The u. S. Revised down its revised forecast for this year and next. The outlook for automakers in a postvirus world. We look at the prospects of japan the boss of lamborghini. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the Unemployment Rate for the month of april, coming in at 3. 8 . This would be below expectations of more than 4 and at the same level than in the previous month. South korea of course has implemented big fiscal measures, not to mention the relaxation of social distancing measures and president moon jaein asking his ministers to swiftly draw up a third budget. He has announced something of a korean style nodeal with statement investments, and we are seeing the south korean Unemployment Rate at 3. 8 , the previousl as in the month as south korea continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. That seems to have restarted and regained some momentum with those infections around nightclubs in seoul. Lets turn to Sophie Kamaruddin in hong kong for a check on the ma
S p and fitch approve their assessment of the u. K. s Credit Outlook, but the pound continues to slide as fears of a Nodeal Brexit mount. Fedex in freefall. The carrier cut its profit forecast for the second straight quarter. Deutsche bank called the results rest taking lee bad breathtakingly bad. A 5050 merger. Of course, one is buying. The others. We will sort out which. They will sell some of their steak but not all in peugeot. Lets get more on that major socalled merger with milan. Ureau chief tommaso i know that pr wants us to believe this is a merger of equals as so many do. Is psa buying fiat . Tommaso good morning. Good morning, matt. How many times we have discussed on bloomberg tv about the industry. Now, the deal is really announced after more than one month of talks between fiat and peugeot. The question the answer to your question is fiat and peugeot will put together their 5050 percent company. Actually, the new company will have half the shareholders by fiat and half by
Chinese leader xi jinping starts a three day state visit to russia on wednesday, at the invitation of president vladimir putin. Its the second meeting between xi and putin since april and shows the two countries are becoming increasingly close. President putin has expressed support for chinas ambitious belt and Road Initiative the huge Infrastructure Project costing more than 1 trillion and connecting 65 countries. But the two sides have more than that in common. The chinese economy is under pressure after washington raised tariffs on 200 billion worth of chinese exports in the continuing tade war between beijing and washington, and russia is also under pressure because of western sanctions over its actions in ukraine. So, with both leaders keen to escape these pressures, trade between china and russia hit a record high last year of nearly 108 billion. Energy is especially important with russia now chinas Biggest Energy supplier. The power of siberia is a 4,000km pipeline project that
Bankruptcy protection in the us under chapter 15 which governs Foreign Companies in the us, protecting them from creditors that might want to sue them. You have probably heard of chapter 11. That typically governs American Companies but it is chapter 15. According to Court Filings these negotiations are ongoing in hong kong, canaanite and British Virgin islands. We have reached out to evergrande that have not had conversation. To those who have wondered if they have ever thought of evergrande before it is chinas huge property giant. They have about 1300 projects across 280 different cities in china and they invest in everything, not just property. They have an electric vehicle maker and a football club, but as i mentioned, 2021 was when we saw the Company Default on its debts, sending shockwaves across the Global Financial system and triggering a string of defaults from builders who owed money to evergrande or expected them to complete some contracts. We have seen 40 or the companies t
Mexican and colombian cartels have infiltrated local gangs as they vie for lucrative drugs routes. Ecuador was hit hard by covid and theyve taken advantage of a country broken by a pandemic and by corrupt politics. The police are at pains to show me theyre fixing the problem, but when theyre having to protect themselves with sandbags in the police station, you realise this is a war without end. This used to be one of the main routes for traffickers. People would come up here with Stolen Phones and jewellery and exchange those goods for drugs up here, but the police have taken back this area. That said, the police have lost so much more control of the city of guayaquil. The bars on all the windows in this neighbourhood tell you all you need to know about the lack of security here. Angie fears for her four children. The police are powerless, she says. Just two weeks ago her neighbour was shot dead outside his daughters school. Translation all i want is security, thats the only thing that