kingfisher, europe's largest home improvement retailer, has reported a fall in sales.sales in france are to blame. theo leggettjoins us live from the business newsroom. the company announced a huge restructuring plan a while back. any sign it is reaping rewards. at the moment it is causing more problems than reaping rewards. this is the early stages of a five—year plan an pa rt early stages of a five—year plan an part of what it set out to do was to rationalise the way kingfisher bought products for its different chains so b and screw fixed in the uk, castorama an brico depot in france and so on. at one point, very few of the products were sold across different stores which was seen as being wasteful, they had nine different purchasing teams, there was too much duplication so now they are trying to get rid of that but the consequence has been that the chain has been trying to sell off a lot of old product and has been having a bit of trouble finding enough of the new product lines. there's been a bit of what they call business disruption as a result. but they say they

kingfish indulge your five senses. in syria thousands have disappeared without a trace. forcibly taken from their families back to the most terrible thing in syria just to be. this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship but i thought sometimes a call to could be better to die than continue to be she really didn't go to. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and. north korea says it has successfully launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the u.s. mainland. and i mean this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up pope francis lead to service during his first visit to me and but avoids making any reference to the wreckage or crisis. a u.s. jury acquits the man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve and galatea time of serious charges. and a year on from a plane crash that killed nineteen brazilian pless we'll look at how much of a quinsey has rebuilt its team. so north korea says it has successfully launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach all of the u.s.

the former chairman of the kingfisher group owes close to $2 billion.eating into bank profits. lending has been gone down to smaller firms. the government hoped it would boost the debt. the government has a plan. the loans are owed to government run banks. the finance minister wants to raise the money in three ways. most of it will come from selling. india banks are flush with cash after a banks are flush with cash after a ban on 90% of bank notes last year. the government wanted banks to via bonds with that money and they will flush that back into the banks. that will improve the banks' balance sheets and that will allow them to make profits. it will come from the treasury. many say is that of a bailout, what really needs to be done is reformed the banks to make them more efficient in things they can lending. if that is not done, the government may have two dive into a savings once more. to rescue the banks again. now let's brief you some other business stories. american airlines is facing a shortage of pilots over christmas — after a computer glitch g

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the billionaire is accused of fraud and accused with defunct kingfisher airlines.iving in self-imposed exile in london. david: that is just about it for us here. bloomberg markets: middle east is coming up at the top of the hour. what is in store for viewers today? tracy: we will be talking about u.s. tax reform, unless coming out with their s&p 500 targets for 2018. i saw one estimate for 3000 by the end of next year. we will talk about how the tax efforts play into those forecasts. saudi, robertts, gabi refusing to give up power, the worst chilean stocks selloff in six years. so much to get through. that is coming up on bloomberg markets: middle east. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tracy: fed up, janet yellen confirmed she will leave once in, givenell is sworn president trump borescope to shape leadership for years to come. could germany be heading for a reelection rerun? angela merkel would rather face another vote rather than govern without a majority, the euro we can submit --

focus to mature markets such as italy and spain as part of a wider push towards digitalization >>> kingfisher posted a slight fall in like for like sales as weakness in the french market continues into the third quarter. the home improvement retailer saw sales in the uk and ireland rise 1.5%, while falling just over 4 % in france the group remains on check to meet its full-year strategic targets. >>> specialty chemical company johnson matthey reported a 2% decline in first half operating profit this as the firm incurred one-off charges from a restructuring program. earnings per share also fell but the company raise tits interim dividend. >>> nestle is among the reported su suitors for hain celestial hain shares spiked 7% on the report before being halted in trading. >>> and toshiba decided to go forward with a massive share offering which is attracting many activist funds and improving its odds of avoiding a delisting. makiko utsuda has more >>> toshiba decided to raise 600 billion yen or 5$5.3 billion through a private share placement. the firm's liabilities exceed assets making a public sto

the billionaire is accused of fraud in connection with his defunct kingfisher airlines.ng in self-imposed exile in london, saying he wants to be closer to his children. he's also said he fears for his life if sent back to india. yvonne: coming up on the next hour, a market update with ronald wong. it seems like we have gotten over this correction risk, but still, still fizzling out at the end of the week. then we will talk about china's auto sector. ♪ ♪ in hong8:00 a.m. here kong. yvonne: welcome to daybreak asia. best pacific markets recovering from losses. the dollar fell. janet yellen confirming she believed he said -- she will after herfed successor takes ever next year. germany facing another election as angela merkel rules out trying to rule by majority.

acts to perform in a comfortable private atmosphere before a small audience the show is hosted by kingfish and be counted boning it's about the music but hopes to find out something about the people behind it lock eurovision song contest winner conchita. conchita right to your place like everywhere i have painted wood and all over the place that's a little cup there's a crystal gloss it's very kid very cosy very how should i say it like a bra. and i felt very at home that night and most blocked out some risque stories we can to stop. but when you're sitting there and everyone is chanting and relaxed you feel it in it's clearly done if you want to get people to share their secrets it's the one day the show makes plenty of space to improvise ation conchita challenges presenting kim fisher to do it. big outgunning tests anastasia's dance skills. this group is a good mix the british thing up monitored it. the show is so important to bring great live musicians together small crowd intimate vibe. a lot of free styling a lot of different things happening it's not all you know strict and that make

kingfish indulge your five senses. you are making very pointed remarks when they're on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on saturday no evil person is wakes up in the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what leading to some of the confusion online about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al jazeera december on al-jazeera we look back at twenty seventeen through the eyes of five families who've been affected by some of the big stories of the year in an increasingly polarized world people in power sheds light on the darkest abuses of authority ten days of comprehensive coverage about nuclear arsenals around the globe and the impact they have on the diplomatic stage a special program dedicated to this year's nobel peace prize laureates i can and their pursuit of a nuclear weapon free world and. we look ahead to

. >> that's a kingfish. >> king mackerel. >> a pretty-looking fish. >> reporter: in august of last year on to something in jacksonville where he counts naval station mayport and the coast guard as next door neighbors. >> do you feel this area is as important to the election in november as everybody's saying it's going to be? >> yes. i think there's a silent trump thing going on right now. people that might not want to admit it. >> reporter: chris was right. not only did duval county go for trump over clinton so did florida. just over a year later, i found him back on the same dock. >> you were right. how did you call it? >> talking to my customer, talking to friends, family, even my children would come home from school and talk about other parents. you know? saying, hey, you know, joey's mom and dad are voting for trump. and some of the people, you wouldn't expect that. >> reporter: you ultimate fell into that category? >> i did. as a businessman and someone's regulated heavily i wanted that off my back. >> reporter: inside some employees were sticking with president trump, too. >> for