Some of the other Asset Classes are moving on a bit of news. Sterling falling, erasing the gains we saw for the currency before the general election. Going below 1. 31. The thai baht is one of the strongest currencies in this part of the world, Interest Rate. Bit later coming out Oil Inventory story, that is not the oil price but we have 60 or thereabouts. That is reflective of a growth in u. S. Inventory. Bitcoin, continuing to be there even though it is higher. A report says the cryptocurrency perhaps peaked two years ago and on top of that we have a lot of rivals out there. There is a crypto scam in china which is seeing unwinding of the action. That is where we are from these Asset Classes. What else is going on . Lets join su keenan. Japan and the latest economic data, japanese exports fell for a 12th straight month in november. Aat confirms little sign of pickup despite indications the slump in Global Manufacturing may have bottomed. The value of shipments abroad fell just under
A prolonged photo. Political leaders deal with challenges internal and external. Investment is being reviewed to attract investment and provide jobs. How long are you willing to wait before you take legal action . We are patient. The worlds top investors shared perspectives in a turbulent year. China iy like wish america had better industrial policy. All the Central Banks around the world are moving towards lower rates. The headlines, the trade war has put americans on their heels as far as investing in china. Juliette while hong kong has suffered political unrest for months financial leaders have faced the economic future. Mediumterm outlook for hong kong in the region continues to be positive. Juliette it is all straight ahead on this special edition of bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. I am juliette saly. On this special edition of bloomberg best, we will look back at 2019 in asia by revisiting some of the years most interesting interviews with newsmakers, policymakers and leading
The u. K. And the European Union over what the backstop would mean for the relationship between ireland and Northern Ireland. What it does instead is replaces it allows the u. K. To leave the european customs union, but there would still be some checks. Between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That is the major difference. It does also give the Northern Ireland assembly the opportunity to vote on those age thoseements on arrangements every four years. The Unionist Party in Northern Ireland says they do not back this new deal negotiated by Boris Johnson. The question is now can he get approval out of parliament on saturday. Are these changes enough to get the approval of parliament and how critical is the dup to getting the approval . Emma that is the big question. All of the action moving back to. He u. K. On saturday parliament will sit for a special saturday session where they will have the opportunity to vote on the deal. The arithmetic is difficult for Boris Johnson. He no longe
We have more on his appearance, plus reaction. And the huawei perspective. We get thoughts from the chinese telecoms Carrier Business Group on 5g, securities concerns and more. But first, our top story. Ibm fell as much as 6. 5 , the most since october 2015. This comes after the fifth consecutive quarter for posting slower sales. Joined by my am guest. Lets start with the top line decrying. Is there not enough growth from red hat to offset the cost in that core business . Yes. Frankly, this is a question of one word, which is expectations. There are a lot of expectations for red hat that paid a lot for the Company Going forward. If you look at ibms core business, they are managing it for profitability as best they can. But the Global Services segment has historically been a profit driver and a cash cow. But you have to remember as people build the hyper cloud they moveture, as more of the cloud, there needs to be in the Core Technology space that change. They will need to drive efficie
Got to come away with something hes got a very very narrow majority in the countrys parliament he doesnt control the senate so certainly he will want to return to islamabad with something tangible out of his meeting with President Trump to be able to shore up the position of his government like in washington thank you. Im still ahead on the program set for an unprecedented majority in ukraines president followed him as a lengthy snap election gamble pays off. On burning anger in the philippines thousands protest against president bush rico to take his state of the union address. So we got a really ramping up across western parts of europe at the moment might see want to see records broken over the next couple of days the air being pushed in from the south quite a bit of cloud here just tumbling across scotland down into the north sea running across scandinavia pushing down into the low countries and that will make its way further east with will be some showers and thunder pools certain