start of friday. and we will look ahead to wall street as well. the british prime minister offers to ensure the post brexit rights of three million eu citizens living in the uk. later we ll have a wrap up of this week s big economic stories with our correspondent andrew walker. research in the daily telegraph has found well qualified people who voluntarily talked about theirflaws injob interviews were more likely to win the role. today we want to know, what are your weaknesses? being gay perfectionist is not allowed! get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. being a perfectionist. always horrible when that question comes up. we will share hours with you later. hello and welcome to business live. we start with the price of oil, because once again despite the best efforts of the oil producing nations to prop it up, it is on the slide. let s show you what s been happening. this week the talks all been about this guy he s back. traders refer to a bear market when the
than 20 people dead and cars transport chaos. hello. in a moment we ll be joining viewers on bbc one for a roundup of all those stories, that s with mishal husain. but first, the former president of iran, akbar rafsanjani, has died at the age of 82. he was one of the country s leading moderates and his death comes four months before iran s presidential election. mr rafsanjani was president from 1989 to 1997. well, kasra naji from the bbc‘s persian service, told me a little earlier, about the impact he made on iranian politics. he was an influential figure in he was an influentialfigure in iran since the revolution in 1979, the islamic revolution. he was a close confidant of ayatollah khamenei who was the founder of the islamic revolution. during the iran iraq war, toward the end, he was a major figure who convinced i had to accept a ceasefire and end this year war. ever since then, he was elected twice as president, twice as speaker of parliament and all along has been a ve
i will be talking to the poet adam o riordan about his first collection of short stories set in california. the burning ground. good evening. four israeli soldiers, three of them women, were killed injerusalem today when a man rammed the lorry he was driving into them. israeli police say he was a palestinian who was then shot dead at the scene, the israeli prime minister has said he was a supporter of so called islamic state. in the last 16 months there have been a series of attacks by palestinians on israelis, the hamas movement called today s attack a heroic act , but stopped short of claiming responsibility. this report from yolande knell contains images you may find disturbing. a hazy view ofjerusalem. this is what israeli soldiers on a training course had come to see. security camera footage shows two groups, the one in the background has just got off a coach when this happens. look at the top left of the screen, the lorry drives at the soldiers at high speed and hits t
great job done by mark barton today. that is on this index, the dax. you are looking at the best quarter since 2003, and equity index that has added 200 billion euros in value. you are looking at 25 out of 30 components of the dax over 10%. it really is a great synopsis of what has gone on in the dax this year. bank of america merrill, 63% of fund managers favor the european market. that is very much evident in terms of what is going on. dealmaking, banking, getting the deals done bartering as to who will run the company between the lafarge and holcim deal. buying 6 billion euros worth of assets. it will make crh the number one player in cement in the united kingdom. what has albert got to do with u.k. holdings? holcim and lafarge, will they get the savings? 77.25, 77.30 for wholesome. credit suisse, another day another scandal. what you ve got there is, monte dei paschi is suing credit suisse for alleged unauthorized financial activity. i should say that banko leonardo is al