News from some of the worlds biggest companies. Well talk you through the winners and the losers. Now, is a five day working week essential to make it to the top . Later in the programme well be speaking to bibi hilton. Shes a high flying Advertising Boss whos just been named on this years part time power list. Ad were talking robots again. Computerised hedge funds havejoined the ranks of the top performers and theyre beating us at poker. We want to know would you trust your cash with man or a machine . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Just put your cash in a tin under the bed no, thats not my advice by the bed no, thats not my advice by the way. Thats just what some people are doing with it at the moment bp the us army has been ordered to allow the construction of the final section of a controversial Major Oil Pipeline in north dakota. Its a project supported by President Trump and that perhaps reflects his support for fossil fuels which is just one of a growing number of differences
Chancellor merkel heads to the white house amid growing us complaints that german business isnt playing fair. Plus, a yawning hole in our finances. We lack of sleep could be if . . . G; l . . . inhiieiufefiif billions from the global wiping billions from the global economy. Welcome to World Business report we start in the us where President Trump will be hosting german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house later. Coming up, singapore has its best month for trade in five years. Now, back to the us, and their meeting w eitfiteetitiq germany later. The two nations are Major Trading partners but theres been growing concern on the us side that their relationship is simply not fair. The rhetoric has raised fears of a damaging trade war. Let me show you why. Last year the us sold 49 billion worth of goods to germany everything from Boeing Airliners to pfizermedicifieif . , that sounds like a healthy figure until you look at this one elli; 531e§3§5§§z5§; thats a lot of bmws not to
Borrowing in the us could mean for the rest of the world, and the car industrys big problems with the testing, Business Editor simon jack will be here to explain all. And today we want to know what is you from getting a good stopping you from getting a good nights sleep, and does it affect your work . Let us know on twitter. We start in the us where President Trump will be hosting german chancellor Angela Merkel at the white house later. Relationship is simply not fair. The rhetoric has raised fears of a damaging trade war. Let me show you why. Last year, the us sold 49 billion worth of goods to germany, everything from Boeing Airliners to pfizer medicines. That sounds like a healthy figure until you look at this one, age. ee ; g. Germany sold to the us. Thats a lot of bmws, not to mention everything from industrial machinery to medicines. Its more than double. And it puts the difference, known as americas trade deficit with germany, at 65 billion. Thats a bigger deficit than the us ha
Would the media like to hear Mick Mulvaneys report or would you find it extraordinarily boring and therefore not fit for camera . Yes, please. Would you like to hear it . Yes, please. Why dont we do this. Well say grace afterwards. We are actually going t use that as an opportunity to take a bit of a break here. President trump there, weekly cabinet meeting, calling on his Budget Director Mick Mulvaney for a presentation. We will go back when the president starts to take some questions there from reporters who have assembled in the room. Craig melvin here once again from mcallen, texas. You heard President Trump there going on a bit about the economy, going on a bit about the bad hand he has been dealt with regards to iran, with regards to north korea as well, and, of course, with regards to mexico. All of this coming just less than a day really after President Trump did an aboutface on his Policy Of Separating children from their parents as they illegally try to
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The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Charge of an investigation and a guy who is the subject of an investigation that just got more profound. We have to preface everything, ari, with if the account from Michael Cohen is true, blah, blah, blah. So if the account is true, it is a tremendous change in the landscape. What it does is show us two things. One, that donald trump, from the very beginning, was in on an attempt at collusion, an attempt to conspire with a plot that was described to donald trump jr. As a secret operation by the kremlin to help trump. So if trump knows about that from the very beginning, and is in on it, i think that has a lot of legal, but even more so, political implications. Plus if hes told about this, and even if nothing came out of the meeting, remember throughout the whole campaign and up to now he keeps denying or dismissing the russian operation. Could have been a 400pound guy in a basement. The