In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Both Israel And Hezbollah have reported a second day of intense fighting on the ground in southern lebanon. Oil prices jumped on tuesday over supply fears, with markets regAining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation in tensions. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil, once agAin today, more than a i once agAin today, more than a i increase, the price of oil just below 75 per barrel. It would look at the Share Markets in asia, its an interesting picture were seeing. Japan is seeing a bigjump, Over2 because of the yen has weakened significantly on anticipation of what might happen in the japanese Economy But Hong kong is down over 3 . Big profit taking going on in hong kong, over the last few days there we have seen rapid increases on these markets in response to chinese stimulus so chinese stocks have had a real rise in recent days. Today, profit taking going on there but elsewhere, as
Bonanza for Chatg Pt Maker openai it takes in new funding, making it one of the most valuable Start Ups in The World. Will he or wont he show up that is Elon Musk is due to testify to the us Markets Watchdog over his Twitter Buyout after a no show last month. Welcome to business today, im ben thompson. We start in the Middle East where, as weve been reporting, President Biden has said the us does not support an attack by israel on irans nuclear sites in response to tehran s missile strikes on israel on tuesday. The us president said the israelis had a right to respond to the attack, but they needed to do so proportionately. In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Oil prices have risen since wednesday over supply fears, with markets regaining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil. This is the one to keep an eye on, Brent Crude up another 2 today taking it above 75 per barrel. For more o
On a new push to enforce laws against fare jumpers. First alexis is live in brooklyn with more on the shooting. Alexis, no charges filed against the shooter . Sandra, thats right. For what we are hearing, the d. A. Office in brooklyn says it was an act of selfdefense. More to what happened in a second. But basically one guy you just saw there skipped the fare, pulled out a gun, he was d disarmed, one man is in critical condition. But you are getting on the subway, Evening Commute during rush hour, people are heading to their house from work and the shots ring out in the subway car, people yelling for help as they ducked for cover. Watch. Let me out, let me out [gunshots] police say that fight there led to the shooting on the train yesterday as it traveled between stations in brooklyn during rush hour. The violent incident comes days after kathy hochul called in the National Guard to patrol the Subway System following a series of deaths and attacks. National guard helping with random ba
Us Investment Firm Elliott Advisors has walked away from making a takeover bid for currys after being rejected by the retailers board in its own words multiple times. It had initially proposed an offer that valued the electricals chain at £700 million, and later raised it to 757 million. But currys rebuffed the approaches, saying they significantly undervalued the business. Currys could still receive a bid from chinasjd. Com, which said last month it was mulling an offerfor the firm. Lets speak now to russ mould, investment director at aj bell. What is going on, one firm has walked away but there is another weighting in the wings . Walked away but there is another weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on what weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on what the weighting in the wings . There is but it it will focus on what the two it it will f
A sharp fall in its net profit, slipping 25 in 2023 compared to the previous year. Aramco attributed the downturn to Lower Crude Oil prices and decreased production. The companys net income dropped from 161 billion in 2022 to 121 billion last year. Despite the challenges posed by declining oil prices, aramco will increase its dividend payments, providing a much needed financial boost to saudi arabia. Lets get more now from our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. With a big fall off in profit, why is it increasing its dividend . It its dividend . Is a steep fall compared to 2022. It is a steep fall compared to 2022. It is still the second best performance in terms of annual results at 121 billion. Two reasons why they increased the dividend pay out. Number one, Aramco Abbott is the main driver of the Saudi Arabian economy. Saudi owned entities own 19 of it and they rely heavily on that income to really find some these massive projects inside arabia. They tried to keep the