Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
That the judge piped up and said im not going to be a rubber stamp for this unprecedented plea deal. That fell apart as you remember. Heres the question for this afternoon did things just to get a little better or little worse for hunter biden and potentially by extension, for his father who was running for president. Theres a lot going on behind the scenes here on this friday afternoon, what it says, this means that a trial is in order but where . Would it be in d. C. , california, does it move it off his plate . Theres a jurisdictional question there about where this all goes, also the timeline, the clock is ticking on these charges. Some of these are displayed to run out while all of this plays out under the statute of limitations, heres attorney general Merrick Garland announcing all of this a short time ago, watch. Upon considering his request as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, i have concluded that it is in the Public Interest to appoint him as a
So what is driving this revival in bitcoin . Erin delmore reports. Its been more than two years since we have seen Bitcoin Cross the 60,000 mark, but the cryptocurrency did just that on wednesday, even soaring to 64,000. It may be closing in on its all time high of 68,000. There are a few reasons why crypto enthusiasts are fired up About Bitcoin these days, newly approved Spot Bitcoin Exchange traded funds have investors buzzing and there is a change coming up in april when bitcoin miners start getting less bitcoin for their efforts and the spectre of lesser supply fuels more demand. 0ne lesser supply fuels more demand. One more thing than any background here, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut Interest Rates this year, that stokes investors because interest in alternative investments like cryptocurrencies. But its not all smooth sailing, some uses of queen based global, the largest trip to exchange in the us unexpectedly saw their balances drop down to zero among the bitcoin buzz
And a large part of that has been driven by growth in the manufacturing and the construction space. Some of the numbers do offer a lot of question marks because if you look at agriculture, if you look at industries, you know, our core sector data is from steel, cement, all of them have actually shrunk. Consumption, in fact, has also been weak too, almost for the nine months it grew by only 5 . And thats why there was there has been a lot of question mark, but a large bit of this has been pushed by the Government Spending in the construction space. You know, Building Infrastructure around the country and some bit of private capital and private investments also seem to be flowing in to the economy right now. And that has pushed the growth to this level right before the national elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term in power. Narendra modi. And this is the premise, the high growth rate where india has become somewhere an alternative to china for most compan
0ur North America correspondent peter bowes sent this update. This means the trial of donald trump on charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the result of the 2020 election will be significantly delayed if indeed it is able to go ahead at all. Donald trump is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the United States through his words, his actions, in the days leading up to january six, 2021, and the assault on the capitol building. He says he was the president at the time and therefore he cannot face these criminal charges because he had president ial immunity and that he cannot be charged for anything he did during that time. We have since heard from him again, after hearing about the Supreme Court does make intention is to look at this case, donald trump releasing a statement, reaffirming his still believed that president ial immunity applies. In fact, he says it is in the best interest of the United States, Notjust Talking about himself but referring