In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Both Israel And Hezbollah have reported a second day of intense fighting on the ground in southern lebanon. Oil prices jumped on tuesday over supply fears, with markets regAining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation in tensions. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil, once agAin today, more than a i once agAin today, more than a i increase, the price of oil just below 75 per barrel. It would look at the Share Markets in asia, its an interesting picture were seeing. Japan is seeing a bigjump, Over2 because of the yen has weakened significantly on anticipation of what might happen in the japanese Economy But Hong kong is down over 3 . Big profit taking going on in hong kong, over the last few days there we have seen rapid increases on these markets in response to chinese stimulus so chinese stocks have had a real rise in recent days. Today, profit taking going on there but elsewhere, as
Bonanza for Chatg Pt Maker openai it takes in new funding, making it one of the most valuable Start Ups in The World. Will he or wont he show up that is Elon Musk is due to testify to the us Markets Watchdog over his Twitter Buyout after a no show last month. Welcome to business today, im ben thompson. We start in the Middle East where, as weve been reporting, President Biden has said the us does not support an attack by israel on irans nuclear sites in response to tehran s missile strikes on israel on tuesday. The us president said the israelis had a right to respond to the attack, but they needed to do so proportionately. In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Oil prices have risen since wednesday over supply fears, with markets regaining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil. This is the one to keep an eye on, Brent Crude up another 2 today taking it above 75 per barrel. For more o
Now its time for World Business report. To stay or to leave . Yep, the big boss of one of the Worlds Largest banks, Goldman Sachs, tells the bbc about his preparations for a world after brexit thats coming up in an exclusive interview. And are you ready for round two . Its a biggie for europe, with one of them being knocked out. Yep, its the last day of campaigning before france elects their next president. So were going to look at how each ones plans to run the eurozones 2nd biggest economy. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. If you dont like waving hands and high energy, i suggest you switch the channel right now. The rest of you who are staying with us, thank you. The Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs has warned that london will stall because of the risks from the brexit process. Lloyd blankfein told the bbc that the company was developing Contingency Plans to move some of its 6,500 employees out of the capital depending on the outcome of the negotiations. Mr blan
A spike in geopolitical risk in the Middle East caused by the Israel-Hamas war has put global energy markets on edge, the International Energy Agency warned Thursday.