On the last few days. The ftse just starting up a little bit. Well take a look at what this means for prices at the pump. And following the vice like grip of the handshake between president s trump and macron, were getting to grips with the perfect greeting and asking how important is the handshake . Hello and welcome to Business Live. Yesterday it was nato, today its the g7. A different place, sicily this time, a different combination of world leaders, a different agenda. Lets take a look at why its important. These seven countries account for getting on for half of the worlds wealth about 46 . But many of them are struggling with comparatively stagnant economies. The International Monetary fund is forecasting the worlds economy will grow by 3. 5 this year, butjust1. 9 in the g7. Also high on the list of worries the rise of Trade Protectionism after President Trump came to power promising to put america first. The other g7 members will be pushing him to soften this position. Then ther
Well on the way to 2 billion friends facebook gets more popular, more profitable and more powerful than ever before. Plus, driving a brexit bargain why britains the place to snap up a cut price supercar. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme a rare bit of good news for mexicos car industry but first. We start with facebook because despite predictions of a slowdown, the worlds Biggest Social Network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. Late on wednesday it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. They round off another year of rapid growth that has seen it become one of the biggest advertising businesses on earth. Its massive reach has also of course raised concerns about the amount of influence it can have and the reliability of information thats shared on it. So lets give you an idea of how big facebook now is. By the end of last year, over 1. 86 billion people Around The World were logging on at leas
In two weeks, despite the setback created by that vote. The Daily Express says the House Of Lords will fail in its bid to derail the governments plans for a hard brexit. The times leads with record highs. Highs for stockmarkets on both sides of the atlantic after President Trumps first speech to congress. The i has a Police Watchdog warning about the perilous state of policing which it says is on the verge of a National Crisis because of cutbacks to services. And the daily mail takes up that issue too claiming Tens Of Thousands of Crime Suspects are on the loose because of substandard policing. Now its time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. For years, the Israeli Palestinian conflict has been stuck, condemned to repeat itself year in, year out. But now, something has changed. The two protagonists remain deaf to each others demands, but there is a new us president , who seems to care little for washingtons long established quest for a Two State Solution. So what does
In two weeks, despite the setback created by that vote. The Daily Express says the House Of Lords will fail in its bid to derail the governments plans for a hard brexit. The times leads with record highs. Highs for stockmarkets on both sides of the atlantic after President Trumps first speech to congress. The i has a Police Watchdog warning about the perilous state of policing which it says is on the verge of a National Crisis because of cutbacks to services. And the daily mail takes up that issue too claiming Tens Of Thousands of Crime Suspects are on the loose because of substandard policing. Now its time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. For years, the Israeli Palestinian conflict has been stuck, condemned to repeat itself year in, year out. But now, something has changed. The two protagonists remain deaf to each others demands, but there is a new us president , who seems to care little for washingtons long established quest for a Two State Solution. So what does
Investors scramble for snapchat, in the biggest Tech Flotation since twitter. But is the app a Cash Cow Orjust a craze . Plus, coming up on netflix the boss tells us his plans for the Internet Tv Giant as it heads towards 100 million users. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme up up and away the us markets blast through previous record highs, the global rally is continuing in asia. Details in a moment. We start on wall street where investors are gearing up for what could be the biggest and certainly the most hyped Technology Flotation since twitter in back 2013 or even facebook the year before. In a few hours time shares in snap the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat Will Begin Trading on the new york stock exchange. The big question will it end up a Stock Market Giant like facebook or, like twitter, a bit of a flop . Heres what we know so far the flotation has been hugely oversubscribed there were as many as ten orders for every share. Thats all