kim gittleson went there to find out what role it's playing in the race. how you doing, sir? i didn't mean to disturb you. for the past few weeks, derek morris has been going door to door to convince his fellow steel workers to vote for labour friendly candidates. he's talked about health care and outsourcing, but one subject has been complicated — tariffs. it's helping some in the steel industry but it's hurting the farmers. so you help us, but you hurt them. at the end of the day, it's not about substance. he's not the only one struggling to figure out where trade fits in this particular election battle. phil ramsay has been a farmer his entire life, but this year he's only sold half his soy harvest after demand dried up due to a trade war between the us and china. although indiana is heavily reliant on agriculture and manufacturing, tariffs have yet to really be felt here economically, which is why voters have chosen to focus on other issues. i don't think tariffs are going to have much to do

kim gittleson, bbc news, indianapolis. that's it for the business briefing this hour. has found that1 in 11 radiographer posts in the nhs is vacant and could be a key cause of delays in patients receiving tests and scans to diagnose conditions such as cancer. more than a million people across the uk are waiting for an nhs test or scan. 0ur health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. there are more than 1 million patients waiting for an nhs test will scamper across the uk. these are meant to be done in a matter of weeks to diagnose conditions such as cancer, heart disease and multiple sclerosis at multiple numbers of patients are facing delays of several months. in england, waiting more than six weeks the numbers has risen to 20,000. the performance in scotla nd risen to 20,000. the performance in scotland and northern ireland is even worse with only wales seeing an improvement. figures obtained by the bbc suggests a shortage of radiographers who carry out scans and ultrasound is a key cause. in total, 124 and each is trusts and board responded to the request for infor

kim gittleson, bbc news, indianapolis.. trevor is back as promised. here is another story in the new york times, crazy work hours and lots of cameras, silicon valley goes to china. sounds quite worrying to me. this is a story about american technology anja klinar is going to china and realising that they think their pace of life is fast, in china they are seeking new funding three times year, it says they are working 14 to 15 hours a day at least six days a week. when we say they, who is that? technology executives, management people, entrepreneurs coming up with new ideas. and the creative people. and talking to the guests in the green room beforehand, he was saying but sometimes these creative groups have bunk beds in the office so they can have a quick sleep and carry on. it is worn as a badge of pride, being exhausted at work is not seen as a bad thing that you have worked so hard that you need to sleep. if i was working 14 or 15 hours a day, i would be dead after week. many entrepreneurs we meet and many who are start

and kim gittleson has the details of what's ahead on wall street today.ey, nordstrom, and macy's, as well as walmart. when it comes to walmart, investors will be curious to see what impact tariffs have had at the company. walmart warned earlier it'll have to increase the prices of some of its goods as a result of tariffs imposed on chinese imports into the us. after a ll on chinese imports into the us. after all of that, we will get a larger picture of the american retailing landscape when october retailing landscape when october retail sales are released on thursday. investors will then be curious to see what proportion of those sales are coming from brick and mortar stores, which have been struggling recently due to the rise of e—commerce sites like amazon. joining us is ritu vohora, investment director at m&g investments. let's talk about all of those announcements, and numbers out in the us later, what are we expecting? that is what the market are subdued because so much data is coming out. on wednesday, data from the us, it is looking to have slowed

and kim gittleson has the details of what's ahead on wall street today. on what's happening in washington, but this time they'll be paying attention to a different american institution, the federal reserve. america's central bank will conclude its two—day policy meeting on thursday. now, most investors don't expect that the fed will raise interest rates. that is expected to happen when it meets again in the summer. instead, what they'll be focusing on is what the fed has to say about the course of the us economy. any suggestion the bankers there might be willing to increase interest rates at a faster rate than investors were expecting could leave markets to fall, as well as prompting another review from president donald trump, who's made no secret of his distaste for the third's decision to continue to raise interest rates. joining us us is richard dunbar, senior investment strategist, aberdeen standard investments. hello. good morning. let's talk about what has happened after the mid—terms, whether you call it a blue wave, red ripple, raspberry ripple, a

kim gittleson, new york. the question is by how much. here is a statistic for you.nasdaq all of them closed up over 2% today. the question is why and why our investor so cheerful. it has to do of course as ever with uncertainty. this was the outcome that many investors have been expecting and they think that if congress does the body, it means any policy proposals if they are passed will be passed slowly and that gives markets enough time to and that pleases investors. also a couple of small things that are pleasing investors. the idea being the affordable care act which were the affordable care act which were the health care system here in the united states now has less of a chance of being overturned, that helps investors in health care companies and with the asterisk of attorney generaljeff sessions, is seen attorney generaljeff sessions, is seen at the bull to marijuana stocks because they wasn't in favour of decriminalization of cannabis and as a result many investors and those countries have been worry about the possibility of legal enforcement. —— and those c

kim gittleson has more.something like 300 million euros, who possibly could have avoided paying tax by setting up off—shore tax havens in the british virgin islands. this raid has to do with trying to get information about that. deutsche bank said that it is working with the prosecutors in complying with all of their request. deutsche bank has paid something like $18 billion in fines since 2008. no other bank has paid more except for the royal bank of scotland. it's been involved in many probes, everything from rate fixing to money laundering. in fact earlier this morning the bank was linked to a danish scandal suggesting that billions of dollars could have thrown through its us arm, again as part of a different money—laundering allegation. mitsubishi heavy industries has been ordered to compensate 28 south koreans for the forced labour they endured during world war two. here's laura bicker in seoul. mitsubishi heavy industries limited has been ordered to pay out tens of thousands of dollars in compensation

kim gittleson. in new york. tell us more.00 jobs and lead to this frenzy among cities here in north america there were 238 different places that submitted to amazon saying please come here and amazon saying please come here and amazon will of the doubt to the list of 20 finalists and now we have seen reports from both the wall street journal and the new york times that instead of just choosing journal and the new york times that instead ofjust choosing one winner, amazon might actually split the prize between two places, crystal city virginia, right next to the pentagon which would give you a sense of why am might want to locate there, and it might also place a second office in long island city of the road here in queens, a crosta east river from midtown manhattan. because he the empire state building and the chrysler building. the idea is amazon needs to attract pet talent in a fact it didn't think that it could get a number of workers admitted that theyjust located and one city. we're in a very tight labour market here in t

kim gittleson went there to find out what role it‘s playing in the race. how you doing, sir?though indiana is heavily reliant on agriculture and manufacturing, tariffs have yet to really be felt here economically, which is why voters have chosen to focus on other issues. i don't think tariffs are going to have much to do with voters' decisions one way or another. maybe 1% will even think about tariffs. they're going to be thinking more about immigration, they're going to be thinking more about those hot button social issues. with the booming economy brunting the pain from tarrifs, here in indiana this midterm election fight has become more of a referendum on president trump‘s personality as opposed to his policies. kim gittelson, bbc news, indianapolis. the republicans and the democrats have very different approaches to the divisive issue of healthcare — as demonstrated by president trump‘s dislike of his predecessor‘s 0bama care policy. james cook has been to sedona in arizona to find what voters there think. the desert state of arizona hasn‘t sent a democrat to the us senat