property crisis and soft domestic consumption. added to that are geopolitical tensions with wars in ukraine and the middle east fuelling global uncertainty. i spoke with jameel ahmad, chief analyst at gtc group, about what to look out for in the second half of the year. i would say it was unprecedented because it was like adding everything into your shopping basket. if you look at the s&p 500, it hit new record highs more than 30 times. those are the type of records that, to use a metaphor, that cristiano ronaldo would be jealous of in his trophy cabinet. it wasn tjust us stock market with a fantastic start of the year. we had all time highs for bitcoin, gold, and we should talk about as well nvidia supercharging towards becoming the largest company in the world by market capitalisation. but generally speaking, we have also had some solid fundamentals. despite the highest interest rate policy in pretty much a generation particularly in the united states, corporate earnings
the move comes after months of renewed scrutiny on the aerospace giant, after a door plug blew off a boeing jet mid flight injanuary. that followed two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, which killed 346 people. since then, congress, the department ofjustice, regulators, airlines and customers have demanded boeing raise its standards on safety and quality control. the change will allow boeing to have greater oversight and influence over spirit aerosystems, which has been criticised for its own share of quality control problems. that includes ill fitting panels and improperly drilled holes. the all stock deal was valued at $4.7 billion, or $8.3 billion, including spirit s debt. now it goes to spirit s shareholders and to regulators for approval. the european commission is going after facebook owner meta, saying its pay or consent advertising model is in breach of eu laws. under the tech giant s new service in the eu, users must either consent to receiving personalised ads or pa
Later in the programme well get the inside track on a tech company which aims to tackle the worldwide problem of poor eyesight. A new survey has found that online spending in the uk has fallen for the First Time Since 2013. Today we want to know whether your expectations of the future are affecting your Spending Decisions . Do get in touch just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. So Emmanuel Macron has won the french presidency, and now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. France has had a high Unemployment Rate for decades currently around 10 of the workforce or 3 million people. That compares with less than half 4. 3 across the border in germany. The problem is worse for young people 24 of those between the ages of 15 and 2a dont have a job. The other big iss
Over a u turn on student debt. Christopher nolan tells the story of the dunkirk evacuation, will take a look at that film in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Director General of the bbc, tony hall, says work is already underway to tackle the Gender Pay Gap at The Corporation. His comments come after some of the bbcs best known female personalities signed an open letter calling for urgent action. The presenters claire balding, fiona bruce and jane garvey, are among the more than a0 signatories. Our Media Correspondent David Sillito reports. Alexjones of the one show. Mishal hussein. Sue barker. More than a0 of the most famous female presenters at the bbc are calling on The Corporation to act now to end its Gender Pay Gap. Good morning, friends, and thanks for tuning in. The trigger for todays letter, that list published this week of the pay deals for the bbcs highest paid stars. In the top 20 names, there was only one woman. The best paid men were being paid tw
Over a u turn on student debt. Christopher nolan tells the story of the dunkirk evacuation, will take a look at that film in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Director General of the bbc, tony hall, says work is already underway to tackle the Gender Pay Gap at The Corporation. His comments come after some of the bbcs best known female personalities signed an open letter calling for urgent action. The presenters claire balding, fiona bruce and jane garvey, are among the more than a0 signatories. Our Media Correspondent David Sillito reports. Alexjones of the one show. Mishal hussein. Sue barker. More than a0 of the most famous female presenters at the bbc are calling on The Corporation to act now to end its Gender Pay Gap. Good morning, friends, and thanks for tuning in. The trigger for todays letter, that list published this week of the pay deals for the bbcs highest paid stars. In the top 20 names, there was only one woman. The best paid men were being paid tw