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On the bbc sounds app. Some other stories now. An unexploded world war ii bomb that was found in plymouth has been put in the sea to be detonated. Thousands of people were evacuated as the bomb was taken through the city. The 500kg device was transported by the military after it was found buried in a garden on tuesday. Germany has become the latest country in europe to legalise cannabis. The law will come into effect in april and it will apply to over 18s only, but it does come with strict rules...

Javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread will be using her own experience of foster care to launch a campaign to help disadvantaged children. Children. And shell be joining us here in the studio today and in the sport this morning. Leicester city sealed the championship title last night. They beat preston three nil. What on earth is the premier League Spending cap all about . Well, ill try and work that out. And i have the sorry tale of the norwegian ingebrigtsens big contrasts across the uk through the...

Two of the nation ooegss Biggest Oil Companies down. The clock is ticking for puerto rico. Major bond payments due this weekend fwlchlt. And why netflix wants to be like pixar. Well explain. As we enter the final trading day of the month, the s p is up. The dow is higher by. 7 and the nasdaq with gains. Consumer staples, up more than 5 hitting tom intraday highs this week. Although the 52week low list everything from sugar to gold to platinum to copper to oats to the mexican peso to the aussie d...

In addition, it is hard in the circumstances to be an entrepreneur when you are outside the foremost Financial System. It is difficult to gain access to capital or form a business when you lack basic Financial Services but the good news is that many nations have made commitments to expanding Financial Service services for the poor and they understand that it is vital to Economic Development and social inclusion. As a result, they are developing Financial Inclusion policies and implementing a new...

Thank you very much for your interesting perspectives of their. The next question relates to the us and this is the third year in which we have done this. Our project specifically looking at the set of countries that robin alluded to a few moments ago, but theres a significant challenge here in the us depending on how you measure with the tens of millions of people either excluded from or at the margins of the Financial System, so the reasonable question is to ask what can we learn. So, what can...

For those of you who are wishing to post comments during the forum, we have set up a twitter feed at financialinclusion. So youre welcome to make any comments that you would like. So there are nearly two billion adults globally who do not have Bank Accounts. This makes it very difficult to Access Financial services, pay bills or transfer money to relatives. In addition, it is hard in those circumstances to be an entrepreneur when you are outside the formal Financial System. Its difficult to gain...

Impact change. That will be focused on the rise of technologies, this is about 90 minutes. I would like to welcome you to our forum on Financial Inclusion, we are web casting this event live, so wed like to welcome our viewers and also those of you who have tuned in via cspan for those of you who are wishing to post comments during the forum, we have set up a feed at financialinclusion, you are willing to make any comments you would like. There are nearly 2 billion adults globally, who do not ha...

Did you spell Bed Bath Beyond wrong did you spell it ben the first time i wrote it. You say im a stickler for detail then they think i did this im like getting flack for something that you can you take it down ill talk to my people. U. S. Equity futures at this hour lets show you whats going on now. The dow looking like it would open up higher, 32 points higher nasdaq opening about 16 1 2 points higher. S p 500 looking to open a little over 3 points higher lets go over to asia. The nikkei off a ...

Power lunch starts right now and welcome to power lunch, im Michelle Carusocabrera despite ges drag, although were watching to see if it goes positive, major averages are hitting record highs again dow, s p 500 on track for their sixth straight week of gains check out some of the movers the Home Builders are higher, the etf that tracks them, itb, trading at a more than tenyear high on pace for its eighth consecutive weekly gain. P mp p g down 8 . Paypal rallying on its earnings beat brian . Than...

Cspan2s book tv. Transportation secretary elaine chao testified before a Senate Committee on the future of the federal Aviation Administration and the president s proposal to privatize the air Traffic Control system. This is just over two hours. Morning. I want to welcome secretary chao back today. This is her first time beforee the committee since being confirmed. Secretary, i want to thank you for appearing before us today to discuss reauthorization of thehe faa. We arend working hard on a bip...