Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. The stream of high level europeans visiting china continues as french president macron comes calling on chinese president xi. Aru filing for divorce in india . Well, there it is an app for that, find out how to navigate the legal system online. Welcome to Asia Business report. China appears to be the place to visit among western leaders this month. Last week the uks trade secretary ian fox was in beijing laying the groundwork for a trade agreement and now french president macron is on his first state visit to asia since his victory in the election last year. Our reporter is here with the latest. That is right. It is an obvious choice for president macron. China is the biggest economy in asia. There are reports already that airbus is in talks to sell 100 planes to china in a deal worth over 10 billion. It is quite interesting, because of what president macron has said in his new year is a statement, in which he has urged
Good morning, everyone im carolin roth great to have you back on the show once again. Were roughly one hour into the trading session. Lets show you how were faring. A bit of a mixed picture the xetra dax up 0. 2 . The ftse 100 up 0. 50 . The cac 40 and the ftse mib are slightly underperforming lets show you what european banks are doing this morning were seeing a rally across the board. Deutsche bank up 0. 2 . So, these banks, they have been rallying for a couple days now thats because the expectation of a steeper yield curve in europe but a couple other factors, such as shares at hsbc trading at twoyear high after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to overweight boosting the price target by 20 to 84 hong kong dollars londonlisted shares are trading higher this is the big story which boosted banking stocks across the world. American banks are rolling out massive dividend increases and buyback programs after the fed gave a green light to shareholder payout plans at the 34 biggest u. S. B
Back and forth the directional market throughout this morning. Right now, dow futures are down three after a selloff yesterday. S p futures down just a quarter of one point. Lauren japanese stocks trading for the first time coming back from the holiday and fill in the nikkei down 20 . In china and a sense of a strengthening economy with inflation rising at the fastest pace in five years. Nicole oil down nearly 4 yesterday on concerns over the supply of crude. This morning a little bit of a pop up. Lauren the yield on the Treasury Holdings steady 2. 3 . Nicole more changes coming to yahoo . Marissa mayer will step down from the board after it was acquired by verizon. Yahoo getting a strange new name if we looks lame. Lauren the College Football championship as the Clemson Tigers beat the alabama crimson tide and they are celebrating. Nicole 5 01 a. M. In new york. We welcome you to fbn am, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. Lauren there is growing controversy over the
Our top stories italy still in lockdown, public gatherings forbidden, Tourist Spots virtually deserted. It virtually deserted. Is effectively it has effectively it is effectively it has effectively self isolated, closing down schools and restricting sporting events. In the us, a one mile containment zone is in place around new york suburb new rochelle, around a large cluster of cases. The National Guard has been deployed to clean up public spaces and deliver food. Joe to clean up public spaces and deliverfood. Joe biden has extended his lead in the us to become the Democratic Partys his lead in the us to become the Democratic Pa rtys candidate. His lead in the us to become the Democratic Partys candidate. He is on course to be senator sanders in missouri and mississippi, as well as the biggest prize of the night, michigan. Its about 2 30am in the
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Going after entire Police Departments will not really bring to reform. I think its the exact opposite of the way we should go, the police chief and the rank and file officers understand the need for change on there has been great change. I think defunding the police and holding the entire Police Structure responsible for the actions of certain officers is wrong and i think its dangerous to demonize police. Ed air chief white house correspondents john roberts kicks everything off. Good morning. Good one to you. This idea of defunding the police means Different Things to different people, for some people what it means is taking money out of Police Budgets and taking functions that are currently performed by police and moving that money and responsibility to different agencies. But for many people including the majority of the city council, that means of abolishing it and replacing it with something different. President trump has been a big supporter of Law Enforcement and enjoys the supp