The tech giants continue to open their books as executives warn their books are not immune one stock that seems to be weathering the storm completely. Thursday april 30. Worldwide exchange begins right now. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching here is how your money and investments are looking right now just after 5 00 a. M. On the east coast stock future showing more possible gains after a surge with the dow and s p jumping the nasdaq, technology continues to outperform on optimism on technologies the key job claims we say that because this is a number showing millions filing for unemployment every week yet the market keeps moving higher lets staft your day with a remarkable stat get this the russell 2000 on pace for six straight gains that has happened only one other time go all the way back to 2000 to find the last time small caps gained 1 six days in a row. If you like that stat, stay tuned for the back half of the sh
For the john and Mabel Ringling museum of art in sarasota and the Sir John Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book, and she resides in new york. So please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. And i very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know that i will be bowing to you i am not shaking hands, per our current instruction. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Soon after i to the smithsonian. Abraham lincolns top hat. And, si
Museum in london. The lost world of James Smithson was her first book and she resides in new york. Please welcome heather ewing. [applause] heather thanks for having me. Can you all hear me . Wonderful. It is really a pleasure to be here. I very much look forward to speaking and meeting with you all afterwards. I just wanted to let you know i will be bowing to you and not shaking hands per our current instructions. I encourage you all to do the same. Anyway, i wanted to thank you all very much for having me. It is a pleasure to be here to talk about this topic that i care about so much. And so, here we go. You all know the smithsonian well as the keeper of many of the most iconic objects of american culture. And, i thought i would run through a bunch of them. Dorothys ruby slippers, of course. Charles lindberghs spirit of st. Louis. Abraham lincolns top hat. Since we are here in baltimore, this is the starspangled banner. Soon after it came to the smithsonian where it was conserved for
We have had six weeks of gains free u. S. And european equities. The longest run of gains like that in two years. The s p 500 hit another record on friday and we look to be on the front foot albeit in a muted fashion today. The seven that cut to day reverse repo rate in china which made the list in particular chinese equities. The 10 year yield dropping last week. We slid down from ed handel we had on november 7 and now back up basis point. What it will take to take us back up to 2 . A crucial few weeks ahead as weve had some positive news on andu. S. China trade talks Boris Johnson said all conservative candidates will back his brexit deal if he wins the december 12 election. Of course his party leading in the polls the moment. Coming up we will speak to u. K. Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Dont miss out at 1 00 p. M. U. K. Time. We begin with evaluation target for aramco with saudi arabia to add as low as 1. 6 trillion per thats well below the much touted 2 trillion. It would all
In business body positive fashion how india is waking up to the 4 billion plus size market. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation would you be prepared to sit in a plane for nineteen hours or would it drive you mad . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air, the longest and, at over 17,000 kilometres, the furthest passage flight has landed in sydney australia, having flown from london. It was a test flight run by the airline qantas, to research the feasibility of the ultra long haul route and the impact on travellers and crew. The bbcs lukejones was onboard. The first london to sydney flight 100 years ago took 28 days. This will sunrise flight did it in 19 hours and 19 minutes. This plane is almost spookily empty. There is only 53 of us on board because that is as many it can carry this distance. This is to carry out res