Deutsche bank in the crosshairs, u. S. Investigators with the malaysia scandal investment fund. The tale of two listings. Budweiser asia offering is set to price later today. Less than half an hour until the start of European Equity trading. Ftse futures look like this, positive, as if we will get more out of the minutes or Powell Comments we heard yesterday. Storyle catchup, the before that session is a positive one. Lets see where we are on the asian session. A strong session, fully pricing in everything we heard from paolo overnight. The expectations for july have an cemented. The jobs report on friday did not change the fed thinking on what should be done with insurance cuts against the slowdown globally. Higher. Arkets going this is the fx picture. The japanese yen on the rise. The dollar retreating. Lets put up the other side and show the fixed income side. There are bigger questions about what happens to sovereign trade if we look to reinflate the u. S. Economy. In terms of the
The Financial Markets in europe have opened and are looking positive for now. And would you let a Computer Pick your outfit . Well be hearing from the online personal Shopping Service whose stylists get a helping hand from technology. Today we want to know are you concerned about the impact sugary drinks are having on your health . New Research Shows it increase the chances of getting cancer, so to what extent do you choose what you eat based on health . And should beat drinks industry take more responsibility . Get in touch should the drinks industry take more responsibility . Hello and welcome to business live. We start in france where a pioneering tax on tech firms is expected to be approved by the senate today, after clearing the lower house last week. It comes amid public anger across the continent at tax avoidance by the likes of google, amazon and facebook, who locate their eu headquarters in low tax countries and pay virtually nothing elsewhere. But it has already threatened to
Fruitjuices and fizzy drinks are linked to increased chances of getting cancer, according to a major new study. The French Parliament approves a new tax on Technology Giants that could provoke retaliation from the United States. Crunch time as england take on australia at edgbaston the winners will play new zealand in the final at lords on sunday. Dream start for england. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Three iranian boats have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker near the island of abu musa in the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf, a strategically important passage in the oil and gas trade. The uks ministry of defence said the iranian boats, believed to belong to the revolutionary guards, asked the oil tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a british warship was positioned between them and the oil tanker, and a warning was issued. Iran has denied any encounter between its forces and foreign ships in the last 2a hours. Relations between iran and
Thunderstorms my breaking out and into scotland as well. The reason why is low pressure moving across the British Isles at the moment and its moving across scotland. This is where we are going to see some of the heavier downpours, with the risk of flash flooding particularly across the eastern side of scotland this afternoon. It is eastern scotland, down into parts of north east england, where, if you do catch a thunderstorm you could see may be 20 30 millimetres of rain in an hour. Theyll be fairly slow moving. You can pick out one or two in the midlands and east anglia, maybe 10 15 millimetres of rain so the potential for some disruption. May be rather drizzly towards west facing welsh hills and its a rather muqqy facing welsh hills and its a rather muggy, warm afternoon out there, very pleasant if you get to see some sunshine and many places will be dry with sunny spells, but through the Late Afternoon into this evening just a closer look at where we are expecting some of the thunde
Of 125 so, that is just a touch below expectations the headline index, that is easily beating expectations. Lets get instant reaction to this from annette. The key question here, to what extent did this already factor in the collapse of the Coalition Talks . Would this have been reflected in this result actually, the cut off date of that poll by ifo is yesterday. There is a fraction of respondents who have factored that in in their response. Ifo is also saying the majority of clients are responding in the first two weeks. So, bottom line is there is only a slight effect of the collapse talks in the numbers setting these things aside, there are many people also, the German Economic Council of economic experts, who say those failed talks should not necessarily dampen the Economic Conditions and the outlook for the economy. Because its quite clear in the end well get some sort of government, whether it takes a month or two or three longer wouldnt be much of a problem for the economy and t