Manus welcome to i am manus cranny. Welcome to the pulse. I am manus cranny. The story of day from the asia. The president of toshiba along with two other executives, their resignation and their formal News Conference and this was a 1. 2 billion scandal restating their earnings over the past six years, unrealistic led to what is a systemic flawed accounting process, challenging the culture within japan. Probably one of the single most important issues that will be addressed here which is so much power for people as of the top and no way for anybody to really challenge the toshiba accounting methods. Everything from Nuclear Reactors and ships. A is now falling on hisao tanaka the president. If we have any headlines, we will bring them to you. Our top story and that is commodities. Bloomberg commodities index dropped to a 13 year low yesterday. Right . Ryan you have to go back to 2002 to see Commodity Prices where they are now. A fiveyear low. 2012 when we had the darkest days of the eur
Cracks and im francine lacqua. More than a Million People took to the streets of paris to show solidarity in the face of terrorism after three days of violence that killed 17 people. They marched in the rally which drew the largest crowd in french history. Caroline connan was at the march. She joins us now from paris. Caroline. This sunday will probably go down in french history as the biggest gathering in france, and in paris for the past 40 or 50 years. More than one Million People in paris, 3. 7 Million People across the country, and some very emotional and peaceful moments in the french capital. You had the families of the victims of Charlie Hebdo, of the supermarket, and the policewoman who was killed. There have been 17 People Killed in the last week in paris. They were followed by more than 50 heads of state, with some very unlikely duos such as Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas next to president hollande, Angela Merkel, matteo renzi, David Cameron, and many others. There was
Lacqua. We are getting breaking news from the eurozone. Pmi figures coming in below estimates. Euro area manufacturing pmi falls to 51. 9. It is not surprising. We had not only a weak but a weak german number had an impact on this eurozone manufacturing pmi. Guy it was interesting listening to the minutes out of the bank of england yesterday, suggesting that the slowdown in the state is temporary. May some evidence beginning to emerge that this very early recovery in the eurozone is starting to falter a little bit. Francine eurodollar, 1. 06. You can see the drop. That is when the german figure came out. The European Central Bank Emergency funding for greek banks. This comes ahead of a meeting today between Alexis Tsipras and Angela Merkel on the sidelines of this european immigration summit. Reports of a softening stance from the eurozone on reforms is what we in what weve been hearing. Hans nichols joins us from berlin. Nikos joins us from athens. Hans, what does the ecb limit tell u