Meanwhile, german finance minister tells cnbc his country is ready for any brexit end result we are well prepared for both tesco rises after reporting a better than expected full year profit and hiking its dividend, but the british grocer says Market Conditions remain uncertain. And a u. S. Indictment weighs on indivior. An illegal marketing scheme began before they spun off back in 2014. Well, good morning welcome to street signs. European markets this morning trading higher despite a soft handover from wall street yesterday as well as another downgrade to those Global Growth forecasts from the imf investors today largely in wait and see mode its a big day for Monetary Policy with the fed march Meeting Minutes coming out layer today, and before that we have the ecb meeting here in europe on top of all that, politics remain front and center as well with brexit taking focus weve got that emergency e. U. Summit taking place later today where well look for guidance on what the e. U. Decid
Now. [inaudible conversations] good morning again and please take your seats. We are about to begin. Thank you so much. Good morning again. Id like to welcome you to Miami Book Fair. The 35th edition. Im so proud to have served as a volunteer for 29 years and loving every minute of it. So thank you so much. [applause] Miamidade College is so proud to host Miami Book Fair here at our college that serves over 165,000 students. And talking about, you know, students, faculty and staff. Those are among the hundreds of volunteers that make Miami Book Fair happen each and every year. In addition to that, id like to recognize the many youngsters from our school system, from our area institutions, as well as others in the community who also volunteer their time to make sure that this book fair is as special as it is every single year. And as you know, Miami Book Fair is actually year round. So many facts, particularly Miami Book Fairs circle of friends. I know many of you are again in the audie
Volunteer for 29 years and loving every minute of it thank you so much. Miamidade is so proud to host Miami Book Fair here serving 165,000 people and talking about students and faculty and staff and with those volunteers thate make it happen each and every year. To recognize those youngsters from the School System in the area institutions as well as others in the community who also volunteer their time to make sure it is as special every year in Miami Book Fair is yearround so thanks to the circle of friends i know you again or in the audience today but to the sponsors the Bachelor Foundation north america and so many other that give up their support for the yearround Miami Book Fair and the street fair that they all take place in a very special way. So let me ask you to turn off your devices and enjoy the program there will be a question andou answer period so step to the middle of the room where there is a podium. One question only to get all of the questions and i am so proud to ser
To thank our sponsors, oh l, the knight foundation, the degroot foundation, Bachelor Foundation and so many other sponsors without whom the Miami Book Fair would not happen. In addition to that the many volunteers from miamidade college, students, faculty, staff, along with hundreds of other volunteers, those young at heart from middle and high school and four seasons, very generously of their time. This is no exception. A Wonderful Program for you, at the street fair. Miami Book Fair International is yearround. Did you know that . We have so many presentations of authors, to partake of those of the friends circle. Thank you so much. We can applaud them. Thank you for being part of Miami Book Fair international and so many of you each and every year have provided support, a, robbery that makes this fair so special. Thanks to each and everyone of your friends. We will have a question and answer period. We approach the mic in the middle of the room, ask a question and i ask you just take
Francine welcome to bloomberg surveillance, i am Francine Lacqua in london. It is a big markets day. We did see a big selloff in the u. S. , and onto asia. This is what we are thing on the stoxx 600 in europe. , there is not a catalyst, but earnings came in shy. Chief executives were warning about the trade war, so there is a justness out there. The tech stocks took a beating. The dax is down 3 . The ftse is one of the biggest losers. There is political concern out there. The market could go into a bear market. Week was closed, we saw a lot of volatility. 5. 2 lower. We are trying to figure out what prompted the selloff, but it does seem that equities are shifting on the impact of trade, and sentiment is turning sour. We will get back to your markets area first the first word news. Yesterdays rout on wall street was a correction, and not a reflection of a systemic issue according to the president. Fresh concern about the trade war with china, and a selloff sparked. Americans may not be