And we are an innovative company. It makes a lot of sense. Welcome to countdown. U. S. Regulators are said to be seeking 5 billion from the becauseank bnp paribas of the deals with sanctioned countries. European editor david tweed has the details. We knew there was a probe going on on the subject of the number previously was a lot smaller. Plaxico were looking at Something Like 3. 5 billion for me also spoke to people familiar with these investigations and they have not even come out with the final figure. It could be bigger. We are expecting the actual ruling to come down probably next month. Morellion is certainly than bnp had to set aside. They only set aside 1. 5 billion. This is certainly a lot more money than it was expecting. The reason is because the u. S. Attorney in new york is taking a very dim view of the sanction violators and the attorney dealing with the case said in the past that the fines have not been tough enough. These violators are talking about sanctions on countr
Reforms. The king has approved thursdays coup, but protests continue. You have been there many times. How extreme is this . I havent been there in recent weeks, but this time, it appears different from the outside looking at it ondemically, and carrying conversations with people inside thailand. The fear and what you saw over the weekend is that there is a ratcheting up of tensions, this as protesters become increasingly agitated with the way this coup is unfolding and the level of power that the , theal Prayuth Chanocha Army Commander and effective head of government, is commanding. Yesterday, he dissolved the thai senate. That removes the last Democratic Institution in the country. It is one of the reasons why you saw protesters out on the streets in force. The good news is, despite 2000 protesters moving towards victory monument, the military, even though there were many, there were no major clashes from what we understand. There were protests in a northern city, as well. It will be
Twitter slows. Hello. Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. I am anna edwards. In london. Welcome to the program. We begin with the earnings. First quarter profits rising 5. 2 . That is the net income increased. Analysts anticipate a profit of 1. 44 billion. The reason why it has been booted boosted by the purchase of its division in bell john. Belgium. Earnings were boosted by a drop in payments to minority shareholders after bnp body stake in one of its units for three and a quarter billion euros. It is worth noting bp hosted its profits and 08 after setting aside payments to u. S. Economic sanctions. It did say today that talks took place on the matter during the First Quarter. There is still uncertainty on the size of the penalty. Be excluded,annot but it could be significantly larger than the amount provision. That is worth noting. Bas profit rose and exceeded analyst estimates held by the person its of its provision in the elgin. Belgium. And they spoke to bloomberg. Reconsider
We will start with some breaking news. A chinese ship has sunk in a be a mimes a. B. In the maze of fishing boat a vietnamese a fishing boat. We have very Little Information coming that yes, a chinese vessel attacked a. B. At mimesis ship i tapped a vietnamese ship. Sank, he says, and it was random by a chinese and oat boat. It happened at about 4 p. M. Yesterday. The fishing boat had 10 people on board. Other vietnamese boats in the story thatding to a came out in the newspaper in vietnam, the vietnamese Ship Operating was encircled by force chinese fishing vessels. What vietnam regards as its exclusive economic zone. It is not a lot we are following the story. We have a chinese ship ramming a vietnamese fishing boat at about 4 p. M. Yesterday. Four people were onboard. We have more information coming from the Foreign Ministry in vietnam. That is all we know so far. We will follow the story. Malaysia airlines is carrying out a full review of its business following the disappearance of
6 00 a. M. In london this thursday and bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world to deliver the story to drive your day. Hans nichols has more on the sprinttmobile tiein. We will get the latest from mia saini and hong kong. Tracking bond purchases. In danger . Of losing itsdominance in the market dominance . G its Francine Lacqua had an exclusive interview with padoan. I do hope we can do better than that. Although we cannot say that more exclusively, i think there are good reasons to think that we will have an upside surprise. More of that exclusive interview coming later in the program. Lets get more from our International Correspondent hans nichols. Talk to us about the timing. How far along are they . When my day dob actually announced . Actuallyight a deal be announced . Thet really depends on regulators. What we have seen according to people familiar with the matter what we are reporting they want to make sure that softbank and sprint have all of the financing lined up