conversation with michael dell. first to our lead, the world s most valuable startup may be going public sooner than we think. the incoming uber c.e.o. met uber employees wednesday and thinks the company should go public within the next few months. he also outlined some of his top priorities at the job, including coming up with a new set of core principles and bringing in a new chairman to help implement the agenda. uber tweeted out some of his remarks, saying, the company has to change. what got us here is not going to take us to the next level. in addition to taking the ceo chair, he will likely get a seat on the board, opposite chairman travis kalanick. meanwhile, travis kalanick has already expressed interest in returning to a more active role in the company which could create a potentially awkward dynamic that khosrowshahi will have to manage. in the meantime, it was all smiles at the new board meeting as arianna huffington shared this selfish on the changing of the gu
set back from the brink, putting independence on hold and calling for negotiations with madrid. betty: we hear often, what are the black swans out there? perhaps a few months ago you would not have heard catalonia who would have thought this? we have seen market reaction in europe in particular to the further independence moves by catalonia. spain saying this is deferred independence we are facing. i want to show a quick chart to show so far how isolated this is. it looks like it could possibly spread. 99, the white line showing you that point where we started to see more and more about the independence referendum. falling, dramatically diverging with the euro stoxx 600 index. that gap looks to widen as we see a bigger and bigger rift between catalonia and the madrid government. yvonne: seems they are still delaying this independence push. country, the politics and economics side of things, threatening a key economic region for spain in particular. we heard from of the im
virtual reality check. it s the ‘next big thing that never quite took off. so can facebook‘s new gadget finally bring vr to the masses? plus, the art of ditching the deal. could president trump s new strategy on iran mean the return of us sanctions? we get the views of an iranian investor. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme samsung boss jay y lee arrives at seoul high court for the first hearing of his appeal case against a five yearjail term for corruption. we ll have the latest. we start in sanjose california where facebook boss mark zuckerberg s announced plans for this a virtual reality headset that you can wear anywhere and doesn t need to be plugged into a computer. the oculus go will cost $199 and be on sale early next year. facebook is hoping the gadget will finally kick start mass interest in virtual reality, and get a billion people using the technology. fans of vr think it can be used for anything from gaming to social
president trump prepared to give the verdict on iran tomorrow. a new strategy as allies urge restraint. betty: it did feel like restraint in the equity markets. we saw it touched slightly lower. that is raising questions about whether markets are vulnerable to a sharp pullback. , whichook at g #btv 1138 shows you the brett breadth of the market. it is the equal weighted indexes in the blue and white lines. that evens out the in influence on the index. you can see the breadth of the market. falling, hashis is fallen consistently and emerged with europe. it looks like a rally we see in europe, much healthier than here in the u.s.. which goes to the point many people say. which is, we are richly valued and are due for a correction. yvonne: we are seeing a freeze in this melt of stocks in wall street today. it is no surprise, given the euphoria we have seen today. the big story was the banks. betty: it was the banks. we will talk about jpmorgan and citigroup in a moment. le
we start with the growing scandal surrounding harvey weinstein. police in new york and london have now stepped in, launching their own investigations. the hollywood producer is facing multiple allegations of rape, sexual assault, and harassment. he denies all accusations of non consensual sex. in his first public comments, he said everyone makes mistakes and asked for a second chance. stars including emma thompson and jane fonda have spoken to the bbc about the allegations and the film industry s reluctance to speak out. our correspondent david willis reports from los angeles. harvey weinstein is admitting he needs help. in his first public comments on the widening sexual abuse scandal, he said he made mistakes but hopes for a second chance. more than 20 women, among them angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow, have now spoken out. the latest is british actress kate beckinsale, just 17 when she claims weinstein first harassed her. who are the women that he preyed on? young women.