The programme. Turning back time on a family business. Later in the programme well speak to the young entrepreneur whos hoping to revive the watch making company set up my his ancestors. And according to the trade union congress, todays the day that an average Chief Executive in the uk has earned as much as an average worker in a whole year, so we want to know, are they worth it . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. In a few hours well receive the latest Inflation Figures for the Eurozone Economy. The block managed growth of 0. 3 in the Third Quarter of last year and a sustained rise in prices could lead to the scaling back of the European Central banks de facto money printing program. As you can see here, there has been a marked improvement in the rate of inflation for the block and in yellow you can see the 1 Inflation Rate that economists are predicting for the last month of 2016. Although this is still some way below the European Central banks Target Ofjust u
Counterfeiters. A warning from lego as its boss in china cant tell the difference between the fake and The Real Thing. And the mainlands most Famous Tech Giant Ali barack obama reports strong revenues and looks to soar even higher with the cloud. Good morning, asia and hello, world. Its a wednesday and glad you could join us for this edition of Asia Business report. We kick off with lego and the danish owned company has told the bbc that authorities in china need to do more to tackle fake goods after the man in charge of legos huge new factory in the mainland failed to spot a fake piece from The Real Thing. Lego is currently involved in legal action against one chinese manufacturer it claims is ripping off its products. Heres robin in shanghai. Billions and billions of these little plastic bricks have been sold the world over and now lego is betting big on china. What started out with Hand Cut Bricks in denmark in 1949 is now 100 out with Hand Cut Bricks in denmark in 1919 is now 100 m
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Job Approval Rating probably has seven or eight points, maybe even a little more of what i think of as 401 k trumpers right now. I think there are people who are looking at their statements, people who are on the right side of the economic equation any way. They see their numbers going up for all sorts of reasons. And so theyre willing to not really dive in to this russian novel story that no one can quite figure out. And theyre willing to suspend their bizarrely in my view, but they are willing to suspend their ordinary moral judgments about how this president conducts himself and is now representing us on the world stage. But i would not, if i were in the white house, count on that lasting until 2020. Well see. Joe, your latest column in the Washington Post really speaks to this entitled trump finally
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It. And sniffing out dog business juba turns 3 mans best friends who reinforce its fight against Money Laundering. And been physical in lets do business months of protests continue to take a toll on hong kongs high streets oldest retail sales for the city with down 23 percent on a year ago the 7th monthly decline in a row and shoes that is 70th anniversary of communist party rule in china so an escalation in the violence with live shots fired by police for the 1st time and one protester in a Critical Condition in Hospital Tensions are high in hong kong and in the Business Community china is pressuring companies to crack down on stuff protesting nowhere has this been more apparent than it hong kongs Flagship Airline Cathay Pacific we met someone who supported the protests and lost their job our correspondent he is spilling of this exclusive. One month ago Flight Attendant rebecca c. Was called suddenly into an urgent meeting with the management of so company it
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facing a flood of cheap chinese cars, europe s expected to raise tariffs on electric vehicles today. apple investors push its value up to record highs following its foray into the world of ai. we ll look ahead to the uk s latest economic data as april s gdp data is released. will it spur a bank of england rate cut? plus, supplies are squeezed for the makers of orange juice with prices going up due to extreme weather and disease. welcome to business today. we start in europe, where china is accused of drawing upon surplus capacity to dump electric vehicles at artificially low prices into the european market. policymakers in europe and the united states claim hefty state subsidies in china allow ev manufacturers to produce cars at prices that are impossible to compete with. in the us the biden administration raised its tariff on imports of chinese battery powered cars from 25% to 100%. later today, the european commission is expected to provisionally raise duties on ev s import