Europe is looking like this in the first half hour of trade. And from bumble to babies well meet the woman whos behind a networking app for new mums called peanut to help them juggle careers and kids. Elon musk has today issued a stark warning about the risks of killer robots in the future. Today, we want to know if you think terminator type robots could be more fact than fiction in the not too distant future . Just use bbcbizlive. Hello to you. We will get to the nafta trade deal in a minute, because we have just had some breaking business news. Reuters news agency is reporting that chinas Great Wall Motor Company is looking into making an offer for all or part of Fiat Chrysler. A big deal between two potentially huge car makers making one even bigger one. The agency sites two sources that say the Chinese Company has asked to meet with its us european rival about purchasing part or all of the group. We have been hearing potential reports of this for a while. The Chinese Company could
Lovely to hear the song good morning to you. A very warm welcome to you from worldwide exchange. And total eclipse day were only getting 72 , but im still jazzed about it. 72 is pretty high. Make sure you have the right glasses. First lets have a look at the Global Market picture this morning. Futures view, which did sell off a little bit on friday for the week as a whole, the nasdaq and s p down about 0. 6 . The dow down 0. 4 . So despite all of those crazy political we didnt see that much reaction in terms of selloff. This morning just alle little r on the screen. Lets have a look ten year treasury note, yields slipped back below 2. 2 , again partly riskoff buying, but a slightly dovish set of fed minutes that suggested tapering was more the focus going forward. This morning 2. 185 and trading afternoon the rest of the world, asian markets closing mixed. So we have the nikkei down, you can see 0 aboutme. 4 , but chinal higher in japan, there were gains in oil stocks, but that wasnt e
The inside track on the growing demand for getting big sound from digital speakers with the boss of devialet. Rising house prices in the uk have lead to a sharp rise in homes little bigger than a budget hotel. So today we want to know would you or do you live in a micro home . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Do you think at 66 do you think at 66 i could riv in a microhome . Probably not get in touch with us with your stories. The importance of trade deals between big economies is back in the spotlight this week. Hot on the heels of canada and mexico now its the turn of south korea to renegotiate its trade deal with the us. President trump has already described that pact as horrible and threatened to axe it. South korea is americas sixth biggest trading partner. Since the deal came into effect, the us says the trade deficit has doubled from 13 to 27 billion its importing much more from south korea than it sells to the country. But some experts say th
Have red arrows pretty much across the board and wti crude, right about now you can trade it for 48. 49 here are the big stories were watching Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway was outbid for oncor. Senpra will buy it for 9. 5 billion in cash. Hedge fund Elliott Management which is the biggest creditor to oncor had opposed the sale to berkshire and arguing that it undervalued the company. Berkshire said it would not raise its offer. In another deal, maersk agreed to sell its oil unit to total for nearly 5 billion. The transaction is the latest sign of consolidation in the oil and gas industry which has been dealing with a do you know t. U. R. Tur downturn the deal is still subject to rely laer to approval. And jeff immelt has become the frontrunner to take the helm as ceo of uber the report says ubers board is expected to vote in the next two weeks. I immelt has the report of several directors. Developing story, ten sailors are missing, five injured after a u. S. Warship collided with
Not feel it was the right time to do it. To close after charlottesville, a difficult situation not only for the people in charlottesville but for all americans. Thats why a Campaign Style rally, i didnt think it was appropriate. I thought at the time and i still do that that delay. We dont want to cancel the visit with the delay of the president ial visit was an appropriate request and would be an appropriate action by the white house. I am under no illusion that the president will take my advice. Kat President Trump is not budging. Big surprise there. Doesnt say all right, i wont. Brian i dont know if they know this or not but he cant stop being president publicly because they had an incident two weeks ago. I think the mayor is out of control even requesting that he not show up. Eboni you can have strong feelings. I certainly did around charlottesville and the the president s reaction. The request i thought was ridiculous. We are not doing things on timetables. Kat he admitted he knew