bbc's business correspondent michelle fleury.— michelle fleury. american defence companies 2023 l michelle fleury. american i defence companies 2023 was michelle fleury. american - defence companies 2023 was a record year for sales with exports are more than 50%. {line exports are more than 50%. one tree of deals — exports are more than 50%. one tree of deals was _ exports are more than 50%. one tree of deals was worth about $30 billion for attack and transport helicopters and rocket systems to poland and germany, according to state department figures. it comes as the war in ukraine rages on with fears about moscow's potential to target other countries lifting sales. the biden administration is also trying to seize the moment in europe and asia to get buyers to move away from russian arms imports and to spend more on american defence manufacturing. us is already the world's biggest weapons exporter but american policymakers hope to permanently relegate russia to second tier status when it comes to the arms trade. ukrainian president volodymyr zele

michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. that is it for this edition of asia business report.a look at the trading day in asia. the hang seng is down 1.2% following on from what happened in the global markets. the big talking point is the tech heavy nasdaq. the sales of any apples iphone which don't seem to be going as planned —— apple. that is it for us on this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching. voiceover: bbc news - bringing you different stories from across the uk. jess was 13 when she decided she wanted her own flock of sheep. she started out with three. when i saw my original three, i knewi three. when i saw my original three, i knew i wanted them. now aged 15, she has a block of 14 and counting and the schoolgirl is financing her whole venture her self. girls will be spending money on going out or make up or something else. , , , else. yes, well, this is something _ else. yes, well, this is something i _ else. yes, well, this is something i have - else. yes, well, this is i something i have wanted else. yes, well, this is - something i have wanted for

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that was michelle fleury.based investment company threadneedle, she's in miami. lovely to have you with us. all good news, and yet there has been this perception by americans that president biden has actually handled the economy poorly.- has actually handled the economy poorly. has actually handled the econom oorl . ~ ~ 3 economy poorly. why? well, it's interesting. _ economy poorly. why? well, it's interesting, if _ economy poorly. why? well, it's interesting, if you _ economy poorly. why? well, it's interesting, if you take - economy poorly. why? well, it's interesting, if you take a - economy poorly. why? well, it's interesting, if you take a look i interesting, if you take a look at what has captured the mind share lately, it has been a lot of news around layoffs despite the strength of the labour markets, the headlines are being about layoffs, about continued inflation, particular in areas like food that does it everyday americans. it's only really off the back of this latest loss of date of this strong g

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michelle fleury there. let's get some of the day's other news now.er meta, says she won't seek re—election to the company's board in may. ms sandberg stepped down as c00 in 2022 after 14 years in the role. she helped transform facebook into one of the most powerful companies in the world and guided it through significant criticism. toll revenues for the panama canal have fallen by about $100 million per month since last october, its managers have announced. drought conditions have forced them to impose shipping restrictions on the more than century—old waterway, a key global trade route linking the pacific and atlantic oceans. coming up, collaring the "hound pound". why going dog—friendly could unleash a $50 billion market for the travel industry. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. vmcsovsk: bbc news, - bringing you different stories from across the uk. the little 0aks nursery in penrith, a place of friendship and fun, but for many families accessing childcare is a problem. costs are up, nursery places in short supply as recruiting

that�*s adena friedman, the big boss of the nasdaq speaking to michelle fleury.lly, to the ivory coast city of abidjan, where the host nation take on guinea—bissau in the opening match of the africa cup of nations. the month—long tournament brings together 24 nations from across the continent and will attract a global audience in the billions. so it has attracted huge interest from broadcasters, advertisers and sponsors, as well as driving a surge in tourism. gabriel ajala is founder of consultants africa sports unified, who have released a report on the economic impact of the tournament gladly too with us. how important is fcon? it is important _ important is fcon? it is important for _ important is fcon? it is important for economicl important is fcon? it 3 important for economic growth, for the host country but in general as well, notjust in terms of revenue but also the different sections and infrastructures it impacts in terms of tourism and other opportunities. for example from 2021 there was investment of $885 million and to infrastructure a lot of facilit

michelle fleury has more from new york.economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for the entire year also accelerated, even as the federal reserve was engaged in the most aggressive rate height cycle in years. biden administration ceased on the moment. here is the president in the battleground state of wisconsin. economic growth is stronger than we had during the trump administration. thanks to the american people, america now is at its strongest growth and lowest inflation rate of any economy in the world. all this week, joe biden�*s advisors have been on the road with the message that the president's strategy to help the middle class is working. on wednesday, the president picked up a major endorsement from the united auto workers. donald trump is a scab! cheers here is the thing, with trump trouncing biden in polling but the econo

from new york, the bbc�*s michelle fleury reports. western brands have found themselves hit by a grassroots often unplanned boycotts because of their stance on the israel—palestine conflict. this includes mcdonald's. the burger chain came a target became a target after videos online showing them giving away thousands of free meals to the members of the israeli military. this resulted in boycotts of the brand. owners and muslim majority countries such as kuwait and pakistan put out statements distancing themselves. in a message on linkedin, mcdonald's ceo wrote that the burger chain is experiencing a meaningful business impacted due to the war and associated misinformation. all of this in the middle east and beyond because of the war in gaza. he added, "this is disheartening "and ill—founded," pointing that many of the restaurants are operated by local owners. he didn't elaborate on the scale of the impact, but mcdonald's has around 2,000 restaurants in the region. it isn't the only global brand to face controversy over its response. 0

michelle fleury is there and she told me many of the products that will be unveiled are powered by ai. the buzzword this past year has been ai and unsurprisingly, here in las vegas at the consumer electronic, it's once again the hot topic, you can see running through pretty much every single product you can imagine it in, it's going to be. i was looking at one piece earlier and it was a ring that is a combination of a fitness tracker but also a health coach, all powered by ai going through, combing through the data that is collected to make sense of it for users. that's the useful end things, if you like, but we will see people try and jam it into everything because generative ai has been transformative so that's one of the things to look for and the question really, from the business community's perspective, is what does it mean going forward 7 what's it going to look like in a decade from now? how much of the technology that we see this week is actually going to be in existence ten years from now? of course, it's a great place to interview some really hot tech entrepreneurs, isn't i

the bbc s north america business correspondent michelle fleury reports.n its edge over its main rival. at an event on wednesday, it unveiled new versions of its flagship galaxy funds. and beyond the usual upgrades, there where a range of new artificial intelligence powered features. these included live phone call translations as well as circle to search function. that's recycling a part of an image on screen while it searches it in google. the south korean firm is betting on these ai features to encourage people to upgrade their smartphones. to encourage people to upgrade theirsmartphones. remember, samsung's i2 theirsmartphones. remember, samsung's 12 year reign in 2023 according to idc, and it was dethroned by apple, not that the us tech change has had much time to celebrate. apple had been fighting a ban on imports of advanced models of the apple watch because they violated patents registered to another company. a federal appeals court said that the band would be reinstated this thursday. that is all while apple continues its efforts to overturn a perm

the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury reports.737 max payne returned to service last friday, this alaska airlines flight leaving seattle for san diego was full weeks after a door panel blew out on another max plane in its fleet mid flight. passenger virginia was on her way to see her family. thoughts go through your mind, but you have to hope that people learn from their mistakes. boeing's boss acknowledged the company's shortcomings, a message he took to capitol hill last week when he met with senators. we are going to talk about transparency and responsibility and that will be it. thank you very much. for michael, it is not good enough. this is a boeing leadership problem. his daughter was killed when a 737 max 8 crashed in ethiopia a year after a similar crash in indonesia. we sent a letter with 1100 signatures from crash family victims and friends of victims, victims�* families and friends of families to the senate asking them to investigate boeing leadership to reveal how bad they are or not, and investigate the leadership an

anyway, arguing it makes them more productive at work. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleuryn the �*60s, psychedelic drugs such as lsd or magic mushrooms were associated with long, mind—bending trips, hallucinations and hippies. exploration and transformation. today in america, some are taking such drugs in tiny doses in an attempt to improve focus, productivity and creativity. this is called microdosing. i would sometimes take it a few days in a row and then kind of not do it a few days in a row. curiosity, wonder. donald, whose name i've changed, microdoses on a regular basis. he says it helps him work. it helps me get into this calm state of flow, right. so if you could do five hours worth of work in one hour, that is huge. not only are you doing that work, but you are more curious, you're more engaged. sometimes there's maybe a problem i want to solve or something i want to learn about and this gives me a way to think outside the box a little bit. hallucinogenic drug use has increased among those aged 26 and older with over 5.5 million people using psychedelics in 2019. a

michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. it isa it is a very busy day ahead. is due to post its latest earnings in the next hour. fujitsu of course is the tech company behind the faulty horizon software used in uk post offices. mariko oi has been chasing the japanese headquarters for two years. are we expecting them to say anything on the post office scandal? well, that is something that i will be watching very closely, sally, and for the very first time japanese local sally, and for the very first timejapanese local media are interested in the story as well, because as i told you before, until very recently not many people injapan had even heard of the post office scandal, including the company's former president, wami asked him about the faulty horizon software we hadn't heard of it either. but of course the most recent spotlight on the post office scandal in the uk, which was because of a tv drama, it punted some government leaders in the uk to talk about it, which then got some attention injapan and when fujitsu's global president apologise when approached

speaking to michelle fleury for talking business, the nasdaq ceo adena friedman described the sec movewith blackrock and offering their etf onto nasdaq, their lives and onto nasdaq, and what he reflects is the fact that the crypto market, certainly the crypto market, certainly the bitcoin market, have matured to a state where the sec is going to the point where they are proving the ability for investors to have tools, other tools other than just investing in spot. other tools other than 'ust investing in spot.�* other tools other than 'ust investing in spot. they can investing in spot. they can invest in — investing in spot. they can invest in an _ investing in spot. they can invest in an etf _ investing in spot. they can invest in an etf that - investing in spot. they can invest in an etf that is - investing in spot. they can | invest in an etf that is very liquid and allows them to invest in a theme of bitcoin without actually owning bitcoin, i think that's an important development for the market. airline regulators in the us have formally launched an investigation of boeing's proces

for more, here s the bbc s north america business correspondent michelle fleury in new york.ge concluded that a us judge concluded that if jetblue was allowed to move ahead with a $3.8 billion deal to buy discount airline spirit that consumers would lose out. the proposed merger would've created the nations fifth largest airline. for that wall that would've put it in a stronger position to put pressure on the big four areas that dominate the american market writing in the ruling the judge market writing in the ruling thejudge hurting consumers who depend on discount carrier spirit for lower prices. he said they were no bad guys in this case stating that the two companies were trying to max by shareholder value was a department ofjustice was trying to speak up for consumers who otherwise would have no voice for the jet blue and spirit said in a joint statement they disagreed with the ruling and were considering their next steps. the decision not only underscored the critical role that low—cost carriers play in the us market its also a win for thejustice it's also a win for the

michelle fleury has more.tes from the us central bank's last rate—setting meeting show policymakers are feeling better about inflation. they agree with investors that interest rates are at or near their peak for this cycle. they also agree that they will come down this year. but they offered no clues as to how or when that'll happen. to remind viewers, the federal reserve started raising rates in march 2022 to tame inflation. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark rate to a range of 5.25 to 5.5%. inflation, by the time of the last meeting, had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. meanwhile, new data out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to 8.79 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour, but it is still well above pre—covid levels. and that is consistent with the fed's goal to slow the economy without triggering a nasty recession. the feds first rate setting meeting this year, that starts on january the 30th. martin baccardax is senior editor at the str

from new york, our north america business correspondent michelle fleury sent this report.he december notes from the us central bank's last meeting showed policymakers are feeling better about inflation. they agreed with investors that interest rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree it will come down this year. but they offered no clues as to how or when that will happen. to remind viewers, the federal reserve started raising rates in march 2022 to tame inflation. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark rate to 5.5%. inflation, by the time of the last meeting, had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. meanwhile, new data out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to 8.79 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour but is still well above pre—covid levels. that is consistent with the fed's goal. to slow the economy without triggering a nasty recession. the feds first rate setting meeting this year starting january 30. investors are holding their breath is beneficial to prepare for the first meeting in a

for more, here's the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury in new york.ed that a us judge concluded that if jetblue was allowed to move ahead with its $3.8 billion deal to buy discount airline spirit, that consumers would lose out. the proposed merger would have created the nation was safe with largest airline and while that would have put it in a stronger position to put pressure on the big four carriers that dominate the american markets, thejudge american markets, the judge wrote american markets, thejudge wrote in his ruling that it would also have hurt consumers who depend on the discount carrier spirits for low prices. he said there are no bad guys in this case, stating the companies are trying to maximise shareholder value. the department ofjustice was trying to speak up for consumers who otherwise would have no voice. jetblue and spirit are set in a joint statement they disagree with the ruling and were considering their next steps. the decision not only underscores the critical role for low—cost carriers play in the us market, it also a win for t

is around artificial intelligence — as well as facial recognition let's bring in my colleague michelle fleuryus from las vegas. she told me many of the products will be powered by ai. products will be powered by al. the buzzword this past year has been ai, and it is once again the topic. you will see it running through every product you can imagine in, it will be there. i was looking at one piece of product it's a ring that's a combination of a fitness tracker but also a health coach, all powered by artificial intelligence, coming through the data collected to make the root sense of it. that is on the more useful end of things, if you like, but we would see people jam it into everything because generated ai has been so transformative. it's one thing to look for and the question, certainly from the question, certainly from the business community perspective, is what does it mean going forward? what would it look by in a decade from now, how much of the technology we see here this week will be in existence ten years from now. . ., , , in existence ten years from now. , , ., in existence ten yea

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let's get more on this with our north america business correspondent michelle fleury who's in new yorkin it. imean, the i mean, the simplest way to think about it is this is the newest phase of the tech war we have seen between washington and beijing. the us wants to stop china from using us data centres to train their ai models, they are worried it will lead to some sort of malicious cyber attack, and the us commerce department has issued proposals, they want american cloud computing companies to report foreign users who are tapping into their computer power to train these ai models. so it put a lot of responsibility on the shoulders of these cloud computing firms, so in these cloud computing firms, so in the case of amazon, aws, google has its own cloud division, microsoft has azure, and these companies would be required to verify foreign customers, identify and maintain user verification standards, certified compliance, so it is a lot of work. but, you know, all of this is because the us, as you said, is worried about security concerns. they fear that, basically, worried about secur

michelle fleury is at ces in las vegas with more on what we can expect this year. done right now. this is one of the many products here at ces this year that uses artificial intelligence. essentially, it takes 2d, 3d scans of your nails — the size of it, the curvature — then artificial intelligence tells the robot arm how to apply the nail polish. all of this takes about 25 minutes. so, imagine you can have one of these at home. maybe you could be watching the tv while all of this gets done. so just one of the many kind of consumer goods that are here this year at ces. and as you said, i mean, it's going to be a lot of ai in every shape or form. ai in yourfridge, ai in industrial applications. in fact, the first keynote speech this year at ces was just delivered by the ceo of siemens, the oldest company to ever appear here. you may wonder what an engineering firm is doing at a tech conference. they're talking about transforming industrial manufacturing, again with the help — no surprise there — of artificial intelligence. because of the excitement, more so about ge

michelle fleury, new york. before we go let's take a look at the trading day in asia.elow 1% following on the lead from global markets. 0n on wall street �*s global markets mostly down led by sell—off in the tech heavy nasdaq. that is it for us on this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. we are currently inside the... we have been here for a couple of years now and in an effort to have a bit of attraction i have agreed to box 25 rounds against 25 members. i have had to say to everyone, have had to say to everyone, have you ever hit someone before? make it a good laugh, make it very entertaining. we offer boxing training classes but with our kids we incorporate a lot of social training and a lot of education as well. so large proportion of kids a train with us are autistic or adhd. we incorporate a lot of the talent into the session. i incorporate a lot of the talent into the session.— into the session. i have been weiaht into the session. i have been weight training _ into the session. i hav

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was embarassed and knew what he was doing was wrong. 0ur north america business correspondent — michelle fleuryading guilty to insider trading and conspiracy. this was part of a plea deal to settle charges that were brought by the us attorney here in new york last summer. which are something of a black mark on the record and remarkable career of mr lewis who rose from being born and raised in a pub in the east end of london to becoming a billionaire and well—known investor. he shared the information that he gleaned from various boards with friends, we understand what the employees and former romantic partners for the two of those employees were in fact the pilots of his private jets. they also separately face charges. that is a separate case to what we're seeing here. as for mr lewis, this is trying to settle what could potentially have been a far worse outcome. while she has pleaded guilty to three counts, initially there were 16 brought against him. thejudge wanted to there were 16 brought against him. the judge wanted to take note of this today and basically said she may take that under cons

with more, here 5 the bbc 5 north america business correspondent, michelle fleury. 2023 was a records for american defence companies are the experts at more than 50%. one tree of deals was worth about $30 billion for attack and transport helicopters and rocket systems to poland and germany according to state department figures. now, it comes as the war in ukraine rages on with fears about moscow's potential to target other countries lifting sales. the biden administration is also trying to seize the moment in europe and asia to get buyers to move away from russian arms imports and to spend more on american defence manufacturing. the us is already the world's biggest weapons exporter but american policymakers hope to permanently relegate russia to second—tier status when it comes to the arms trade. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has published his income for the first time. according to the presidential website, zelensky�*s family income fell by more than 65% in 2022... the year russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine. this was due to the "temporary termination o

from new york, here's michelle fleury.an for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year the kit —— american economy grew faster than predicted, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. goes for the entire you're also exhilarated, even as the federal reserve was involved in the highest rates hike in recent years. the economic— rates hike in recent years. the economic growth _ rates hike in recent years. the economic growth is _ rates hike in recent years. iie: economic growth is stronger rates hike in recent years. iig; economic growth is stronger than we had during the trump administration. thanks to the american people american eye has the strongest growth, the lowest inflation rate of any major economy in the world. mil any ma'or economy in the world. all this any major economy in the world. all this week itjoe biden's any major economy in the world. all this week it joe biden's surrogates this week itjoe biden's surrogates

michelle fleury, our nabc, is in new york for us. what's your analysis on this number?an everyone was expecting, and so it is a reminder ofjust how strong america's labour market was for 2023. these are the figures for the month of december. it came in at 216,012 economists were forecasting something like 170,000. thatjump something like 170,000. that jump offset something like 170,000. thatjump offset any downward revisions we saw to the month of november and october. a lot of the jobs came from things like government and health care, some of the areas that have been slower to pick up since the pandemic, particularly in terms of government hiring. broadly speaking, i think people are looking at this and going, hang on a second, if we were hoping that the central reserve might cut rates perhaps early this year, that is may be cast into doubt by these numbers, the sheer strength of the us labour market.— of the us labour market. interesting seeinr of the us labour market. interesting seeing markets _ of the us labour market. interesting seeing markets react _ of the us l

michelle fleury is there and she told me many of the products that will be unveiled are powered by aithis year the word has been artificial intelligence and unsurprisingly it is once again the hot topic here in vegas. i think you will see it running through pretty much every single product you can imagine and it will be there. i was looking at a piece earlier today that was a commendation of a fitness tracker and a health coach powered by artificial intelligence. combing through the data collected to make sense of it for users. that is the more useful end of things but we will see people try to jam it into everything because generator of ai has been so transformative. definitely one of the things to look for in the question, really, certainly from the business immunity perspective is what does that mean going forward? what will it look like one decade from now, how much technology do we see here this week will be in existence in ten years time? and it is a great place to interview really hot tech entrepreneurs, isn't it? who do you hope to speak to without alerting the competition? fin

from new york, our north america business correspondent michelle fleury sent this report. notes from the us central bank's last meetings show policy makers are feeling better about inflation. they a . ree better about inflation. they agree with _ better about inflation. they agree with investors - better about inflation. they agree with investors that i better about inflation. tie: agree with investors that rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree that that will come down this year. but they offer no clues as to how or when that will happen. just to remind viewers— it started raising rates in march 2022. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark weight to a range of five and a quarter to five and a half percent. inflation had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. new data out on wednesday showed the number of job out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to a .70 9 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour, but it is still way above pre—labels. that is consistent with the goal to slow the economy witho

let's got o our north america business correspondent michelle fleury in new york.riday, lovely to see you! explain a little more, and i right that if you have an existing lng contract, let's say with america, you're fine, it's only for the new agreements, is that correct? that's correct. agreements, is that correct? that's correct- its — agreements, is that correct? that's correct. it's basically _ agreements, is that correct? that's correct. it's basically saying, - correct. it's basically saying, going forward, any pending approvals, that is going to be subject to these new rules. and the idea is that they want to take more time to kind of assess the economic but also the environmental impact of these exports. and i think if you sort of take a step back for a moment, you have to remember that president bythe and's approval rating when it comes to handling of climate change has not been as good as they would like it to be —— president biden. so if you're being cynical you could say this is a bid to try to appeal to the base in what is going to be a presidential el

our correspondent michelle fleury has the latest from new york. foran for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year the american economy grew faster than predicted expanding a manual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for the entire year also accelerated. even as the federal reserve was engaged in the most aggressive rake height cycles in years. the biden administration seized on the moment. here is the president and the battleground state of wisconsin. and the battleground state of wisconsin-— and the battleground state of wisconsin. _, ., . ., wisconsin. the economic growth is stronger _ wisconsin. the economic growth is stronger than _ wisconsin. the economic growth is stronger than we _ wisconsin. the economic growth is stronger than we had - wisconsin. the economic growth is stronger than we had during i is stronger than we had during the trump administration. thanks to the american people and america is now the strongest growth in the lowest inflation r

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the benchmark s&p 500 index logged its fifth straight record close. 0ur correspondent michelle fleuryions. in the final three months of last year the american economy grew faster than predicted expanding a manual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for the entire year also accelerated. even as the federal reserve was engaged in the most aggressive rake height cycles in years. the biden administration seized on the moment. here is the president and the battleground state of wisconsin. and the battleground state of wisconsin-— and the battleground state of wisconsin. _, ., . ., wisconsin. the economic growth is stronger _ wisconsin. the economic growth is stronger than _

michelle fleury, bbc news, new york.year's resolutions is to spend less time on social media. or maybe more! but if you're a regular user, you'll probably be subject to or victim of influencer marketing. the trend is forecast to grow in 2024, with the so—called creator economy expected to be worth an estimated $500 billion by 2027. a new report from the advertising agency ogilvy has been delving into the influencer trends that will shape and define 202a. here's ogilvy�*s global head of influence, rahul titus. what we are seeing is something called ai twin, so, this is basically when you have an ai persona of a very famous celebrity or influencer, you know, so these alter egos online that are basically transforming this whole space. it's really fascinating, you know, because what they do is they're taking that influencer—audience dynamic away from spectatorship to a really active one, so they can engage much more than a real celebrity can, you know, which is really useful for brands as a whole. the new virtual influencers