Its been a long week for barclays Ceo Jes Staley and it ends with him fooled into replying to an email he thought was sent by the banks chairman but was actually from a prankster. Well tell you what he wrote later, but first we want to know have you ever sent an email to the wrong person . Just use bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in europes economic powerhouse, because in the last half hour germany has released gdp figures for the first three months of the year, and they show an economy thats accelerating. It grew 0. 6 on the previous quarter. That translates to an annual rate of 1. 7 . Its being fuelled by Global Demand for the countrys exports, like cars and machinery. But its not all cause for celebration. Let me show you why. Last year germany clocked up its biggest ever Trade Surplus, thats how much more it exports than it imports. At 275 billion, germany has one of the biggest Trade Surpluses in the world. Its a source of tension with its neighbours and a
The annual Fall Clean Up event hosted by the city of Graham will kick off next weekend at the city convenience station. The annual event encourages various clean up methods through use of the convenience station and opportunities available during the kickoff event. Each year the city has two clean up events in Spring and Fall, with the Spring event being hosted by the Keep Graham Beautiful organization on the downtown square in collaboration with the city of Graham.