. Carl and i were on stage for about an hour and we could have gone for about three hours, it was a lot of fun, really funny. About four years ago i did a breakfast show, speech with john stuart which was terrifying. To be on stage with jon stewart. We did one in chicago many years ago and my first was in miami, 22 years ago. I love the energy and excitement of being around books and publishers. So when you see all this anything about the future of the publishing world. Well its going to be here, i dont know what shape its going to be in, i think pretty good. People are never going to stop reading or buying books, ebooks, or hardback books, so i think its in pretty good shape. To have b
Devastating for the region, making it the second costliest hurricane in the nations history. But what was worse than the actual devastation caused by sandy was the fallout that had nothing to do with the storm and everything to do with politics. If you think the recent 16day shutdown is the first sign that republicans are willing to break all the political rules in order to destroy government, not even close. Because the willingness by members of congress to choose not to vote for sandy relief was unprecedented. Remember, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the u. S. Just before the president ial election between president barack obama and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. But the election did not stop president obama from responding. He put Campaign Battleground travel on hold to tour the stormbattered coast of new jersey on october 31st. And his Immediate Reaction was to address the needs of the hurricane victims most in need. And it earned him the admiration of the republica