Im stephen sackur. Politicians and Civil Servants usually abandon their offices in the dog days of august, but not this year not in london, where brexit is now an overwhelming political priority. Theresa mays government has issued a raft of proposals on what trade, border and legal arrangements might look like, post brexit. There is striking focus on continuity rather than change. My guest is one of the conservative partys staunchest brexiteers, daniel hannan. If brexit isnt a clean break, then whats the point . Daniel hannan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. We are six months into a two year process which will end with the departure of the uk from the European Union. Are you satisfied with what has happened in those First Six Months . Yes, iam. I think its gone better than a lot of people expected. We were told during the Referendum Campaign that the very act of voting leave would trigger an immediate economic downturn. I dont think anyone now argues that that happened. We grew faster
Im stephen sackur. Politicians and Civil Servants usually abandon their offices in the dog days of august, but not this year not in london, where brexit is now an overwhelming political priority. Theresa mays government has issued a raft of proposals on what trade, border and legal arrangements might look like, post brexit. There is striking focus on continuity rather than change. My guest is one of the conservative partys staunchest brexiteers, daniel hannan. If brexit isnt a clean break, then whats the point . Daniel hannan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. We are six months into a two year process which will end with the departure of the uk from the European Union. Are you satisfied with what has happened in those First Six Months . Yes, iam. I think its gone better than a lot of people expected. We were told during the Referendum Campaign that the very act of voting leave would trigger an immediate economic downturn. I dont think anyone now argues that that happened. We grew faster
We should recap what has been a great 24 hours in the equity market world. Guy we had a decent day throughout the u. S. Yesterday. Which slightly raised the expectation of whether or not the fed is going to hike rates. We think it is going to come more likely after that number. Anna at least the chances have gone up a bit. On monday,was 28 now we are at 32 . Guy things are moving pretty fast around here. Obviously a long way to go between now and then. Two days of debate started today, what will the results the . A great deal of coverage of the next few days. Quitearkets finished strongly, a decent update. We will talk about hewlettpackard more on cutting jobs. Does,and anything the fed if that moves the dollar, that could have an impact on the large multinational businesses like the number one clothing retailer. So the numbers about the eurostes, 1. 9 7 billion wayty much in line with the they benefit from a stronger dollar. Clothes fromlot of asia, not getting a benefit from a strong
Welcome to countdown. A warm welcome to you. Its just gone 6 00 a. M. Tech. Ng news in partneringsoundcloud and we will speak to some of the key people in this deal. Lets get back to some breaking news. We are hearing back from the forecastaising their from ¥1. 7 trillion to 2 trillion yen. It means this would be a prophet record they are now forecasting. This is the highest profit they would have ever made if they do manage to deliver on the oflyear net income forecast 2 trillion yen. An upgrade to the fullyear income forecast. We have the first half 2014 net but theoming in headline, raising the fullyear benefitorecast possibly from the weakness in the japanese currency. N joins us from hong kong to put some of these numbers in respective. Better than expected results. The positive results coming out of toyota because of cost cuts, because of a weaker yen, because of price increases. Especially with bank of japan easing monetary policy. The yen has dropped to seven months a sevenyea
Worst Fourth Quarter since 2009. It is about changing the product. That is where the underwhelming side of these numbers comes in. The other two key names in the stable absolutely storming ahead. It is a company in transition. They are getting rid of the retail part of the business. We saw the numbers from the sports business yesterday. They have been trying to restructure that for years. That is also a company that has to transform. The numbers can turn it around. You are looking at Sales Numbers with a rise of around 19 . There is no doubt about it. The market will focus on the gucci. Ultimately, the leave upon turns around more quickly. You have to try to position yourself. Kering, the Company Formerly known as ppr down. David, what is the latest in ukraine . The presidency has said that it will sign an agreement around two hours time which will put this crisis to an end. There is a little bit of confusion out there. The French Foreign minister, also the polish foreign minister both