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no early christmas present on wall street as the dow s rally fizzles just short of 20,000. plus, an expensive day in court a brazilian firm agrees to pay around $3 billion to settle corruption charges, the biggest bribery fine in history. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme, we look at the man who will head a newly formed white house national trade council and what that means for china. but first, we start on wall street, where it seems this chap has made an appearance. because the grinch has, temporarily at least, stolen christmas. they ve been calling it a ‘santa rally,‘ and after a week of record closes investors were expecting to celebrate the dow jones industrial average hitting 20,000 points for the first time on wednesday. instead they got this the dow closed down 32 points at 19,941.96. it got within 15 points of 20,000 before falling back. market watchers say investors have been cashing in their profits after what has be ....
for a bespoke dealfor the uk and it is reported one important theme, the prime minister will be respectful to the 27 other leaders of eu and say she wants a deal that works for the whole of the uk and a deal that works for the rest of the uk, because unlike donald trump, she wants the eu to thrive. so we thought we would look at some of these issues. a centralised european government would be a nightmare. such a europe can, in its economic and political strength, be a superpower. a superpower, but not a superstate. we will give the british people a referendum with a simple in or out choice. thatcher in bruges, blair in warsaw, cameron at bloomburg, and now theresa may closer to home. we have been waiting a long time for this moment, but the prime minister will deliver her definitive speech on europe as she explains how she is going to take the uk out of the eu. it will be detailed, as she answers critics who have chided herfor relying on platitudes such as brexit means ....
nigeria s agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. when president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. there is widespread food insecurity in the north and growing unrest. why can t this oil rich nation with plenty of farmland feed its own people and enjoy greater stability? minister audu ogbeh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting me here. we ve seen 2 million people displaced by boko haram in the north of nigeria. terrible food insecurity there now. the un humanitarian office is warning of severe food shortages. nearly half a million children face acute malnutrition and that people will die if aid is not given. are you managing to get these people some food to eat? we are managing to get them some food. my ministry sent over 10,000 tonnes of grain, about four months ago. on a regular basis the national emergency management authority sends anythi ....
of the delegates of the annual world economic forum nigeria s agriculture minister, audu ogbeh. when president buhari came to power 18 months ago, he raised hopes that he would reform the country. instead, nigeria is involved in its worst recession for 20 years. there is widespread food insecurity in the north and growing unrest. why can t this oil rich nation with plenty of farmland feed its own people and enjoy greater stability? minister audu ogbeh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting me here. we ve seen 2 million people displaced by boko haram in the north of nigeria. terrible food insecurity there now. the un humanitarian office is warning of severe food shortages. nearly half a million children face acute malnutrition and that people will die if aid is not given. are you managing to get these people some food to eat? we are managing to get them some food. my ministry sent over 10,000 tonnes of grain, about four months ago. on a regular basis th ....
have belief in my players and i feel they are playing well, keep spirits high and we will come out and get them again tomorrow. ronnie o sullivan is out of snooker‘s world grand prix in preston after losing in the second round to australia s neil robertson. o sullivan could only sit and watch as the world number seven knocked in a break 83 to take the match 4 1. robertson went on to play barry hawkins in the quarterfinals both of them playing two matches in one day. hawkins came out on top in this one, 4 2. that s all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. finally! hello and welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. if front pages then in english. the mail warns of council tax rises comes most areas face increases of 5%. greek‘s finances are the ft‘s top story. the mattresses problems facing the nhs are even worse, reporting the 25,000 people at waiting for cancer treatment. and the mirror reports on the lowest rate o ....