of investments approved investments both foreign and local actually jumped a whopping ninety one percent in january year on year now that brings the philippine investment authorities to their goal of reaching one well one trillion puzzle marks about about fifty two billion dollars i talked about earlier so that s a marker that has yet to be passed so this is quite a big deal it s important to note how. that these are approved investments meaning companies are planning to invest this money it s not actually there yet but if you look at the central bank of the philippines figures now they ve just released data saying about foreign direct investment is actually on a four month losing streak with the period of reporting ending in november so long story short if you re looking here for an investment redemption story where investors have got a new sort of paradigm now and investor confidence is returning to the country it s really too early to say whether that s happening or not. terry and s
is going on between two u.s. media heavyweights for most of the assets of twenty first century fox disney it was widely tipped to take over its small arrival with a bit of over fifty two billion dollars but now comcast has offered twenty percent more it s willing to pay some sixty five billion dollars fox s board must now decide which company to choose if the board decides to calm passive chances disney will a five business days to respond by the larger offer analysts believe fox s biggest shareholder the murdoch family will reject the comcast bid for tax reasons. and that s all your business for now it s spectrometer thanks get. today marks the one year anniversary of the grenfell tower fire in best london the tragedy was the u.k. s deadliest days since the second world war at midday the nation including the queen observed a moment of suns lasting over seventy seconds one for each victim of the blaze.
a roadmap today or they could wait until the next opportunity in july to do so now an argument for doing so today would be improved expectations around wages around wages and inflation and that would allow more time for markets to repair on the other hand waiting another six weeks would allow them to assess the risks more appropriately that are potentially coming out of italy to the eurozone as well as a recent economic slowdown so as usual a fine line for mario draghi and his colleagues to walk their own so you have homes in the afternoon thank you very much you know them alone in front of. a bidding war is going on between two u.s. media heavyweights for most of the assets of twenty first century fox disney was widely tipped to take over its small arrival with a bit of over fifty two billion dollars but now come cos has offered twenty percent more of its willing to pay some sixty five billion dollars fox s board must now
too but also the american people chris on this important and the general public they can make additional pressure they are making actually traditional pressure on defending a fair and open internet by putting pressure on their members of congress there actually some republicans who are against this repeal so there is also a chance to make this work in a different way and. the f.c.c. does away from washington after all it is old carolyn a few more in washington thank you so much thank you so watching certain movies on the web may become more difficult in the united states soon in the meantime entertainment giant disney is propping up its online presence earlier today disney announced that it was spending fifty two billion dollars to buy a big chunk of twenty first century fox the deal will see disney take over its filled and t.v. studios as well as cable and international t.v. operations disney s hoping the addition of fox s assets could help promote
a deal in the entertainment industry disney is to spend fifty two billion dollars to buy a big chunk of twenty first century fox the deal will see disney take over its film and t.v. studios as well as cable and international t.v. operations before the buyout folks will separate its broadcasting network and stations into a new listed company that will be spun off to shareholders the announcement comes as entertainment companies struggle to compete with online services disney is hoping the addition of fox s assets could help promote its streaming services. greece says it ll have enough wiggle room to cut taxes come twenty nineteen that s when the nation exits its third multi billion euro bailout until then the austerity will continue and greeks will keep taking to the streets like in today s general strike against the budget the parliament votes on next week. the turnout of sixteen thousand here in athens was enough to bring public transport and government