Election, frances new president Emmanuel Macron looks set to win a landslide in the countrys parliamentary elections. Can he pushed through the major reforms that you promised voters, including Cutting Spending and overholding frances strict laws. Do you still trust the politicians . Do they deliver on their promises . Or do they just say what you want to hear to win your vote . Let us know, use the hashtag bbc Business Live. A very warm welcome to the programme. Do get in touch with your thoughts. The Prime Minister has formed a new government, and today she will be holding her first Cabinet Meeting says the election. Senior ministers reappointed by theresa may have publicly given hubbard backing, but several are reported to have demanded greater influence in return for their support. Meanwhile, the uncertainty caused by the General Election has led Business Confidence in the uk to sink through the floor. That is according to a lobby group that did according to a lobby group that did
With aaron and World Business report. Never mind those Exploding Phones samsungs on track for its best profit in years and pledges to put the Galaxy Note 7 debacle behind it. Plus, technology, trade and trump. The boss of sony tells us why goods and information must keep flowing freely. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. Also coming up, mr trump locks horns with toyota over plans to build a new car plant in mexico. But first we start with samsung. In the last few hours South Korean Tech Giant has said its on track for the best quarterly profits in more than three years. Its a major boost for the company after the exploding Smartphone Scandal that put a serious dent in its reputation. Lets give you the numbers. In the three months to the end of december, samsung is forecasting profits of 7. 8 billion. Thats up by half on the same period last year, much better than expected and the best quarter since mid 2013. That might come as a surprise as we know samsung was force
Swallowing up five smaller rivals. Will the new mega bank be able to compete globally . And it is the final countdown, singapore turns of its two G Wireless Network this weekend, rendering old phones useless. 2g. Its a friday, everyone, good morning, asia, hello, world, thanks for watching the Asia Business report, im rico hizon. Does bigger mean better when it comes to Financial Institutions . This weekend five indian banks will begin the process of merging with the state bank of india. Its already the countrys largest bank but after the merger it will be one of the largest in the world. The government hopes the move will clean up the system and get banks performing again. We ta ke and get banks performing again. We take a look. Hsbc, bank of china, bnp paribas, Jp Morgan Chase they are some of the largest banks in the world and now an indian bank will bejoining their ranks. The state bank of india, indias largest Public Sector bank, is merging with five subsidiaries. It will create a
All right, thats going to do it for this edition of way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning look at that, willie. That is a beautiful view. Beautiful day. Its a Beautiful Day. Last couple , not so beautiful. Its thursday, august the 14th. Great to have you here with us. Along with you, we have got washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay and nick consori and then with bloomberg news, al hunt. Yesterday, willie, really bad storms out there. Did you see some of the pictures . Even out here on long island. Cars on the highways up to their roofs. Looked like a river. It was. Yeah, parts of the midatlantic and northeast cleaning up and drying out after heavy rains sparked flooding across several states. The hardest appeared to be long island. Islip 13. 27 inches in under 24 hours and more than a foot in less than a day. More than the region receives in an entire summer. The rainfall shattered previous records and a lot of cars abandoned and a lot of people h
On this sunday night, mall shooting. The identity of the shooter and his victims revealed as hard questions are raised about mall security. To the streets, the deepening crisis and growing violence at a country divided. Tonight, were on the battle lines of ukraine. Good enonough to eat . This man says yes. And in his store, everything will be cheap for those willing to ignore those sellby dates. And bragging rights. They may be on the field in new jersey, but the battle for super bowl dollars, new york is their kind of town. Good evening. We now know who he is, but why he opened fire in a crowded Maryland Mall yesterday and what his ultimate plan was remains a mystery tonight. Two store workers were killed along with the shooter now identified as 19yearold darion aguilar, who took his own life. He had plenty of ammunition and even crude explosives. On the heels of other recent mall attacks comes the question, can we better secure these sprawling complexes . Reporter 21yearold Brianna B