Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The number of patients on Hospital Wards has been at unsafe levels in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, according to figures obtained by the bbc. Some hospitals were operating at close to full capacity, putting increased pressure on the number of beds available. All week we are taking an in depth look at the state of the nhs in a series of special reports. Heres our Health Correspondent, jane dreaper. Its been a very difficult winter at Yeovil Hospital in somerset. Like many other hospitals in england, theyve had to battle Behind The Scenes here to find enough free beds in recent weeks. You can get periods, particularly over the winter period, when you are managing bed by bed, minute by minute, and teams are having to spend a lot of time and Energy Running around finding a bed for the next patient that needs it. And moving patients between beds isnt ideal, we dont like doing it unless we really have to, but sometimes you have to prioritise
Of a program and those are good signs. In addition to which we see some good numbers. 1. 9 billion and counting. The coceo of Deutsche Bank signals they may have to set aside more money for litigation as they settle u. S. Mortgage claims. After years of talking, apple clinches a deal with china mobile to sell iphones. It could increase their revenues by 10 billion. Announcer youre watching Worldwide Exchange bringing you Business News from around the globe. Hello, everyone. Its almost christmas and Ross Westgate has already started his christmas vacation so thats great for him. Im filling in for him this week. Lets get back to one of our top stories. The imf is raising its forecast for u. S. Gdp citing the budget talks to taper Bond Buying Program. In october the imf said gdp was expected to expand 2. 5 next year. While she didnt offer a new number, imf manager christine will he guard appearing on nbcs meet the press says she sees a lot more certainty for 2014. Most people who invest,
Accomplished investors in their own right. Plus theres so much to discuss. Tyler, were going to talk to the coopermans and the millers about where they see this market going. The incredible valuations weve been seeing in some Companies Like open table. Speaking of that deal today. Bought by priceline for month than 2. 5 million. It will be interesting to hear about that. And plenty of other occurrences in this space. Of course weve got to talk about oil, about some of these new tech developments and much, much more. Apples not falling far from the tree in those cases. Interesting to hear how they invest alike and how they invest differently. In markets right now lets take you through the three major averages. The dow up 32 points. About. 2 of a percent higher. The nasdaq a relatively small gain of about 12 points at 4309. And the s p 500 moving up today by about five points, a quarter percent at 1935. Joining our closing bell exchange, Kelly Connelly from jhs capital advisers, rich pet
Hello and welcome. Moria migrant camp was all but destroyed in the fire this week. Now, a second blaze has wiped out pretty much all that was left. Firefighters have been battling through the night to try and bring the fire under control at europes largest refugee camp. Last week, it was the only shelter for more than 12,000 refugees and now it appears to be just wasteland. Mark lobel has the latest hundreds of unaccompanied children leave for the mainland from theirfire children leave for the mainland from their fire ravaged children leave for the mainland from theirfire ravaged camp on the island of lesbos, just as new fires began destroying parts of the camp that had been spared the initial onslaught. The greek government says the original fire the greek government says the originalfire was caused the greek government says the original fire was caused by protesters after 35 residents who had tested positive for corona minus were isolated. Strong winds fanned the flames ina strong wi
16,000 last november. And weve been adding on average, what 2,000 dow points a year since the low. March of 2009, weve gained more than 10,000 points in that time on the dow, works out to that amount. Dont have to get to 17,000 mark for it to be another historic session. Another close higher for the dow and s p 500, they will be new record highs. Stick with us, all the stats. Any number you want weve got it right here for you. Speaking of stats, truly an uber valuation for uber, cut put at an incredible 18. 2 billion valuation. Is that justified . Uber Ceo Travis Kalanick will join me exclusively for much more on that store sghe trending on twitter all day and also trending all over the jobs report as well. What the numbers really mean to the economy and that guy, if you dont recognize him, mission all the facial hair that he used to have. Pimcos brand new chief economist paul mccully will be here with a take you might not expect coming up here in a few minutes on closing bell. Let me