Ta ke i can connect with my children and take them to my friends Birthday Parties and go on the old claygate every now and then and actually be present in my childrens lives. Playdate. From today, bigger businesses will have to reveal how much they pay their male and female staff and if theres a gap between their wages. Im looking at the rules and what they hope to achieve. In sport, eden hazard scores twice to keep chelsea at the top of the Premier League. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A chilly start. For many of us, a fine day with sunshine and variable amounts of cloud. Through the next the days, by sunday, it will be warmer than it has been. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Supreme Court will rule today on whether parents can take their children on holiday in term time, without Breaking The Law. Its considering the case ofjohn platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter to florida for a week in 2015. The decision could have far
To do with the central bank. And we get the inside track from the boss of dulux paint owner, akzonobel, on why hes fighting off a 23 billion hostile takeover. Tonne buchner also tells us what the rise of populism in europe means for big business. Also in the news, amazonsjeff bezos says hes selling 1 billion each year, to get into the space race. Today were asking, for your next space holiday, which entrepreneur would you trust to get you there and back richard branson, elon musk orjeff bezos . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. The worlds two biggest economies come face to face later today, when us President Donald Trump hosts his chinese counterpart, xijinping, in florida. It will be the first time they meet in person. As well as north korea, trade will be at the top of the agenda for theirfirst meeting. Its already an issue thats created tensions between the two. Lets look at it in more detail. Atjust over 659 billion of goods and services in 2015, its one of
Sliding along with the u. S. Dollar. The u. S. Dollar is at a fivemonth low because of the interview President Trump gave setting the dollar is getting too strong, and i like low Interest Rates. Well talk much more about this. The dollar is stronger now against the euro. 1. 06 against the euro. Weaker against the yen. 108 yen for the dollar. On todays mick ageeconomic, look for reports on weekly jobless claims Producer Prices and consumer sentiment. Markets are closed tomorrow for good friday. But its not a federal holiday. So the government will release data on retail sales, Consumer Prices and business inventories. Ill roll up to my office in my house, report the news on my video camera. The banks will officially kick off earnings season this morning with results from jpmorgan, citi group, wells fargo, and pnc financial. Wi Berkshire Hathaway is selling 9 million shares from its stake in wells fargo. Berkshire says the sale is not tied to the banks sales scandal. It is selling the sh
Julie they are considering raisin the stake in this company to 25 . Information. More i just wanted to bring you that headline initially as we get it read as the day goes on, things have gotten more negative. Initially, the read by economists was it was not as bad as it looked on the surface because Labor Participation had ticked up. Seasonally, we see september higher. That is not helping stocks. Stocks have continued to fall to their lows. You can see this on the oneweek chart. Today, stocks were dropping off. 9 10 for p is off weak. We are also watching the bond market. We have seen a muted reaction on the shorter end of the curve. Yields had briefly gone lower. The fed is on track to raising rates once more this year. Now we are going to get more details on that Deutsche Bank story. Written already had that some of the major shareholders and Deutsche Bank had been speaking with the bank about backstopping its liquidity issues. People are hearing from familiar with the plan who decl
Julie they are considering raisin the stake in this company to 25 . Information. More i just wanted to bring you that headline initially as we get it read as the day goes on, things have gotten more negative. Initially, the read by economists was it was not as bad as it looked on the surface because Labor Participation had ticked up. Seasonally, we see september higher. That is not helping stocks. Stocks have continued to fall to their lows. You can see this on the oneweek chart. Today, stocks were dropping off. 9 10 for p is off weak. We are also watching the bond market. We have seen a muted reaction on the shorter end of the curve. Yields had briefly gone lower. The fed is on track to raising rates once more this year. Now we are going to get more details on that Deutsche Bank story. Written already had that some of the major shareholders and Deutsche Bank had been speaking with the bank about backstopping its liquidity issues. People are hearing from familiar with the plan who decl