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With the british Bloodhound Team hoping to smash the Current Record of 763 miles per hour. Andrew harding was given exclusive access to the team on the salt flats of the Northern Cape of south africa. Well, the thing about the land speed record is it is the last of the amateur corinthian sports. It is done purely for the love, the fascination of it. Some people argue, well, the old cars are no more, but forget it is a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limit. Every...

It happened in the port of mexicos island of cozumel. No serious injuries have been reported. At ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, bloodhound, the story of the supercar aiming to break the land speed record. Well, the thing about the land speed record is it is the last of the amateur corinthian sports. It is done purely for the love, the fascination of it. Some people argue, well, the old cars are no more, but forget it is a car, we are pushing th...

Delivering the first model 3 made in china today. We take a look at the road ahead as it tries to charge into the future. Plus, serving up profits, find out what could be the top restaurant stock of 2020. Mornings with maria begins right now. Say, say, two thousand, year izero,zero, party, oops, out of. So tonight im going to party like its 1999. Lauren some prince this morning. Weve got a big show coming up this morning. Joining the conversation today, New York Posted tor post editd member, Ric...

Uber and lyft went on public with much fanfare. What does 2020 have been store . The s p 500 returning 46 so far this year. The last time we saw these gains was 2009 with the index returned 60 . The breakdown for what is driving this is michael regan. What is fueling this massive rally . Mike mostly chipmakers. Lam research. There has been talk about this rotation out of growth into value. Sells whatcell happened. It wasnt a great year for growth for most chip stocks. It is about the next big th...

Some of the other Asset Classes are moving on a bit of news. Sterling falling, erasing the gains we saw for the currency before the general election. Going below 1. 31. The thai baht is one of the strongest currencies in this part of the world, Interest Rate. Bit later coming out Oil Inventory story, that is not the oil price but we have 60 or thereabouts. That is reflective of a growth in u. S. Inventory. Bitcoin, continuing to be there even though it is higher. A report says the cryptocurrency...

To a remote corner of south africa, close to the borders of botswana and namibia, to a place called the hakskeen pan, on the southern edge of the giant kalahari desert. So here we are, we have come to the hakskeen pan. Beautiful, flat, miles and miles of dried mud, this lake bed, surrounded by these low, dark, red brown hills. A stunningly beautiful place. We are 800 metres above sea level here, a lake bed of mud and salt that floods briefly, once every year or two, and those white tents on the ...

Now on bbc news its 22 years since a british driver broke the sound barrier and the world land speed record by driving a car across an american desert at 763mph. Today, the same man is trying to smash his own record with a new car, the bloodhound this time, in africa. Andrew harding has been following his progress. Well, the thing about the land speed record is it is the last of the amateur corinthian sports. It is done purely for the love, the fascination of it. Some people argue, well, the old...

Munster. Hospitality disruptor. Shortterm holds that combine elements of hotels and apartments. We will hear from the ceo. But first to our top story. Record highs on tuesday on averages, but Something Interesting happened during the day. The s p 500 tech index closed down slightly. Is this a sign of trouble to come . Joining us to talk about what this means is bloombergs abigail doolittle. I want to take a look at a chart im showing in my terminal which highlights some of the profit taking. I a...

Most expect it to end in the Fourth Quarter of this year. If that does not happen, that could really take a chunk out of the rally and make 2020 difficult. Plus, trade. That agreement still has to be signed. President trump indicated that could happen over the next few weeks. Then we are looking at phase 2. 2020 could bring some new risks that are not priced in, at least not now. Kurt certainly something we will be following. Thanks to bloombergs Abigail Doolittle for that update. The final stre...

This is a story about stubbornness and ingenuity, and yes, about speed, too. It is the story of a quest to design and build the worlds fastest car, and then to find a place flat enough, long enough, to actually drive it. There are not many spots on this particular planet suitable for racing faster than the speed of sound. You cant just pick a straight stretch of road. At 500, 700, 900 miles an hour, the wheels would rip apart mere tarmac, which is why we have come to a remote corner of south afr...