Refusing to concede this morning saying the recount may be in order. Jones victory come in as republicans make a final push for tax reform. President trump set to deliver a major push on capitol hill urging lawmakers to get the deal done as the house and senate moved closer to a compromise lining up for a possible vote next week. The quest for tax reform coming out. Janet yellen set to deliver a final News Conference as head of the central bank. The Federal Reserve expected to raise Interest Rates for the third time this year. Markets like this going into the meeting was in gains across the board. Dow industrials up 14 points. S p 500 the fraction of those at this point throughout the morning. A look at the european indices than we do see gains for the ft 100. The cac in the dax powered by a fraction. Age overnight bus to age overnight mostly high with the exception of japan trading down one half to 1 . Hang seng in hong kong up 1. 5 . Antitrump tirade outrage after fbi agent who worke
More now from the National Competitiveness forum with the focus on Public Private partnerships and manufacturing. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Its great to be back with the council again. So i only have half a voice, im afraid. I left the other half in stockholm a couple days ago. I was very privileged to get to attend the nobel prize ceremonies because the National Science association supported the 3 physicists that won the prize for Gravitational Waves for 40 years. I think thats a good place to start. [ applause ] its good for all of us to appreciate just what a high risk high reward investment is all about. So that was a progress of technology and super duper engineering challenges that had to be overcome. A lot of people, as you might guess, came and went. It involved multidisciplinary teams of people who did the numerical relativity using Super Computers so we actually knew when the first gravitational wave was detected, what the source was, that it was two
More now from the National Competitiveness forum with the focus on Public Private partnerships and manufacturing. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Its great to be back with the council again. So i only have half a voice, im afraid. I left the other half in stockholm a couple days ago. I was very privileged to get to attend the nobel prize ceremonies because the National Science association supported the 3 physicists that won the prize for Gravitational Waves for 40 years. I think thats a good place to start. [ applause ] its good for all of us to appreciate just what a high risk high reward investment is all about. So that was a progress of technology and super duper engineering challenges that had to be overcome. A lot of people, as you might guess, came and went. It involved multidisciplinary teams of people who did the numerical relativity using Super Computers so we actually knew when the first gravitational wave was detected, what the source was, that it was two
A fresh week for a lot of markets. Asian equities off to a stronger start. The handoff from the United States in terms of the s p 500 was fresh record highs again. Take a look at global markets. Index up, a selloff in new zealand. Markets in tokyo are closed for a holiday. We dont get much indication there. Australian bonds lower, tracking moves in treasuries. Take a look at the south african currency, downside on the back of comments from authority saying they will take actions to stem moves in the currency. Commodities space, pressure on the metals. We did have that supercharged rally that has ground to a halt in metals. The first weekly drop since december. Aluminum and copper under pressure. Here are some other risk assets to take a look at, including brent crude. We had a rig count showing american rigs falling for the first time in three weeks. Some upside as we speak. , some inflation figures out of the United States , relatively unchanged at 2. 48 . Gold currently at 1320 an ou
Were going to brief you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today, we are asking for your plastic solutions. A leading Supermarket Chain in the uk is trying to eliminate Plastic Packaging by 2023. So, should we follow suit . Can you live without plastic . Just use the hashtag, bbcthebriefing. She was the girl that captivated the world at the rio olympics in 2016. But now, simone biles has become the most high profile athlete to admit she was abused by someone who was supposed to be helping her. The 20 year old has accused this man, dr larry nassar, of sexual abuse. Hes already serving a prison sentence for possessing indecent images of children, and faces more charges later this month. Andrew plant reports. She is a four time olympic champion. With 19 combined world and olympic medals, she is americas most decorated gymnast. Now, in a statement, the star of the rio games has said that she was sexually abused by the former