Yesterday following a ban on the catalonia referendum. This morning it is back in the green. And well be getting the inside track on the business of boring forget slick apps, think more pie and mash. Its all about investing in businesses that do the basics. Today we want to know. Sick of the Tech Revolution . If you had £1,000, what would you invest in . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. The boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, will sit down for crucial talks with officials in london today. The future of the ride hailing app has been put in doubt after transport for london took the decision not to renew the compa nys licence. Tfl expressed its concern over a number of issues, including the way uber managed driver medical certificates. There was also serious concerns regarding background checks and the reporting of criminal offences. The uk is ubers biggest market in europe and the company serves 3. 5 million customers in london alone. Althou
Conference gets underway. Looks told a hard brexit increasingly likely. We will take you live to manchester. And the constitutional crisis. Proindependence groups call for a general strike. Today as the European Parliament decides it will debate the referendum tomorrow. How will the eu ultimately handle this confrontation . With less we are less than half an hour from the start of cash trading in europe. What are the fair value calculations on the bloomberg telling us about that start . Honestly, nothing to see here is where we find ourselves at the moment. Indications of a flat opening. Not a lot going on. But you have to appreciate where we are. The dax hit a record yesterday. A similar push yesterday stateside on the snp s p. Equities feel on the front foot at the moment. The dollar definite definitely feels on the front foot as we watch it make its climb. Its turn to the gmm and look around the world to see what is going on. The aussie dollar, the rba concerned about the impact tha
Both up this morning crude oil, it is still hanging in there right below that 50 mark, of course and theres brent crude as well. Lets get to the road map. It does start with that market coming off a record breaking rally. The question of course, will it continue and big changes at ge the new ceo making his mark on the company as a new investor joins the board. A nail in the could have infor tax reform a top gop senator warns that President Trump threatens world war iii. The markets looking to continue its record run with the dow and s p in the midst of a fourweek winning streak but Technology Closing on friday at the new record high. Bar beingiring a large selloffe trump dow rally ochb track to surpass the 23. 3 gain posted in the year following the election of George Herbert walker bush. One would imagine we will hear tweets or get tweets about that the minute it happens. It is a major accomplishment and were coming off another week where all three major averages closed up a percent a
A government with a coalition that has never been tried on a national level. Also coming up britains to recent may tries to keep up appearances during breaks of talks in brussels but Germanys Angela Merkel says that negotiations cannot move forward until the divorce bill is agree. That. Good of. A white supremacist a leader is shouted off of the stage at a Florida University highlighting americas divisions over hate speech and free speech. Plus in sports dortmund look to regain their composure after two poor results in a row the bundesliga leaders face it difficult to frankfurt on saturday and have fired munich on their tail. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. German chancellor Angela Merkel has held her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multi Party National governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c. D. U. The business friendly f. T. P. And the greens met today to see if they can Work Together on topics ranging fr
University of catalonia. And time to let off steam. The independence debate is a hot topic here. It concerns the students futures. If. It will result in international and Medium Sized Companies leaving the region it will be very difficult to find work that i dont want to leave catalonia my whole family is living here but theres a possibility that i will have to leave us what about. The political conflict is already taking its toll say on a volkswagen affiliate is one of the regions biggest employers there are rumors the Central Government in madrid is putting the carmaker under pressure to leave catalonia no comment from the company. On the other hand the german business shown is happy to talk about things its high Tech Mechanical arm is designed for the factories of the future made in barcelona and freighted off to other parts of the country and abroad the business is enjoying double digit growth but couldnt Catalonian Independence post problems hundreds of companies are turning their