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no early christmas present on wall street as the dow s rally fizzles just short of 20,000. plus, an expensive day in court a brazilian firm agrees to pay around $3 billion to settle corruption charges, the biggest bribery fine in history. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme, we look at the man who will head a newly formed white house national trade council and what that means for china. but first, we start on wall street, where it seems this chap has made an appearance. because the grinch has, temporarily at least, stolen christmas. they ve been calling it a ‘santa rally,‘ and after a week of record closes investors were expecting to celebrate the dow jones industrial average hitting 20,000 points for the first time on wednesday. instead they got this the dow closed down 32 points at 19,941.96. it got within 15 points of 20,000 before falling back. market watchers say investors have been cashing in their profits after what has be ....
welcome to bbc news. german police have carried out raids across the country in the search for anis amri, the tunisian man suspected of carrying out the deadly lorry attack in berlin. attention has focused so far on addresses in dortmund, berlin and a refugee centre near the dutch border. we can cross to robert, who is in berlin. good morning from the market around kaiser wilhelm church, the target of monday night s attack, crowded with passers by. stalls still closed, at least many of them, i think stallholders conscious of the fact they still want to maintain a level of respect for those who died and who remain injured. away from here, as you have been indicating, that police operation is spreading, aided by pictures of the man they are now referring to as the prime suspect, which are on social media and have been circulated to police forces and security forces around europe. so, what do we know about annis amri? wet spring ourselves up to speed as to what we do now. ....
after a seven and a half thousand mile journey. dan evans says he s never played better after he knocked the world number seven marin cilic out of the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has warned them not to give the uk punishment beatings. the president of the european commission told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations end in a good result for all concerned. but he also said the negotiations would be very, very, very difficult. in the last hour, it s been announced that the supreme court will announce its verdict on tuesday whether theresa may can trigger article 50 without consulting parliament. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been speaking about brexit on his visit to india. if mr hollande wants to administer punishment beatings to anybody who chooses to escape rather in the manner of some sort of world war ii movie then, you know, ....
nintendo‘s new device goes on sale around the world but can it convince gamers to switch? plus the gadgets google wants every home to have. we hear from the company s new hardware boss. welcome to world business report. i m ben bland. in a minute we ll talk about the currency that s become more valuable than gold. we start injapan on a huge day for computer games giant nintendo. it starts selling its latest device the switch. it s kind of hybrid machine combining a home console and a mobile device in one. and it s safe it say it is a massive gamble for nintendo, which is trying to recapture its glory days as a games company in a fast changing industry. some are even calling it make or break . let s show you why: gaming is very big business and growing fast. according to consultants newzoo sales will top $100 billion for the first time this year. but there s another first. gaming on mobile devices mostly smartphones will take the biggest share this year, with ....
financial markets as they open in europe. investors look ahead to the uk budget. what s the secret behind the world s most successful brands? is it simply a case of advertising spend or is there more to the story? we ll speak to one of the industry s leading experts later in the programme. it s international women s day so let us know who s your most inspirational woman in business? perhaps it s the head of the world s most powerful central bank? or maybe it s mary barra, the boss of general motors? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. in a few hours time, the uk s finance minister or chancellor as we call him here, phillip hammond, will deliver the country s final budget before the government triggers article 50, and britain begins its negotiations to leave the european union. despite the ongoing uncertainty over brexit, philip hammond received an eve of budget boost from the organisation for economic co operation and development. it now expects g ....