And the markets still loving President Trumps pro growth drive of tax cuts, big spending and deregulation. And as the head of bt europe resigns over an Accounting Scandal, well be getting the inside track from our business editor, simonjack, on that and all the rest of the stories hes been covering this week. After ten years of almost constant growth, the sales of soft sugary drinks in australian supermarkets has fallen by more than 60 million. We want to know are you more aware of sugar, and is it changing the way you shop . Just use bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in the us, where, as you have been hearing, uk Prime Minister theresa may will become the first world leader to meet President Trump when they hold talks later today. Mrs may has called on the president to renew the Special Relationship between the two countries. She is keen to show britain can prosper outside the European Union, so lining up a Post Brexit Trade Deal is high on her agenda. But is it really a
He is expanding his search for secretary of state to names like jon huntsman and the exxon ceo. We are 30 minutes away from the end of the monday session. Check it out on the lefthand column. Equities fell earlier. Look at the gains for currency against the dollar. The euro earlier was down against the dollar to a 20 month low. These are bond yields. Falling. Es are we are looking ahead to next weeks federal and Market Committee rate decision. Investors penciling in a rate hike which isnt good for the a lower of the precious metal. 3. 4 higher today. Its a french Investment Firm exclusive in exclusive talks to buy a Global Asset Management unit. Business may be valued at 3. 5 billion euros. A purchase would propel it into the top ranks of global Money Managers with almost 1. 4 trillion in assets. Austriat to talk about over theustrians weekend elected a Green Party Economic professor as their next president. Spurning the appeal of an antiimmigrant nationalist who campaigned to weaken t
Gavel. Listen. [inaudible] we know that thats not the florida that we know. Liz yes, she was heckled and booed at a philly breakfast this morning after being forced to resign over the email scandal, a scandal many stay is giving to say is giving opponents more evidence that the democratic primary was rigged for Hillary Clinton. Clinton for her part ignoring the scandal at this hour, appealing to veterans in the key battleground state of North Carolina, slamming Donald Trumps Foreign Policy positions. Trump could respond at any moment. Were watching the twitter feeds, were watching the news feeds. The republican president ial nominee is set to hold a town hall meeting with his running mate, indiana governor mike pence, in virginia. Trump hoping to hold onto momentum following last weeks rnc convention. We have cameras all over the city of brotherly love. Philly in the dnc spotlight, and our Political Panel is standing by live. Weve got reporters on the floor at the protests, as you see
We are following the latest news as its coming into our newsroom. Police have now detained three people who may have been involved in a shooting. Shots were fired in a parking lot of a nightclub that was hosting a teen party in ft. Myers, florida. This happened at a club called club blu. 17 people in total have been shot and two of them are dead. Theyve not been identified at this hour. Were watching that part of the story as well. Multiple people, we are told, are fighting lifethreatening injuries right now inside the hospital. Some inside the club were as young as 13 years old. Witnesses on the scene describing it as mad house with others saying they heard around 30 gunshots that bystanders say may have come from multial guns. They say the shooting may have lasted as long as ten minutes. A woman who was at the club when the gunman opened fire used Facebook Live to talk about the chilling events. Listen to this. They running behind but you dont know who they shooting. They just runnin
Saturday, accusing Bernie Sanders of abandoning the state. Hillary clinton doubling down, despite her big lead in the polls. Hours after the poll in the university of South Carolina, Bernie Sanders came under attack from the local newspaper, accusing him of abandoning the state even before the first votes come in. The paper says sanders is so far behind clinton in votes, he is off for other states. Where he has more chance of winning. Really to push back on the notion hes walking away. There is a feeling among some in success that you are writing off no no no no no. Reporter sanders may deny he is abandoning South Carolina, but hell be back to witness saturdays result expected to be a big clinton win. At a lunc hundred chong for alpa kappa alpha, a black sorority. Hold me accountable. She rattled off things these voters care about. Other opinions have left democrats shake their heads. Thats why i support president obama 100 in his fulfilling his constitutional duty to send a nominee fo