Outperforms european rivals with earnings that beat estimates. We speak to the ceo, bob dudley, in just a moment. Back to the table, chinese trade negotiators hope the u. S. Hosts the u. S. Trade team as huawei reports earnings. Mexicos president says he wants lower rates to boost. The economy is not growing as we would want it to grow. On the other hand, there are no risks of recession. Matt less than a halfhour away from trading across europe and in the u. K. Im looking at a fiveyear chart of the pound. We are getting back down to the 2017, asit in 2016 and the likelihood of a hard brexit seemingly increases. That is not affecting equity Index Futures in a negative way. Take a look at equity Index Futures across europe after the gains that we saw in asia. We still see gains in ftse futures, as well as cac futures. However, dax futures are still down this morning, although just marginally. Euro stocks, ftse futures indicating a flat open. What are you seeing on the gmm screen . Anna l
Dani good morning. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. Im dani burger in london with the stories that set your agenda. Countdown to the u. S. Cpi print. Asian equities mixed after a techled to selloff on wall street. Disney gains after i words after hours as tax cuts and hollywood strikes save the Company Millions of dollars. Gas prices jumped the most since march as lng workers in australia vote to strike. Brent crude traits near an eightmonth high. I will bring you the market check. Were looking at equities that are bouncing back after yesterday. Yesterday was led by tech, the selloff. A little consolidation in front of the cpi, topping necessarily specific. Futures are doing better this morning, up by about 0. 4 . Treasuries not doing too much either, were expecting a 30your auction following the 10year auction yesterday which had solid demand. Yield coming in below 4 . We got siemens earnings. It is a miss pretty much acrosstheboard, weighted down by china decline and wind turbine l
this week. is it a boat or is it a plane? i m onboard the ferry that can fly. why has nobody made an electric hydrofoil flying ferry before? i think the main reason is that it s freaking hard. we re in india, where solar dryers are battling food waste. and an eye in the sky on energy use. nice outfit, by the way. thanks. i ve been taking the temperature with the world s thermometer to assess the climate impact of all our actions. stockholm, capital of sweden, and a city of islands, 1a of them to be precise, which makes water transport a big thing around these parts. so today i ve decided to take the ferry. but this is no ordinary ferry because this ferry. ..can fly. this is the candela p 12, the prototype of a ferry which should go into service injuly 202a. and at its cruising speed of 25 knots, narrow wings called hydrofoils, provide huge amounts of lift. in the same way that aircraft wings can get a plane off the ground, these wings can raise the whole hull above the surfac
and at its cruising speed of 25 knots, narrow wings called hydrofoils, provide huge amounts of lift. in the same way that aircraft wings can get a plane off the ground, these wings can raise the whole hull above the surface. i ve started to notice more and more boats and even windsurfs and kite surfs having these foils underneath the board, so the entire thing can lift out of the water. and because hardly any of the boat is having to push through the water, it doesn t need as powerful a motor. and that means there s something else that s very special about this craft. it s electric. these small propellers are all that are needed to get the ferry up to speed and its onboard batteries give it a range of 50 nautical miles, all of which promises to make waterborne transport a whole lot cleaner and a whole lot greener. normal boats consume an awful lot of fuel and they are extremely inefficient, compared to land based transport. and this is because the boat is trying to push its w
Open fields. Thousands turn out in hull to see the queen as she visits key innovations in the city of culture. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Crisis talks are being held in the capital of zimbabwe, harare, after its long term leader Robert Mugabe was placed under house arrest by the countrys military on wednesday. Officials from south africa are meeting the 93 year old and also zimbabwes generals, who deny theres been a coup. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says mr mugabe must resign but sources suggest the president is resistant. President mugabe has been in control of zimbabwe since it threw off white minority rule in 1980. However, the power struggle over who might succeed him, between his wife grace mugabe, and former Vice President emmerson mnangagwa, has split the Ruling Zanu Pf Party in recent months. Last week, mr mugabe came down in favour of his wife, sacking mr mnangagwa, a veteran of zimbabwes anti colonial struggle. That proved too much for military leaders, who