And World Business report. Free to fire the brexit starting gun, but how prepared is the uk economy, and what about scotland . The waiting game. Toshiba shares plunge in tokyo, as it delays its Results Announcement for a second time. Welcome to World Business report, im sally bundock. Also in the programme a smart jacket, and we are talking the latest technology, not style. Dave lee tries it on. But first the Uk Parliament has approved legislation giving Prime Minister theresa may the power to begin formal divorce talks with the european union. However, she wont do that immediately, as some had thought, but it will happen before the end of march. The negotiations will bring a period of uncertainty for the uk economy. Britain recorded growth of 2 last year. But in 2017, the International Monetary fund predicts this will slow to 1. 5 , though this is actually up from their previous estimate of 1. 1 . The story gets worse in 2018, where growth is expected to come in atjust1. 4 . The ongoi
Political risk is firmly back on the agenda. Plus, will a winter storm affect the meeting of the Federal Reserve . Affect the meeting of the Federal Reserve . We will tell you all you need to know. We will tell you all you need to know. Playing his cards right later in the programme well hear from one of the worlds leading Board Game Manufacturers about the threat from Computer Games and opportunities of new technology. And as levis launches a smartjacket that can control your smartphone we want to know is it one step too far for Wearable Tech . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Get in touch with your thoughts about the smart jacket, get in touch with your thoughts about the smartjacket, brexit, whatever we are discussing this morning. We love to hearfrom whatever we are discussing this morning. We love to hear from you. We love to hear from you. We begin with the historic move on the part of the Uk Parliament. Late last night it passed the brexit bill, paving the way for the government
Middle income people and for jobs. It will also benefit lots of other things. I mean, were looking to if you look at the whole thing, everybodys going to benefit. But i think the greatest benefit is going to be for jobs and for the middle class, middle income. All right, cnns Boris Sanchez joining us from the white house. The president sounding really confident going into this week as he heads off to camp david. But, you know, hes not quite doing a victory lap just yet. Thats right, fred. Hes still kind of selling this bill as you just heard him do before he departs for camp david. Right now the white house is cautiously optimistic that barring any kind of procedural snafu this will be their first major legislative victory, the passing of the first major Tax Reform Bill in more than 30 years. Theyre confident, in part, because weve seen some republican senators that were previously in the no Column Switching over to yes, including florida senator marco rubio who drew a red line on thur
Legislative negotiators filed a compromise $56.2 billion annual state budget Sunday night, packing major education, transportation and health care policy measures and spending into an overdue fiscal 2024 accord that is expected to win House and Senate approval on Monday.