Fairly perky at the moment, particularly in spain, up two thirds ofa particularly in spain, up two thirds of a percent. Planning a trip to europe . Well meet the man says he can streamline the experience, courtesy of an app on your phone and as the minister for finance in singapore delivers his budget, we are asking, what is the best way to pay for an ageing population . Do you believe raising taxes is a good idea . Get in touch. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Is the worlds trading system in crisis . Since President Trump entered the oval office the worlds biggest economy, the United States, has been reshaping its trading relationship with the rest of the world. Over the weekend, china threatened to retaliate if the us went ahead with proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. So a high level un led meeting in geneva is looking at the way ahead. In many parts of the world the importance of multilateral trade deals can be seen in the number of
Winner Frances Mcdormand said she was backing it without wearing black herself. I have a little trouble with compliance. Good morning. Its monday 19 february. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may will announce a year long review this lunchtime into how Higher Education is funded, admitting that england has one of the most expensive systems of tuition in the world. In a speech in derbyshire, the Prime Minister, who will say she shares the concerns of students and parents about the cost of getting a degree. Universities are free to charge up to just over £9,000 a year, depending on the course. However, only a handful charge less than the maximum. Graduates in england now leave university with average debts of more than £50,000. Thats because Interest Rates on Student Loans now stand at 6. 1 . 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. Good morning. The university and couege good morning. The university and College Union says this review needs to be radical an
Right. Once again it has got was gripped. It is tense in the latest womens match. More on that and all the sport coming up later. Sarah keith lucas has the weather. Calm for now . It is. We have got some rain in the east. Things are set to turn colder, perhaps even some snow showers later in the week. All the details in about half an hour. Also coming up. The big winner at the baftas ladies in black. The colour on the red carpet as the stars came out in support of the metoo movement. But for the best actress a need to address the dress issue. I have a little trouble with compliance. Good afternoon. There seems to be a broad acceptance that the Current System of university funding, whereby all undergraduate courses in england cost more than £9,000 a year in fees, needs to change. Students currently face one of the most expensive systems of University Tuition in the world. In the next few minutes, the Prime Minister will announce a review of education for over 18s. Labour has already sa
Rishaad looking at the state of the markets, in flux in this part of the world. On wall street, equities ending a winning streak, and this time we cant point the finger at the bond market. Earnings are the primary culprit this time around. A major blow as it has really had some missteps taking on amazon. Haidi a pretty mixed picture going into the proper asian trading session that is underway. We are still watching the bond market. A huge week as u. S. Markets came back from president s day. We had a round of treasury auctions. Take a look at this chart. Pretty staidlly a session. 2. 9 ,year hitting about inching closer to 3 . Twoyear, twomonth and threemonth, they went up to rates we havent seen since 2008. Something of a litmus test in terms of how quickly and how disruptively these yields could rise. It is not how high the yields will go, but how quickly the bond markets will selloff, that will have implications. We will have that 30 minutes away from the open in hong kong. Singapor
Good wednesday morning i am carl king with jon fortt. Dow is up 128. Tech sector leads the s p. For more on tech, bring in Victor Anthony and elly wheeler, partner. Welcome to you both. Welcome to tech resilience in the face of the selloff, even though we can parse, fang, talk about underperformance within that right i mean, there are certain names that are underperforming facebook and alphabet. Ironically, those are two names with multiple support but they have secular growth drivers. From all of them, market share gains across the board, ecommerce and advertising but in the case of netflix, subscriber growth that continues to be strong i am buying alphabet, a buy on facebook and amazon. Hold on netflix for now. But i am optimistic bought all these names. Facebook and alphabet, were talking later this hour about regulatory threats do you think thats effecting them, those two in particular . I think for alphabet, eu overhang has been an issue for several years. It will continue to be a