Aerkst prompting the retailer to turn its focus online. Shakeup in the skies. The airbus ceo, tom enders, announces his exit with the coo stepping down as well from troubled planemaker. And President Trump says the disney fox deal will be a great thing for jobs as ceo bob iger tells cnbc its a consumerfriendly tieup. Theres risk associated, whether you look at the price or the regulatory side or whether you look at the complexity of integrating companies this size. That risk was well worth taking on good morning, everybody. It is friday tgif lets see how the picture is trading in europe this morning we had a bit of a weakness over in the u. S. Trading session overnight. Dow jones and s p both ended the day lower after hitting intraday highs. Still some concerns about the tax bill being passed in congress, but well talk a little bit more about that later. And nikkei also did struggle in the overnight session, down despite Strong Manufacturing data the picture in europe is grim, stoxx 60
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On. The sky is the limit. Pounds. Offers 12. 50 the question is, how will fox respond . Lets talk about these markets. We await Jerome Powell. Remember, janet yellen boost the market by six basis points on her first address to congress. We will see what was the powell does later on. The fair values here in europe point to a positive start. There are good individual stock stories out there. Dont expect much movement. Keep an eye on sky. Keep an eye on german stocks. A diesel ruling coming up later on. Standard chartered is standing is trading well. That is going to be an interesting story. The Hong Kong Market is trading softer. Lets show you what is going on in asia. Lets show you what the gmm looks like. The Chinese Markets are softer. The csi is down. This follows the move yesterday on the s p. Probably a little more cautious today with the nikkei trading up by 1. 1 . There is an interesting mixed market at the moment as we prepare for what is going to be the story with Jerome Powell
Under arrest and an. American resolve. Will speak to our correspondent in tokyo about how trump plans to bolster support from allies to face up to north Koreas Nuclear ambitions also coming up trump will meet with the japanese families of people abducted by north korean agents decades ago we have a report on one womans story of her kidnapped sister. Laura. I met her and welcome to the program. U. S. President donald trump has sought to reassure asian allies of americas resolve in defending them against dictatorial regimes kicking off his marathon tour of five asian nations and japan said the United States had the military might to stand good on that promise the president s twelve day trip comes as tensions rise over north Koreas Nuclear and missile program. Donald trump touched down in tokyo and was expected to give the United States as oldest asian ally much needed security assurances a change of jacket later it was there. We will never yield never waver and never falter in defense of