Morning what Water Companies can charge over the next five years. It could mean cuts to bills, and a demand to spend more on plugging leaks. Ben stokes is named bbc Sports Personality of the year. The all rounder capped off a brilliant, world cup winning year by picking up the main award in aberdeen. You have helped a lot of people. You have helped a lot of peopleli do hope so. Dont hope so, you have. We continue to follow terrences incredible story. He touched all our hearts last week after coming on breakfast to talk about spending 20 christmases on his own. Might makea might make a frosty start with the risk of ice in the northern half of the uk. There is a lot of dry weather. Some showers in parts. More details in 50 minutes. Its monday the 16th of december. Our top story the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will welcome more than a hundred new mps to westminster today as he aims to deliver on his election promise to get brexit done. Parliament wont officially open until thursday, so
But the data today shows things moving in the right direction. Abigail alibaba goes public on their home turf. Narrows the valuation gap to amazon. Abigail the u. K. Election campaign heads into the home stretch. It is very easy to end up in a Hung Parliament territory. Abigail m a madness with a delusion of big deals. And lot, but they can deftly do it. The general feeling is they probably will go through but how long it will take. Abigail a new suite of leaders brings a fresh set of goals to the European Commission. Climate change is existential. It is a huge opportunity. Every company should contribute. Indeed, the Banking Union will be one, also the commissions priorities. Abigail it is all straight ahead on bloomberg best. Abigail hello and welcome. Him im abigail doolittle. This is bloomberg best, your weekly review of the most important Business News, analysis and interviews from Bloomberg Television around the world. Lets start with a day by day look at the top headlines. After
A controversial citizenship law that opponents say discriminates against muslims. And trying to clear chinas air well tell you why its the middle classes are being blamed for a rise in pollution. Hello voting begins in the u. K. General election in 5 hours and final opinion polls point to a narrow win for Prime Minister Boris Johnsons conservative party but the prospect of a Hung Parliament where there is no clear winner cant be ruled out and that means bracks it could be further delayed or even canceled barker reports from london. After touring the country Boris Johnson was back in the capital to deliver his final Campaign Message the conservative policies lead in opinion polls has narrowed ahead of the vote anything less than a majority could be disastrous for the conservatives and johnsons hopes of delivering bricks it opposed 24. 00 to end the deadlock 24 hours to break the gridlock 24 hours in which we can remove the parliamentary roadblock and get a working majority for a sensibl
Critics say some cosmetics have Dangerous Levels of mercury. China prepares for its biggest ipo since 2015. It may not be plain sailing as investors lose their taste for mainland stock. Paul lets check how we are treating right now. Australias asx has just come online. We are looking flat at the moment. We have the staggered open. We will see how things unfold. New zealand has been treating for a couple of hours. Currently higher by four tens of 1 . No change for the nikkei futures. S p futures becoming as well. We have had some encouraging news today regarding the usmca. Beingas if that bill is pushed through as the thanksgiving holiday approaches in the u. S. Out of have the poll britain that shows Boris Johnsons conservative party on trunk to secure a majority in decembers election. Lets get the first word news. Su we are going to star in the u. K. Sterling strengthened as the u. K. Poll suggested the conservative party may when a comfortable majority. The survey of 50,000 voters se
That bill in terms of the prodemocracy protesters. The Indian Markets looking like this, future suggesting a flat start for the session. Take a look at what happened,. 5 to the upside, since x likewise. The 10 year yields, one eye on what is going on with gdp. Growth comethat that would be the slowest rate weve seen. 71 rupees, the rupee has been the worst performer amongst andn emerging currencies part of that could be done to the weve had robust inflows of the greenback into the economy. Lets wait for that open but before that lets get to the first word news in new york. Were going to start at the u. K. Were starting strengthened as a poll suggested the conservative party may win a comfortable majority in the months u. K. Election. Hassurvey of 50,000 voters the tories winning 359 seats and the others 211. A top aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson is warning there is a real chance of no overall victory and things are much tighter than they seem. The latest fed survey of the u. S. Ec