In many aspects, they control everything. So the biggest challenge, Title Contenders the last two seasons, they are there. And they will be there for many years because they created That squad, a young team. So it is another good test but they are in september. So i like to see the team, we are better than the past. On Saturday Night there will be 96,000 boxing fans inside Wembley Stadium for the british Heavyweight Fight between Anthonyjoshua And Daniel dubois, with the Ibf World Title on the line. That would be a record for a Sporting Event at the stadium. 0ur Boxing Reporter Ade Adedoyin is there. The organisers have tried to add a bit of Glitz And Glamour to this promotion by staging some of the Media Events here in london. And perhaps fitting in london. And perhaps fitting in with anthonyjoshua achieving a Landmark Moment in his career. The Landmark Moment i am talking about is, he wins, hejoins a very i am talking about is, he wins, he joins a very exclusive club. You are walking
more than 3/10 of a percent. this is what they call a bull run. the market s been on the upswing since october 2022, and it s thanks to a few tailwinds. among them, an outperforming tech sector and a resilient labour market. the federal reserve has a role too. so far it s been able to cool inflation without tipping the economy into a recession. that s called a soft landing and it s buoying wall street. stocks are rallying in anticipation of interest rate cuts that the fed has signalled this year, which would let interest rates fall from a 22 year high. when interest rates go down, it makes it cheaper for businesses and individuals to borrow money. so spending increases and usually that makes stock prices go up. meanwhile, it s a different story for the chinese stock markets, which have been struggling in the new year. chinese premier li qiang pledged to take forceful and effective action to support market confidence. shares in mainland china and in hong kong have been hoverin
among them, an outperforming tech sector and a resilient labour market. the federal reserve has a role too. so far it s been able to cool inflation without tipping the economy into a recession. that s called a soft landing and it s buoying wall street. stocks are rallying in anticipation of interest rate cuts that the fed has signalled this year, which would let interest rates fall from a 22 year high. when interest rates go down, it makes it cheaper for businesses and individuals to borrow money. so spending increases and usually that makes stock prices go up. meanwhile, it s a different story for the chinese stock markets, which have been struggling in the new year. chinese premier li qiang pledged to take forceful and effective action to support market confidence. shares in mainland china and in hong kong have been hovering at their lowest points in as many years. this comes despite somewhat upbeat signals at the end of last year. for more on what we can expect from china,
hello and welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion dollars, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion dollars by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. where are we up to with these negotiations? fist where are we up to with these negotiations? where are we up to with these negotiations? where are we up to with these ne . otiations? ., ., negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything new negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything new for negotiations?
jerome powell is due for a second day of testimony in front of lawmakers and his words literally move markets. on tuesday, he warned that the price of borrowing that s the base us interest rate may have to be raised more than many hoped and markets quickly took a dive. with a sell off in the us and asia. here s how it s being picked up in europe today. this is the state of play, inheriting some of that uncertainty that started in the us and translated through to asia. there is cam coming back to those numbers but markets are still trying to work out what all of this could mean for them. samra hussain is in new york for us. talk to me about what we heard yesterday and why markets are nervous about what could be coming down the line. nervous about what could be coming down the line- down the line. when we spoke on monday we down the line. when we spoke on monday we talked down the line. when we spoke on monday we talked about - down the line. when we spoke on monday we