Investors scramble for snapchat, in the biggest Tech Flotation since twitter. But is the app a Cash Cow Orjust a craze . Plus, coming up on netflix the boss tells us his plans for the Internet Tv Giant as it heads towards 100 million users. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme up up and away the us markets blast through previous record highs, the global rally is continuing in asia. Details in a moment. We start on wall street where investors are gearing up for what could be the biggest and certainly the most hyped Technology Flotation since twitter in back 2013 or even facebook the year before. In a few hours time shares in snap the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat Will Begin Trading on the new york stock exchange. The big question will it end up a Stock Market Giant like facebook or, like twitter, a bit of a flop . Heres what we know so far the flotation has been hugely oversubscribed there were as many as ten orders for every share. Thats all
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Casts, is enormous, but how do you maintain that once it moves on to the next city . How do you keep the good times going . That is future planning and the legacy programme. We have spent over a year not planning for this year but beyond 2021, because we are City Of Culture for four years, but we are determined never to look back, to look forward and look at opportunities, and we are going to do that and that is what you need to do. You certainly need the public behind you. We had 80 of the public when asked by the judges that they knew about the City Of Culture and that they wanted that title. Tomorrow we will have the first of the regular bbc News Channel Programme beaching the highlights of the year as britains City Of Culture. That at 8 30pm on friday and across the weekend. The top stories. Us Attorney General, Jeff Sessions is to respond to calls for his resignation over undisclosed meetings with the Russian Ambassador. Well bring you that News Conference live from 9. The Police
Islamic state atrocities. Emmanuel macron has launched his manifesto and Francois Fillon has had more bad news today, a property of his raided by police. Well have the latest on the french president ial election. If you bought shares in the company that owned snapchat you probably had a good day, the stockjumping by more than 40 just since the company floated. There were a few hours after Donald Trumps speech to congress where something resembling calm had descended on washington, dc. But it didnt last long. There is now huge pressure on mr trumps Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions and what relationship and connections he has had with the russians. Mr trump has been talking about this in the last few hours, he says he has total confidence inJeff Sessions, that he thinks theres no need for the Attorney General to recuse himself from an investigation into contact between the Trump Campaigner russian officials during the election. He told reporters he wasnt aware mr sessions had these two meet
Islamic state atrocities. Emmanuel macron has launched his manifesto and Francois Fillon has had more bad news today, a property of his raided by police. Well have the latest on the french president ial election. If you bought shares in the company that owned snapchat you probably had a good day, the stockjumping by more than 40 just since the company floated. There were a few hours after Donald Trumps speech to congress where something resembling calm had descended on washington, dc. But it didnt last long. There is now huge pressure on mr trumps Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions and what relationship and connections he has had with the russians. Mr trump has been talking about this in the last few hours, he says he has total confidence inJeff Sessions, that he thinks theres no need for the Attorney General to recuse himself from an investigation into contact between the Trump Campaigner russian officials during the election. He told reporters he wasnt aware mr sessions had these two meet