Off competition from gulf carriers by booking premium customers. We bring you that interview. Mark hello. Welcome to countdown. Anna a warm welcome to the first hour of the program this friday morning. Overworked and underpaid. Bank of America Merrill lynch is sued by former trainees for failing to pay them over time. We will bring you the latest on that. Mark the fed says all 31 big banks subjected to a stress test at the Capital Requirements necessary to absorb losses during a sharp economic downturn. Anna banks were tested on their ability to survive nine quarters of adverse Economic Conditions including a decline in the stock market and gdp, and the price of oil rising to 110 a barrel. It is the first sign since the fed started stress tests that no firm fell below the main capital thresholds. Here with more is Caroline Hyde. Good morning. Champagne corks popping all over the place. Jonathan 31 caroline 31 thanks all past this minimum requirement. You were talking us through it. Whe
Weather front weakens producing some cloud and outbreaks of rain, 16, 20 2 degrees but i have that with that southerly wind and sunshine temperature is 25, 20 6 degrees. The real difference with the heat later this week in comparison to last week is it is going to be a bit more isolated across central and southern england with temperatures potentially peeking into the mid 30s again. If that is too hot and you still want some sunshine and warmth heads north into scotland. Thats all from the bbc news at six so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello, good evening, girl watching bbc news with me, ben brown. Your watching. Lets return to the news that the firm which bought the Thomas Cook Travel shops has said up to 878 employees may lose theirjobs, because of new Coronavirus Travel restrictions. Hays travel took on more than 2,000 former thomas cook employees when it went bust in october last year. We can speak to irene and john hays, the com
Those are the headlines on bbc world news. You are watching bbc news. The firm which bought the Thomas Cook Travel shops has said up to 878 employees may lose theirjobs because of new Coronavirus Travel restrictions. Hays travel took on more than two thousand former thomas cook employees when it went bust in october last year. Earlier my colleague ben brown spoke to the owners of hays travel, irene and john hays and they explained the reasons behind their decision. The position has changed so, so dramatically. In a relatively short space of time. And so obviously, when we heard the news about spain we knew there would be a reaction to that. And on the basis that first of all, it was quarantine and then it the foreign and commonwealth advised that it wasnt just to be the entirety of mainland spain. But the canaries. That has had a major, major impact on customer confidence. So we were in a position where prior to ten days ago we had steadily increasing sales for new bookings. And after
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