Business news live from singapore. More new passenger on board. Riot hailing firm uber strikes and investment deal with japans soft bank. Aliba ba smashes investment deal with japans soft bank. Alibaba smashes its own record with another bonanza on singles day. Welcome to Asia Business report. Uber has confirmed to the bbc that it has entered an agreement with japans soft bank over potential investment. Speculation had been swirling that the Ridesharing Company would strike a deal worth billions of dollars. Our Business Report is here with the latest. What can you tell us about this . Well, we just got confirmation from uber, and i will review the last line of this. It says on closing the investment it will help fuel our investments in technology and our continued expansion at home and abroad while strengthening our corporate governance. Lets be clear. We dont know the terms of this deal, they call it potential investment, but what we understand so far, focusing on that last word, corp
Weve seen that in the second half of the year and the Fourth Quarter that trading volumes have picked up. A big gain for the apple food chain. Shares in european suppliers get a boost, as the worlds biggest listed firm posts record quarterly revenue. Racing ahead. Volvo shares accelerating to twoyear highs after Fourth Quarter profits hit second gear. And veteran conservative ken clark mocked the government scramble for trade deals regarding brexit. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to street signs. Very happy youre with us for this next hour. Want to get you the data just hitting our wires. The eurozone pmi figure for january, 55. 2. Which is just a tweak above the flash estimate of 55. 1. Reminding ourselves that the final reading for december, 55. 9. Were a bit above that level. Its the highest level seen since april 2011. The final manufacturing future output pmi, 66. 9. Thats higher than the flash estimate. Eurozone kicking off 2017 in a solid mode with the fastest growth in almost
Hes been tweeting about the us. If you wonder what he means by true face. These are the first significant remarks from Ayatollah Khamenei about president trump. For his part mr trump has not been hiding his feelings about iran. This was a few hours ago. I could have brought you many examples. Thats a reference to the Iran Nuclear Deal which mr trump has indicated hed like to scrap. He is unhappy with the situation between iran and other countries with reference to the nuclear deal. Rana rahimpour is with bbc persian. First let me play you this. He always has a purpose, whatever he says, it is the reason he says it. He wasnt attacking President Club as much as he attacked president obama, the former president. President trump. He said that he imposed tougher sanctions on iran, obama, so he was more angry with him. He was a bit cautious with president trump. We think there are two reasons, either he is genuinely worried about what mr trump may do to iran, or hes waiting to assess and fin
Hes been tweeting about the us. If you wonder what he means by true face. These are the first significant remarks from Ayatollah Khamenei about president trump. For his part mr trump has not been hiding his feelings about iran. This was a few hours ago. I could have brought you many examples. Thats a reference to the Iran Nuclear Deal which mr trump has indicated hed like to scrap. He is unhappy with the situation between iran and other countries with reference to the nuclear deal. Rana rahimpour is with bbc persian. First let me play you this. He always has a purpose, whatever he says, it is the reason he says it. He wasnt attacking President Club as much as he attacked president obama, the former president. President trump. He said that he imposed tougher sanctions on iran, obama, so he was more angry with him. He was a bit cautious with president trump. We think there are two reasons, either he is genuinely worried about what mr trump may do to iran, or hes waiting to assess and fin
What we have done over the past four years. I also want to use the opportunity to convey to the world the significance of further strengthening our alliance. The ravages of war should never be repeated. I want to express my resolve toward the future. In december 1941, the nowdefunct Japanese Imperial navy attacked u. S. Military bases in hawaii. Abe says his visit will symbolize the reconciliation between the two countries. Thailands new king has led a ceremony observing the birthday of his father, who recently tied. King Maha Vajiralongkorn ascended to the throne to replace him just last week. The annual event took place in the royal palace in bangkok. The late King Bhumidol adujyadejs birthday was on monday. He died in october after a reign of seven decades. Crowds gathered to see the new king presiding over the event and the buddhist certificate ceremony was broadcast across the nation. Translator i believe people will continue to revere the royal family. Nothing will change from be