Bidens age. Senator warren punted when confronted with middle class tax hikes to pay for medicare for all. Bernie sanders, same old, same old. Nothing new. Hes still humorless and very angry. Senator harris failed to break through. She accused the president of sowing hate. Beto orourke came out in favor of gun confiscation. He received cheers for that. If there was a breakthrough, it was andrew yang. He would select ten families and give them 1,000 bucks a month for a year. He calls it a freedom dividend. Lara trump will join us. Shes going to respond to the democrats calling the president racist and a white supremacist. Now look at this. Another rally and its likely going to take stock prices to new alltime highs. Probably today. Two items helping the market. President trump talks about china trade and seems to suggest that an interim small scale deal is possible. And this morning, china says its not going to put new tariffs on american soybeans and pork. That does sound positive. The
rates to a 15 year high at 4.5% as it continues its fight against high inflation. and donald trump calls for republicans to let the us default on its debt rather than give way on biden s spending plans. hello. a warm welcome to the programme. this is world business report, i m ben thompson and we are going to start in the uk where the bank of england has raised interest rates for a 12th consecutive month. all of that as it tries to fight high inflation. uk interest rates were raised by 0.25%, while the bank said inflation would fall sharply in april but not as far or as fast as it previously thought. last month inflation slowed to 10.1% but that figure is still way above the bank of england s target. remember that target is 2%. let s speak to victorias, head of investment at interactive investor. lovely to see you. let s talk about what we have heard. first the interest rate itself because the interesting stuff is what the bank told us about what might happen next. a widely
Set to get the green light. Well assess the possible impact. And well be getting the inside track on the changing world of cinema. The global audience for traditional theatres is dwindling, so will new ways of watching movies lure us back to the Silver Screen . Today we want to know, are you a fan of the cinema experience or is streaming your movie the only way to go . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Lots to fit in today. The future of the South African retail group, steinhoff, hangs in the balance. Its battling a huge accounting scandal. Today, the retailer is meeting its lenders here in london, to find out whether those that it owes money to will throw them a lifeline. Its origins are in the furniture business in germany in the 60s. But its now a global giant, with brands across europe and the us such as conforama and poundland. Reflecting the global deal making, the company has at least 200 subsidiaries and affiliates and is dutch re
Have ratcheted up tensions with the United States at an alarming rate. With the knowledge that north korea conducted 20 missile test on over a dozen different occasions between february and september 2017, including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and our allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland. Intelligence from the kingdom is often inconsistent and limited, despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. According to media reports, to north korean shipments to a Syrian Government Agency Responsible for the countrys Chemical Weapons Program were intercepted in the past six months. While these reports did not detail what the shipments to syria contained, this is not the first time a north korean ship has been seized carrying suspected Missile System components. In 2013, a north korean ship was intercepted in the pan
Good afternoon, everybody. The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on oversight and Management Efficiency will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the risks posed by north korea to Homeland Security and recommendations for the department of Homeland Security to be better prepared to mitigate these risks. The chair recognizes himself for an Opening Statement. It is no secret that kim jongun and his maniacal resegime have ramped up tensions. With missile tests on a dozen occasions between february and september of 2017 including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the home land directly. Intelligence from the hermit kingdom is often times inconsistent and limited. Despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. For example, according to media reports, two north k