The clock is ticking in one of the largest Currency Experiments in the world. Yep today is the last day to exchange those bank notes abruptly scrapped by the indian govt last month. The Prime Minister calls it a success but what do ordinary indians think about it all . And the big boss of the worlds 3rd Largest Pension Fund looks set to be arrested for abuse of power and giving false testimony. Its just another sth korean Corruption Scandal were going live to seoul to get the latest. Welcome to World Business report im aaron heslehurst. If you are walking past the telly, stay where you are fought little bite of finance. Today is the last chance for indians to deposit, in banks, any of the cash, those 500 1000 rupee notes the government abruptly scrapped last month. Its an unprecedented experiment in a society where cash is king. 85 of the bank notes in circulation have been withdrawn. The governments aim is to crack down fake notes and corruption. But as Yogita Limaye reports from mumb
Hello, good morning. Iam Annita Mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that Official Agencies Leaked claims russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the information had not come from the us Security Services. Meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. Christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has the story. Donald trumps not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to Us Intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his Election Team colluded with russia. It is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didnt happen. There are also claims that russian
Markets. The looming french election, we will tell you for that is doing to investors. And taking to a road near you . When will Driverless Cars become a reality and can we trust the technology . I get the inside track from the intel boss heading up the tech giants new driverless car division. And as aaron said, that United Airlines video is going viral around the world, will be an airline ever redeem itself and what do you think the passengers should get . Tell us your thoughts. Let us know, use the hashtag bbcbizlive. That poor bloke, he should be getting first class for the rest of his life, thats what i say we start with the troubles at toshiba. The company is expected to publish its results for the last quarter of 2016 today, after postponing them twice. And they are expected to be disastrous. The numbers have already been spilled twice. Been postponed. We hope to no mere after a Press Conference scheduled to start shortly. Recently toshiba announced that its losses would triple a
More actors beginning to mumble . We investigate complaints about the sound quality on some tv programmes. It is either too quickly spoken or they dont speak clear enough. Good morning. Its tuesday 11th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. In the last half an hour it has been announced Foreign Ministers meeting at the g 7 summit have not been able to agree on imposing sanctions on russia. They have discussed what options to take after a Chemical Attack killed 89 syrians last week. Us Secretary Of State rex deveson will be in moscow later to face the russians over their continued support for president Bashar Al Assad. They call it the family photo and its a family that used to include russia before it was expelled in 2014 when the g8 became the g7. The kremlin may not be represented at this summit, but its continued support for the Syrian Regime dominates conversation. These Foreign Ministers have been working out the precise message us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerso
Remains weaker. Is the party over for the british consumer . Tillersons mission to moscow. The secretary of state arrives later today as the Trump White House steps up warnings on syria. Russian equities continue to weaken. How real is the risk of further sanctions . Matt less than a half an hour from the european open. Lets take a look at where futures are pointing, slightly weaker over the course of this morning. 4 ,stocks futures down led down by dax future almost off by down by. 4 . Ftse and tax still doing better but firmly in the red. The bund trade is at two day chart. Last nights trade and this morning. Investors are buying booms bunds but the trend is off. 0. 0 0. 025 . Guy the german 10 year being the center of gravity right now for the global bond market rather than the u. S. Treasury. Its talk about the gmm and around the world. To be honest, these markets are a sense of direction. Doesnt seem to be much to drive things at this stage. A few things we can pull out. Lets talk