Morning. You are watching the pulse. We are here in london. It is 9 00 now. We have a packed show for you. The quest for content, will be live in can we will be live in cannes. Jump, but it ditches its bid for tmobile. We will talk about that story. Is what isry happening in ireland. Lands to end the controversial double irish tax break when he gives his budget speech a little bit later. Michael noonan has been under pressure from the eu to face out this tax loophole used by companies google, apple, you know the names. They have been using this to their slash their tax bills. Is this what everybody is talking about . Domestically, no. For people here, it is that end of austerity after seven years. Much more focused on the prospect of a cut on income taxes. The focus would be on the double irish tax loophole. Taxes,es can avoid perfectly legal. The government has decided to preempt what is coming down the tracks. We have people like bono weighing in on the issue. The Irish Government ha
Exclusive. We are joined in the studio. Russian sanctions on the International Art market. Lets stay with russia. The west has hit russia with a fresh round of sanctions. sd includes Vladimir Putin allies. We spoke about the impact of russian sanctions on business. For the moment, we are investigating the significance of the sanctions and coming back to practical implications. Bp has a lot of exposure to russia. In profitst a drop today. There is a list of stories today that are making headlines. Impact. Me about the we knew people close to Vladimir Putin would be on this list. It is just him and it has a role bp. Ct on and puts them in a pickle. Largest 20 of russias oil producer. The corporate entity has not been sanctioned and the ceo has. If you are bob dudley, you have a 20 stake and a seat on the board. As a u. S. In citizen, can you go to the Board Meeting or not . We heard them say they would have to investigate the sanctions a little more carefully and that is what we already