Debt crisis in greece is back in focus. Well tell you all you need to know. And well be getting the inside track on one mans effort to make musical millions. It might look like a kids toy, but with some of the biggest names in music want to get their hands on it, we meet the man behind the lightblock pad. So today we want to know, what was your first Musical Instrument . Did you learn at school . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to Business Live. Violin. It was good, bad and ugly we begin with us President Donald Trump who is about to leave saudi arabia on his way to israel. Thats his next stop on his foreign tour. Over the weekend in riyadh he signed agreements Worth Hundreds of billions of dollars between saudi and american firms. The deals are said to be worth more than 350 billion over the next ten years and build on americas decades Long Alliance with the Worlds Largest oil producer. Now saudi arabia is trying to diversify its economy away from oil after Crude
Party representatives. Well have more from huw in a moment. The other main stories on bbc news at five. Jailed for 15 years the Breast Surgeon who carried out a series of unnecessary operations at hospitals in the West Midlands. He took everything away from me. Up until today its been going on since the 90s and only today ive got justice. He took away my youth. Preparations are underway at old trafford Cricket Ground for a concert honouring victims of the manchester bombing. And Arsene Wenger signs up to two more years as Arsenal Manager and says he wants to win next years Premier League title. Its 5 oclock. Were in cambridge at the senate house of the university the venue for one of the biggest debates of this Election Campaign, with just eight days to polling day. Seven Party Representatives will be taking part and they will include the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn who announced earlier today that he was cancelling his campaign visit to the South West Of England to attend this debate.
Shadow brexit secretary, the portuguese finance minister, and a Brexit Committee member. The Vice President of the European Commission also joins us a little later on. The four we get the brussels, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres nejra cehic. Nejra President Trump will be briefed later on various ways to implement comprehensive tax code changes. He will be presented with possible changes i officials including gary cohn. That is according to people familiar with the meeting. French president ial candidate Francois Fillons wife penelope has been charged in the fake jobs probe according to reports by french Media Outlets citing unidentified judicial sources. Her husband has been charged with graft, which he denies. Calls to an olivia fillons lawyer were not immediately returned. Blackrock is said to be shaking up its unit by cutting jobs, reorganizing funds, and lowering fees according to a person familiar with the matter. The revamp moves money into cheaper offe
Im telling you, it is not happening. I would love to be wrong on this, but the stars are not aligning. He cant hear me, can he . Stuart yes he can. Neil forget i just said. I agree with everything peter said. He is a genius. A look at all of this. This is not sorting out for the dow. As stuart told you, global tensions, tillerson, our secretary of state in russia being ignored. I think the biggest factor weighing on stocks, helping bond prices as the yield comes down, the price goes up, they envisioning less stimulus coming their way and perfect variety for bonds. Now all of a sudden we see a scenario where it is possible, possible, tax cuts dont materialize anytime soon if at all this year. This one i would love to be wrong. Im telling rarely am, america. Im just telling you. Well watch it closely, tax cuts get delayed, cant agree on valueadded tax or border tax or all the other measures pay for tax cut if youre in the camp that says you ve to do that. Not adding up for stocks for now
It is nice enough to have class outside today. Press. Rden i want to start off this afternoon by a quick comment on the tragic and heartbreaking. Vents that unfolded i want to make sure that i acknowledged our thoughts and prayers got to all of the families of the three victims and we hope for a speedy and full recovery for those who were wounded. The president this morning led a discussion with some of the top thinking about how the government can modernize and provide a better, more Efficient Service to the american people. The Companies Represented in the room included nearly 4 Million People worldwide and at least point 1ion one. 78 million americans here in our nation. Starting in small, interactive groups, the cabinet members share their strategic perspectives on how they might achievosr discussions with the president. The meeting was hosted by the office of American Innovation and it was another opportunity for the administration to engage private sector and harness its knowledg