Services bears fruit. The Technology Giants sales rise, even as its iphone revenues fall. And we will explain why the numbers are doing that on the european markets with an expert later. And well be getting the inside track on. Two ply, quilted, patterned, embossed. What am i talking about . Toilet paper. But the sustainable kind, made from bamboo. Today, we want to know. As one hotel chain scraps toiletry bottles, replacing them with sustainable alternatives, we want to know, will you miss ta keaway toiletries . Should others follow suit . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. A bathroom theme to the end of the show, we will explain that later. Starting first in the united states. We start in the united states, where the countrys central bank the Federal Reserve is widely expected to trim Interest Rates today for the First Time Since 2008. The only question is, by how much . Some believe it could be a 50 basis point cut, as fed Chairmanjerome Powell voices growing concerns abo
surged 10% last year to $150 billlion. they have moved to reduce reliance on the us dollar by setting up payment clearing in the chinese currency, the yuan. former brazilian president dilma rousseff is to be sworn in today as head of the new development bank a rival to the world bank and imf set by by the so called brics countries of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. let s speak now to william jackson, who is emerging market economist at capital economics. xi has been signalling the post covid reopening of china by hosting a series of world leaders. what can we read into the fact that brazil s leader has been among the first? you are absolutely right. as china moves into its postcode environment it seems to be wanting to spread its international wings. we have seen talks between saudi arabia and iran recently, and now we have cordial words with president lula, hayes and china at the moment. there is a big political angle to this, to find a way to cement relatio
we begin in the us, where time is ticking for tiktok. the chief of the social media app shou zi chew was grilled by us lawmakers over a range of issues, mostly related to the company s chinese ownership. his appearance before the congressional committee comes after the biden administration threatened to ban the social media app if the company s chinese owners didn t sell their stakes. tiktok is wildly popular in the states it has 150 million american users, which includes almost five million businesses. well, our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has been following the story in washington dc and sent this report. it was never going to be easy but from it was never going to be easy but from the moment the committee chairman opened the hearing. committee chairman opened the hearing, calling for tiktok to be banned in the united states, there be banned in the united states, there was be banned in the united states, there was no let up. the tiktok ceo
Fullyear guidance and blames restructuring costs. And Fiat Chrysler shares rally as the Company Promises company bonuses on the back of u. S. Tax reform and unveils a billion dollar investment in michigan now, on to one of our top stories, german lawmakers reached a break through in negotiations to form a Coalition Government according to reports. This allows them to move on to formal Coalition Talks a coalition paper says the cdu and spd want to strengthen the eurozone by partnering with france it says germany is prepared to boost contribution to the eu budget and germanys domestic budget will be balanced without new debt weve seen quite the reaction in euro dollar. We had a bounce in the currency pair following on from the hawkish ecb minutes. You can see again euro dollar is having a strong day today, up 0. 7 in trading. Breaking through the 1. 21 mark for the first time in a couple of years now, lets get out to annette in frankfurt. What can you tell us about the socalled break thr