The former u. K. Prime minister slams Theresa Mays Brexit plan as unreal and overoptimistic. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance in london. Our guest host we will get to him in a second, but we have breaking news out of norway. This is the norwegian wealth fund. Returns are about 6. 9 . Normally, the sovereign wealth fund, very invested in oil, diversifying into other parts of the world, for instance real estate. They were able to return 6. 9 percent. Objectively speaking, that is not bad. Lets gobout stocks, to your data check. It is 9 00 a. M. In london and caution seems to be creeping into a lot of Financial Markets ahead of Donald Trumps address to congress. A rally in tokyo melted. Yen strengthening a touch. , 112. 41. N after a losing streak, i wanted to watch for vix. Until the french elections, that is one thing we need to watch out, at 12. 18, a touch higher. Here is nejra cehic. Nejra billionaire wilbur ross has been confirmed as u. S. Commerce secretary by the senat
Nintendos new device goes on sale around the world but can it convince gamers to switch . Plus the gadgets google wants every home to have. We hear from the companys new hardware boss. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. In a minute well talk about the currency thats become more valuable than gold. We start injapan on a huge day for Computer Games giant nintendo. It starts selling its latest device the switch. Its kind of hybrid machine combining a home console and a Mobile Device in one. And its safe it say it is a massive gamble for nintendo, which is trying to recapture its glory days as a Games Company in a fast changing industry. Some are even calling it make or break. Lets show you why gaming is very big business and growing fast. According to consultants newzoo sales will top 100 billion for the first time this year. But theres another first. Gaming on Mobile Devices mostly smartphones will take the biggest share this year, with estimated sales of 42. 5 billion. That
Going on in the financial world, i can tell you that sally is here with World Business report. Today politicians in the European Parliament get a chance to debate brexit with meps well aware they have a final say once negotiations are complete. Another brick in the wall the Bidding Process for the building of president trumps controversial wall along the Us Mexico Border has ended. We talk you through the proposals. Hello and a very warm welcome to World Business report. I am sally bundock. Also in the programme well be live in mumbai for the latest on the uk Finance Ministers trade trip to india. But first, lets start with the news that it has been a week since the United Kingdom finally gave the European Union formal notice that it wa nts to European Union formal notice that it wants to leave. And in a few hours time, today, the European Parliament is starting discussions on what it wants to see from the negotiations. And this matters because the parliament can veto any final agreeme
Ahead. Our conversation with h. R. Mcmaster. And expert analysis from across the globe. From abc, a special edition of this week. High alert, north korea. Reporting from seoul, south korea, coanchor martha raddatz. Hello, from seoul, south korea. Its evening here in the city of 10 Million People. On high alert in a week end of escalating tensions. Hours ago, yet another north Korean Missile launch. The fifth of 2017. This time, it blew up seconds after leaving the launch pad. U. S. Officials believe it was likely a mediumrange Ballistic Missile, the kind we have seen before. Still, the latest launch rattled nerves, especially after the sunday appearance saturday of what could be new longrange weapons at north koreas big anniversary parade. Canisters that appear large enough to house a missile capable of hitting the United States. Past north Korean Leader kim jongun. Green camo on huge transporters. If he, indeed, has a missile big enough to reach the United States, and if he can make a
The latest that we know about possible viewing of information by susan rice under president obama . Sen. Graham im going to ask the people who did the collection did susan rice ever request of you or your organization the unmasking of somebody caught up in incidental collection, particularly a trump person . If she did, then i want her to come in and say why she requested that and what she did with it. Sharyl nine out of ten times, the i. R. S. Seized money that americans had obtained legally. Robert johnson the i. R. S. Was basically trolling through peoples Bank Statements rather than going to that person and saying, hey, you know whats going on here, is there some sort of explanation . Instead, they would just seize the entire bank account and then they would hold it. Sharyl welcome to full measure. Im sharyl attkisson. Next week, french voters go to the polls in the first round of a president ial election. One candidate, Marine Le Pen, is drawing much of the attention and concern.