Award winning Business Leader who took over a Waste Management company at the age of 19. Also today ryanair profits are down but passengers are up. Fares continue to fall. So do you still have the cheap flights bug . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. If you are planning your holidays, why not tell us where you are off to . Welcome to the programme. The political events of 2016 may have ignited an unprecedented period of uncertainty for the Global Economy but one thing that appears to remain unaffected is the growing appetite of chinese investors. Last year Chinese Investment in the us increased by nearly 190 percent. Meanwhile, Chinese Investment into europe grew by 90 percent. All of this gives the impression 2016 was a good year for western economies when it comes to foreign investment. So will this trend continue . Well the uk is about to begin a two year period of brexit negotiations and this echoes wider concerns over the health of the european union. France, germany and the nether
Begin the trading week. In positive territory. We will talk about what will move them later in the week later in the programme. We are joined by a french entrepreneur described as a Rock Star In The World of proud funding. She will reveal to us her latest plans shortly. And the winner is. La la land. Moonlight . Sort out the autocue what a night. What is your Warren Beatty moment . Get in touch. Welcome to the programme. One of europes biggest mergers looks like it is off. The London Stock Exchange and its german rival the Deutsche Boerse say their coming together is unlikely to be approved by the European Commission. The merger was supposed to be worth just over 30 billion and would have created a giant trading powerhouse that would better compete against its big us rivals. When they announced the deal last year the two Companies Said together they should be able to make cost savings of 475 million a year, about 20 of the combined groups operating costs. They had already agreed to sel
For luxury goods from britain is being turned into an upmarket hotel in the middle east. In the wake of the story that two girls have been grounded by United Airlines for wearing leggings we want to know has the airline gone too far . Or is it reasonable for an employer to dictate the dress code for the family of employees . What do you think . Let us know using the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Lower oil prices might be good for consumers it keeps Energy Prices down as well as transport and distribution costs for businesses. But its not good for Oil Producing nations. And this weekend, many of them met to discuss what they can do to boost prices. One option is to cut output again. When supply falls, prices tend to rise. Oil prices rose sharply when producers agreed to cut production in november and whilst prices held up for a while theres been a drop of around 10 in the last few weeks. And that can have a huge impact of the economies of Oil Producing countries. Many re
Strong, especially in paris. And well be getting the inside track on a business thats been able to draw on the artistic talents of its founder. Were going to be speaking to co founder and Creative Director of wrendale designs. Today we want to know, as uk politicians consider offering a price cap on energy bills, we want to know what purchases would you like to see a price cap on . Maybe your daily cup of coffee . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the french election, where he will face far right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider, having never run an Election Campaign before. The euro rose by 2 on the news its highest level in five months before giving up some ground this morning. Investors had worried that far leftjean Luc Melenchon would beat mr macron, giving voters a choice between two eurosceptic candidates. Macron is now considered
This is better than expected. This is two months after brexit. It does call the ones that were concerned. German september e for conference at 110. 5. There is not that much of an impact on euro as we speak overall over concerned about the banks. Well get to that in a second. We do have a great show lined up. We talked european reforms and greetham. H trevor this is the market overall. It has a lot to do with what treasuries are doing. I also put in lira. This is the turkish lira. Ses among emerging market 20 on the markets. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. Nejra Deutsche Bank shares have dropped to a record low amid concerns that the lenders Capital Buffers will be undermined by mounting legal charges, including a supplement tied to the sale of u. S. Securities. If 14 million build bill is more than twice the amount the bank is set to buy for litigation. Oil has edged higher as saudi arabia has offered to cut out a door to a future opec deal. Doesnt expect a