By the computer chips flaws, well be getting the inside track on that and all the big stories of the week with our economics editor kamal ahmed. Today we want to know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start in new york, where the temperatures may be sub zero but the Financial Markets are hotter than ever. Us shares hit new record highs yet again on thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial average closing above 25,000 points for the first time. Its all being driven by wall street optimism about the state of the worlds biggest economy and, despite all the controversy in the white house, the pro growth policies of President Trump. On thursday, a report showed the us private sector created 250,000 newjobs in december a third more than was expected. That could bode well for official us jobs numbers out later today. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve revealed it has boosted its growth forecast for the us economy this year to 2. 5 keeping up the pace seen
A latte levy or a flat white tax . Mps says drinkers using disposable cups should be charged an extra 25p to encourage them to switch to reusable versions. Bringing strong winds and blizzards. Its the tenth day of record breaking low temperatures, which have already claimed several lives. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting criticism this morning of the parole boards decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. The chair of the house of Commons Home Affairs committee, yvette cooper, said she was really shocked that he was being freed, and she called on the board to set out the reasons for its decision. The chairman of the board, nick hardwick, says he recognises theres a lack of transparency in the system, and will be launching a public consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For
To encourage them to switch to reusable versions. And a severe winter storm hits the eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting criticism this morning of the parole boards decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. The chair of the house of Commons Home Affairs committee, yvette cooper, said she was really shocked that he was being freed, and she called on the board to set out the reasons for its decision. The chairman of the board, nick hardwick, says he recognises theres a lack of transparency in the system, and will be launching a public consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For six years, john worboys cruised smart areas of london in his black cab, looking for women to drug and
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At midnight to get hold of the explosive new book that President Trump tried to stop, the author speaks out. They all say hes like a child, he has a need for immediate gratification. Its all about him. The latte levy could a 25p tax on disposable coffee cups improve recycling . And coming up in the sport on bbc news, frustration for englands bowlers in the final ashes test. Steve smith and Usman Khawaja score freely in sydney to put australia on top. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The chair of the parole board has apologised unreservedly to victims of the serial sex attacker john worboys, after some of them were not told hes to be released from prison. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009, for offences against 12 women but detectives later said they believed hed attacked more than 100 women between 2002 and 2008. A group of mps has written to thejustice secretary, calling for an investigation into whether the views of worboys victims were heard in the decision to