While Takeaway Dinners may be popular with the General Public, well find out today whether they have much appetite for investing in one of the companies that delivers them. From wednesday, shares in deliveroo will be freely tradable, after the firms disappointing Stock Market Debut last week when a number of major uk investors expressed concerns about its Business Model and whether tighter regulation of its gig workers would make them more expensive. Joining me now is russ shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates and global tech advocates. What do you expect from today when General Public can start trading its shares . Will this be more promising than last week . Im will this be more promising than last week . Im definitely more optimistic and lets than last week . Im definitely more optimistic and lets face i more optimistic and lets face it, it was a disappointing start last weekend evaluation from where it was initially targeted to where it is now is about £2 billion lower so i think
Warning against seating Telecom Infrastructure to china. We get reaction to that. And tesla turned our heads this week. Look back at some of the biggest stories in tech. To our top story, u. S. Equities headed into the Holiday Weekend on a positive note after the release of steady figures for retail cells and with investors continuing to weigh contrasting data from china on the spread of the coronavirus. The s p 500 closed at record high after swinging between small gains and losses in fridays session. To discuss todays Market Performance and technology we are joined by laura kane of ubs. To kick us off, i want to take a look i am showing from my terminal. As you know, the trade of 2019 was u. S. Versus the rest of the world. I was speaking with david kelly, the global cio of jp morgan Asset Management who was trying to make the case for over waiting International Equities. Are you still trying to overweight International Equities or do you think it is u. S. Versus the rest of the worl
As china and america edge towards a deal. Also on the programme this is the man who is billions of dollars poorer after weworks dramatic fall from grace. Well assess how Masayoshi Son got it so wrong. Talking of offices is your workplace up to the job . Well get the inside track on the changing face of the workplace with a boss of a global architectural firm. So today we want to know are you happy with where you work . What are the benefits of your own space or an open plan environment . Let us know your thoughts. Just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A warm welcome to your friday edition of worklife. Today were focusing on the changing face of entertainment. And the force is with walt disney, the house of mouse, which has been expanding its empire and is about to enter the world of streaming. Money coming into disney or revenue was over 19 billion dollars up by more than a third on this time last year. It was boosted by its takeover of 21st century fox which now finally gives it all the r
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 spark new trade tensions, with the Trump Administration launching an investigation to see whether the move unfairly targets us firms. The plan, masterminded by french finance minister bruno de maire, is for a 3 Digital Services tax on all revenues rather than profits made in france. It will hit all companies with global revenues of more than 843 million. Around 30 Tech Companies are likely to be affected, mostly from the us. The French Finance Ministry estimates that the tax will raise more than 500 million this year, with that figure rising in future years. France failed to persuade eu partners to impose a euro