Warning against seating Telecom Infrastructure to china. We get reaction to that. And tesla turned our heads this week. Look back at some of the biggest stories in tech. To our top story, u. S. Equities headed into the Holiday Weekend on a positive note after the release of steady figures for retail cells and with investors continuing to weigh contrasting data from china on the spread of the coronavirus. The s p 500 closed at record high after swinging between small gains and losses in fridays session. To discuss todays Market Performance and technology we are joined by laura kane of ubs. To kick us off, i want to take a look i am showing from my terminal. As you know, the trade of 2019 was u. S. Versus the rest of the world. I was speaking with david kelly, the global cio of jp morgan Asset Management who was trying to make the case for over waiting International Equities. Are you still trying to overweight International Equities or do you think it is u. S. Versus the rest of the worl
As china and america edge towards a deal. Also on the programme this is the man who is billions of dollars poorer after weworks dramatic fall from grace. Well assess how Masayoshi Son got it so wrong. Talking of offices is your workplace up to the job . Well get the inside track on the changing face of the workplace with a boss of a global architectural firm. So today we want to know are you happy with where you work . What are the benefits of your own space or an open plan environment . Let us know your thoughts. Just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A warm welcome to your friday edition of worklife. Today were focusing on the changing face of entertainment. And the force is with walt disney, the house of mouse, which has been expanding its empire and is about to enter the world of streaming. Money coming into disney or revenue was over 19 billion dollars up by more than a third on this time last year. It was boosted by its takeover of 21st century fox which now finally gives it all the r
We start in france, where a pioneering tax on tech firms is expected to be approved by the senate today, after clearing the lower house last week. It comes amid public anger across the continent at tax avoidance by the likes of google, amazon and facebook, who locate their eu headquarters in low tax countries and pay virtually nothing elsewhere. But it has already threatened to spark new trade tensions, with the Trump Administration launching an investigation to see whether the move unfairly targets us firms. The plan, masterminded by french finance minister bruno de maire, is for a 3 Digital Services tax on all revenues rather than profits made in france. It will hit all companies with global revenues of more than 843 million. Around 30 Tech Companies are likely to be affected, mostly from the us. The French Finance Ministry estimates that the tax will raise more than 500 million this year, with that figure rising in future years. France failed to persuade eu partners to impose a euro
Favour over the past month. Weve seen sterling rise that will help temper the Price Pressures from imports. Weve also seen other pressures in the markets where theyve been raising some questions about the Bank Of Englands credibility, as in Mortgage Rates going up without decisions being made that has all calmed down, too. And the public s expectations of where inflation is going, which were really very high, have now begun to temper. So thats also going in the banks favour. But a crucial issue is that they have raised rates by 5 the impact of that has really taken some time to filter through into the economy, there is sort of turning the type of rate rises on. Turning the tap. We are beginning to see the impact of that now weve seen in the Housing Market, weve seen it in some corporate insolvencies too. So that all leads back to this Balancing Act between crushing inflation, but avoiding a downturn its a tight rope and we are probably approaching the most narrow, trickiest part of tha
the price of oil on international markets is not high enough for them. oil and energy leaders are gathering again today in vienna for the latest opec summit. the biggest and most powerful player saudi arabia started this week with the news it s extending its voluntary output cut of1 million barrels per day to august. russia is making a similar move. but these cuts are failing to boost energy prices. why? jonathan robinsonjoins me now to explain he is global power & energy research director at frost and sullivan. just talk us through our oil is at the moment. just talk us through our oil is at the moment. oil, despite the cuts in production, at the moment. oil, despite the cuts in production, oil at the moment. oil, despite the cuts in production, oil prices- cuts in production, oil prices have stayed relatively low in what we have seen historically in the past year, 1.5 years. there are a few specific reasons for that. chinese demand, industrial out would, increasing