Executive, we hear from the head of the groups chinas business exclusively. This is longterm, we have one of the biggest production bases. Nejra welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. 6 00 a. M. In london. Williams, andom the markets react. Bond markets price 41 basis points, we have pulled back from that, but yields across the curve. Yield, to your yield drops below 1. 80. We move up three basis points today. We see dollar reaction to the fed speakers. Yen, and japan inflation data pushing the yen weaker. The youngf equities, affecting asia, but u. S. Futures on the front foot. Todays get gains in session. Gold hitting a fresh sixyear high. Brent jumping on concerns around geoPolitical Risk around the strait of hormuz. Juliette saly in singapore with lots more for us. A pretty happy friday for asian equities today. A strong rebound coming through in japanese stocks, yesterday had their worst session in more than three months. Helped out by that movement in the yen. Even though inflatio
Two fatal accidents. European markets are open and they have opened up in positive territory. Its been another big week of global trade tensions and brexit worries, so well talk through it all with newsnights economics editor, ben chu. Quietly, ever so effectively, microsoft is winning the corporate cloud game. But in an age where brands like apple and google dominate, we want to know do you still use microsoft at home as well as work . Get in touch with us using the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start with the only one tech giant that is valued at more than a trillion dollars. Its not amazon or apple, but microsoft. And it has just proved again why it is the worlds most valuable publicly traded company. Injust three months, this giant brought in almost 34 billion in revenue. About the same amount as the value of cypruss entire economy. And unlike a number of the tech giants, this company is actually making money. In fact, 13 billion of profits. How . Offic
Tensions rise even further in the gulf. Iranian forces seize an oil tanker. Shery lets get you started with a quick check on how markets closed on thursdays session in the u. S. Equity indices mostly lower for most of the session before they saw a rebound after the dovish comments coming out of fed officials. , being led up. 4 higher by financials and consumer stocks, not to mention the fact that chipmakers gained ground. We had a positive outlook from an apple supplier. We had some geopolitical news being felt across the market. We had u. S. Equities gain a little bit of ground after we heard the report that iran offered is attentive deal a so antative deal to the u. S. Substantive deal to the u. S. Are paring back earlier gains at the moment unchanged. Lets see how we are setting up for the asian market. With that being said, is just off look set to track the event we saw on wall street. Kospi may find support after a twoday drop. Calls for fiscal stimulus from the government after t
A 5 billion charge when it reports earnings next week. Shery ahn lets check the markets. Continueat momentum with u. S. Futures gaining 0. 25 . Stocks were down for most of the reboundedssion, then as we have dovish speak from fed officials. Stocksals and consumer leading the gains on the s p 500. We had chipmakers gaining ground, some positive outlook numbers for tsmc, which is an apple supplier. We had a boost from geopolitical news with the word out that iran had offered a substantial deal to the u. S. That boosted equity markets, but then later had news that the u. S. Shot down an iranian drone, so that tempers gains. 0. 3 at theing moment. Lets see how we are setting up for asia. Sophie a mixed start with kiwi shares weaker. Inures pointing higher seoul, korea in sydney on earnings prospects. Gains in tokyo to wrap up a tough stretch into sunday selections in japan. A ramp up in volatility for the nikkei 225. Looking for support after a twoday drop with calls for fiscal stimulus a
Alignment is not the same as regulatory alignment in the future. Prebrexit mps will grow sour. It might depend on how much ambiguity there is. Ambiguity is the key, it is beautiful. It irish tea shop said himself. It means everyone can go back and claim victory. Phrase fromderful lloyd george, who created ambiguity in negotiations. Agreement signed back then. That was the whole point. Ambiguity,on and beautiful things that let you overcome a lot. Forink that is it from a us the moment. Lets see where these negotiations go. That. Thank you for Senior Investment manager at aberdeen standard investment. Manus lets get the first word news with juliette saly. Juliette the u. S. Congress is passed asap two week extension that ever take government shut down. Untilers now have december 22 to settle some larger issues on spending and legislation. At the same time, they will rush to finish work on tax legislation before leaving washington for the holidays. Germany has moved a step closer to a ne